There they had to endure for three the usual horrors of a Chinese pri middleman was put in chains and) friends had difficulty in even him food. Of course, the matter was:
once reported to the Viceroy and he ordered the relose of the men, but it was three days before they came out of prison and then only after having given written promises to pay the magistrate fifty taels and with threats of further squeezing held over them, The magistrate, however, seems to have failed to regain his' face we hear that no one has a good word fo im, The man is Hanlin and wherever he ted has erected trouble with sand made himself hated by the Chinese. The serious part of the affair is that, by such treatment of those who sell to fureizners, it may become very difficult to obtain land, whilst the apparent defiance of the Viceroy's orders for the release of the prisoners shows that either the orders were never seriously given or that the msgiatrate has other powerful friends, PERSONAL, The foreign community in Wuchang is not large but it is continually change ing. We have already referred to the near departure of Messrs, Bull ani Gilmore, the Profesors of Agriculture. Mint of their scholars are leaving also, as the Viceroy has decided that English ix not to be taught any more in the Agricultural College, so the pick of the students are either going to hai or Tientsin or to other schools in the city, Que of the G left for Kinochou. The Missions reinforced, the Laonlon Mis Massie, who is a ican Episcopal Mission by Mise MeCool Miss Wools, To all we give a hearty come.
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