(1) Hsia Haing-yn having reported the expiration of his three years' mourning for his parent announces his readiness to enter the public service again, and we, therefore, appoint hint to his old post of Brigadier General of the Military Division of Xuchiang in Kuangsi province, which he had to resign at the death of his father three years ago. But he is still to be retained in command of the troops garrisoning Laichou, Shantung, and vicinity.
Note:—The above-named General who is also decorated with the Imperial Yellow iding Jacket and the premier button, was, while but a lad of nineteen years of age, a dashing leader of a band of 800 Nienfei mounted rebels,. all young and possessed of the reckless spirit animating their youthful chief. To the, restless energy of Hsia's band is attributed the death of the celebrated Prince ug-ko-lin-sin, the Mongol Prince wh" gained fame in repulsing the first British attack on the Taku forts, Tientsin. Prince San-ko-lin-sin was eventually appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial forces defending Peking and Tientsin from the raids of the Nienfei Rebels, soon after the suppression of the Tsiping Rebellion, and his outposts stretched as far as the frontiers at the headofa bedygonrd of 3,000 Mancha of Chihli and Shantung provinces. While and Mongol cavalry, the Prince. got entangled amongst the marshes and bushes the country in the vicinity of Téhchou, li, when seizing their opportunity this band of Nienfei which had been hovering on the outskirts of the Imperial force, made a bold and dashing charge upon the Tertar cavalry, scattered them and finally _killed the famous. Prince who had. been forced to seck safety.in fight! though much against his will. averred that '"'had it not been for this Prince San-ko-lin-sin could have escaped with safety back within his own lines, as did most of the superior offices with him who were evidently nivre careful of their skins than this bluff and rugged Prince." With the defeat of the main body of the Nienfei by the armies of the brothers Li, Hsia (like thousands of other Taipin, and Nienfei chiefs) at once transferred his allegiance to the victorious Teperialists and with the remnants of his band did good service for nis new masters by defeatia in and again the Mahommedan rebels of us who held his name in terror. For. his dashing services har et his Yellow Jacket yeara o€ age... Isvwas lips body of cavalry ery," while yet a young man of 25 also which secured the assassinated body of the famous Andijani chief Yakub Beg of Kashgar at Korla, this Prince having been poisoned by one Nazir Bek the Mahommedan Governor of Khotan (Southwest Kashgaria), who went over to the victorious Chinese as soon as he had administered the fatal draught of poisoned tea to his thirsty Master—Yukub Beg—after a disastrous battle with the cavalry of Generals Hsia and Kuei. General Hsia must now be considerably over seventy years of age, but heis still' full of vigour and energy and fit for many years yet of active life. His father died at his home in Laichou, (where General is. still stationed owing to the trust and confidence Governor Li of Shantung has in him) three years ago, at the advanced age of 97, but in the fall ion "f his faculties at the time of hig death.—Translator.
(2) We have received the report of Li Ping-hong, Governor of Shantung, stating that work on the Yellow River embankments at West Hanchiak'ou is impossible owing to the state of the silt in: the n in that vicinity, and asks thet permission be given for delaying the work autumn, when the state of the river more favours keep of new embankments already put up in the said region, as any mishap to them will be visited with condign punishment on the ones guilty of neglect.
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