At 10 am. ti yas cere-eay commenced, the large church bein solemn and gorgeo scheme of taking tle Empress-Dowager into captivity. Yuan Shih-kai asked His Majesty for a written order under his seal before crowded with a mixture of devout an carrying out the order. His Majesty enring Chinese. The ceremony and induction were performed by the Ningpo raged ordered Yuan to leave his presence Bishop, assisted by Bishops Cogset and Vic. at once. Yuan immediately returned to Tientsin and informed the Viceroy of 'The culmination of a two-hours' service Chibli, ung Lu, of what had occurred and was reached when the newly-made Bishop, to his astonishment found that three thou-in new vestments, with mitre and golden sand troops, ordered up to Tientsin by the staff, marched down the centre of the Church Viceroy Jung Lu, were waiting just bewith Bishops Cogsetaud Vie, and blessed the congregation, returning to the high altar to Jow the Tientsin railway station to be trans-pronounce the benediction. As the last ported to Peking. Upon consultation these worthies decided to dispatch a messenger at words of the benediction were uttered, the once to the Empress-Dowager and acquaint brass-band from the Chusan Mission broke her with the danger she was in. forth into a triumphant march, during But in the meantime Her Majesty, the which the clergy and their guests retire Empress-Dowager, had been told by. her from the church to a specially erected spies of the interview between the Emperor pavilion, where a grand dijeuner was served. and Yuan Shih-kai and had gone at once to the palace and confronted the Emperor Tt is not generally know that Bishop Feras stated in my recent letter. The Emperor's, rant hed preferment offered to him two or deposition immediately followed. three years ago. He pleaded, however, for permission to remain in Ningpo, he being
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