Most'of the Chinese, who have time to read and money to give feast are exceedingly well-informed about what is going on in foreign lands And often we find that it la only their politeness which make them appear interested in what we. first; thought was news to them. The thing most talked of, as far as native ha penings go, is the carrying out of the Imperial decrees regarding the appropriation of temples for schools, Four very large images, servants to the spirit. of the God of Literatare, were tora down not Tong ago to make room for little Chinese boys to study English. The stonemasons were afraid to begin to tear down an idol and one of the had to put his own hands to the work. First, the head of one of the giants was knocked off, and then his body was prized down with a pole. Warning was given to the presumptuous young man by some of the gray heads present, but he did not heed, and up to the present no dire calamity has befallen him. We hear that the rowdy element is advantage of the inability of the bonzes to protect themselves and is destroying property unnecessarily and insulting the priests and ruins. The big drum in an important temple near here was rained the other day by being sliced open with knife. Iliad always supposed that ide remained quietly sitting where they are except when enjoying a birthday visit toa friend or going out ina procession. This!
14th March.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.