We hear that the Court in going to the Eastern Tombs, when the Empress Dowager, who for many years has been having built a largo mausoloum, is to travel by rail to Twngchou. It is also being considered whether it is possible to extend the railway as far as the Eastern Tombs. That branch has been built thus far by the British.
The Empress-Dowager is having, as she had a few years ago, quite a "craze" for things foreign. Social amenities amusements are quite to her liking.
It is reported that she will hold a monthly levee for the foreign ladies, but.
ill discontinue the giving of gifts. She is much pleased at her success in winning friends by such easy methods of social attentions. But perhaps it should not be spoken of as easy, since traditional usages have been completely ignored by the innovation of the Court since its return.
Negotiations between the Russian Minister and the Chinese Plenipotentiaries have been ro-sumed, but we doubt very much if any aureement will he reached.
Miscellaneous.
The Industrial School of Huang Sz yung. notwithstanding the frst oppos tion of the Civil Governor, h'en Pi, has really never yet been closed. Chen Pi, finding that his particular conservatism was not popular, tried to turn around. Mr. Huang was told that when he finds another place, he can move. This may mean staying on in the old place. The Mandarin paper is to be resumed, as the Empress Dowager, having seen some copies, is much in favour of it. Several readers will be found in the palace, and all that will be needed will be silence as to all faults in the palace.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.