startling rumour, which, howe requires confirmation, was in' circulation on Thursday among members of the Reform Party here to the effect that, immediately after the conclusion of the birthday celebrations of the Empress Dowager, which began on the 11th and ended on the Jdth instant, the Emperor was formally notified by Li Lien-ying, the favourite eunuch of the Empress Dowager, to be ready foresign his Throne, as it had been decid-in secret session of the Imperial Clan Court. and Grand Council, whose "Ambassador? he (the eunuch) was, to Emperor's resignation made on occasion to' the Empress How this announcement was received by his Majesty Kuang Hsii is not stated, but this report is alleged to have been brought down from Peking by a certain member of the Hanlin Academy, named Shen, " rabid Conservative and hitter enemy of the Great Reformer Kan; Yii-wei, whose capture this Hanlin is sai to have undertaken, having not long go volunteered for the' job in the presence of the Empress Dowager at a Grand
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