With reference to the plea to the Throne for the remission of the sentence of perpetual imprisonment in the case of Hanlins, dien Peng, of this province of Kiangsu Chrén Ting, of Hunan; Wu Shih-tsao, of Yunnan, and snather Hanlin, named Hsi, who had incurred the enmity of the reactionaries for belonging to the Reform Party and fur denouncing the leaders of
Hsian dispatches to hand now report tht the Empress Dowager has consented to remit the sentence in the cise, so far, of Shen P*éng and Wa Shih-tsao, "ud that orders to that effect had already been wired to the Governors of the provinces to which t!¢ two Hanlins respectively belong, tamely, te Governor Nieh of Soochow an Governor Li of Yunnan. 'The oder in' question furthercommiands that the released not leave theienative towns, ey are to he placed under the! trict surveillance of their local authorities, until further orders. As far as can be learned, the Governor of Hunan has not yet received any order from Hsian cos cerning the remission of the sentence of the Hanlin Ch'en Ting, From what can be gi-oned from a letter from the H hen Péng's brother to a lative in Shanghai, which a representative of this paper was Kindly allowed to read, when the order for Shén's release from the prison of the Provincial Judge of jocehow wax read 10. Shen by the gaol-warden, the former refused to accept release, on" the yround that to do s0 was a confession of built, whereas he had never xcknowledved having been guilty either against Throne or against his The relatives and friends of were, however, only too glad to get him away from confinement, and. he twas actually pushed cut of his. prison by his friends, tak " boat (which had been prepared beforehand in anticipation of such A release) ant started off far his i f Ch'angshu, some 59 miles di Soochow. Ateived at the boat, Shen tried to jump overboard in witness of the fact that he had only dor duty to his sundry and had never been guilty of any crime; but he was frustrate in his suicidal attempt and is now carefully watched by his family.
TUE NEW CHINESE FOREIGN saNterny, Ever since has become known that the antiquated and useless Tsungli Yamen is to be nbolishe? in favour of somethin ona more modern bus's, there have been many guesses as ta who ppointed as the first Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the new My a number of names having been,. tentatively published as prospective members of the new Foreign Otic. The "Universal Grzotte" now publishes the latest proxpeetive Presi Vang Wen-shao, ut of the Board SANMUN FAY AFFAIR, mun Bay or, as the Chinese desiqnate the place, an (** Sandgate Bay") affair, according to the Cuiversal ast been arranged b Viceroy Li Hung-chang with the representative of the Power which is credited wish having designs upon the place. It is not yet known what are the so-called arrangements," but it seems that Viceroy Li Hung-charly has recently wired to the Chekiang provincial authorities at Hangchow assuring them that "the acute part of the crisis had passed and that nothing unusual need Lo anticipated from Foreign
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