A. private letter from—Pekin, received here on Saturday, the 30th ultimo, dated the 24th, says: "We are in danger of death. Thirty thousand troops are attacking us and we have only three days' food left No news of troops: if no relief comes, it seems hopeless. Talliew's store is burnt, the hotel bombarded, the Stalian, Dutch, American, and part of the British Legations burnt."
This confirms the despairing message of Sir Robert Hart of the same date.
Other messages affirm that the German Minister is killed.
We are being shelled again at
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