A dispatch from a perfectly reliable source at Peking states that a recent rumour that Prince Chun is not going to marry the Grand Secretary Yung Lu's daughter is not true, As a matter of fact, Prince Chun's future Princess is the eighth daughter of H.E. Yung Lu, while Duke Tsai Hsun, younger brother of Prince Chun—and therefore also of the Emperor—has been betrothed to a daughter of Shan (a Manchu First-class Secretary of one of the Six Boards).
Daring River thieves.
'A Chinese gentleman recently returned from Hankow gives an example of how the thieves on board the steamers plying on the Yangtze terrorise native passengers and the crews on them. A passenger on a certain river steamer happened to miss a small " pillow" box containing a couple of hundred of dollars and naturally immediately reported his loss to the steamer's compradore. The latter asked whether the owner of the box had seen any one steal it or suspected any one of the theft. The reply was no, when suddenly another passenger declared that he had seen the theft and could identify the thief. OF course all the native passengers and crew were made to stand in rows and the voluntary witness asked to point out the thief. This was promptly done and the latter finally made to disgorge. Next morning the voluntary witness was found missing while his luggage still lay in. the cabin where he had placed it when joining the steamer.
The Chine-e Special Ambas dor to King Edward's Coronation, Prince Tsai Cheng, 3rd Order, eldest son of Prince Ching, Ist Order, it is reported from Peking, is to be accompanied by a very re aff, on grounds of economy, and will probably leave for Europe in April next, in company with H.E. Chang Té-yi, the Chinese Minister-elect to the Court of St. James, who is to succeed Sir Chichen Lo Fénglu, K.V.O. time-expired.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.