was fought and twenty-seven rebels were captured, three being instantly beheaded and eight more later in the city. About ninety others fled to n temple, but no rights of sanctuary were observed. A guard' of mounted soldiers lined up before the door ready to shoot avy who should attempt to come out, while others went round and threw fire into a heap of straw, which quickly ignited, and made a holocaust of the whole number. No one can identify the remains, and no one cares to go to the expense of burial, and so the dogs are holding high carnival in the temple, which h become a charnel-house indeed. Will this be the end?
'23rd February.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.