July 15th.—The Governor of. Shantun; submits a petition signed by a number the gentry in the three prefectures of Teng-chow, Lai-chow and Ch'ing-chow Fompls to Fa Chen-pang, late Command raying for permission to erect a Memorial in-chief of Hupei, who was a native of Ch'ang-i district in the prefecture of Lai-chow, and whose distinguished services have' conferred great, honour upon his native plage. After obtaining his military degree, Chen-pang was appointed a Captain in' Hoon shortly. before the outbreak of tha Taiping and Nien-fei rebellions. When the rebels over-ran Hunan and the adjacent one of each being Manchu and the other Chinese. This is not, however, to be taken as lent for strengthening the statis of Yaméns.
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