Glasgow Courier. — 1850-06-29 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE CHINESE.  ... Among the attractions to be opened for the people of Glasgow . during the approaching annual Fair, the celebrated Chinese Collection, which has been exhibited for some time past with great success at the head of Buchanan Street, will take a prominent place. Tbe collection ia now being erected upon a most eligible spot in the Green, rather removed (as it certainly ought to be) Iron* the dense crowd of shows and other amusement, which crowd the usual fair-ground, within the enclosure, directly opposite the CourtAqbee. The immense success which has attended the exhibition in Glasgow has induced the proprietor to cater on 11. more exte,B -scale for the sight-seers of Glasgow on the present occesicnit and we have availed ourselves of the courtesy shown us by inapecting privately two large and highly-finished paintings executed from sketches by Chinese artists, representing the subject at the head of this notice—the Punishment. Of--ehe Chinese. The paintings are admirably executed, A eefiest-gresils.eseflit: on• the talented artist ettriloyed on item. The-two Wedgy oover an area of 200 feet sguare, or 100 feet each. in. the .fornier Is represented the trial of a Chinese culprit by 'native Judges, surmounted by the figure of the imperial dragon, indicativ,e, of the presence and sanction of royalty. The facts of the case trifdeponed to .by the prosecutor, whose oath is administered is due- form; and the ceremony of cutting off the cook'filead itiffiwiently indicates the importance of the testimony given. The ttheentents of justice are not tardy or unnecessarily protracted. Atil,:agpeal to the judge in minor cases frequently eventuates " in the vindication of the law in summary punishment by the use of bamboo, pillory by the ;magus or wooden collar. imprisonment, din.- Weightier crimes, as treason, murder, he., are protracted, that due notice may be given of the execution. Around the centre group, representing the trial, are ingeniously displayed the several modes of sanguinary punishment inflicted by the Chinese. Unlike the laws of our own Christian land, which '.re happily tempered by mercy, and administered with a forbearing hand, the vengeance of the insulted law of China is made t'd descend with fearful and unerring certainty upon the daring I...:elestial who violates its supremacy; ustice,degenerating into vengeance, is, in some cases, appeased only by the complete extermination of the culprit's wife and family, even to the infant at her breast—called, in the case of treason against the Emperor, "cutting off root and 0401 4 branch." Here Is fed the act of strang,lation—there the executioner his victim—there again the operation of the " ling-elte w tag into a thousand pieces"—and to complete the catalogue of • extraordinary, and to European minds, almost inconceivable laws and punishments, the last seance recede the most revoldeg sentence that even Chinese ingenuity and refinement of cruelty can inflict._  Right of Way—Weir v. Menzies.—This ease was decided on Thursday hot, in the Justice of Peace. Court, before Bailie Smith, William Banhier, Esq., William hi'Lean, Esq.; W. Graham, Esq. of Lan:bhill, presiding. The bench, after hearing evidence and counsel on both sides, and deliberating thereon, gave a verdict for the defender. We shall give full particulars in our next. Landlord and Tenant.—We understand that Col. Campbell of Blackball has granted his tenants a reduction of their rents varying from 7i to 26 per cent., according to the circumstances of their respective cases.—Aberdeen Berald. Number of Inmates in Night Asylum for the Houselen, North " Street, for week ending 27th  ltn-@  Frederick It—Men.  11360  Thursday, 01111. Paula