The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-24 00:00:00

apo was the man who struck the first blow. I don't
know that any of the villagers were wounded. It was
the small officer who caressed my sister-in-law, the one
with whiskers. I know that the officers were looking
for women, because I heard them inquire fur Amoey.
I know that the two officers were drunk; when I passed
them at Chui apo's house, I smelled (?) liquor ; they
were standing by Chui-apo's house. At the commence-
ment of the affray my younger brother was not present,
he was herding cattle ; but he was present when the
affray was being carried on, on the hill a little distance
from the village. He saw the finish. He saw the officers
fall. (A three-pronged spear is shown to the deponent.)
He identifies it as one used by Chui-apo; another spear
as used by Chui-amon ; both are broken short off.
" Loi-y at-chow, a boy 11 years of age, being warned
in a similar manner to first defendant, states—l reside
in the village of Wong-ma-kok. On Sunday last, the
25th February,l was engaged in tending cattle. In the
evening, as I was returning with them, I saw my sister-
in-law carrying two buckets of water into our house. I
saw two English officers in the village. When my sister
saw them, she hid herself behind some hay used for fir-
ing in the house. I went into said house. I saw one of
the officers hug my sister-in-law. My father and my
mother interfered. My father as well as mother were
struck by one of the officers. I saw blood come from
my father's head. I did not see any of the villagers
go into my father's house armed with spears. The
English officers went out, and fought in the village, and
on the bill near the village; I saw the officer fall on the
hill; he was dead—the short one. I went to see him.
I saw them both afterwards slung upon bamboos, and
carried away. I don't know where they were taken to.
The bodies of the officers were carried past the village,
that is, through the village, by the same men who had
murdered them. None of those now in custody were
concerned in the murder. lam quite sure that life was
extinct when the bodies where carried off on bamboos.
I did not see any of the Chinamen take any watch or
rings from the deceased officers.
"Chui Asze is duly cautioned: I am a native of Tam-
shui in Tweisheen. lam a fortune-teller: I predict
good and bad weather. On Sunday last I was in the
village of Wong-ma kok. On Sunday, the 25th of Fe-
bruary, two English officers came into the village. I
think they were drunk. They began to go into the va-
rious houses there, and assault their inmates. I did not
see them go into Chui-apo's house; I saw them go into
Lo-yaong-shing's. I do not know what took place there.
I saw a fight going on in front of the village. Chui-apo
gdhidting not
go into Yaong-shing's house. When
near the village I did not see any
wounds inflicted on the English officers. The latter
were only armed with sticks at first, until one of them
and
dy his
wem re enfi
wrested a spear from a Chinaman. It was getting late
in the evening, and I could not see the end of the strug-
gle. Before any disturbance commenced I heard cries
from the women in Yaong-sbing's house. It was then
that the villagers armed themselves with spears and
fought. I have not been in the village of Wonbasma kok
yet two months. I have never seen the English officers
in the village before. When I was at Wong-ma-kok I
lived in a room adjoining Chui apo's. Ido not know
that Chui-apo cultivates the ground at Wong-ma-kok,
but I know that he has a number of cattle there—l
cannot say how many.* lam 65 years of age.
" Lo-chow-she (who came of her own accord, and
being made a prisoner, and duly cautioned) states—l
am daughter-in-law of Lo-yaong-shing, alias Lea assee.
I was in the village of Wong-ma-kok on Sunday the
25th of February. I was in my father-in-law's house.
I was engaged in cooking, when two English officers
came in ; one of them hugged me, putting his arm
round my waist, and on my.hreast. He had never done
the same thina. before. It was the small officer who ca-
ressed me. I did not notice anything particular about
the officers. My father and mother interfered with the
officers, when they were struck by them. I saw blood
from both of them. The blows fell upon their heads.
They called out. I then, being very frightened, ran out
to the hills above the village, where I remained all night.
I did not see any disturbance Going on between the offi-
cers and the Chinamen. I did not return to the village,
because I was afraid of the officers. I have heard of
such a person as Chui•apo, but I did not know him. I
have not heard that any English officers were killed on
the night of the 25th of February. lam a married
woman, my husband's name is—l don't know
it—[According to the Registrar's report, she
gave her husband's family name as being Lo, but did not
know his surname—that is, his ming, or given name.]
Have only been married a short time. When I was on
the hills I got nothing to eat.
" [Mr. Caldwell states that he went to the village yes-
terday with the elder boy, who pointed out to him the
spot were the murders were committed. Captain Da
Costa had only got about fifty or sixty yards from the
house, and Mr. Dwyer about 250 yards farther, where
the spears were found. He could see most distinctly
where Mr. Da Costa's head had lain and been beat, and
the marks of b lood cn the earth. The grass had been
burned where Mr. Dwyer
fell, but the earth bore evi-
dent The boy
pointed marks of feet as of people struggling. y
porn • ted out where the bodies were thrown into the water
(the same where the body was found) , and the way by
had
which they were carried, being the sam
ethe
H y inted Pore-
ut
viously traced by the marks of blood. po
the spot in the kitchen where his sister-in-law was when
Mr. Da Costa went to her, and where Mr. Dwyer stop-
ped outside the door of the kitchen. Apo only come
into the court of the house, and there the spear was
taken from him. He shows some pieces of twig and
leaves marked with blood, picked up where Mr. Da
Costa fell. The grass there is covered with blood.]—
ED. China Mail.
" VERDICT.—That Chui- apo, Ho yeen-ping, Chui-
ar-man, Wung-a-cheong, Chui-arsarme,Loo-aqui, C hay-
a-hing, and others to the jurors at present unknown,
late of the village of Wong-ma-kok in the colony afore-
said, labourers, on the 25th day of February, in the
year aforesaid, with force and arms at Wong-ma-kok
aforesaid, in the colony aforesaid, in and upon the said
Frederick Augustus Hippolito Da Costa, in the peace of
God and of our said lady the Queen then and there
being, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice afore-
thought did make an assault upon him the said Frederick
Augustus Hippolito Da Costa; and so the jurors afore-
said, upon their oath aforesaid, do say that the said
Chui-apo, Ho-yeen-ping, Chui-ar-man,Wung-a.cheong,
Chui-arsarme, Loo-aqui, Cheat) hing, and others to
the jurors aforesaid unknown, him, the said Fre-
derick Augustus Hippolito Da Costa in manner
and form aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully, and of
their malice aforethought, did kill and murder, against
the peace of our said lady the Queen, her crown and
dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath afore-
said, do say that the said Chui-apo, Ho-yeen-ping,
Chui-ar-man, Wung-a- Cheong, Chei.areeareee Lea.
aqui, Chay-a-hing, and others to the jurors aforesaid
unknown, after the doing and committing of the felony
and murder aforesaid, withdrew and fled for the same;
and the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do
say that the said Chui-apo at the time of the doing and
committing of the felony and murder aforesaid, had
goods and chattels—to wit, ten cows, otherwise cattle
which remain in the Custody of Charles May, superin-
tendent of police.
"In witness whereof, See.--Robert Strachan, William
Henry Mitchell, James Smith, Thurston Dale, William
Frazer Bevan, Samuel Gray,
" CHARLES G. lIOLDFOETH
" One of the coroners for the colony of II '
ong Kong.''

CANTON MARKET, MARCH 23.
As prognosticated in our last, the unsettled state
of affairs has entirely paralyzed trade; while the hordes
of banditti which at present surround Canton, ready to
take advantage of the disturbances expected by them in
the beginning of April, render the safe transport of goods
into the interior impossible.