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TI-PING TIEN-KWOH;
THE HISTORY OF THE TI-PING REVOLUTION,

INCLUDING
A Narrative of the Author's Personal Adventures.
BY

LIN-LE.

FORMERLY HONORARY OFFICER, CHUNG-WANG'S GUARDS; SPECIAL AGENT OF THE TI-PING
GENERAL-IN-CHIEF; AND LATE COMMANDER OF THE "LOYAL AND FAITHFUL
AUXILIARY LEGION."
VOLUME II.
LONDON:
DAY & SON (LIMITED), LITHOGRAPHERS & PUBLISHERS,
GATE STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.
1866.

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COX AND WYMAN,
ORIENTAL, CLASSICAL, AND GENERAL PRINTERS,
GREAT QUEEN STREET, LONDON, W.C.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER XV.

PAGE

Chinese Custom-houses.Attempts at Extortion.An Adventure.Ruse de Guerre.Its Success.Peace Negotiations.Their abrupt Termination.The Plot thickens.A Companion in Misfortune.Negotiations renewed.Their Failure.Hostilities.Critical Position.Danger increases.Attempted Rescue.The Mud Fort Mandarin.His Fate.The Civil Mandarin.Rescued at last.The Williamette

CHAPTER XVI.

Hang-chow.Ti-pings approach Shanghae.Their Reception.The Casus Belli.The First Blow.Filibuster Ward.Admiral Hope's Exploits.Captures Hsiun-tang.The Consequences.Hope's Policy condemned.The real Casus Belli.Defence of Shanghae justified.Inducements to oppose the Ti-pings.Official Reports.Mr. Consul Meadows.Recognition of the Ti-pings.The Shanghae Times.Mr. John's Report.Edict of Religious Toleration.Report continued.Mr. Muirhead's Report

CHAPTER XVII.

On Board the Williamette.Blockade running.Arrival at Nankin.Solemn Thanksgiving.Domestic Arrangements.Phillip's Wife.The Wooing.The Dowry.The Wedding.Trade established.Imperialist Corruption.Preparations for leaving.An Elopement.The Journey.The Surprise.The Repulse.Arrival at Hang-chow.Its capture.The Particulars.Cum-ho.The Chung-wang.His mistaken Policy

CHAPTER XVIII.

Earl Russell's Despatch.Its Effect."Taking the Offensive."Official Reports.General Staveley.Attacks the Ti-pings.General Ward.Hope and Ward repulsed.Che-poo attacked.Its Capture.Loot Regulations.Kah-ding attacked.Its Capture.Ti-ping Loss.Newspaper Comments.Tsing-poo besieged.Inside the City.Ti-ping Losses.Na-jaor besieged.Cho-lin besieged.Ti-ping Bravery.Cho-lin captured.The Chung-wang.Kah-ding evacuated.Consul Harvey's Despatch.Despatch reviewed.Ningpo threatened.Captain Dew at Ning-po.His Despatch.The Reply.Captain Dew's Rejoinder.Preparation to attack Ning-po.Captain Dew's Inconsistency.His Ultimatum.Official Despatches.Ning-po attacked.Ning-po evacuated.Newspaper Reports

CHAPTER XIX.

A Double Wedding.Its Celebration.The Honeymoon.Its Interruption.Warlike Preparations.Soong-kong invested.General Ching's Despatch.Tsing-poo recaptured.Ti-ping Severity excused.England's Responsibility.Curious Chinese Custom.The Chung-wang's Policy.His Explanation.The Ti-ping Court of Justice.How conducted.Opium Smoking.Its Effects.Evidence thereof.Forbidden by Ti-ping Law.Opium Trade

CHAPTER XX.

Ti-ping Disasters.The Vampyre Fleet.Important Letters.Mr. Roberts's Case.Mr. Consul Harvey.Letters continued.Misrepresentations.Anti-Ti-ping Meeting.The Sherrard Osborne Theory.The Fleet Afloat.The "Lay" and "Osborne" Agreement.The Fleet repudiated.Pecuniary Loss to England.A Resum.General Burgevine.Lieutenant Ridge.Act of Piracy.A Tartar caught.Exit of the Anglo-Chinese Flotilla.General Ward's Proceedings.Progress of the War.Death of General Ward.Captain Dew's Disgrace.How caused.His Mode of Proceeding.Its Effect upon Trade.Operations before Kah-ding."Wong-e-poo."General Burgevine dismissed from his Command.Major Gordon takes Command.Sir F. Bruce's Despatches.His Objections to Gordon's Appointment.Also to General Brown's Interference

CHAPTER XXI.

Personal Narrative continued.Mr. Lobschied.His Reception at Nankin.Press Publications.Mr. Lobschied leaves Nankin.Operations before Tait-san.The Assault.Act of Bravery.Rout of the Imperialists.Gordon's Art of War.Tait-san reinvested.Siege of Tait-san.Its Capture.Manchoo Atrocities.Treatment of Ti-ping Prisoners.Mr. Sillar's Statement.Quin-san captured.Gordon's Report.Gordon reinforced.The Chung-wang recalled.Critical Position of the Ti-pings.The Chung-wang's Retreat.Difficulties encountered.Reinforcements.The Scene of Battle.Its Horrors.Arrival at Nankin.The Chung-wang's Army.General Attack.The Repulse.The Surprise.The Night Attack.The Flight and Pursuit.Death of Marie

CHAPTER XXII.

On the Wong-poo River.Ningpo Sam.The China.Her Passengers.The Ta-hoo Lake.Its Scenery.The Canals of Central China.General Burgevine.Soo-chow.Deserters.Burgevine suspected.The Americo-Ti-ping Legions.Burgevine's Policy.Colonel Morton.The Mo-wang.Arrival of the Chung-wang.The Loyal and Faithful Auxiliary Legion.How regulated.Affair at Wo-kong.Recruiting.Plan of Operations.A coup de main.Arrangement.Interruptions.Postponed

CHAPTER XXIII.

Renewed Attempt.Its Success.Narrow Escape.British Interference.How explained.Its Failure.The coup de main succeeds.Groundless Alarm.Route to Soo-chow.Its Difficulties.Generous Conduct.Arrival at Wu-see.Prize-Money.Treachery.Preparations for an Attack.Manuvring.The Attack.Warm Reception.The Enemy repulsed.The Result.Wu-see evacuated.Return to Shanghae.Last Interview with the Chung-wang.Manchoo Cruelty.Result of British Interference.Evidence thereof.Newspaper Extracts.Further Extracts.England's Policy.Its Consequences.Its Inconsistency.Her Policy in Japan.Religious Character of the Ti-pings.Their Christianity

CHAPTER XXIV.

Kar-sing-foo.Christmas in Ti-pingdom.Works of Art.Dangerous Companions.Narrow Escape.Retribution.Adieu to Ti-pingdom.Mr. White's Case.The Neutrality Ordnance.Order of July 9th, 1864.Intended Return to England.Particulars of the Siege of Soo-chow.Strength of the Garrison.The Assault described.The Nar-wang's Treachery.Its Cause.Major Gordon's Report.The Friend of China.Gordon's Report continued.Narrative by an Eye-Witness.The Soo-chow Tragedy.Major Gordon.His Conduct.Gordon's Letter to Sir F. Bruce.Analysis thereof.Newspaper Extract.Gordon's "Reasons" refuted.Analysis Continued.Gordon's "Personal Considerations."His Motives explained.Newspaper Extracts.Sir F. Bruce's Despatch.Its Analysis.Falsity of Gordon's Statements.How proved.Extract from the Times.Deductions

CHAPTER XXV.

Operations Resumed.Attack on Kin-tang.The Battle of the Brickbats.Ti-ping Success.Active Operations.Manuvring.Hang-chow invested.Fall of Kar-sing-foo.Gordon's Proceedings.Chang-chow-foo.Narrative of the Siege.Fall of Chang-chow.The Foo-wang.Manchoo Cruelty.Debate on the Chinese War.Lord Palmerston's Policy.Its Errors.Mr. Cobden's Policy.Mr. Layard.His Inaccuracy.Extracts from the Debate.Result of Lord Palmerston's Policy.Fall of Nankin."Imperialist" Account.The Chung-wang's Capture.Other Reports.Digest of Events.The Chung-wang.His Position in Nankin.Events in the City.Newspaper Reports.Doubts as to the Chung-wang's Fate.The Retreat from Nankin.Newspaper Extracts.The Shi-wang's Proclamations.Lee-Shai-Yin's Address

CHAPTER XXVI.

Results of British Policy.Its Effect on Trade.The Inspectorate System.The Tien-tsin Treaty.Present State of China.Rebellion in the Ascendant.Proposed Remedy.The Mandarin Policy.The Extradition Treaty.The Mo-wang's Case.Its Injustice.Its Illegality.Burgevine's Case.Our Treatment by the Manchoos.Russia's Policy in China.Contrasted with that of England.Russian Progress.Statistics.Acquisition of Territory by Russia.Her Approach to British India.Russia's Advantages.Her Future Policy."Peking and the Pekingese."Its Author's Misstatements.Misquotations.Examples thereof."Chinese Miscellanies."Ti-ping Movements.The Future of the Ti-pings Doubtful.Latest Movements.The Kan-wang.Nien-fie Victories.Future Prospects.Finis

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