CHAPTER X.

Prospects of the Ti-pings in 1860.--Their Operations.--Relief of Nankin.--Rout of the Imperialists.--Ti-ping Successes.--British Interference.--Ti-pings advance on Shanghae.--The Chung-wang's Address.--Mr. Bruce's Notification.--Mr. Bruce's Despatch.--The Future of China.--The Chung-wang's Despatch.--Mr. Bruce's Inconsistency.--Missionary "Holmes."--His Statement.--His Uncourteous Behaviour.--His Inconsistencies.--Suppressed Missionary Reports.--Rev. Griffith Johns' Report.--Newspaper Extracts.--The Shanghae Massacre of Ti-pings.--Newspaper Extracts.--The Author's Reflections thereon 266