From Our Correspondent, Peking, February 20.
PIRACIES ON THR HUANGPU, Viceroy Tuan Fang, telegraphs to the Waiwopu that, in view of the recent Piratical attack on Chinese and Japanese steamboats on the Husngpu river, and has ordered Admiral Cheng Wen-ping' of the Yangtze naval forces and the Viceroys at Nanking and Wuchang to ce-operate with General Chiang to the best of their power. General Chiang's headquarters will be Chiankiang; but he will inspect the naval and land forces in the Liangkiang and Lianghu provinces once in every six months. The Inspector-General will have a special command of 5,000 troops and marines, which will be sent to any point the before-mentiotied two viceroyalties, where disturbance may occur. After the departare of General Chiang the various military forces in the Capital will be placed under the direct control of the Ministry of War and no successor will be appointed.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.