It will be remembered that when an Imperial edict was published last month appointing Sung Shou (Manchu), Governor of Winngat, to be Governor of this province, and promoting Ching Sing (Manchu) Pr vincial Treasurer of Honan, to theGovernorship of Kiangsi, it was generally expected by the native officials of this province that Sung Shou would start immediately for his new post at Soochow, preparations at the time being even made in Shanghai for H.E.'s reception. News has now been received from Nanch'ang, the capital of Biangsi, to the effect that H.E. is only waiting for the arrival of Ching Sing from Honan, before starting for Soochow, and that in all probability H.E. would leave Nanchang to-day or to-morrow (16th or 17th instant).
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.