June 28th. Permission is given to Lt.- General Paochuen to retire from office. He will retain his ducal rank and privileges.
(2) Shao-Hong-vii, lieut.-governor of Shensi, reports wonderful miracle wrought by the patron god of Pinchow on behalf of that city, and requests the Throne to confer a tablet in commemoration of the event. At the commencement' of the 'Mahometan rebellion in 1862, the rebels laid siege to Pinchow with an' overwhelming force. It was a terribly critical time; the fate of the city was trembling in the balance; it might have been taken atony moment. Completely surrounded by rebels and without any hope of succour from without, the inhabitants were ina dreadful state of alarm. But the ex-ma. gistrate relates that every night the son-finds saw a host of bright lanterns issue from the temple of the cloy god and ar. range th ives in order all round the walls, having the appearance of bei near and distant at the same time. This continued until the Imperial troops reached Pinchow, when the rebels at once decamped." The prisoners who escaped from the rebels all reported having heard the latter narrate, how, that night after night when they went to assault the city, the w the walls completely environed wit bright lamps, and beheld a god clad in golden armour leading out his troops to repel their attack, This 80 unnerved them that they could not act with their usual vigour, and the result was that Pinchow was able to hold out for more than a year, although all the neighbouring cities had been taken. The fore. going was reported to the memorialist by the officials belonging to the commissariat department, who received it from the gentry and people. He hopes the Throne will be pleased to commemorate this most wonderful and providential event by con ferring a tablet on the temple of the patron god of Pinchow.
An edict was iasned 19th June granting the request.
29th,—An edict is issued in reference to memorial recently received from Ho Ching (acting viceroy of the Two Kiang)
ig the suicide of Feng Chih-i, magistrate of Tienchang, Anhwei, As the literary chancellor's name has come up in connection with the affair, he is ordered to return to the capital as soon as the trial is over. Chi Shih-chang is appointed literary chancellor in his place.
(2) Li Twan-fen is appointed literary chancellor of Yunnan instead of Wang Hsii-chow, who is ordered to return to Peking. governor of Hunan, and Wu Yuen-ping (3) Wang Wen-shao is appointed hut.. treasurer of the same province.
(4) KwoPo-yin, lient.-governor of Hupeh reporte the death of Chen Sin, Tuota of chang, and states that Tang Chai-te has been appointed acting Taota, 30th,—Tu Tsung-ying, criminal judge of Hunan (ate Total of Bhangha has arved in Peking and request His Majesty's instructions.
(2) Imperial edict. To-day a memorial has. been rece ed from Censor Chang Ching-ching stating that Wenhsi, " long: for con-
1 ulating all the public business which passes through his hands much to his own private advantage, and that, relying on his father's position as a president of the Board he cheats right and left with the most barefaced effrontery, and the censor therefore requests that he be dismissed. The expenditure of the State is fixed, and orders have been sent repeatedly to the " Board controlling the affairs of the Household" inculcating econ-amy and directing that care should be taken that the funds were not eaten up by of Censor Chang Ching-ching plainly show ntsandgo-betweens. But the statements
that Wenhsi has so grossly mi affairs as to give rise to much public scandal, he cannot therefore be tolerated any longer. The high officials of the Board must dismiss him, and engage instead man of honour and probity. They must also institute a searching inquiry into the charges of malversation and fraud brought against Wenhai, and report him to the ne if guilty. They are also ordered to keep a closer look-otit after the expenditure of the Board, and: seo that there is neither waste nor fraud. Should they at any time discover any dishonesty on the
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