On the Ist February, the Kiangning Fu prefect, in company with the two district magistratics in Nanking, held a lengthy 0 examination upon several men confined in the prefectorial prison, and who ure sup-to belong to sume society. Grent precautions were taken to keep the proceedings private, A number of sulwarded the entrance to the yanén during the progress of the exam ation, while the secretaries of the ya required to give tance. The tei the persons adjudged were m uently unknown, but rumen:
that society known se the Seppe San Ta Ya." One of the leading spirit of the organisation has confessed to the charges made against him.
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