The ' Universal Gazette" states that yesterday, 15th inst., was the date set down for the complete withdrawal of the allied forces from Peking, with the exe-ption of the Legation guards, and that in all probability, this was done yesterday.
With regard to this statement the Chinese must not forget that when the above date was fixed it was on the supposition that the Court was already on its way returning to the ex pital; hence if there was not a "complete" withdrawal yesterday, the Chinese reactionaries have only them: selves to blame,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.