§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN (Stirling Burghs)Has the right hon. Gentleman the representative of the Foreign Office any information to give the House regarding China?
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe news received from various sources makes it clear that a large number of foreignersand missionaries of various denominations had taken refuge in the British Legation, which is besieged, and that the position in Peking is very grave—but we have no direct intelligence from Peking itself. A telegram has reached us from the Consul at Tientsin, dated 28th June, stating that the three arsenals known as the Eastern Arsenal, the Haikuan Ssu, and the Si-ku or Wu-ku Arsenal have been burned by the allied forces, with immense stores of powder and ammunition.