There seems to be some misapprehension with regard to the rumour that the Dalai Tama or Buddhist Pontiff of Tibet had last year sent a special Embassy with tribute to the Russian Court, in return for which th Buddhist Ambassador had been rewarded with many bars of solid silver, gold ornaments, and precious stones, ete. It would, however, appear that the real personage who has done this is the Metropo'itan or Patriarch of the Khalka Mongols, whose headquarters are at Urgs (K'ulun or Kurun), Outer Mongolia, were the borders of the Chinese Empire touch those of the Russian. This Buddhist Metro} ands third in the Lamaist hierarchy, the first being, of course, the Dela' Lama xt Lhasss, Central Thibet; the second bs the Panshen Lama, or heed of the Rel sect" who take their name from the colour of their tmeuts, in contradistinction to the "Yellow" sect who are specially under the Dalai Laima. The Panshen Lams's capitol is some 700 miles further west, towards the British frontiers of Indi". The third Saint of the Lamas is the subject of this note, whose personal name of "Dalai" may perhaps have been the cause of taking him to be the Dalai Lams himself.
'THE DEAD ParRtoTs.
The "Universal Gazette" states that the onfins containing the remains of the patriotic Ministers who were executed by orders of Prince Tuan and his Boxer Aswociates last July at Peking, nately, those of the lure H-d Ching-ch"éng, Yuan Ch'ang, and Hsit Yung-yi, wre expected to arrive in Shanghai to-day' per Fungshun, en route to their last resting-places in Chékiavg province. With reference to the above we believe that upon arrival at the Kinleeyuen Whatf there will be sucriticial ceremonies pertormel before the ronni by the mandarinate, gentry, and literati of this port as a mark of appreciation of the martyred Ministers' patriotism.
THE RETURN TO PEKING, Tientsin, native papers report that the Court at sian hay nuw decided to start on its reten journey to Peking on the 7th of May next without any' further delay. The route will be by way of Honan province and then in a north-cist direction to Chihli, bringing up at Paoting-fo. It is also stated that duc oficial notice has been given to the authorities along the route of the Imperial Cortége, Lith Aprit.
THE MAN WHO SHOULD FAY THE PIPER.
The following dispatch has been received from Ch'angsh, ex pital of Hunan:—The Chief Instigator of the anti-foreiga riots in unin namely the notorious Boxer sympathise Yd Lien-so", Governor of the province, has decided to compel the very peopl whom he ordered and encouraged to rise up and drive out all Foreigners from Hunan, to pay the indemnities demanded by' the Protestant and R.C. missions of Héngchou prefecture which suffered severely from the riots in question, two foreign members of the latter mission having lost their lives at the time. Lien-san, of course, first orders the Provineial Treasurer to advance the indemnities to be paid to the missions, but when all that is done the burden of returning principal and interest will fall upon the shoulders of the misguided victims who trusted in the promises of their Gorernor "to sea them all safely through the affair," and further, will ask the Throne for special extraordinary rewards for all patriots who obeyed his (Yi Lien-san's) orders" to drive away or exterminate the hated For-ignor and his _convorts, traitors to the land of their birth as well their ancestors." There is therefore a deep feeling of indignation amongst the people of not only the disturbed districts (ix in number) of Héngchou prefecture, Dut of the whole province of Hunan at this unjust conduct of Yii Lien-san, who is roughly scared at the consequences of ruthless conduct last summer and is therefore trying to hide his crime by hypocritically giving warm welcome to certain foreigners. who visited Hunan the other day. One has only ty listen to what is related of Yoi Lien-san and Usi_ Lisng (Manchu), his '"coadjutor"
the anti-foreign crusade when. they publicly declared before their subordinate officers. the horrible fate they had in store for all foreigners who fell into their hands, to understand the depth of Yi Lien-san's hypocrisy at ths present moment. Fortunately, these atrocious schemes have come to naught 5 but it is stated that when som of the bolder spirits of this Governor's reactionary stoff trio! te remonstrate with him the other day for his sudden change of attitude, which might hurt his standing at Hsian, the reply was given that. the preservation of his (Yi Lien-sin's) head was now his chief concern, and that if he only could persuade Foreigners to be ieve.that he was much maligned man and a s: ronz friend of theirs, he wou'd feel happy Yi Lien-san then concluded that his friends at Hsian understood hin perfectly well, that he would never desert his party, and that the present is merely s temporary measure.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.