Tso Shu-jao, lately Tautai of Wenchow now promoted to the Provincial Judgeship of Chekiang, was expected in that city yesterday from Peking where H.E. had been for his audience with the Thro According to an Amy despatch the naval and civil authorities of that port, Admiral Yang and Hei Taotai, have not yet decided upon the spot for building the hew fort to contain the big guns that have been brought from Europe for the defence of the harbour.
On Saturday, Mr, Hoang the Shanghai Magistrate, gave a grand dinner to the ex-Provincial Treasurer of Fukien, HE.
Wang Yii-ts'no, and the new Provii Treasurer of Fukien, H.E. Huang Yii-en, at Chang Ssu-ho's Gardens, and H-E. Nieh Taotai entertained the same visitors at his own yamer in the city on Sunday afternoon.
A telegram from Peking states that His Majesty the Emperor, in consequence of the unsettled state of the weather throughout the empire this year, has determined to ask the aid of the prayers of the Taoist Pope, Chung Tien-sit, who lives in Kiangsi, and that a mandate will soon be sent to the Lunghi mountain (the residence of the Pope) to that effect.
We hear that the Tsungli Yamen have deputed two new teachers of English and French to instruct His Majesty the Emperor. The new tutors are the regular English and French translators of the Yawén, and are the expectant Taotai, with brevet rank of the second grade, Chang Té-, hsi, and the Expectant Prefect Shen-To, both members of the Hanchun Banner corps.
A fund, called the "Big Gun Fund," started at Amoy, with the countenance of the native authorities, for the purpose of helping the Fukien government ty arm and provide for the coast defence of the harbour and port of Amoy, has reached from ite commencement in February last to the end of August, no less than Tis, 200,000. The eubseribers to the fund are all Chinese mere hints whose homes or principal places of business are in Amoy.
There is some talk amongst Chinese officials that the Governor-General of Min-Che, T'an Chung-lin, intends changing the status of the Director of the Government dock and shipbuilding yards at Pagoda Anchorage, Fuvchow, from that of an Imperial High Con ner to that of the ordinary Arsenals of Shanghai, Nanking trid the places, and that Mis: ixeelloncy will goon memorialise the Throne on the Owing to an epidemic tow raging amongst sheep at Kahsing, Huchou an other towns of Chekiang, it is ten days nee any sheep have arrived at this port. As Shanghai is entirely dependent for its mutton supplies upon the above-named towns, and there is no sign yet. of the epidemic stepping, there is much for of a dearth of mutton inn few days, there being only 300 head of sheep at this moment in Shanghai for sale, A Jarge number of rifles and muskets are expected to arrive at this port from Nanking en route for Soochow, This is on account of the new ordinance that has been ted by the Board of War to "rin I the troops of Kiangsu province with rifles and of as formerly—which still obtains in many provin g only half the men of a battalion with muskets and the other half with spears, jingals, and bows and arrows, Mr. Yeh, who cawe to this port from Svochow last winter in order to assist the City Magistrate, Mr. Huang, in trying the multitudinous eases which daily fill the judicial files of that yamen, we learn, has left this for Soochow again, in order to report to the high auth there his desire of proceeding to Peking for audience. There is some rumour of this official's filling an important post at this port when he shall have returned from the North next year.
An assistant belonging to an embroidery shop at Kalsing, aged twenty, who been accused of steriling a dollar from his master's till, committed suicide recently by taking opium. The missing dollar was afterwards found in a chink of the floor beneath the ill, where i ud. dropped through the carelessness of the master self.
This little episode cost the master shop just about two hundred and times the original cause of the trouble, paid to the parents of the deceased assistant.
According to the native papers, a telo~ gram has been received fron Wanhsien,
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