We have to thank the Senior Consul, Mr. J. M.'L. Valdez, for a copy of the following letter received by him yesterday Imperial Chinese Railway Administration, Shanghai, 10th July, 1900.
Sin,—I have just received the following letter from H. Ex, Sheng, of which the enclosed is a copy A telegram dated Chinanfi, 9th instant, has been just received stating that a messenger, leaving Peking on the 5th instant, brought news that the two Legations were still intact, and that more than one half of the Boxers had disappeared or dispersed.
Yours faithfully,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.