The claims for compensation of the English Baptist Mission in Ch'ingchoufu are now satisfactorily settled, after not a little difficulty and negotiation.
Expectations.
We are now favoured with a new "Fu" oficial, a progressive and energetic man named Feng. He is a Hanlin graduate, has had some experience in the Tsungli Yamen in Peking. and_ considerable intercourse with progress in Tientsin, so that we hope to retain him here after the frequent changes we have had of late.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.