' c m % ±[
that fperife. value j % that,', in feta,' -they are,only umagiriary denominations,
like
jj The comparative eftimatioft of the caxee with Britilli money cannot
be ascertained with any degree of accuracy, as it bears no fterlihg’tfefue
even, in that country ^‘eVery«province'haythg'-M fsMMlaf5 caxee,
■ which is hot current &n any f other.T In the province, 6f 'Fokin *
Spanifh dollar will produce, in exchange, from five hfincfrecPto
five ihundred-andleighty caxees„■aGeordang'ltodhe Weight 6® the' doHar,
w h ichA e Chinefe .prove7 hy a fte’el-yarll like; mirs-firi- England
though they fometimes- empjo^fe^^'-^ the'province o f
Hoang-tchew the dollar ohtains from feVen hundred' te^feVen hundred
and fifty cakees ; in other places it will find a ftill more^variou^
exchange.
•1 cannotconclude this volume without payufig.'a tribute
ful veneration to the great and illuftrisus?, - the wile* and beneficent
Sovereign o f China ; who, in a long reign- of near "forty f f p s f Has;
by the general- voice o f his people, never ccafed to watch oVer kncl*.
increase their happinefs and profperity. -Of*the rfianneffin \$hich he
adpninifters juftice, and "gives protection to the meaneft of "bis fijbj^ts^
the following anecdote, which I heard frequently iti Ae.fcountry, is
anaffeCting example : :
3 A merrhant of the eity o f Nankin had, witJf e^pfafdnAlftry iduf
integrity, acquired a confiderahle fortune, which-awakened the fepa-
cihtte fpirit o f die vice-ray.pf that province i -on the pretence: tHeie-
fore, of.its* beirig too rapidly accumulated, he gave fpm e ’intimations-
of has defign to make a feifure of it. The merchant, Whnhau a S '-
merous family, hoped W1 baffle the oppreflfve 'avarice that menaced
him, by diyiding his pofleffions among his children, aii'd depending
upon them for fupport.
( f 2| 7 1 )
But W H l Pa^ i% is *ot
£ fih th^artedXTir,/ts. dJigi&y.thc, ’% t tke
dren^t-d-ithc amy ^ u ^ e d , d i e n -. . ^ hf r t a T^
hishreai. H i s ^ t e a r s ^ l s i J ^ } * y . ty*j4n-'
nical ofifiMr, t h j y ij3 vhWSU.,# J i ^ u^ u-rit .
befiow thc'finafieft relief (Hi the man Jio%ad lu liic td^ ium j fdtjiat,
exafperatud b> tlve oppUffiou ot t h ^ m m i f lu ^ m c jd ^ - a t ”Jen^i*
detciqu^ito throw hunklf ai theHot^crf^^^vercign^^-Obtaln re-
drefij or,.die in his pref^Cy. j,,/
W i th - tm ^ g g n he hdgged^ Ip's'way to B e k in ^ a n 4 f ta # ^ % * '
mounttA^ll,th^jd;i^i<-i^ties ot a kng tlI34 P-mdul journey, He at length
and, having
W i l l B M I faithful* ftatemenf o f his- i n j « ; he Waited .with
patience ip-an outer B B i the Emperor fiibuld'pafs to attend the
council-. jj But ^ alrrvoft fruftrated his
*^ S s j^ S id the attendant mandarins-were about to’chaftifehis intrufion,
| H n N H | H the Emperors'attracted by the buftle which
t^ltjfoor maft;sjefijftahce occa'fiofted : at this moment he held- forth a
paper, j j f i * p ^ i s Imperial MajdfyWer-fed to bp Brought to his palan-
QUinf i J f f ' having perufed its, contents, commanded thVpetifioaex to
i f^lbjv him.
It ^ ’happened,, that l |v l | : r o y o fN an iin w ^ f attending his annual
duty fe the eauncil^the EmpeT^therefore, charged him1 with the
crime hared,in the poof mahfe petition, 'and commanded him ^ f e a k e ,
feis defethW: hut, confcious of hi^0 dt, and amazed at^hd.uneX-peCted
d if e o v ^ f^ is agitatioife^his t t s , :afid- fes'filtencfc, A ^ ^ B h i m .
The Emperor tfi^taSdrefffed’^liC ahemtfed1 council dft-du. fubjoOt ot
. the vice-roy’s ^fimef concluded his .harangue with ordering the
head of Ins tyrannical Officer to be mftantly brought him on Ae point
of a'Tabri: 'T h e cbfiimand was obeyed j and While the poor o ft
man .was wondering’on his knees l|*jhe extraordmafy^vCnt o f the
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