A man was beheaded last week in Nanking on the public execution ground under orders of Viceroy Chou Fo. Tt appears that the doomed man was scribe attached to*the viceregal yamen, who somehow managed to get possession of the Viceroy's official seal. This he used onan order officially appointing 'a certain friend of his, for & consideration of Tls. 20,000, head of one of the most lucrative bureaux, near Nanking; all this, of course, without the Vicoro; or any of his confidential Secretaries' Knowledge. The man who was deposed from the bureau came to Nanking and tried to got back the post by offering some one a large bribe. The Viceroy was then approached with a request for the post, in consequence of which the whole thing came out and the man who had been victimised Tls. 20,000 has had "to whistle" for his lost' money. The Viceroy was greatly ent at the theft of his official seal, and calling before him the culprit scribe, he put a few questions to him, and then ordered the, man to summary execution. It is long since Nanking has seen such prompt punishment.
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