Under instructions from their te spective Ministers, the French and Austrian Consul tain have issued opium dens in That is oviattended the efforts of H, E, Viooroy Yuan Shih-kai in opium suppression. [visited the two Conoessions this
closed their doors, with the morviog and' policed all the dens bad of afew which have turned their dens into abops for the sale of opium over the counter, for private consumption private smoking is not prohibited by law yet, nor will be, perhaps, for nice years. According to advices from the Various other provinces, the order for prohibition of opium-smoking io opium dens is being carried out satisfactorily by other Viceroys and Govcting Viooroy of Szechuan reports pression of the rioters ut of which I spoke in my last he place is now in ite. no order and the foreign miasionarios snd their converts who recently escaped to other districts, will return to their home at Kaiyoan shortly.
The New Minister to England.
The Unrest In Chekiang Province.
It is reported from Hangchow that the insurgents of Wuyi in the pre fecture of Chinhuafu, murdered the Chihsien of the former city. There are now five prefectures of Chekiang rovinee ina stale o- unrest, namely, hangchow, Chinbus, Huchou, Chuchou. and Shaohsing, thatis to say, in each of the five prefectures there are from two to four districts in a ferment, but fortunately they are all local disturbances and not connected with one another, so far, and the chief grievance of the malcontents is said to be excess in taxation.
Minister to the court of St. James, Lord Li Chiog fang, new Chinese jed down to Tientsin from here on the 28th ultimo en route for Europe via Shanghai, After short stay at Tionjard Li will rt by one of the M8. N. teamers for your Dare aha loiter.. His Exealioncy hag jected almost as
been urged by the Poking Government to repair to new post at London sithont forte ye memorial from vicoroye Toss, Fong sod Chang Chit-tang, Taotai Kuei Kuang-tion has been appointed Director-in-C students io Great Britain, Germany, France apd Belgium with' a view of
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