According to a Peking dispatch 1 memorial was recently sent to the Throne by Viceroy Yuan Shih- ply re mending a suggestion of Sir Ernest British Minister at Peking, to the Chinese Plenipotent aries that there should be some recognition made by the Central Government with reference to the good and able work of a number of civil and military officials, gentry, notables and foreign and Chinese missionaries and members of the Christian Churches in Chihli province, in Dringing about the return of and quiet in the province and putti a stop to the war of revenge which certain villages, occupied by members of the Chri-tian Charch—whether R. C. or Protestant is not pointed out—v the point of declaring ayainst non. villages, encouraged by the success of the Allies. Viceroy Yuan and his immediate subordinate, Provincial Treasurer Chou Fu, heartily endorsed the British Minis suggestion, and the former further recommended that the form of recognition to be given by the Throne, should be in the nature of extraordinary rewards, such as given to successful Generals and officials in time of war.
Entertaining the Diplomatic Corps. native correspondent at Peking 1 of the significant desire of the Grand Secretary Yung Lu—Mthe sole Minister on whom now rests the confidence of the Empress Dowager'—to yet into friendly and social relations with the Diplomatic Corps, states that H. 1. wave whit is considered by Chinese and Manchus alike, a princely entertainment on the 24th ultimo to the variers foreign Ministers and their respective svatls, at H.K.'s residence in the Tungel or" Tu-tung," outside the Tung! of the Forbidden Ci was what is called a me isi," ox Complete Feast of M: and Chinese edibles and delicacies ased of one hundred and twenty-six principal courses. Such a banquet ordinarily takes host and guests fully twelve hours to do justice to. For inst the invited ime sts are expected ty arrive not later than 9.30 in the morning and keep on cating until 9 or 10 at night, with two three intervals of much needed rest of three-quarters of an hour or 50 each tim for the cleming away of the table tal furniture and the putting on of new Hence one need not be surprised tok that the foreign guests of the Gra Secretary did nob leave the banquet much before 3 velock the next morning. There were also theatricals going on in front of the feasters, the troupe performing Ix the Fu Show Company, attached to Tmperial Household Department, aiavourite one of the Empress Dowager's and posed of actors whose names are household word to Chinese playgoers in Peking, Tientsia, and Shanghai. ang)
The Regular Annval Preliminar Examination College in the native city. yester' students who went in yesterd out this afternoon; yo in aya ow morning and come out the d they then go in for the third last time on Friday and finish on The men who pass the above then proceed to the prefectural city vivt. in this are then finally amined by the Literary Chancellor some time in May next la Sungki he proceeds on his xounds, and' the the men for the Hsiuts'ai degree.
A Great Fire at Nant'ai, Foochow. is reported to have occurred on the 6th inst., from which Shanghai native timber merchants are ssid to have suiter been detented and had to fall back upod Kuochoufu, his headquarters, which is near the Kuangsi borders, in ord-r to protect that prefecture, ever which he as mil jurisdiction, The retreat severe lusse:, amounting, roughly sp ing, to some TI M500 ce Pith {of General Ma into Kuanztang territory conflagration occurred in a timber yard caused the hong into and, spreading, destroyed a large tity'of timber which had been hous! paid for by agents of the Shanghai timber merchants e-neemed who were awa ting shipment for this port. insurgent hands, accompany ed by the miass-ere ut most of the us of that city. Phe rebellion Las now, according to news from assumed serious itary stretch-the Commercia! Treaty tions.
The Universal Gazette" learns th: owing to the complicated nature and numerous subjects discussed between Si J. Mackay and Sheng Kungpao previous to the illness of the latter, the British Commissioner is disinclined to reopen negotiations with a new Commissioner, which would necessitate going ov-r much of the old ground whereby much time would be lost. Sir J. Mackay is therefore reported to have signified his intention to wait for the recovery of Sheng Kunzpao. sot Yunun, involfact, three provinees. A portion living reference _expecially to distri ely bordering French territority, isan French, namely, the inst gents in the vienity' of Eh in "Kuangtung. proce and Lunychou in Kuangs province, Tt is also rum Uthat the insurgents from Yunnan are also anti-Frereh, The insurgents of Yiilinchow are only a moiety of imsurrect on, Regorted Unquiet in the Norihwest,
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