'A private letter from Héagehon, a ptefectu-al city of Hunan province, receive! by an expectant official of this province residing in Shanghai, and_ whos. native city is Aéngehou, has the following, which have been permitted to translate, 4 far to show that a reactionary movement against missionaries is being attempted in Central and South-western China, The writer of the letter 30th September.
Lady Interpreters in the Palace. ing with the Ladies of the Foreign Lega-Fir better opportunities for communieattions, the Empress Dowag-r recently gave instructions to; lay interpre. ters for her Court, wie the result that the Grand Secretary Vu -y Tu and Prince Ching. have recommended each a couple of ladies to the Empress Dowager for the purpose.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.