Kuang provinces, having reported " the breaking from prison of an important condemned criminal from the gaol of the district magistracy of Wéngyuan, Kuangtung, we hereby command the said Viceroy to order the arrest forthwith of the gaol-warden of the said prison and his subordinates, who shall be put on trial before the said Viceroy at Canton, or an officer deputy ed by him, in order to find out what con-had with the™'éécipe""of the criminal. With reference' tothe: district magistrate of Wéngyuan who' declares that he was absent at the time from his.-yamen on official business, the' said Viceroy shall make due enquiry and see whether the said declaration is: true or not, in order to lay the penalty on those who deserve it.
Kuei Hsien (Manchu), the Civil Governor of Moukden and Literary Chancellor of Fengtien province, reports thab his illness is so severe that he' greatly fears that a long time will elapse ere he can be restored: to. health, and accordingly prays' that: he be permitted to resign his posts, in order thatthe duties ofthe dual post may not suffer through his continued absence. The prayer is granted and the memorialist is now allow= ed to return to Peking to his Banner Reservation.
24th August,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.