The Official Gazette announces that the rebels were defeated yesterday after fighting all day. Tt states that five train-loads of northern troops have arrived at Hankow.—Our Own Correspondent.
Another Peking telegn ed [ast night by asiatic Lloyd" adds that the Edict promises rewards to all who arrest or slay the brigands (? rebels), and lays stress on the trastwortby character of the four men, Yuan Shih-kai, Tuan Fang, Teéa Chun-hsuan and Yin Chang, who have been sppojated by the Government as Many families of officials and students are leaving Peking.—Ep.
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