As will be observed by the Imperial Edicts published above, his Honour Taotai Liang of this port has been promoted Junior Councillor of the Waiwupu. This news was received here yesterday by our Chinese fellow-_ residents with almost universal regret and disappointment, as it was generally hoped that his Honour would remain in office here for, if not his fall term of three years, at least large portion of that' preied. Taotai Liang, the short time (three mont been with us here, has proved himself a very satisfactory official in every respect, and though he well deserves promotion and we offer our hearty congratulations to his Honour we still consider the time chosen for his transfer elsewhere, say the least, inopportune. His prompt action in issuing a strong proclamation on the subject of the recent threatened boycott on British merchants, owing to the Chekiang railway loan and many other important matters good order of hin his jurisdiction, show his Honour to be the right man in the right place, and it is to be hoped that the s consular Body with whom Taotai Liang has had the most pleasant relations since his arrival here will see their way to protest strongly in the proper quarters against the proposed removal of so able and courteous an official from such an important and difficult post as the Shanghai Taotaiship. The present moment, moreover, is not propitious for a change of officials in the Shanghai Taotai's yamen in the native city, when strong Taotai is especially needed.
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