The whole Prefecture was thrown into a state of intense alarm, owing to the escape of four criminals. They escaped, said the turnkeys, though the carelessness of a water carrier, who omitted to shut the gate after him, Ramoursays, money made the turnkeys lax in oversight of these four well-connected criminals. th turnkeys have suffered for their carelessness, each having received two thousand blows; they are now in prison and will be till the escaped men are recaptured. Naturally the chihsien trembles lest their escape should cause him trouble, A DOUBTFUL RECOMMENDATION, Of the scores of prefectures I have been in I never have seen any more given to gambling than is this; consequently murders and suicides through losses are numerous. One of the worst places for gambling and opium smoking is a small town about ten miles from here. The many depredations because of the above practices have alarmed the censors of that neighbourhood and have Jed them to petition the hisicn to arrest the ringleaders and close the dens and prohibit both gambling and smoking. taken the case up with some spirit, issuing warrants to arrest the ringleaders. Las Friday twelve runners, led by a small mil tary mandarin, made a raid on the town. I have not yet heard the number of arrests made, but for the time being gambling is stopped and the censors are hoping the proclamation they have petitioned for will be granted,
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