The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-25 00:00:00

THE TIEN-ISIN MASSACRE.

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A resident in Shanghai sends a letter, under date Aug.
23, to a contemporary :—" The state of affairs continues
to be unsatisfactory, and there is scarcely a foreign resi-
dent in China who does not feel far more anxious than he
cares to avow. We have just learned that the British
Minister at Pekin neglected to telegraph the
news of the massacre of Tien -tsin to the
Foreign Office, though a China merchant, who
is fortunately in Parliament, had accurate intelligence.
The massacre of June 21 is commemorated in a way that
is sufficiently characteristic and peculiar to be specially
noted. In Europe the triumphs of arms, of diplomacy,
and even of cruelty have been commemorated by medals ;
the murder in North China is commemorated by
painted fans. I have one of these before me.
The execution is of the coarsest kind, the
drawing infamous, the colouring flaunting and tawdry.
Still it is a representation by a Chinese artist of a scene of
horror that has had few equals. I will describe the fan as
well as I can. The centre of the paper is taken up with
a picture of the Cathedral of Tientsin in flames. Tongues
of fire are flashing from the windows, and clouds of smoke
hang overhead. Near the burning church is the
Yamun or Palace of Chung-how. A figure in
red, intended for M. Fontanier, the French
Consul, is issuing from the gate, and is being cut down by
a crowd of Chinese. Two other foreigners are represented
in the agonies of death. The river across which the spec-
tator looks occupies the front of the picture, and is
covered with boats crowded with Chinese soldiers.
Prominent among the mob of armed soldiery is
the Che Shien or magistrate in his official sedan,
with his bearers, calmly watching the butchery. This
shews that the Chinese believe the massacre was approved
by their rulers. Another fan, with a picture of the tor-
ture inflicted on the Sisters of Charity, is said to be in
circulation, but I have not seen it., The action of
Count Rochechouart is uncertain, and his position
at present must be critical and difficult in the
extreme. At all events, the winter is to be dreaded by
all foreigners in China. It appears to us here that
Mr. Wade, by prompt action at first, and by reminding
the Government that they had incurred a serious respon-
sibility by the murder of the British subject Anne
Sullivan (Sister Louise), might have secured the prompt
punishment of the mandarins who connived at
the atrocity. As it is, he allowed the native
officials to raise a series of false issues. Immediately
the crime was committed an investigation was set on foot.
Every one believed that the object was to discover the
perpetrators of the massacre, but on the publication
of the reports of the mandarins, especially that of
Vsengwe, we were undeceived. The Chinese
had devoted a fortnight or three weeks of
precious time not to discover who were the men
who tortured the nine sisters to death, but whether it
was true that the sisters had given offence to the natives
by kidnapping children. Meanwhile the Chinese have
' had the opportunity to mass an enormous force around
Tientsin. Gunboats are powerless on a frozen river. Winter
and a languid policy will give ample opportunity for
' messieurs les assassins.' "

FATAL ACCIDENT AT LUNDHILL C LLIERY .
A collier, named Alfred Pass, came by his death in a
shocking manner at Lundhlll pit on Saturday morning.
A quantity of "bind" fell upon him, and doubtless killed
him on the spot ; but the roof appears to have been in a
very unsound state, for he was twice more buried in
debris before the body could be extricated. —Shejfidd
Telegraph.

At Mark-lane to-day wheat has been. firm, and Is. per
quarter dearer.
The discount market is again heavily supplied with
capital. The business doing has been only moderate, and
the rate for negotiating three months' paper has been 2*
to 2} per cent. It is not improbable that a firmer tone
may shortly supervene, inasmuch as the introduction of a
French six per cent. loan for £10,000,000 is expected to
take place almost immediately.
The Athenian, from the West Coast of Africa, has
brought £2,141 in specie, and the Algeria, from New
York, £7,000 in specie.
The following is from the Commercial and Shipping
Journal, forwarded by Messrs. Borradaile, Thompson,
Hall and Co. : —Cape Town, September 19, 1870.—
Business has improved during the month, and the
exodus to the diamond-fields has made itself felt on some
articles of consumption. Large quanties of Cape brandy
have been shipped eastward for the fields, and as much as
£35 per leaguer was given a short time ago, and raisins
cannot be got under 3d. the pound. In addition to this,
we may say that the harvest is expected to be good.
The number of people that are at the diamond-fields
is something marvellous. The rush only commenced
some three or four months a ;o, and there are at present
over six thousand people gathered on the banks of the
Vaal, diamond-searching. The finds during the month have
been very large, and there have been shipped to England
during that period between £20,000 and £30,000 worth.
The present steamer takes home four packets of diamonds
which are insured for £16,000. These diamond fields are
now acknowledged to be certainly the richest in the world,
and their existence, it is anticipated, will have a very im-
portant bearing on the future of the colony.

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