(1) The Censor, Ch'u Ch'éng po, ised us yesterday to the following—"'As the Chief Literary Chancellor of Chekiang, Ying Ju-chang, was passing recently the city ut Soochow, en route to Hangchow for the purpose of holding the Grace Examinariens for the clirjén degree there, " man suddenly boarded that offietal's boat in order to deliver a letter addressed to him, in which it was stated that tive students of Chekiang asked the said Chancellor. Ying Ju-chang for special i Aulgence in the approaching Hangehw Examinations, and that anticipation of passed, ad fi 10,000 within enclosed, as a slight token of gratitude for the indulgence asked for, ete, Ying Ju chang, however, upon receiving the letter and cheque. td the dear ed and turned over to the prefect of Sopchaw for examination, with request that the man should be sent to Chekiang for punishment." receipt of this memorial we immediately ordered Sung Chun, Governor of Chekiang, to make a searching enquiry into the ease.
day we hi ply fron the jor who says that upon enquiry, neial Judge Csav Shu-ch*iae has ted that he has from the Provincial Ju that according to the cent 1 of the said letter, Tao Al-shun, (ho was sent under surest with the above despateh to Hangchow) he was only requested by the writer of the letter, ian named Chow Fuctsting, to deliver it to the Chief Literary Chanerllor of Chékiany 1 po sones he was passing Suoehow, but know the contents of the said Lotte An investigation: to who this Chow Fu-tsting is, Ins revealed the fact that he is a Seeretwy of the Grand int now on mourning leave of The said Governor now requests, us to order that th Fuststing be stripped of his ran thut he may, be examined as son, and that any the investivati sinn y have a free hand, As this ease affects the purity, liberty, and independence of the literary exam rations, there is every necessity that a most xearehing enquiry should be held into the matter in order that everything guarding the affair should be brought to ght, We therefore command that the stid Chow Fucts'ing be forthwith stripped of his official status and reduced to the common ranks, and it is our desire that he be immediately arrested and brought to trial, and if he should in trath be guilty of what he has bec.e accused of, namely, of trying to tamper with the integrity of the ixerniners and. the purity and me. pendence of the literary examinations, let the said Chow Fu-tsting' be punished to the fullest extent of the law provided for such cases, and let the Board of Civil Appointments take note of the same.
(2) Although, owing to the repeated inundations of the Shantung portion of the Yellow River, measures have been taken by the hich provincial authorities to remove lof the river, still the lund cultivated by the poor inbubitants living in the vicinity: them there must he considered to be the source of their livelihood, "Again comes the news that during the past autumn the waters of the Yellow River have once more overflowed their banks, thereby submerging the cultivated fields of the inhabitants of portions of Changch'iuhsien, and have also destroyed the dwellings of these people. The southern hanks of the upper source of the Yellow River and the north banks of the Siao Tstingho are alo in the same plight, insomuch that the people of these various places are in a pitiable condition, We are glad to learn that Fu Yun and his colleagues have done something for the immediate relief of the afflicted districts; but with the rapid
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