Taotai Tsai mang, formerly Chief Commissioner of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs for Hunan province, is at present in Shanghai on his way to Chengtu, the ital of Szechuan, having been specially asked for from the Throne by HE. Hsi Liang, the present Viceroy of Szechuan: Tsai Taotai, as may perhaps be remembered by readers of this' paper, was greatly praised by our Hunan correspondent for the able and impartial manner in which he reciprocated the efforts of the British Consular officials who had demanded the punishment of the mandarins responsible for th: murders of the unfortunate missionaries, Me-sts. Bruce and Lewis, at Chénchon, Hunan, in August of last year. As an official holding power in Hunan province, Tsai Taotai was very much liked by both people and colleagues and the ability shown by him has so well pleased Vice Hsi Liang that he made more than one effort to get the Throne's consent to hare Tsai Taotai_ transferred from Hunan to Szechuan. Tsai Taota enlightened manner of doing things and] his known friendliness towards foreigners will be a loss to Hunan in dealing with international relations in the future while Szechuan will manifestly be a gainer. Foreigners, we venture to think, will not find it so difficult as hitherto to get proper attention paid to their affairs now that Tsai Taotai is going to make Szechuan the field of his labours in the future.
Another Delay is reported from Peking in regard to Viceroy Chane Chil-tung's departure from Peking. It is now stated that circumstances may arise in the immediate future which will necessitate H.E.s maining in Peking until after the cele bration of the Empress Dowager's birthday on the 98th of this month. Then it is also stated that BLE. is anxious to visit Confucius's tomb in Shantung on his way to Wuchang so that it will be impossible for H E. to take over the seals of the Hukuang Viceroyalty before the middle of January next. rd November.
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