Since the departure of Governor Hu the side shops, which used ¢o spoil the great street from the north to the south of the Chinese or Southern city, have been restored by Hsii Ching-cheng, his successor onthe Railway directorate. His Excellency Hu by praiseworthy exertions abolished these nuisances, probably at considerable Joss to himself, but his successor has a keener eye to the "main chance," and imitating the majority of the officials at present in power, he is bent on grabbing enough lucre to support himself when the rainy day—or downfall of his party—arrives. V.B.—Residence in Europe does not always enlighten the minds, or purify the motives of Celestial mandarins,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.