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.--Manoeuvring.--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 658