17th March.
The Mixed Court Magistracy.
Owing to the Imperial decree published in this column on Tuesday morning summarily cashiering him for ever, thereby reducing him to the ranks of a commoner, Mr. Huang'Hsuen, the incumbent of the International Mixed Court, has received orders from the Shanghai Taotai to vacate his post at once. As Mr. Huang Heuen's successor, Mr. Fa Being-chih, cannot arrive in Shanghai from Nanking as soon as desired, the Taotsi, it is reported, has appointed Mr. Kuan Chun, his chief attache on Foreign Affairs and former Acting Magistrate of that Court, to take over Mr. Huang Hsuen's duties ad interim.
HE. Wang Kai-kah, Imperial Vice-Commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition, is expected to leave for Peking vie Tientsin by the China Merchants' steamer Taishun to report the result of his mission to the Throne, We understand that Taotai Clu Pao-fay.
for of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, ote, and former Director of the Chinese Telegraph Administration here, also goos to Peking for Imperial audience by the same steamer, after which he will return to Shanghai to resume his duties here.
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