Peking, 20th April, Tt is reported that instructions have been issued to the Governors of the southern provinces ordering them to seo that the are proceeded diplomatic relations of Fravce and China are still in an unsettled state, THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCE, Peking, 22nd April, Hei Chen and Teng Ch'dng-hela, members of the Teung-li Yamen, have been Imperially appointed Ministers Plenipotentiary to proceed to Lientsin and assist Li Chung-tfang in his uegotiae tions with the French Minister, (BY EASTERN EXTENSION A. AND C. TEL. CO.}
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