We have before referred to the capture of brigands in the mountains of the Jui-chow vrefecturo, Kiangsi, and their con-capital of the province, Of these prisoners one was " another a sham {'sergeant," whose evidence was very useful, as from its strictly corresponding i was certainly not made up by them. There was also a little silver-smith's apprentice only 14 years old; this boy was employed in a shop at Hui-pu Shi, and hi ming the Kolao Secret Society took him with him, gave him a letter and a dagger, {and sent him home to his father and mother to tell them that now he had joined the Hui, they need have no further anxiety about their daily rice; that soon there would be a great rebellion, and they should lay their plans and be when it came. The boy was intercepted by the agents of the Government, while on this errand, and his father and mother quickly Rearing the news came, weeping to Nanch'ang Fu, and saying that of four geveration this Ind was the last and only descendant, and had been inveigled into the conspiracy through his ignorance. Another prisoner was a tailor who worked for junk far and samy n men, and against whom no true evidence was forthcoming. All of them declared that they were not acquainted with one another. 'The Nan-ch'ang Prefect Ts'ui Ch'un-ti intends recommending, the release of the tailor and the boy, as it is not their fault which has brought' them into trouble. The other six have no hope of escaping from speedy decapitation. At Jui-chow Fu there were alarming rumours afloat about three weeks ago; as at Hui-pu Shi, where the row was expected, very insolent brigand proclamations" were placarded in the streets. Three brigands were captured there, and at once beheaded, to quiet the district. On 29th September {a brigand was forwarded from Shang-kao Hien, This man was cook to a monastery in the Mong-shan Hills, where he was captured by the military, a crowd of men making their escape and leaving him alone in the building. He was severely questioned, and stated that the head priest star could travel 1,000 1i in a day, and kept up communications between the scattered fragments of the band; that hun of them used the joss-house as a meeting place' at night, and that he knew about their for them, wanty-four brigand seals, and ings as he atily cook several yellow fags, were also captured there. On 30th September eight more riseners were forwarded from Jui-chow From these it was elicited, that their leader among the Mong-shan Hills, a man called Sie, had fied to a long distance; but the Jui-an Prefect (in Wenchow Prefecture, Chekiang), having advertised a reward for his apprehension, we hope soon to hear that it has been effected, and that he also has been beheaded.—Shén Pao.
The floods near Newchwang have been most destructive in the three Districts of Hai-ch'éng Hien, Kai-ping Hien, and Lino-yang Hien, and from the towns of An Tung and Hwai-jen the people have also had to flee, the floods being now said to extend over a space of 2,500 li, The Eabp ing Magistrate at first' called for a levy of 200 thousands of copper cash from every shop, for immediate relief to the distressed, but this plan was ey Saree Mr. Ch'én of the Ch'un Kee hong has' con-by tributed 200 shih of fine rice, and this example was quickly followed by the cit in peneesl: 5,000 or "6,000 taela Yeing col, lected there in three or four days, but this has not yet been distributed, as they have not yet ascertained what districts should be dealt with. The merchants of the Kiang Provinces have in two consignments forwarded 20,000 taels in charge of Messre, Li Chi-sion and Yuan Sing-kini to Ying-tait, but this is a mere drop in the bucket, like trying to put oura cart-load of combustibles with a cupful of water, and at least 50,000 taels more would be required to give effective relief. About 20 men have been rescued. from the flooded districts and carried away in Shantung junks, but as these junks have a very bad reputation, it is very doubtful if they have much bettered their condition, Last year it was about the 9th day of the 9th moon (25th October) when the people put on their winter wadded clothes, but this year with neither warm clothes, nor food, the outlook for them is indeed sorrowful.—Shén Pao.
A certain high official (said to be Li Hung-chang) last month presented sixteen cnania trent alen fragrous) in pots to shel: peror. Each tree was eight feet high, and with @ trunk six inches in diameter, and they are said to have cost Tls. 100each. They by the Nui-wu-fu, i.c., by the Comptroller of were conveyed to Peking and taken over
the Household, and the Emperor is said to have much admired them. At Féng-t'ai-tsun, S.W. of Peking, outside the Gate, the people are all employed in nurse. ry-gardening. A contractor called Chang, who was employed in repairs of the rock-cries of the Hai and Pei Hai Palaces, tember, in conjunction presented the Emperor pots of choice chrysanthemums, 120potsof cumquots, Buddha's-fingercitrons (Citrus sarcoductylus), and fragrant myrtles, tothe Comptroller of the Howsete id through which were carried in in a long procession
the Si-an Gate, a graceful token of loyalty,—Hu Pao.
The Hon. Sec. of the Chinese Silk Merchants' Society for the relief of the sufferers from the floods acknowledges, in an eloquent letter which has a prominent place in the Shen Puo and Hu Pao, the receipt of the handsome donation of Tls. 4,000 for Honan from four Chinese, which' was forwarded in a draft on a native banker. The donors, in the spirit of true charity, do not give their real names, but as Ow-; ug Siu and his contemporary Ssu Tung-po said 800 years ago, the reward of heaven will find them out.
The Hu Pao says that in consequence of the scarcity and bad quality of drinking water at Soochow during the drought of July and Atigust, which were supposed to have caused cases of cholera; the Provincial Treasurer: of Kiangsu Province, Hwan; has lately ordered the: digging of wells:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.