Two battalions of troops, raised in Hunan by order of Governor Wang Chih-chun of Kuangsi, arrived recently at Canton, and were conveyed in fourteen junks and towed by Government steam Iaunches t" Wachou. Fiom Wachou the troops were transported also by water to Nanning fa, whith rG-vernor Wang Chih-eh'un, and his army bad gone, as a ready noted these columns, Ths oficial report of Governor Wang's removal from Wuchou to Nanningfu 1s given Sut as owing to the presence of large bodies of rebels there; but rumour also has it that H.W. was forced to leave Wuchou on account of the numerous desertions which oven red daily amongst his troops, the deserters having been enticed to do so by rebel emissaries. Another Canton dispatch stares that_news has been received by Acting Viceroy Te Shou, to the effect that a large body of rebels' attacked the prefectural city of S'ztnfu and captured it on the 2nd instant, and also several other district cities (hsien) of the same prefecture. A number of the officials of the captured cities either committed dle or were slain by the rebels, whilst others succeeded in escaping. Th is further sated in reluble quarters that the rebels have reeon'ly received a considerable number of magazine ritles and mmun tion, as well as food supplies, from sympathisers mother places, and thiseaused the rebellion, which had been becoming less active during tle past two months, to break out again with redoubled violence. The high authorities in Canton consider the new situation to be very serious, and have therefore applied for assistance from neighbouring Viceroy' and Governors, The Otsequies Proper of the Lte Viceroy of the Liangkiang, Baron Liu K'un-yi, will be held, accord ing toa Nanki arch, in that or about the 190" proximo. Te is prob then that the remains of the lhe states: ian will, skertly after the above obsequies, be transferred to Changsha in Hunan, 21st October.
Native-made Quick-firing Guns, etc.
The following ix translated from a Foochow native dispatch: Not long ayo, upon_an inspection being made by order of Viceroy Hei Y "el, of the Min-Che provinces, as to the state and condition of the munitions of war of jen province, unexpected scarcity of munition for magazine rifles "and "firing field guns in the various ~onals became a matter of serious alarm tot provincial authorities at: Foochow, and. orders were immediately promutzated for the speedy manufacture small arm as well as quick-firing yun ammunition in all the Government Anenals and factories; while in view of the fact that the import of all warlike sseapons, large amd small, has been prohibited from abroad, instructions were also issued for quick-tiring field artillery,
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