'THE NEW MINISTER TO GREAT BRITAIN, ETC.
On the 14th of November, the Secretaries and Manchus) attached to the departments of the Taungli Yamen, Peking, gave a grand banquet to H.E. Kung) Chay-yuan, Minister-designate England, France, Italy and Belgium, the other guest of importance being the Hoppo of Canton, now on " visit to the capital, THE NEW TREASURER OF SZECHUAN, aug Yii-teas, the new Provincial to succeed H.E. Kung in the Trexsurership of Szechuan, is expected to arrive at Shanghai from Peking before the closing of the Northern rivers by ice.
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