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Ting, Futai of this province, has issued a proclamation decrying extravagant religious processions, which in the present impoverished condition of the people tend still further to pauperise them for the benefit of a set of lazy priests. He threatens the infliction of the statutory penalty upon all civil and military officials who encourage such processions by their presence.It is unofficially announced that Mr. Hart will not leave Peking this year. Various opinions are expressed as to his reasons, some asserting that the gross and notorious failure of his Legation and university scheme has opened his eyes to the limited extent of his influence, and has made him reluctant to leave the capital for a moment, lest some other person should step into the very desirable position he holds. It can hardly be believed that he is now required to act as a buffer between the native officials and the board of Foreign Ministers, for the Western representatives now “aggravate their voices so that they roar as gently as any sucking dove ” It was long believed that the Chinese would not allow him to make any lengthened stay away from Peking, but this notion is exploded. However, as he is certainly a political agent, and no longer merely head of the Customs, it is possible that the final arrangements connected with the Austrian treaty, and the devices being concocted to postpone the revision ot the existing treaties are sufficient to make his presence invaluable to the Cabinet. We are told by rumour, apparently well supported, that the Government have ordered Mr. Hart to cease the supplies hitherto devoted to the Burlingame mission. It would seem that the mission having fulfilled its purpose of staving off a reckoning for a few months is now condemned as a needless extravagance. I should mention that there is a hitch in the conclusion ot the Austrian treaty, the Chinese insisting on no merchant consuls being appointed. This the Austrian Minister is willing to accede to, but will not agree to its being made a stipulation in thlt;- treaty. He holds out for a separate article, and the Chinese are as obstinate on the other side.Sir Rutherford Alcock has confirmed the sentence of death passed on George, who was convicted recently of the murder of a native carpenter.Official.—Mr. Man, Commissioner of Customs at Takow, goes home on eighteen months’ leave, and will be replaced by Mr. Jones, at present Acting Commissioner at Amoy. Dr. Jamieson has been ordered from Shanghai to Hankow to take medical charge of the “ Customs ” staff.By, next Pacific Mail, Mr. G. F. Seward, U.S. Consul-General
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London and China Telegraph
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Oct 18, 1869
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