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mented them , bjr fi ? e 8 h dteeoveries , made m the ^ treasures of the V&tieatt . Among the addition are mor $ than a hundred letters of Marcus Aureiiufc , FroBtonus and others . This edition is dedicated to the Pope .
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authorship and of the liberty of the press frow rfe fate of - ia » ' aethor n&nied Whang-sbe-Hcou , whose crime is thus set forth 'in the report of his judges " -We-find / ' say they , ¦ •« 1 st . That he has presumed to meddle with the great Dictionary ofKang * hi ; baring made an
abridgement of it , m winch heV has had the audacity to contradict some passages of that excellent and authentic work . 2 nd . In the Preface to his Abridgement , we have seen with horror that he has dared to write the little names , " ( that is , the primitive faniily names , ) " of Confucius , and even of ybur Majesty :
a temerity , a want of respect , which has made us shudder . 3 rd . Jn the genealogy Qf his family , and in bis poetry , he has ajgerted that he is descended from the ¥ Bfikng-tee . When asked why he had dJHk to meddle with the great Dictionary
of ^ Bhg-hi , he replied , * That Dictionary is vj& voluminous and inconvenient ; I havwg&de an Abridgetnen t ^ which is less ctimlK ^ o in e and expensive / Bertfgquestionea haw he could have the audacity to write in the Preface to this Dictionary ,
the lit tie names of the Emperorts of the reigning dynasty / he answered , I know that it i « unlawful to ^ prbriounce the tittle names of the Emperors , ^ nd £ introduced them into my Dictionary meTely that young people might know what those names were , and not he liable to use
them by mistake . . I Ifiave , However , acknowledged my error , by reprinting my Dictionary , and omitting what was amiss . ' When asked how he dared tq assert that he was descended from . the WJtmng tee ,: he said , 'It was a vanity that came in torn y head . I wanted to make people
believe that I was somebod y * ' According to the laws of the empire , this crime ought to be rigorously punished . The crirniual , therefore , shall be cut in pieces ,. his goods confiscated , and his children and relatives above the age of sixteen years put to death . His wives , his con- * cubiues , and his children under sixteen ,
shall be exiled , and given as slaves to some grandee of the empire . " The Sovereign was , however , graciously pleased to mitigate the severity « pf . tiris sentence , in an edict to the following effect : " I
favour WuANO-sEi-HEOU in regard to the nature of h | s punishment . He shall not be cut in pieces , and shall only have his head cut off . 1 iorgive his relatives . As to his son a , let them be reserved for the great execution in Autuuin- Let the : sentence , be executed in its other poM 8 ^ such is my pleasure . *'
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614 ; Intelligence .--Foreign . Poland . India . China .
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POLAND . Tr * E Assembly of Rabbis and Elders of Plosko , in Poland , caine lately to a determination to allow the Jews to celebrate their sabbath on the Sunday . The
polish Israelites are generally allowed to surpass their brethren of other countries ih intelligence , attending to moral aud useful Instruction , rather than to cabaliitical and talmudical dogmata .
{ The above is copied from the Monthly Magazine . The fact stated in the first sentence is very questionable ; perhaps , some of our correspondents may furnish us with information upon this point . ]
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INDIA . i ' ¦ ' * ¦ - Hindoo Literary Society *—A meeting qf respectable Hindoos took place lately in ; Calcutta for the purpose of establishing a Literary Society , the objects of which are highly laudable . Meetings of
opulent and learned Hindoos are to be held , as often as may be practicable and convenient , for the discussion of different subjects connected with the improvement of their countrymen , aud the diffusion of general literature . The Society have resolved to translate into Bengalee , and publish scientific and useful works ; to
comment on the immorality and inconsistency * of the customs df the present day , and to point out habits and conduct more- conducive to the well-being and happiness of mankind ; to publish small tracts in English and -Bengalee , and to collect European mathematical and philosophical apparatus and instruments for public instruction .
The individuals who attended the first meetiwg agreed to defray all expenses themselves , until the objects of the Society are generally known and understood . 'A house is intended to be erected for ^ tW accommodation of thte Society , with &- * < ollege attached to it , in which arts and ? Sciences are to be taught .
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CHINA . Literary Cr ime and Punishment . —Our leaders njay judge of Chinese ideas of
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1823, page 614, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1789/page/54/
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