Owing to our continued ill-health our commend that, all Court ceremonies annually observed at the end of the year (Chinese) now approach close, and all the usual Court ba and entertainments held at the beginning of the New Year, shall be hereby stopped Note:—It will perhaps be obvious to readers of the Peking Gazelle that the above really emanated from the Empress doubtless to prepare the country posed deposition of the Emperor 2nd January IMVERIAL DECREE, As our health is still bad, which prevents our going about, we hereby command that the annual sicritices to he offered at the end of the present year before the altars of the Temple of Heaven and the Imperial Ancestral 'Temple be conducted by some member of the Imperial Chin in our stead. With regard to the payment of our dutiful obeisances to her Majesty the Empress Dowayer, on. the fist' day of the New Year, the maternal anxiety and solicitude of her Majesty, who feels that our weak health can' ill stand the fatigues usually undergone on such occasions, especially in the rigour and cold of the present wi ter, excuses us from the full ceremonies, we thankfully receive her Majesty's commands to simply present ourself at th Ningshow Palace (the Empress Dowager residence in the Capital) to mak spectful congratulations on the New Yew In this comection we hereby command that Princes and Dukes of the Imperia Court, and Ministers, high and low, shal uble on that day outside the Huang-l chih-gate of the said ace for the same purpose. As for ourself we will be at the Chients'ing Throne-hall to receive thei New Year congratulations, the Court being aware from our decree of yesterday that all farther format ceremonies and banquets ate tu be stopped on the present occasion. ged January,
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