POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY MORNING.
A summary of the mail from China has been forwarded by telegraph, and published by the Government.
" Foreign Office, January 25.
" The following telegram has been received at the Foreign Office from her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles, dated January 24, 10.30 p.m.— "Great part of expeditionary forces had arrived safely at Hongkong on December 15. The Peiho was completely frozen up.
" Two thousand five hundred English, under General Staveley, and a quota of French, have been left at Tien-tsin, comfortably housed, with plenty of warm clothing and fuel. " Lord Elgin reached Shanghae, December 4, and was about to start for Japan with Sir Hope Grant. " Sir Robert Napier had left Hongkong for Calcutta.
"The Yang-tse was much infested with pirates. "Baron Gros and Mr. Ward had been at Canton. The site of Yeh's yamun had been selected by the French for a Roman Catholic Cathedral, under permission. "A steamer has been up the inland waters, near Canton, with perfect safety.
(Signed) "EDWARD MARK, British Consul."
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