With reference to the question of the of female prisoners in the Mixed Court to the new Municipal gaol for female culprits, we understand that although the Shanghai Taotui has shown himself agreeable to the change, his Honour has asked that the proposed transfer be delayed a while in order that he may first report the matter to the Viceroy at Nanking and the Governor of this province at Soochow.
XH. E. Tuan Fang, Governor of this province, is expected to arrive here from Nanking to-day. stated that it is possible that his Excellency may remain in Shanghai for a day or two before proceeding to Soochow in order to investigate matters here to which his attention has been drawn, A Government Victory in Kuangsi.
The " Sinwénpao " publishes a telegram feom Kueilin, the provincial capital of Kuangsi, to the effect that the Government troops under General Huang Chung-li obtained a great victory on the 9th inst. near Liuchoufu over a large body of well-armed insurgents under the leadership of a well-known rebel called Lu A-fa, and. that, after a battle which was maintained with great determination on both sides, the insurgents were defeated with much slaughter and their leader captured. This Chief is an important man to capture, as he and his followers
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