It will be remembered that when Li Hung-charly received his last appointment to negotiate porce HE, telegraphed the news to the vious Foreign Offices of Europe and America, The replies have now arrived and from what can be ysthered from them by the Chinese officials here seem to imply that, apart from others ug a desire to negotiate pevco, Tequites land in compensation, lo Germany is determined on revenge owing to the murder of her Minister, Baron von Ketteler, and will not speak of peace until after Peking has been captured, AN AUTUUNTIC INCIDENT, We translate the following portion of a letter written by a native pastor at Tientsin to friend in Shanghai with reference to an incident which occurred in the early part of July in that city, which owing to the excitement then existing las" escaped notice, and not yet so far, been recorded in print. If proof indeed! were wanted—and we have allowly had numerous instances of this—of the Empress Dowager's close with the Boxers, the following will be sufficient to expose her to the Imperial High Commissioner specially delegated by the Empress Dowager arrived here ('Tientsin) from Peking on the Gth of July and took up his Ghinese Telegeaphs, inside the t-gate narters in the Head Office of the Tmperint of the Native City. This Commissioner called himsett Liu En-p'u [a native of Chibli province and holding the post of Comptrol er-General of the Imperial granaries at Peking and T'ungchou.—Traystaton] and immediately upon rival sent retainers with his—official card to the various Boxer chiefs inviting them toa grand conference. He declared that he held a special decree of the Empress Dowager commanding him to come to Tientsin and transmit to the Boxer chiefs, ice. all the elder brethren,' her Majesty's high approval of thole conduct, and to reward riem therefore. The Empress Dowager's special decree read something like the following 'It comes as a surprise to me that there are yet left to China such a unanimous, patriolie body of men who are now combined in fighting for th Governnient and driving out the Foreign. ers. Iam indeed pleased at their (Boxers') conduct, J, therefore, hereby command
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