Considerable criticism of an adverse nature has been and is being made in otticial and mercantile ci ith reference to the very unusual man ch the Russian Prince Viadimirovitch was received in the Forbidden City" on the 6th of June ly mentioned in these Nores." Ie will be remembered by our readers that the Prince was first received by the Empress Dowager, who was seated on the "Dragon" Throne alone in all her usurped glory, in the Chtientsing Throne Hall, with the apparent object of showing Prince Vladimirovitch and M. Lessar, the Russian Minister at Peking, and others of their respective statis, by ocular demonstration, that she, Tze-hsi-tuan-yi, etc.,
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