Let the native of Shantung, Sin Ying-shi ian, and the native of Hunan, Tien Pi-tsi, who presented themselves before us at the Palace gates this morning with their petitions be sent to the Board of Punishments and have their cases thoroughly sifted and investigated.
No other news of interest.
22nd June.
Wang Wong-shao, Governor-General the Yiinkuei provinces, and Sun Fan, Governor of Kuvichow," jointly report. the attack of a band of insurgent sectaries upon the department city of P'uan in the province of Kueichow, bordering on that of innan. Some time during the beginning of April last, says the report of Tai Fei-chang, acting sub-prefect of the department of Puan, a stranger by the name of Liu Yen-fei appeared in the villages belonging to that department where, spreading about the tenets of his false doctrines, he managed to gain a number of converts amongst the rusties as well as amongst the Miaotsze aboriginal tribes inthe vicinity, the department of P'uan being among the hills and in the Miaotszedistrict. Havinggained a sufficient number of men, Liu Yen-fei commenced to assume a title to himself and to grant a number of titles to his intimate follower Upon news of this reaching the memorinlists, they immediately sent orders to the civil and military officers near P'uan, as well as to the magistrate of that department, to set about at once to disperse the insurgents. At the same time an order was sent to the Di Commander of the drilled battalions, General Liu Shi-wang, to give every assistance to capture the Tenders of this band of insurgent sectaries. Justthen memorialist received another t from Tai Fei-chang, magistrate of P*nan, stating that with the assistance of the headman of the Nansing, he had succeeded in arresting the insurgent leader's ' Confidential Adviser on Military Affxies" (Chiinshih), oneCh'én Yuan-tsing, and a Buddhist bonze called Huei Ming, both of whom had confessed that Liu Yen-fei had collected several thousand converts who were scattered all over the country spreading their strange doctrines with ultimate purposes of rebellion, Upon this, the stid magistrate had gone personally about the affected villages in order to stay the discontent and had also warned the adjacent cities to be on the alert. This becoming known to the insurgent chief Liu Yen-fei, he, feeling that his-plans had become the property of the authorities, immediately collected his followers, and on the Lith of May raising the standard of revolt in the hill country of Nanli, appeared before the city of Puan on the 13th of the same month, with the purpose of surprising it. General Liu Shi-wang, having collected every disposable man he could, undertook the defence of P'uan against the insurgents, placing the troops in a cordon around the city for a distance of several miles in order to prevent the insurgents from coming too near Puan.. At daybreak of the 13th of May the insurgents attacked P'uan in four divisions and were met by the troops. Both sides lost a number of men in the battles that ensued. At 10 o'clock the same night the insurgents made a night attack at the West gate, setting fire to the suburbs in order to create greater confusion and fest in the minds of the defenders, and therrsetting sealing Indders to the walls attempted to mount into the city. But they were gallantly repelled by Majors Tstog Kuang-sheng and Li Yen-yi and the insurgents having Jost a number of their chief men were com-Break. "On the next day, the 1th of May, led to retreat as day was beginning to
the insurgents concentrated their whole efforts on the south-east walls of the city. Here a battle raged from 9 o'clock in the morning to past noon, both sides losing a rear number of men, until, volunteer nds from the neighbouring towns appearing on the scene in the afternoon, the insurgents commenced a retreat, which soon became a flight as the besieged joined the relieving troops in chasing the enemy. Two lieutenants of the insurgent Liu Yen-fei were here captured, one a Chinese and onca Miaotsze, as welles 134 of the insurgents, the enemy losing besides over 300 men in killed in the fight and ensuing flight as well as an untold number of flags, spears, guns and swords. The enemy then retreated into the mountain fastnesses where they are now being confronted by the troops in order to prevent them from coming down again, The above is a true account of what took place at P'uan, and considering that the city was nearly surprised owing to insuflicieney of forces on hand at the time, memorialists think that the actions of the civil and military officials concerned deserve great praise in being able to repulse the enemy and killing such a number of them and finally to drive a much superior force into the hill and mountain fastnesses of the Miaotsze country. As the chief of the insurgent band is still at aye with a very considerable force, he is still source of danger to the peace of the country and memorialists have given orders to all the civil and military officials round about to be on the alert and consider means to wipe the rebel band out.—Rescript: Let the rebel Liu Yeu-fei und his associates be forthwith captured and do not let any of them escape from the net of the lar.
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