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i 46c from later number, to the Bth day of the 7th moon.
IN sec • It appears that Sung-Tajin, the aged companion of
i '4l llcc Lord Macartney, is still in ,the enjoyment of health, i
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sufficient to enable him to undertake an imperial cone-
s mission to the province of Shan.se. His situation as 1
• President of the Board of Rites is filled-up by another
. )person during his absence. •In the island of F•irmosa there has been an insurrec- ,
•ion of the inhabitants, or an inroad of the natives, for •
ti Anal suppression or repelling of which the local
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et, are rewarded by his Majesty.
Yu She (or 'censor) has written largely to the
'r against the practice fast creeping in, of ne-
-1 store up rice in the public granaries for the .
he people in times of scarcity. He speaks k tl
t cases in which all that Government pbs-
ly insufficient to afford the least relief.
orovince, it is said, that at the autum- 1
1 the death-warrant from Pekin ar-
•trs, or their inferiors, decapitated
' another by mistake! The Ern-
•s, that of late years, in many
mistakes have taken place.
•• officers exert themselves
'is, and trust less to their
ops be draws out to
F Chekeang, writes
'Awn for catching
'he fishing boats
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ceived with great ceremony at the en , ante of the
Royal Palace by the Princes of the Ws and the
great Officers of the Court, and led through th. Marble
Hall to the apartments where the Ladies of the C;ty,
and the Civil and Military Authorities are assem-
bled. ThAe was a grand dinner, to which numerous
persons.of distinction, Civil and Military, were invited.

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CHINA.

From the Milan* Manor of December S.
CHlNsair INT2LLIGIINCE.

The 69th number rf the Pekin Gazette has been re-
ceived at Canton ; and some extracts of imperijl edicts
from later numbers, to the Bth day of the 7th moon.
It appears that Sung-Tajin, the aged companion of
Lord Macartney, is still in ,the enjoyment of health,
sufficient to enable him to undertake an imperial com-
mission to the province of Shan-se. His situation as
President of the Board of Rites is filled-up by another
person during his absence.
In the island of F•irmosa there has been an insurrec-
tion of the inhabitants, or an inroad of the natives, for
the Anal suppression or repelling of which the local
officers are rewarded by his Majesty.
An Yu She (or censor) has written largely to the
Emperor against the practice fast creeping in, of ne-
glecting to store up rice in the public granaries for the
supply of the people in times of scarcity. He speaks
of some recent cases in which all that Government pbs-
sessed was totally insufficient to afford the least relief.
In Keang-nan province, it is said, that at the autum-
nal execution, when the death-warrant from Pekin ar-
rived, the local officers, or their inferiors, decapitated
one prisoner instead of another by mistake! The Em-
perm, in his censure, slys, that of late years, in many
of the provinces, similar mistakes have taken place.
' He directs that the superior officers exert themselves
more to distinguish the prisoners, and trust less to their
inferiors. Also, that more troops be draws out to
prevent confusion from the crowd.
A naval Officer, from the coast of Chekeang, writes
to the Emperor, to say, that at the season for catching
the hwangyu (said to be the sturgeon), the fishing Goats
were very numerous, and he war apprehensive they
might have other pursuits than fishing, which induced
him to watch them narrowly,but he found nothing amiss.
THR REBELLION IN TARTARY. •
The Pekin Gazettes, receive.' at Canton, contain
papers issued by the Emperor, respecting the rebellion
in Western Tartary. Ttie leader, Cha:ig-Kih Uris, is
represented as a Mahomedan, and the head of certain
descendants of a former rebel. He has been joined by
Tartars called, in Chinese, Poo-100-tih, and• by the white.
capped Mahomedans about Kashgar. According to
Chinese maps in the Honourable Company's library at
Canton, the seat of the rebellion lies in long. 78. east,
lat. 4.0. north, and the surrounding .ertitory, which the
.Agin Gazettes represent as desert and thinly inhabited.
However, the official documents from his Majesty in-
dicate considerable anxiety on the subject. He has
ordered sevents Officers of reputaton to appear before
him, that he may select SO to proceed with the greatest
expedition to the seat of war. From the north west pro-
vinces of Shense and Kansuh, he has ordered 20,000 men
to advance; and even from Manchow Tracery troops are
commanded to proceed to the westward. He has given
absolute power over the army to Chang-ling, the Unm-
mander-in•Chief at Ele (the Ili d'Anville). who, about
ten years ago was Governor of Canton. Two General
Officers are united with him as a Council ; but the Im-
perial seal is given to him, a hich authorises him to act
individually and independently in all masters, whether
of life or death, or great or small. Kansuh and Shan-
tung provinces are ordered to supply provisions, &c. for
the army in advance against the Mahomedan rebels.
His Majesty commands a union of cleme..cy and seve-
rity. -The arch rebel himself, if he will submit, is pro-
mised life; whilst to every human being opposing
the Imperial forces total extermination is threatened, and
the army is instructed to billet it. Two Officers of rank
in the Imperial army have already fallen, and funeral
honours have been decreed.

From the spirited arrangements which have been
made, and the number of trovs brought lorward to the
scene of action, his Majesty anticipates a speedy and
glorious result. The people of Canton consider the late -
disturbances in Formosa as trivial, but the Tartar re-
bellion as a serious national affair.

It is reported outside, that the Goverarr of Canton
requires, tor the immediate supply of the grand army
now in the field, and in motion against therebel Ching-
Kili-Uth, from the Hong merchants, 600,000 taels, the
salt merchants 400.000 taels, and the Country Gentle-
men2oo.o6o taels. Whether his M,jesty will accept
of this id benevolence" or 'IA, is yet unknown. The
daily expense of the army is said to be 70,000 tads.
CANTON, Ocr. 24:
THE LATE AFFAIR rP TOR TOPAZ FRIGATE.
In Hog•lane there has to-day been posted up as a MS.
placard, with the name of the person whose lather was
killed at Ling-Ting in the Topaz, saying that to revenge
his father's death, he is seeking for an opportunity to
sunder Howqua. Under this declarat'on there are
twelve lines of verse, repeating what was said in prose
to the Governor of Canton in the late petiti,n; that his
father and brother in-law were both killed by foreign-
ers ; that seven houses were dedroyed by shot fired from
the Topaz, and that ten thousand tads %s ere plundered
from the island.
He then states, that he had appealed to the. Emperor,
and received his Majesty's commands to 5...-4 e the
foreigner, but llowqua had accepted if bribes to let
him go away. Ile bewails his distress during six
years ; invokes Heaven, and announces his determina-
tion to have his revenge satisfied; and then winds up
by requesting the lovers of justice to give him 100
pieces of gold to enable him to go again to the
Emperor. As he does not know the di slave" Howqua
personally, he asks any one to point him out, and he
will instantly rip open his bowels.
The Hong merchant Howqua is guilty of being rich
and timid; hence he has of late been assailed, in a
variety of ways, to extort money from him, which
seems the malicious intention of this man, who asserts
the grossest falsehoods, with the same breath that he
makes appeals to justice and to Heaven ! China is a
Mass of moral corruption, consisting of atheism, ma-
lice, revenge, lying, fraud, and sensuality.