The Prefect left two since for Hangchow in connection with the rising and bloodshed st Ningbsi last autumn. Many rumours are rife respecting the method of revenge, but little is definite. Among the more credible is one to the effect that in default of obtaining chihsien's head, a claim for 300,000 taels compensation has been Isid, and in default of the latter the higher mandarins each to appoint 8 deputy, who with deputy chosen by the Roman Bishop shall consider the losses sustained by the proteges of the church during the rising. This certainly appears the juster method of procedure, and yet in the face of the very.extreme provocation offered to the people, and the undoubted warning given beforehand to the employes of the murdered agent, it seems difficult to conceive where and how the magistracy are in any way to blame.
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