The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-09

Curious Proceedings ~ Pcktu.
CENSORSHIP OF TIE PREss--p0cunExrs Printed
WITHOUT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or the cuLr
PRIT, ETC., ETC.
the Emperor-has lately been full Of oicial reports
dispatches and 90 forth, relative 70 publication Of
document in the Gazette Of the 18th January. The
document Was an important one-a statement rels-
tive to the defences Of the captal-and the suthor
ties had not given II ont for publication. The
printers were Immediately arrested, and then IL he
came necessary to ascertain from whence they re-
ceived the document. Leenshun was the chief
examiner in the case, and, according TO the 90
count, " we, therefore, despatched lieutenant and
three sergesnts, whose names are given, 70 appre
bend the parties concerned whereupon they took
up Chang-ehing, the superintendent Of the Kuny
leih printing Office Wang .tih-keun, superintendent
Of the Kung.hing printing ONCE; wangkeyuen
superintendent Of the ThSen-le printing Office and
messenger belonging TO the northern quarter Of
Peking, named Losesng When these four persons
wire brought forward, Leen shun aad his fcl0 ~
ordered an officer to take their evidence, when
Change hing said =: am . nat We Of Chaou-yueu,
In the province Of 6hangtung, and at thirty years Of
Kung-leih printing Office, at Leang. kes-yuen. On
The evening of the 18th Of January, messenger.
named Lo-seang, brought to me the memorial Of
unR poOu, saying tnot the censor 90 n40 given IL
10 Tim to bring to the printing otiee, and have II
instantly published he also told me to send Il to
the other printing Offices for publication. imme-
diately had It put in type and on the 18th o. Janu-
sy sent tss prTSt OF the e, sS%s 70
to waDgtih keun, Of the Kunghing print
ing ONCE, that they might print Il according
to the proof slip On the Same day sen. the origi
nal back e to the censor wOS then
them in al directions. On the 18th Of January
was apprehended by the officers, and having been
now examined, this " the statement which have
70 nske;' Lo-seang said: Il am native Of Yuen-
ployed a. . messenger in the northern quarter Of
the capital. On the 18th Of January, the censor
WcoH Dgpoo, presiding over the same quarter, gave
kea-yuen, and hand it over to the Kung-leih print
ing office. In order to get IL printed immediately
was also n tell the people at that establishment
to transmit it tn the other printing Offices for pub
Sns s'ss's u eve, ,s q C Ssss
home. With respect to the contents Of the pager
am entirely ignorant. On the 18th Of January
was apprehsnded, and having been now examined,
Wagner keun and Wang ke.yuen both went to cor
rObnrste the above statements. We find, then, that
Lofeang is messenger belonging to the northern
quarter Of the capital. and that according to bis
evidence the censor Woo-tine-poo gave him writ
ten paper % take to the Kung-leih printing Office
for publication"
Then one Of the other censors (Fung.paou) was
stirred up, and he stated that some OF the news
paper people had been taking strange liberties with
Official documents, and in order that the whole
matter might be fairly settled, he demanded trial
for himself and fellows. Wooting-poo "acknow-
lodged the corn" and also confessed that he altered
the maj uscrirt in one or two unimportant particu-
arf. The mining mp Of the whole affair 10 follows:
Wootingpoo, 10 having thus required the imperial
b. unity with ingratitude, has no excuse TO oGsr in
his own b. half. Thus, on Q consideration of the
whole affair." 1t appears to have been no fault Of the
printers, nor Of tie messenger, that the document
In que stior was publshed they may, therefore, be
exempted from punishment and set at liberty. But
Wo0ting poo, inasmuch a. he did not make proper
inquiry as t, whether the document was or was not
Issued for publication but hastily gave It out to the
printers; further, because, in the reply sent in he
altered certain words, t'us rendering the document
confused, he Is therefore criminal; and the board
havI alresdy received the imperial will that be be
sLspeD ded nom flee and subjected IN examination,
have examined him accordingly. and make the re-
port now presented. Whether the said suspended
officer shoul' be subjected to any further punish
meDt, the board respectfully leave to the decision
OF the imperial will. As TO Fung-paou, seeing that,
according TO the confession Of Woo ting poo he did
not purpcsely confuse his report with the view Of
scrtcning his companions, the sentence requiring
him to be put upon his trial may perhaps be sus-
pended. The Emperor's reply is, Let the case
stand on record. The investigation occupied four
weeks time.