The last mail adds but little, as there can be but little to add, to our information regarding the massacre at Tientsin. One im it fact however seems to have come clearly to light, and it is this:—The massacre was countee nanced by the very highest officials, and the second man in the Empire even, g-kwo-fan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese forces, is believed to have been its prime instigator. Whether or not such is the case it hard to determine, and it may never be possible directly to prove; still there are good grounds for the accusation, and proof of his guilt may yet be forthcoming from unexpected quarters. "It is now placed beyond doubt that Chunghow, the Governor of Tientsin, who rules there with absolute power, had but to make a sign, and not one Euroy would have been injured. Instead of doing so he permitted the French Consul, M. Fontanier, and his Chance-lier, M. Simon, to be murdered at the very door of his Yamen (official residence), and the nine Sisters of Charity, along with a hundred children, to be butchered se within a stone' throw of him. Still he moved not hand or foot, merely saying that he was unable to do anything, although well-knowing that his will is law and that no native dare to disobey. Even since the occurrence of these murders, not one man had been arrested when the last mail left, although the ringleaders of the mob were well known. The only steps the Chinese have as yet taken or offered to take are but the adding of insults to injuries, They have ordered the two high officials above named, Tseng-kwo-fan and Chunghow to examine into the matter. a te Teale meseacre, that the Joss te this hag Bsn done, to wed Chung. guilty may ly punished. ey also as Special Ambassador to Paris, to the matter with the French Government there. Thus they select the two arch murderers to examine into the riot, and scud one of them as Ambassador to the very nation whose sons and daughters were cruelly murdered because hie refused to save them, and thus gave his consent to their butchery. Surely the day of reckoning must be drawing near, and even Exeter Hall will at last have to allow that we made one grand mistake in ever treating China ieliiaer oF eye ae's cater lized ma-
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