The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-04-05 00:00:00

A CHINESE EXECUTION.

A oorrropeedent of Le Soir ohne the felhoirlee
enrinn._seroone of on PTPOIllii.ll it Pekin :

The place where ospital punishment la IssAicted is situated
outside the walls of the 'rater town, In the Chinese town. The
ministate. •ere appointed for nine l''lock ; I arrived at the
hour notted. These Isere in the enclosures number of Inferior
moviann. with eopper buttons, who, acting as police. 'truck
• their lonkh .0. those sho 41.1 not gut quickly colough out
.4th. say .4 the high .411c1a1s, or WIN, (1101 to get Into phsem
forbidden to tlk. in. We waited • rood hour at hest, for the
purist.o4..n to execute the criminals had not yet
!grind. The % °harmed. twelve in number, were shut up In
a .4 hut nude .4 mats, which hit them from the curious
gate .4 the cr. .w.i. Fr.llll time to time a "Mg Ifllpfleb-
wa. heard from this sort of mtge, but nes rr a complaint or
hum M. Al s little distance stood another hut open In front.
which the mandarins %%hose duty it was t.. preside at the
execntion were to occupy. A large talkie covered with • rod
cloth WIL4 its the middle. Behind this table there were three
Wire armchairs ; in liner the three high. st officials were to
sit. The place of exemition sae .1..511 .i sty s ard. from this
sort .4 tribunal. In the direction dianotrbelly omsotte to the
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spot where lb.'crinsluat• were conliked its 'sob. manner bat
thew, when g.ing to execution, mud needs pasedsefore their
judg.e. The attendants were beginning to be Impatient when
cries el "1.4 ton'." lit ha. arrlre.ll weer heinl repeated on Ell
able, Th.. Kruper perm...ion be I indeed come. It stern.
sherd I n • yell. kw hog respectfully carried by mounted memenger,
show. hone sea. led by a man on fokt. It wa. al.mt half-test
ten. The tlitiever poke showed redoubled seal, blows fell like
hall. and niwie tke re..*.l cis.. aat on eillwr .ille t.. allow the
Mere, of the imperiai edict to All the mandarins took
their paces tinder the species .4 dal. which I tsase mentioned ;
all all, were turned toward. the matted hut fo.to wcthe
con.kmned were to come forth. The blows the ...den,.
with ...Tyr button.. had n.le a lane which •ound smog the
crowd of Med.. This lane Isgan at the illace where the con-
demned were shut in, parsed before the mandarin'', and
ended at the piece of execution. All at "nee • shudder ran
through the crowd The fret of the condemned appeared, lie
mot pushed on by three s.c tone men ; hi. hands were tied
behind his barb. The unhappy man wax exceedingly pale his
worn face bore traces of the .54ferings endured In one or two
year. of Impel...assent. A met of placard was fastened shrive
hi. bead on • 111,h hi. ?lanky and hts frllllo were Inseribed. It.
was led befonr the mandarin. ant thrown es hi. Imre. The
rWent .4 the trihunal called him by his name. and said,
beu mak chen" (ye. or no). the condemned replled," Cheit-
(ye•k lii. .entence wa. then reed to him, and the guards
drained hint to the spot where the executioner awaited biro.
ron the way there the Inver part of his clothing was torn .11.
Thn . man Is a vim, onto hi. month. brought It under the
chin, atsde a knot, brought the two end. back behind the head
rnedog them, pared them neer the eyes, which were thus
stool, this rolled the two ends 1,111111 the tail of hair, w.
that all the head was wrapped in cords. This done he
••• swain thrown on his knew • a man wised him
by the shoulder and pulkel him forcibly t•.wards him ;
another t. it the rope !aliened to the head and pulled
that %icoroli.le the executioner then advance *. armed with
a awed alsott a yard long, with an f11t,....1Vf1y thick and
hears Note. He held this Ventre, with hoth hand., and at
one Idols separated the bead frora the body. The assistants
'undo.; round cried out °Chaotehl !" (the Meal .4 the robelt
'Mc n.Yeeherati.kn of the sword as It fell hietling through
the sir and the shout .4 the ansiatents formed the most awful
and indeovilieble combination of sound. After "
de P.M." the mrt important part played R. a linos.. execu-
tion I. that .4 the Individual who pull, the brd with the rope,
for at the moment when the sword !ails he give. • %talent aboek
'ebb+ greatly iwilw 1.. wparate the head from the body. The
execution Over, an weetant I. oh, up the head, freed it from
the nye* which surrounded it, and ran towanl. the marcarins,
knelt 'snot.. knee. and. raleina the head. cried nut. "Chao tehl
te. the rebel's head b. cut .411. Another culprit was then
bhmghl and executed by the dde .4 the bet Rix were deespi.
anted and It stranded. Strangulation is conaldered len Info-
moo. than dreartation. bream., aceonling to chimes idea.,
there i. no future life for these who .10 not erne,. in the other
w. 41.1 with their held. on. While the execution sea gik4ig
on the crowd was profoundly silent - not • cry awe hosed, etill
rat a laugh.

AN agent of Earl Doomtghmore ben received a
threatening letter.
Loan COURRRNAT has i.sued an eddies. to the
*lreton of Eaet Devon announcing bid tOttßußtiT'M
A Unapt-saw Lien:TRIM:I HIS CRIIRCHWARDINI.—
Tho el*thwardens of Stanton Fifswerren. Swindon,
have 1•4194 written a letter to the Rev. F. If. Rawdeo.
the ineumbent, deteribed as an "extreme Low
Churchman," exprewlng disestivlsction at the mode in
which tie rev. gentleman eonducted the servings. On
Seedily leet, levered of a sermon, the clenteninn
mounted the ',ain't, end commented upon the principal
ri.t. of the lett.r. stormAtiziog the ettnrc'iwerdons se
glisonictl, and th. letter es oopregviee. hut winfessing
now he kiwi not been Ito careful as ho should Mimi been
tooktie le.int mentioned—the disuositi in of the con'eleienta I. ft unonn.unied alter communion.
itomleo nvid he MO cootinuidly given way to the
she( cue of the ehmehwardene who played the organ,
d •Ilneed music. • hieh was agaieet his eon .ic' ions, out
a demi, for peace ; but Imeing received this letter,,.
lure De GDI4O •oGGI he mr:nitted 1110ePL the Nuna
„Amittia T. Demo. Jubilate, and two hyrune in the
Earning; and the Slagnificat, None Dimittuo, mid two
hymns in tie evening.
BARR •ND WRITIT OR ENGLAND RoCIRTY. AND
tiOUTIINJIN CTIONTIRe AIINOCIATI•TN.— A tn.-otitis of the
Council f thi. society was held on Tuesday at the
White Lion It 'MI• ',lrma. In the unavoidable shiwnes
of the president, the chair wea taken by It. G. Bedeoek,
E.g...., of the Moespreetileoes. After the tranaiction
of the usual preliminary biteinem, eoommonie.tion gm,
reed front the Right lions Sit st,goied N.r.ibaote.
the
for the year, wherein, referring to his
rumoured visit to Canad... It. hid : "I think it very
doubtful chegher I shall go it nIl: but, if 140, 1 It 9.
t be 'web in time for lb* meeting at Teuntoo."—
Tiseefon Meerimr.—The Coriocil having at their last
meeting grunted • sum of £lOO to the Arte
for the Taunton meeting. le Jane neat, in order to
encourage artist, to exhibit • higher slam Of 14jettun
then usual at the miesty's meetings, the committse,
through Mr. K. It. If. Dew, now reeommenil.d the
following appropriation of thi grant. The MO to be
lvkle4 to thn mat received from the sale of Art 17siee
tickets, thee forming one common fund So be drawn for
by the subecribert to the Art Union seri th. annual
me,ohert of the •nnie'v nd prod i tint ill- following
1,111.1•1 yr:ges leio of Fa/ cash ; two of tl5 6005 ;
and three of £lO encl. This reeommendstion was
osaatinoosly afionesd.