We translate the following from the honesty that may come within the Sinwenpso":—Owing to the bad roanyj'official weakness, avarice, or putation of Huang Hellen, Magistrate of editorial ken. The enlightened and {he Mixed Court, who has' been charged reesive}. nowlylgeppointed (Governor with receiving bribes and encouraging fanan province, hie policy of selecting the pad characters, Acting Viceroy Chou Fu, of Nanking, has decided to remove that best talent he can to assist him in official forthwith, his successor being Mr. his work, we are glad to note, hes not To, Police Magistrate of Nanking. and hesitated to over-ride the usual official formerly also Magistrate of the Mixed prejudice when such s man is found to Court here. se in a newspaper office.
A Hankow letter to hand now states that his Excel-Jency has invited Mr. Shen Chin-hsia, '27th February. the Editor of the "Wuhan "Pao" (a The Mixed Court Magistrate, Chinese paper published in that port), well-known advocate -of modern schools by Viceroy Chou Fa, was reported in Me, Hang Histen, where deposition god writer on questions of reform, to this column last week we now learn join the gubérnstorial secretariat at was in the first place denounced to the Gh'angeba, the. capital of Hunan pro-Throne by H. 1. Rich Liang on his vince, and that Mr. Shen has consented return to Peking from the South the to take up the appointment. When it la day, in consequence of which pointed out that the Secretory of Viooroy Chou Fa received an Imperial Thandarin, no matter how highly placed, edict to remove Mr, Huang Hsien. We really acts as his lential adviser on understand that the latter's successor, all important questions, one can under-Mr. Ta, will not be able to take up his stand the power and influence that has duties for another month to come and been placed in Mr. Shén's hands for good that he has also or for evil. marine sub-prefect in the native city.
It is reported in a Norther paper that at the special audience on Chinese New Year's Day given by the Empress Dowsger to all the princes of the Iu: perial House and their sons, the ten-year old son of a certain prince of the 4th Order: pacticalarly struck the fancy of the Dowager, who at one commanded the boy to reside in the Palace and study under the same number of tutors as had taught the deposed ex-Heir Apparent P'u Chun, son of the notorious Boxer, Prince Tuan. It is therefore ramoured that the Emperor may be possibly "persuaded" to adopt the child of the Empress Dowag selection to be his Majesty's son and heir to the Dragon Throne.
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