As-will be observed from the Imperial Aeoree published above their Excellencies Hew Shih-ch'ang and Shao Yinz-are not to go abroad, their places on the Commission to be taken by- Shang Ch'i-hang, at present Provincial Treasurer of Shantung, and Li Sheng-tu, Governor of Peking and an ox-Minister to the Court of Tokio. As will be remembered by readers of these " Notes," shortly after the bomb outrage we mentioned the fact that ELE, Li Sheng-tu would be selected to take the Grand Councillor, H.B. Hsu ch'ang's place, the latter having been appointed, President of the nows Board, of Ministry, of Public Safety which would take all his time and ability to form. At that time it was thought, with good reason, that HE. Tsing' Kuang-chinan, the present Chinese Minister to Corea, would be selected to tuke HE, Shao Ying's place on the Commission, and a very godd choice it would an-doubtedly have been for China, if his name, instead of Shang-Ch'i-hang's, haa appeared in the Imperial decree pubed above this morning. But understand that Minister Taéug, or Lord Kingeast Teéng, as he at the present juncture, Coren in the throes of ational crisis just now. A. E+ Shang Ohfi-hang, may be a good man but is utter!
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The Censer Busy Again.
A Peking dispatch reports that a day or two ago ago Chang Yuan-ohi, Censor of the Fukien Provincial Circuit, handed up tothe Thone a memorial denouncing Ch'ung Shan, Tartar General of Foochow and Acting Viceroy of the Min-Che provinces; Chou Hao, Provincial Treasurer of Fukien; Kao Taotai, Director of the Imperial Customs Mint; Prefect Ma, Assistant Director of the Foochow Naval Dockyard, and Lit, marine sub-prefect of Foochow.' This is considered to he a counter-blast to the denunciations made by the friends of the above against Governor Nich Shih-kuei of Chekiang, Wong Tseng-kuei, Provincial Treasurer of the same, and others, who it will be remembered, were, as a consequence, removed from office a short time ago by Imperial decree.
The Editor of the Tstupso."
The "Shenpao's" Hankow corres pon-dont states that four, Consuls are now interfering in the case of Chang, the Editor of the " Ts'upao," namely (1) the British Consul; because when Chang was handed over to the Chinese aitthorities the latter promised to finish his case in three days' time; more than one week has now elapsed since then. (2) The French Consul, because the Froch Bank had guaranteed the capital of the "Ts'upao," and this paper had already lost Tls. 60,000 sitico it commenced publication: (8) The
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