The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-18 00:00:00

f3ce of the earth. De canful. Do not oppose. A special
I.r . ;au:sties.
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tact, a day.
ne following couplet is appended to the above procla-
rlit.oe
.• t armies hy thousands are preparing to ad-
r.o.cc on the mini of l'ekino.
Asd our august monarch, once seated in the deep re-
of hie palace, will revive the days of Toon and
;t:ttart."

ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.

F ON TR!: VERNON'S TO WII,I Till 111.1.

uiuf4 Pltu. .11‘1 tTION 16 •BCILIIILU.

yanc-seu-te'hing, espeeialiy appointed general of the
grand army engaged in sweeping away the Tartan, and
...tel.:a-hit% the new dynasty, issues this second protium.
eut .
1, the general, in obedience to the royal commands, ban
rut in tuition the troops for the punishment of the op.
ri,eir. mail in every place to which I have come the
enemy. at the first report, have dispersed like scattered
reditu.n. As soon as a city has been captured I have put to
death the rapacious mandarins and corrupt magistrates
therein, but have net injured a single individual of the
people, so that all of you may take care of your families,
and attend to your business, without alum and
trepidatiins. 1 have &needy issued proclamations to
this effect, with which I presume you are ae-
qemMted. I have heard, however, that throughout
the villages there are numbers of lawless vagabonds, who,
previous to the arrival of our troops, take advantage of the
data/bad state of the country, to defile urea's wives and
clatoghters, end plunder or burn the property of honest peo-
ple. I, the tienerel, have already apprehended some of
thew. and decapitated about a mere or them; now, because
their localities are somewhat removed from the provincial
capital (Dean-hwuy), these persons flatter themselves that
1, tho Ueseral, am not aware of their proceedings, whichfis
eery much to be detested; I have, therefore, sent a great
ctlicer. named Yuen, as a special messenger, with some
buielrede of soldiers, to go through the villages, and as
eine as he finds any of these vagabonds, he is commis-
sioned forthwith to dempitate them ; while the
honest iababinuits have nothing more to do than
to stick up the word Shan, obedient, over their doors,
and then they have nothing to (ear. I would wish to ask
those of you who have given of your money, and aided
with your provisions (the former government), in order to
purchase titles and orlicial dignities, what is the glory of
sects distinctions? And even those literary honours welch
the Manehow robbers have conferred at the literary exami-
nation, of what use are they ? I, and my followers, are all
subjects of the great Chinese empire, and students of the
books handed down by the great sages of antiquity, how
turn could we stoop to receive rank and emolument from
these Msean-e, itlenchow barbarians. Do .you, there-
fore, each one throw away the diplomas which you
have received, sod deceive yourselves no longer with them.
At WO as I have taken Nanking, I will consult about ar-
rangements for the literary examinations, and after having
weighed the merits of the respective candidates, I will
whet the most worthy scholars, and settle the degrees of
literary rank to which they are entitled. With regard to
the temples and monasteries, which belong to the priests
of Buddha sod Tann, together with the property possessed
by the brothels and gambling houses, it is much better that
it should be distributed among the poor people of the vil-
lages. At present we are seizing the priests of Buddha
and Tama throughout the country end putting them to
death, and we are inquirieg into those who have teen fore-
most in the building and repair of the Buddhist temples,
that we may have them apprehended likewise. When I,
the general, have led &tweed my troops to the destruction
of the Manchows, I will deliberate further shout the exa-
mination, in which everything stall be re-arranged according
to the original cu.toms of the Chinese. Should any dis-
obey our injunctions, as soon ea our grand army arrives, we
will not leave them a dog or a fowl remaining. A special
proclamation.
Copied at Ning-kwo-faro (let 31.2 N., lon. 118.40), about
130 miles west of Simoglaae, and WO miles south of
Nanking.