About three months ago it will perhaps be remembered that x certain denounced H-E. Hsi Yir of the Min-Che, or provinces, at Foochow, o1 eight ye" counts, in consequence of which Viceroy Liu of Nanking was secretly onlered by the Throne to send confidential deputies tothe spot to investigate into the truth of these charges. There are strong suspi that the Censor in question got his tip rowised reward from the Tartar General of "oochow, Ching Sing, who has always been a bitter enemy of the' Viceroy Hsii to make the charges. "It now transpires that Viceroy Liu K'un-yi has reported to the Throne against his" brother Viceroy with that an edict has been issued order ing Hsi Ying-k'nei to resign his post and Apropos, it was rumoured la local mandarin dat Court for some other appointment.
circles yesterday to the effect that HE. Li Ming-ch'éng, Governor of Kiangsi, is about to be promoted to the Viceroyship of Min-Che, vice Hsi Ying-kuei called to Court, as above noted, while Chou Lien, Provincial Treasurer of Fukien, would probably be selected Governor of Kiangsi, vice the above named Li Ming-ch'éng.
The Insurrection outside Sha or Chaoyang, as already noted in these columns' a couple of weeks azo, is still flourishing and active, the Boxers and Tsaili having ately been reinforced by a strong force of well-armed Hung Hu-tze (Red-beards), the famous mounted bandits Manchuria and the terror of Russian patrols and sympathisers with the Russians. It is also reported that General Ins with a brigade of his so-valled disciplined and ' foreign-modelled" troops, consisting of some 4,500 men, including cavalry and field artillery, hms reached the frontiers of Chaoyang and that " battle was imminent on the 9th instant, between the two forces.
The Sixty-seventh Birthday Anniversary of the Empress. Dow:
ete., yesterday was celd military mandarins by attend-full force at the Imperial aushowkung" inside the ative city, and prostrate themselves before the tablets containing her name and that of the Emperor. Tu the fteruvon the Taotai gave a dinner in his amen to his principal subordinate officers. (AIL present attended in full Court robe profusely embroidered in gold and silk floss.
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