Much interest has been felt up here in the appellate case, "Vu Hi v, O'Rourke." The judgment of Mr. Hannen has given great satisfaction tu all men who prefer equity to the common law; and justice to legality. Leaving all legal technicalities and the subtleties of the jurisconsult out of the fr. Grant meant to leave Vu Hi Te. 4,000; question there is only one opinion, viz., that
that he was under the impression that he had left her that sum, and t! it was an imperative moral obligation to his friends Ata place about one hundred miles from Tientsin, Shanc'hiao (3% 4), is what was once a very fine bridge, stid to be over 1,000 years old, It spans an old, silted up, river bed, and was constructed in a very solid fashion. There are five large arches, and between each pair of these, a suniler one, which begins at the spring of the larger ones. These all, and the foundations appear to be almost as solid as when constructed. The carved stone slabs and figure-head posts which form the balustrades are many of them standing at an incline, or fallen down, or entirely removed from their places and scattered about, while the paving stones are so worn, broken and displaced, that the bridge is seldom used save in the rainy season, when the shallow hed is filled with water." About six miles from this place is another bridge over one of the present navigable stveuns which enter the Peiho at Tientsin. Tt is constructed of wood, stalks, and dirt, in marked contrast to the old bridge. Half the width of one span broke away this Spring, and we were heartily glad when we were safe across the shaky affair. To the question, This is very unsafe, why is it not repaired?" the reply was The official whose business it is does nothing about it." The query was suggested—do not these bridges well represent ancient and modern China? Such contrast is not infrequently seen between the old and the new constructions. The country through which the old stream passed is thickly populated, and there are evident. reasons to believe that were it re-opened, there would be a great. gain to agriculture and commerce, and the old bridge would again assume some of its former importance. As to the other, here is a stream, which in its winding course of 400 li to Tientsin frou this point, is spanned by a score of such temporary' constructions for the highways of the country. Possibly it is in anticipation of the time when this channel will also be so filled up that the water ill have to find a new way to the ocean ith perhaps some assistance from the powers that be. At least, these things set one to thinking, and wondering, and hoping almost against' hope when viewed from semic directions, for the better days which not a few believe are in store for China
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