On page 51 we have a despatch from the Viceroy which is in some respects the most remarkable in the whole collection, seems that a deputy in the Tuotai' at Hankow named Cheng, who had been Li Taotai's colleague in the trial at Sungpu, and was thus on intimate terms with the: Macheng lisiew, had received a letter from him dated from Huangchow on the 29th of the eighth month, which etter contained some astonishing news. Although it seems to have been a private and friendly epistle, Mr. Cheng must make its contents known to the Taotai who hastened to lay the information before the Viceroy, and he in
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