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London, England, 1821-04-19 00:00:00

CHINESE EMPIRE.

THE HE-CHAOU, OR " JOYFUL PROCLAMATION."
OF THE NEW EMPEROR OF/ CHINA, TAOU-
KW ANG.—( Translated by the Res Dr. Morrison.)
On the 17th of the eighth Moon (September 23, 1820), the
Great Emperor, who has receive& from Heaviest and revolving
Nature the Government of the World, issued the following Pro-
climation
Our D.-tains Dynasty has received the most substantial indi-
cations of HEAVZN'S kind care. Our ancestors, Tae.tsoo and
Tae-tsung (about A. D. 1600), began to lay the vast foundation
of our Empire, and Sbee-tsoo (in 1643-4) became the sole Mo-
narch of China.
Our sacred ancestor, Kang-he, the Emperor Yung-Ching, the
glory of his age; and Keen-lung, the eminent in honour, all
bounded in virtue, were divine in martial prowess, consolidated
the glory of the mpire, and moulded the whole to peaceful har-
mony. His late Majesty, who has now gone the great journey,
governed all under HICAVOeS canopy twenty-five years, exer-
cising the utmost caution and industry, nor evening or orning
was he ever idle. He assiduously aimed at the best possible rule,
and hence his Government *as excellent and illustrious. The
Court and the country felt the deepest reverence, and the stillness
of profound awe. A benevolent heart and a benevolent admi-
nistration were universally diffused. In China Proper, as well
as beyond it, order and tranquillity prevailed, and the tens of
thousands of common people were all happy.
But in the midst of hope that the glorious reign would be
long protracted, and the help of HRAVI24 would be received many
days, unexpectedly, on descending to bless, by his Majesty's pre-
senoe, the village Lwan-Yang, the Dragon Charioteer (the Holy
Emperor) became a guest on high.
Aly sacred and indQgeot father hid, in the year that be begun
to rule alone, silently settled that the divine utensil, the Throne,
should devolve on my contemptible person. I, knowing the
feebleness of my virtue, at first felt much afraid I should not be
competent to the office, but on reflecting that the sages, my
ancestors, have left to posterity their plans, that his late Majesty
has laid the duty on me, and fiascoes Throne should not be
long vacant, I do violence to my ferlifigs acid force myself to
intermit awhile my heartfelt grief, that I may with reverenc.:
obey the unalterable decree, and on the 17th of the Bth Moon
(October 3, 1820), 1 purpose devoutly to announce the event to
fir.scro to Earth, to my Ancestors, and to the Gods of the Land
and of the Grain, and shall then sit down on the Imperial 'Throne.
Let the next year be the first of Toan-Kwang ("Resson's Glory").
I look upwards and hope to be able to continue former excel-
lencies. I lay my hand on my heart with feelings of respect
and cautious awe. _ _

SC hen a new Monarch addresses himself to the Empire, he
ought to confer benefits on his kindred, and extensively bestow
gracious favours. Whatever is proper to be done on this occa-
sion, is stated below.
1. On all persons at Court, and those also who are at a dis-
tance from it, having the title of Wang (a King) and down-
wards; and those of or above the rank of Kung (a Duke), let
gracious gifts be conferred.
2. On all the Nobles below the rank of Kung, down to that
of Kih-kih, let gracious gifts be conferred.
5. Whether at Court or abroad, in the Provinces, Manchow
and Chinese Officers, great and small, civil and military, shall aU
be promoted one step.
4. Those Officers whose deceased parents have received post-
humous titles of honour, shall have those titles increased, to cor-
respond with the promotion of their sons.
.5. Officers at Court, of the fourth degree of rank, and in the
Provinces, those of the third, shall have the privilege of sending
one son to the Kwo-toze-Keen (National College.)
6. Officers who have been deprived of their rank, but retained
in office, and whose pay has been stopped or forfeited, shall have
their rank and pay restored.
7. Let the number of candidates to be accepted at the literary
examinations in each Province, be increased from ten to thirty

persons.
8. Let the required time of residence in the Kwo-toze-Keen
Lbliege be dimini.hed one month on this occasion.
9. Let all the Keu-jin graduates be permitted, as a mark of
honour, to wear a button of the sixth degree of rank.
10. Let Officers be dispatched to sacrifice at the Tombs of
departed Emperors aril Kings of every pa,t dynasty, at the
grave of Confucius, and at the five great Mountains, and the
four great Rivers of China.
11. Excepting rebels, murderers, and other unpardonable of-
fenders, let all those who have committed crimes before day-
break of the 27th of the Bth Moon (the day of ascending the
Throne) be forgiven. If any again accuse them of the crimes
forgiven, punish the accuser according to the crime which he
alleges against the person already forgiven. _ _

13 Ail convicts in the several Provinces who have been trans-
ported for crones committed, but who have conducted them-
selves quietly for a given time, shall be permitted to return to
their homes.

15. Tartars under the different Banners, and persons of the
Imperial I I6uschold, convicted of the embezzlement of property,
and punished by forfeits • if it can be ',roved that they really
possess no property, let them be all forgiven.
14. Let all Officers of Government, whose sons or grandsons
were charged with fines ur forfeits on account of their fathers'
crimes, be forgiven. _ _

15. Let Officers and privates in the Tartar Army, to whom
Government may have advanced money, not be required to
repay it.

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16. Let all Soldiers of the Tartar and Chinese Army, who
have seen service, and are now invalided, have their cases ex-
amined into, and have some- -avour conferred on them, in addi-
tion to the legal compensation they already receive.
17. Let there be an inquiry made in all the provinces, for those
families, in which there are alive five generations, and those who
have seen seven generations, and rewards be conferred in addi-
tion to the usual honoriry tablet conferred by law.
18. Agriculturk is of the first importance to the Empire : let
the Officers of Government everywhere laud those who are dili-
gent in ploughing and sowing.
19. Old men have in every age been treated with great respect.
Let there be a report made of all above seventy, both of Tartars
and of Chinese, with the exception of domestic slaves and people
who already possess rank.
20. Let one month's pay be given to certain of the blanchow
and Mutts-Kola, Tartar soldiers, and also to Chinese troops, who
joined the Tartar standard at the conquest.
21. Let all men who belong to the Tartar army, and who are
now above 70 years of age, have a man allowed to attend upon
then[, and excuse them from all service. To those above 80,
give a piece of silk, a tally of cotton, a shih measure of rice, and
ten catties of flesh meat; and to those men above 90 years or
age, double these largesses.
22. Let all Overseers of Asylums for Widows and Orphans
and for Sick People, be always attentive, and prevent any one
being destitute.
Lo! now, on succeeding to the Throne, I shall exercise myself
to give repose to the millions of my people. Assist me to sustain
the burden laid on my shoulders.
With veneration I receive charge of TIZAVIN'S great concerns.
Ye Kings and Statesmen, Officers great and small, Qvil and
Military, every one be faithful and devoted, and aid in support-
ing the vast affair, that our Family Dominion may be preserved
hundreds and tens of thousands of years, in never-ending tran-
quillity and glory.
Promulgate this to all under Huitsx--eause every one to
hear it ! (Signed) arc.

Yesterday a Ballot was taken at the East-India
House, to determine the following question, viz.
" That Sir HARRY VIRULS7 DAILELL, Bart. late ofthe Bengal
Civil Establishment, be permitted to return to the Service under
the provisions of the Act of the 33d Geo. 111. Cap. 52, Sect. 70$
with the rank which he held when he quitted Bengal, agreeably
to the Act of the 53d Geo. 111. Cap. 155, Sect. es:"
—At six o'clock the glasses were closed, and delivered
to the scrutineers, who reported the question to be
carried in the affirmative.

The Editor of the Hundred Wonders of the World,
of which, in four years, above twenty thousand copies
have been sold, has just published a corresponding
Volume on the Wonders of Me Heavens. This last
work cannot but obtain a similar extent of circulation,
judging. from the interest of the subject, the splendour
and variety of the engravings, and the popular man-
ner of its composition. Astronomy was never before
rendered so fascinating to the eye, and familiar to
the understanding.