indicated before, few matters withia recent years have stirred the great city of Canton like not tome, or, indeed, of the Provincial Assembly to vote of the continuation of licensed gambling s a means of raising revenge. Yet, apparently, the' business is not quite so smooth ae is assamed in some quarters, When the offal banks were scrutinized a few by order of the Viceroy, one of the creditors to the said bank owed about a million della there appeared little probability that this money would be recovered. The debtor was d ly involved in the gambling business. see this morning that the Pro Treasurer is on the track of others, who are deeply in debt to the pro: vincial treasury on acco! rears owing. These arrears by those to whom the local Goveri ment has farmed the gambling monopoly in Canton, which by the end of the year will, it ix said, amount to the substantial um of $3,933,333. Mure than three quarters of thie large num ix owing by the old firm to whom the gambling monopoly 4, therefore, presumably the income to be expected by which those who have lost the monopoly will be able to harvest an income efficient to meet this heavy Tt has to be met, however, for, in this very report, the Provincial Troasorer is urging that steps be taken at once to recover this sam. Those, who fayoored the coutinuation of gambling have been roughly and continaoasly handled beth ive press, and in many private us, that they have determined to atart a paper of their own it Canton. Capital has been forthcoming, and premises have been taken in which to set up the machinery. The promoters of this new venture are calling the new journal The Saviour from Destraction," There seems to be a touch of ironical humour in this title, for even those who promoted gambling, whea the fall discussions were in fall blast, id not think the thing good in itself. The name, therefore, is very rich.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.