THE concluding words of Dr. Morson's message from Peking on the of July to the outside world, which we are fortunately allowed to publish in full this morning, are " contentedly awaiting relief"
It touches the heart to think of the five weeks of suffering through which our friends in Peking had passed when these words were written, and then to know that seventeen days more have been added to the five weeks, and the relief which they were contentedly awaiting has only just started from Tientsin. A reconnaissance in the direction of Peking has been made, the force retiring on finding a large number of Chinese troops in front of of them; but the latest news of the main body is to the 6th from Tientsin, and it says; "Allies preparing to start." This is from the message of the Belgian Consul at Tientsin to the Belgian Secretary of Legation here; the same message brought news from Peking to the 28th of July, when the Ministers were still safe and being supplied with food by Prince Ching and Yung Lu, and were reported to be consulting as to leaving Peking for Tientsin. But we do not believe that except in the last extremity the Ministers would give up Peking and trust themselves to the tender mercies of a Chinese escort. It is since the 28th that the anti-foreigners in Peking have consolidated their power by the removal of the two most intelligent members of the Tsungli Yamen, and it is to be feared that the supply of food to the Legations has stopped. The Japanese had news, yesterday, apparently to the 2ud of August from Peking, that the position of the Legations was again very precarious, and that the Japanese had only food for one week, and only twenty-five rounds of ammunition a head.
While the Belgian message dated Tientsin the 6th instant says that the allies were preparing to march, our Chefoo correspondent, whose message dated the 6th instant will be found in another column, gives an account of the defeat of the Chinese at Peitsang by the allied force after seven hours' heavy fighting. Ina very few words our correspondent describes the difficulties with which the allied force is meeting: "River banks cut, country flooded, pursuit difficult." We doubt if there will be much more opposition between Peitsang and Peking if the Chinese get one or two more running defeats; and if it is true that the best troops have been sent out of Peking to defend the road thither, it should not take the relieving force long when it once gets under the walls of. the capital, to get through them and reach the Legations.
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