London via Bombay, 5th March.
Count Benckendorff, the Russian Ambassador, has just returned from St. Petersburg, whither he went to say farewell: to his cen, "Who is starting for the front.
He visited the King yesterday evening for the purpose, it is believed, of delivering an autograph letter from the Czar, replying to one from King Edward assuring the Czar that, despite the Press agitation, Great Britain would maintain strict nermaking no preparations for defence, but will probably retire on Haicheng as soon as the port opens, which will probably be on the 18th. The Russian gunboat Sivouich in dock there will be blown up ty her Captain when the Russians retire.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.