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London, England, 1857-01-07 00:00:00

has been committed this morning by Chinese officers, on
board the British I.n.cha Arrow ; the p,rticulars you wilt
flog related in the enclosed copy of a letter, which, failing
reparation at the hands of the actors in the matter, I
have just addressed to the Imperial Commissioner and
Governor-General of these provinces. Since doing so,
I have just heard that the captured crew of the Arrow
have been taken from the war-boat into the city. I can
at present form no opinion as to the course affairs may
take, but fear that even if the Imperial Commissioner do
not entirely countenance the proceedings of his officers,
he may still withhold from nis the satisfaction I have
claimed. The presence of her Majesty's ship Sybille at
Whampoa, at this juncture, or of any prompt mark of
support that you could render me, might have the effect
of materially atrengthening my position, and I hasten
therefore to lay the circumstances before you, in the
hope that you will be pleased to take such steps thereiii
as you may consider the exigency authorises or requires.
—I have, &e.,

(Sloped) H. S. PARKES, Consul.
Comm•:dore ill-, Hon. Charlen Elliot,
Her Mijesty's ship Sybil!e.

British Corisulrce, Carlton, Oct. 10,,1856.
Sir,—l have the honour to inclose in copy and trans.-
lation the reply of the Imperial Commissioner, r-ceived
at coon this d'y, to my representations relative to the
Arrow outrage.
The nine men enumeratedat the close of his letter were
returned to me at the same time, but I refused to receivo
becAuse they were not delivered in the manner I
bad denandrd ; but I doubt not the assistant magistrate
will put them on board the lorcha, in obedience to the
orders given him to this effect by the Imperial Commis.
sioner. . _

Noth;ng, it appears to me, can be more unsatisfactory
than the reply of the Imperial Commissioner, who offers
no redre.s or apology, but upholds the acts of his-officers
throughout, and denies that the lorcha is British owned.
This he maintains on the evidence of one of the lorcha's
crew, who, being a prisoner in the hands of the manila.
rine, was ready, doubtless, to conform ins statement to
their wishes.
He declared that the lorcha belongedto one Toonching,
respecting whom, however, no information is afforded.
I should mention that the Arrow is sailing under a
colonial certificate of registry, renewable annually, bear.
ing the date 27th Sept., 1855, and a number 27.
She is therein said to belong solely to Fong-Amin,
of Victoria, Hong Kong, Chinese trader, bat the place
and date of build are not given.
Her master's name is Thomas Kennedy, a native of
Belfast, and a very respectable man of his class, who in-
forms me that he was engaged by Mr. Block, Danish
Consul at Hong Kong, as nominal master of the lorcha,
which be has hitherto believed to belong to Mr. Block's
compradore, and he supposes that'it is the compradure'e
name which appears on the register.

The immediate departure of this evening's post•boat
obliges me to close thi.4 despatch without further remark
—but I may add that Commodore Elliot has communi-
cated to me his intention of moving her Majesty'd ship
Sybille up to %Vhawpoa at once.—T have,
(Signed) H. S. PARSES, Consul.
His Excellency Sir John Bawling, LL.D.,
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong.

Yeh, Imperial. High Commissioner, Governor-General of
the Two Kwang Provinces, lac., addresse, this dec!a•

ration to Kr. Parkes, the British consul at Canton.

At about 8 o'clock on the morning of the 11th day (9th
Oct fiber), and again about 4 o'clock on the same day, I
received the two written representations of the said con-
sul, and well considered their contents.
The Prefect of Canton was,ordered by me to examine
the 12 men, Le-Nlingtae and others, seized on board the
lorcha ; but prior to the issue of these directions, I had
already been informed by certain subordinate naval au-
thorities that these same men, Le-ilingtae and others,
were the perpetrators of the piracy committed at San-
chow-tang (in St. John's Island), on the Bth day of the
Bth month (Bth Sept.), on the merchant vessel belonging
to Harang-Leen-Kae, who wears the decoration of fifth,
rank.

In the matter of this piracy Hwang.Leen-Sae deposed
as follows :

" I belong to the small town of Lin Hin, in the rural
division of the Chintsun, in the district of Shimtih. On
the Bch day of the Bch month (Sept. 6) I arrived (in my
vessel) off San-Chow-tang, in the district of Sin-ning,
where I fell in with a large pirate fleet. Being supported
by my crew, lopened fire upon the pirates in self-defence
and fought. them from 7 o'clock until 4. I observed that
they had with them a lorch t awl a Teigh-pang (name of
a certain class of boat), and two or three foreigners. On
our side we bad but two sailing junks ; and being un-
able with these to resist the superior force of the piratei
they carried us by the board, and plundered us of all
our cargo, consisting of between five and six hundred

mauls of indigo, aniseed, hides, coarse paper, and paddy.
lam able to recognise one of the pirates. He wore a
red turban and a red girdle, has lost one or two of his
front teeth, snl sh• ered on his crew to keep up their fire.
I threw myself into the water and escaped, but of those
who were with me, Ayun received a sword cut, and a
lad from Keang-man, and two other men named A.,eet-
sae and Ta-a-sye, received gunshot wounds. Ali these
four have since died of their woundP, woich were very
severe.

"Ou the 10th inst. (Bth Oct.) I came up to Canton
and recognised, as I sailed past the lorcha (the Arrow),
one of the men who had fought against me on the Bth'
day of the Bth month, as above mentioned. I immedi-
ately reported the-circumstance to the naval authorities
of the sea-cruising force, and with them went and seirmi
the 12 criminals, Le-Mingtae and others. Of the 12
criminals who have now been taken into custody, I ant
certain that Le-Mingtae, alias Leang-Mingtae, was one
of those (pirates) who attacked me in the mantle/ de-
scribed."

The following deposition was made by Woo Ajin:—
" I come from the end of Cha Chuen; at Macao, in
the district of Heangsban. This lorcha (the Arrow) be-
longs to Loo-Aching, who began to build it on the 14th
day of the 7th month of the 4th year of Hien-fang (7th
Aug., 1854). On the very day that the lorcha was com.
pleted be obtained a register for her, through the foreign
firm Polo (? F. H. Block, of Hong Kong), for which he
paid 1,000 dais. He also engaged the foreigner Aloo to
serve in the lorcha, at the rate of 30 do s. per month.
Hitherto she made voyages along the coast to Foo-chow,
Amoy, and Shanghai, trading in rice, pulse, and general
merchandise. I am aware that Le-Mingtae is also
known by the name of Leang-Mingtae.
" On the 23d day of the Bth month of the present year
(21st Sept.), Kaon-Laonph, the helmsman of our vessel,*
engaged Le-Mingtae and Leang-Keenfoo to assist in the
navigation of our vessel.
"On the evening of the 25th day of the Bth month
(Sept. 23), we were sitting alens in the bow of the vessel,
when Le-Mingtae told me that on the 6th day of the
Bth month (4th Sept.), he, with leang-Keenfoo and
more than thirty other men, joined thethselves to five or
six Teih-pang boats, and plundered the junks belonging
to Wang-Leen-kae, off San-chow-tang, in the
district of Singling ; none of the remaining ten men (of
our crew), Tang Akee and others, took part in the piracy,
and I certainly bad no share in it. What I state is per-
fectly true."
It is clear, from the above reports and depositions,
that the officers had good reasons for seizing these men,
amongst whom there are several great offenders. Woa-
Agin, Le-Mingtae, and Leang-Keenfoo, most be again
very strictly examined ; but I have directed that the
assistant magistrate Hen take the remaining nine,
namely, Leang-Apaon, Leang-Meike, Leang-Atae,
Leang-Agew, Leaon-Aow, Ho-A-pih, Yuen-Ake, Leang.
Kingjen, and Tang-A-Kee, and return th©m to their
vessel.

• As to what (the consul) states relative to the lorcka
being reimbursed the expenses consequent on her deten-
tion, I find that as the lorcha was built by Lon-Aching,
who obtained a register for her through Polo (Mr.
Block), to whom he paid 1,000 dollars, she is not a
foreign vessel (lorcha), and it is useless, therefore, to
enter into any discussion respecting her.

Names of the nine men who are herewith sent back :
Tang-Akee, Leang-King-j en, Yuen-Ake, Ho-A-pib,
Leaon-Aow, Leang-Agew, Leang-Atae, Leang-Meike,
Leang-Apaon.
Elien-lung, 6th year, 9ch month, 12,1 day (Oot. 10,
1856). (True translation)
(Signed) H. S. PARKES.

Superintendency of Trade, Hong Kong, Oct. 11.
Sir,—l have your despatch, Nos. 151 and 153, dated
9th and 10th, with their enclosures, on the subject of
the arrest of sundry Chi• amen on beard a vessel called
the Arrow, bearing the British flag, and commanded by
a subject of her Majesty.
The question pre,ents two important inquiries : first,
the rights of the vessel in question ; and, second, the
conduct of the Chinese authorities.

it appears, on examination, that the Arrow bad no
right to hoist theßritish flag, the licence to do so expired
on the 27th Sept., from which period she has not been
entitled to protection. You will send back the register
to be delivered to the Colonial-office.
But the Chinese had no knowledge of the expiry of the
licence; nor do they profess that they had any other
grounds for interference than the supposition that the
owner is not a British subject ; that, however, is a ques-
tion for this Government, who granted the register; add
it is clear that the Chinese have violated the 9tb Article
of the Supplemental Treaty, which requires that all
Chinese tolfaisants in British ships shall be claimed
through British authorities. _

You will inform the Imperial Commissioner that I re-
quire an apology for what has taken place, aad an aeon,-
ance that the British flag shall in future be respected;
that 48 hours are allowed for this ccmmunication, which
being passed you are instructed to call on the naval
authorities to assist you in enforcing redresv.
You will add, that on sufficient evidence being given
that British ships or British subjects have been engaged
in piratical practices, they will be proceeded against
without hesitation ; and that, on application to the pro-
per authority, Chinese offenders will not be harboured
on board British vessels; but that all proceedings must
take place according to the conditions of the treaty.
If these representations fail, the senior naval officer
will be authorised to seize and keep in his possession one
of the Imperial junks, which he will hold until redress
be obtained, or further instructions be received from his
Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief.
This letter has been communicated to his Excellency
Sir Michael Seymbur, who will give the needful instruc-
tions to the senior naval officer.—l have,
(Signed) JOHN BOWRING.
Harry S. Parkes, Esq., H.B.M.'s Consul, Canton.

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British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 12, 1856, Noon.
Sir,—l have the honour to state to your Excellency that,
on receipt, at noon on the 10th, of your Excellency's
ration relative relative to the seizure by Chinese naval officers of
12 of the crew of the British loran, Arrow, I at once for.

* The Arrow, it in believed, is here meant.—H. S. P.