A Soochow dispatch to hand reports the arrival on the Sist ultimo at that city of HE. En Shou (Manchu), the new Governor of this province, and that H.E. took over his seals of office on the Ist of January, current, from the retiring Governor Nieh Chih-kuei, who leaves for Nanking Shanghai on the 3rd (to-day).
The Ex Heir-Apparent, Pu Chin, is now designed, according to a K'aiféng dispatch, Duke Chun, whilst he is also now dressed as other Dukes, having had to give up his very large coilection of clothes and robes made for him in his capacity of Heir-Apparent. He is not travelling with tie Empress Dowager, nor has he been sent to join his father at Ninghsia as at first reported, but is now travelling several days in the rear'of the Court, under the care of the Honan authorities.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.