Says the Sinrcaxpao:—H.E, Li Hung-chang has appointed General Nieh Shih-hong, Brigadier-General designate of Taiyuanfu, Shansi, to make a tour of inspection along the Russo-Chinese frontier belonging to the Manchurian provine General Nieh started overland on his tour on the 14th ult. accompanied by a bodyguard and suite of some thirty-five officers and men, and was bade gond-bye to on that day by a large number of the Tien tsin local mandating, The Hupao notes the arrival of the new Provincial Commander-in-Chief or Ptitu of Hupeh, General Wu Fe -g-kuei, at Wuchang on the 21st of last month, General Wu has lately been appointed to this post by edict, vize General Ch'én who has gained, much distinction by rooting out the Kolao Hui from the province, but who h"s been compelled to retire' into mourning on account of the death of his father, HE. Wu Cheng-lu, the new Grain Taotai of this prefecture, arrived at this port from Soochow on Monday morning, His, Excellency was met at the Sorchow Creek jetty by all the local civil and military mendari was held on the 21st ultimo, of over 3,000 men of all arms, at Ningpo, belonging to the special command of the T'itn of Ohdkiang, by that, officer in person, H.E, General Fang Tez-ts'ai_ was exceedingly pleased at the discipline and knowledge of their drill evinced by the troops and gave a large sum of money ax special rewards to the most deserving. 1.1. Wu Ying-sun, Taotai of Ningpo, also reviewed thy dist ciplined battalion of the late General Ward's old command, usually styled the *Green-turbined regiment," the aame day.
The Sinwanpao' states that there are at present many tens of thousands of flood refuges now outside the West and Southern suburbs of Peking damon for aid. Fortunately the rice erected in the vicinity by governmen been the means of stopping the of this mob of famished beings into the sacred precincts of the Imperial city, but to say the least, the resources of the cfiicials in charge have been taxed ta the utmost by this influx of pont creatures from the neighbouring villages who have Jost their all by the floods.
The same paper states that H.E. Lin K'un-yi las decided to erect a number of forts inside Nanking city on the Ts'ing-liang hill, which commands the metropolis of Southern China, and that His Exeellency's Chief Military Secretary, Tsing Taotai, has been recently surveying the spot for that purpose.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.