The Tanyang Roman Cutholic claims amount to 8,400 taels, to be paid in inatalments by the Chinese authorities. The demnity for the churches destroyed in ang hu and Kinkwei is $66,000, which the native officials have decided to pay, For the chapel burnt at Chia-chuan, in the district of Kuangtehchow, the magistrate proposed to decapitate two principal offend ders, punish the rest severely and pay the sum of $1,500. The missionary was willing to accept the proposal, though he claimed that the money compensation did not cover the damage done. A dinner was given to the missionary to conclude the amicable arrangement arrived at. The City Commandant was present at the festivity.
'Two Pootung men quarrelled over some real estate, and in his excitement one struck the other, who died after a few days' illness. The village quack who attended the sick man declared that death resulted from internal injuries, and the widow brought a charge of manslaughter against the assailant, The magistrate held an inquest over the dead body and discovered no trace of violence either externully or internally, The quack was summoned, and said that a black spot near the eyes of the deceased proved that injuries had been sustained internally. The magistrate plied him with questions about the pulse, intestines, and other parts of the human frame, but the so-called physician was about as ignorant of these matters as he was concerning the inhabitants of the moon, The astute dispenser of law saw ut a glance that it was a case of blackmailing on the part of the quack, rewarded him with a fee of 200 blows, and quashed the charge of manslaughter.
HAE. Yung, the Ca: nor for Im: enol manufactures at Soochow, has arrived &t Shanghai and will start for his new post at an early date.
In Peking every day crowds of carpenters, to the number of several hundreds, have been gathered, under the pretext of forming a trades' union, but really to commit excesses through the force of numbers. The proprietors and employees of a theatre had a quarrel with them, and in a short time the building was surrounded, crowbars and axes were plied by hundreds of willing hands, and the theatre was levelled to the ground. Thoughthe auth punish them severely, these men continued to be as bold 'A special memorial is presented ug that all such riotous workmen loafing on the streets should be arrested, and the Throne has sanctioned the request. Strong measures are now being taken to enforce order.
The Znd of the present moon (the 4th inst.) was the birthday of H.E. Chang Chili-tung, Viceroy of Liang Hu. The night previous to the event, H.E. ordered all the yamen doors to be locked, and when the city officials came next morning to offer their congratulations, they could not obtain admittance, not an attendant being seen near the doors, which were strongly secured. The officials had to return whence they came, without attaining their object. No entertainment was given in the yamen, and everything went on as usual, Next day HE. made a return call on the officials who had taken the trouble to go as far as his front door. The Viceroy is said to heartily detest all these empty ceremonies, and looks with more favour on a diligent and honest official than one who kotows all day and speaks fine phrases.
A strange epidemic is rife in Nanking, Those attacked by it find their limbs drawn up, their backs covered with red spots, and their tongues swollen. Then follows giddiness, which gradually renders them insensible, in which condition they pass away to the other world,
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