Cate is said to have wondered how two augurs could meet with gravity, and we in our turn wonder what Cate would say of i ist rates who after swindling "ut deceiving each other can yet come together with the most pompous solemnity. Each knows the other to b+ utterly corrupt and untrustworthy; for dishonesty they would any day take the shine out of all the Roman augurs, and yet how grave and sedate they can be! The writer the other day had another instance of the general incapacity and corruption that have overtaken China's magistrates. A most string gent Chinese "'ten commandments" was posted up, threatening any offender with the utmost rigour of the law. Notwithstanding the proclamation two at least of the commandments were openly trans-grossed by yamen employes a: the ver entrance of the magistrate-'s offic", and yet the people are expectd 10 obey. Woul-l that The Chinese Progress beonght them j a moral awakening.
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