For some tims past there has been big struggle guiog on in Canton over the evil effects of the present regime of the Government, by which the many Vicensed gambling dona are showed to be open at all times daring day and night. The judgement of the better class of people has been pronounced int the present system, and there ion on the part of macy of the citizens la order to induce ty close the dens, aod root out the system. Bat there is money in it, Many telegrams hai been sent to Peking over the mat and ultimately it was decided at head quarters that if the salt tax were reared ea that the love entailed by closing of the dens could be mat up, then there was no obj-c'ion, on the part of the central government, to this congee being adopted. So the matter has boon dragging on for months, Bat anew factor has now been introduced, which has caused mach commotion. Last week, at a long sitting of the Provincial Assembly, th" present situation was die-and, to the surpris: the citizens, whea the vote was take to the opinion of the Assembly on the question, the vote showed that whilst twenty were opposed to gambling, about thirty-five voted that it was i politic to} interfere with matters. ed opinion on the part of the Provincial Assembly cameos bolt from the blue into the midst of the people, rea-Th vote rt of those who ga that it is useless to go on discussing the question, for obviously the local offic have made up their minds not to stop 0 the part of the Press, the blot ie very broadly made that there has been certain amount of bribing going on somewhere, aad hence the sudden and surprising change of front on the part of the majority of the Assembly. Bat the question is pertinently asked, whether thie Assembly is representative of people or not, and if so bow is it that they have dared to give " vote that is Koown to be quite out of harmony with the wishes of the better part of the populace? Some of the office bearers of the Assembly have resigned on account of this adverse vote. Probably, a vote one may or another would not have greatly affected the question, for power is atill la the hands of the officials, and they mast have money, and there seems to be no other source of revenue 0 tempting ae that which is open before them from the gambling habits of the' Chinese.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.