With every desire to place faith in the theory that the Peking Legations were safe on. the 3rd inst., there is to-day a very strong feeling that no reliance can can be p laced on tat etbled you yesterday, Sheng has power-sons for not wishing it to be supposed that he is or has been in direct communication with Peking, and unfortunately he is Mr. Pelham Warren' sole authority for the statement that all well with the Europeans at so recent a dat There is a possibility, but it is a very faint one. that Sheng hi received offici from Peking wi he last day or tw that his later statement to the fect that he bad made an error of five days in communi-ting the courier's mescaye to M Consul Warren was made merely with a view to te-instating himself in the good opinion of the Consular body here.
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