The Archive · 1870

Tientsin, Gth August

The French Minister, Count de Rochechouart, lefthere yesterday (Gth) for Peing. The British Minister, Mr. Wade, ift lay for Peking. H. E.'Chung-how, we hear, will also do so two days hence. "The British Admiral left here on the Sth inst for Chefoo. The French Admiral, in the gunboat spit, also left here to-day, about noon, for Chefoo, to rejoin his frigate, the Venus, lying in that harbor.

The local authorities are engaged clearing away the ruins of the Catholic buildings, preparatory to erecting new ones. They are also still hunting after men concerned in the massacre. The old prefect (Chefoo) and the district magistrate (Cheheen) have reported themselves, and given themselves up to the criminal judge in charge at Paoutingfoo, in accordance with custom. It is reported that he has sent them on to the Board at Peking, to be further judged.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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