The te publishes an account which shews that justice is often substantially done in China, The District Magistrate of Loh-yang has been sentenced to three years' transportation for wreaking his vengeance upon a rustic prisoner, unfairly charged with refusing to pay what has turned out to be extortionate land-tax, by beating him to death. The lictors are not allowed to escape under the plea of orders, as those orders were illegal, or should have been assumed so on the evidence before their own eyes. The Magistrate is ordered to compensate the family of the deceased for funeral expenses; and thus substantial justi is done,—as far as the Chinese law allows.
'A Chinese opium dealer, in his own name, boldly advertises in the Shen Pao a charge of extortion against: the lekin officer (name given) of Nan-tu. The runners hav' Uimiooomfally and" fuiptoperly searched for uncertificated foreign opium, under the colour of searching for native drug, seized his books, and made false entries therein, The Lih-yang Magistrate is very properly credited with having justly admitted that this fraud was practised; and the dealers whilst admitting that the lekin officer was deceived, distinctly charges him with using his power to extort bribes, and calls the of the higher authorities to the The discussion on the Yellow River continues. The soundest view seems to be that the clear waters of the Ts'ing Ho should be allowed by opening the Boring Kou to mingle with the muddy waters of the Yellow River, and both be allowed to ass through the ancient charnel of the wai into the sea north of the Hung-sth Lake. Meanwhile the marks on the Kao-yn hydrometer reach 12 feet, and it seems to have been decided to cut away the dykes seas ty take the surplus lake water eastwards into the sea, and at the same time to deepen the Sui-shih River so as to take the same waters into the old river bed. As the entry by way of Ts'ing-kou into the sea is said to be as old as Yii's time, itis not clear whether the Ts'ing-ho, and Ts'ing-kou are in any way connected, but it seems that this last mentioned course must after all be the must ancient,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.