Singe the summer, the late Foreign Language School, which has pry deme te Dairy of Bre pee ala tome ave mie HAM) has been moved to
south side of Wuchang. The change. no doubt has its ad~ Vantagesy but it is a cause of discontent. to. many, both of the students and teachers. The former find themselves practically cut off from the pleasures of the for n riesha vide which costs 1,000 cash each way is not to be faced too. often" by an. impecunious student. The teachers are Jonger able to eke out their salaries by. teaching part-time in other schools, and. therefore. they have Food cause for grumbling too, "At present the students of the above Institution are up. in arma against thole own principal. The latter, Mr. Hu, is @ graduate. in medicine of Hongkong. University. He has already held his position fas principal of the Foreign Lan-lunge School for some four oF five Sens. The exact cause of his preent unpopularity is unknown, but the Chinese pross has published some most scurrilous charges Agtinst his character. He is said fo be a man of no manners and no learning. He has dismissed students unjustly. He has made a Qwrong use of public funds, He thas no personality and no character, Of course, the charges are absurd or at Toast exaggerated. But since has got across his students, they will no doubt make it hot, enough for him until he forced to resign from his position. 'The students have gone further, and have laid down the qualifications which they demand in any man Who shall' be appointed Mr. Hu's uceessor, He must be a man of exceptional ability. and character. He must be a graduate of at least two foreign universities. Tu fact, they require altogether @ paragon, both for scholarship and for virtue, The Commercial University are also in difficulties for a similar reason, The student are demanding the dismissal of their present principal and the appointiaent of an~ other man of their own choice. Upon the principal sticking to his guns, they. all downed books and pens and declared a strike, The Fest remains to be told, but no doubt ax usual the students will win the day.
'A curious incident has just hap-yened in connexion with another School in the city, known as the "Pirst Middle School." This school situated close to the city wall, and upon the slope of the wall a new house has just been built by 'a wealthy mexehant. A few nights tige, during the great wind in fact, the house caught fire and was burned down, The students are Known to be discontented with their principal, and the rumour has got about that the house was the principal's house, and that the students set it on fire in spite. On inquiry, however, it turns out that the house does not belong to the principal.
With the close of the war near Shanghai, the embargo upon the transport of silver from the province of Hupeht has been removed. A few days ago, the merchants of Wu-Han called upon the Governor and requested to "have the prohibition removed, and their request was refused. Now, however, it has Deen granted, and the immediate coffect is a fall in the price of the dollar which will be a great relief to the poorer classes. The dollar-ash exchange has already fallen to 2,500, whereas a fow days ago it had vison to 2,040. If the fall continues, it will bring relief to a great many households of the not overwealthy.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.