CHAPTER XXV.

Operations Resumed.--Attack on Kin-tang.--The Battle of the Brickbats.--Ti-ping Success.--Active Operations.--Manoeuvring.--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 743