In respect to the Taotai who is now in an uncomfortable position on account of his misdeeds, it is said that he was in the habit of associating with influential people, and among his list of friends there was a host of young people, suns of the gentry. Pheee latter, it is alleged, are by no means innocent of the crime for which the taotai is being punished. In fact, the! young gentlemen had an interest in the business carried on by the mandarin, with whom they divided the spoils. However, the accomplices of the titled gambler have made themselves scarce in the country since the revelation and the arrest of their Tender. During Une oxamation lately held, the Taotai was asked to produce hiv certificate of rank, but he failed to show it, as he said he' had mortgaged it for $2,000. To the oficial examining the so-callod Taotai it is quite evident that the mau possesses no actual rank, and is an impostor, He hus received 20 blows on the palm of his hands, The mandarin who conducted the trial has petitioned the high authorities to have the risener transferred to the ofice of the Judicial deputies, so that the case may be thoroughly investigated, and the guilty purty severely punished.
Shénpao,
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