February 28th.—In consequence doubtless of the recent fire. in the Palace, an Imperial Decree desires the Comptroller of the Imperial Household and the General of the Gendarmerie to undertake the formation of a military fire brigade from the soldiers of the Tartar garrison at Peking. Such a brigade formerly existed, though ib has now disappeared. 'The new' force will be modelled on the old one with merely ions in the rules as may seem.
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