memorial from Liu Yo-chao, viceroy. of August 8th—(1) In consequence of a Yunnan, an edict is issued dismissing five officials belonging to that province and degrading three others, on account of cupidity and general bad conduct.
(2) Diaz, Shu-sheng (governor-general of the rice-transport) is appointed Acting liout.-governor of Kiangsu; Enhsi to resume! -ost of Treasurer, and Wenpin to act governor-general of the rice-
(8) Yiyung, a member of the Imperial clan, and uulitary governor of Kirin, reports an officer named Fuching and hhakding the rank of hald-ling, for having presumed on his own authority to alter the bound.cy marks of the Imperial hunting grounds, and requests that he may be suspended from office and committed for We quote further particulars of the incidents attending the loss of the America, from the Japan Mail. It appears that up to the 29th 53 bodies had-been found, fifty of which were those of Chinese, the rest being foreigners. It is believed that this number, however, does not represent the full mortality among Chinese, many of whom, it would seem, were sunk by the weight of the valuables they had about their persons when they lept or fell from the burning steamer. A Court of Enquiry into the whole circumstances, consisting of the U.S. Minister, Mr. De Long, Consul Sheppard and Captains Shirley and Pursell, commenced its sittings on the Sist ult. In the early stage of the Enquiry nothing was elicited which could point to the trial, When the memorialist was at the hunt last winter he availed himself of the opportunity to examine the boundary marks, and observed that they were much too few. He therefore sent two officers to survey the ground and see how many boundary mounds there were, and what was the distuc> between each. They reported that there were 185 mounds, and that they were about one li apart. But while the memorialist was considering what he should do, Fuching announced that having observed that the mounds were too few, he had added 900 cthers. The announcement astonished the memorialist beyond.measure; it was a piece of daring presumption on Fuching's part. Moreover, feeling very doubtful about the truth of the
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