The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-02 00:00:00

itliaiolayniFicani7getintBhtho steam-sloop
. .
Vith theMiolltol-es in her
rarity plUgged-CuPtaiiWesli6n r
on him on the night of the 221
.eii:la the Ziiktle:•6ll •SilOaY,
Gess-fully. On the way . down,. - _
k
t River',
niov Canton.t.h i n: ev
rtrvelllTune
required- theab Tatalak inPt 1
her feed pipes that a little below Whampea, on Tuesday
'morning, it became necessary to anchor for the purpose
Hornet's- boat,' previously along-
side them. At half-past 10 in the forenoon of
that day the steamer Shamrock-came up; aaid'after.ascer-
side the Thistle, and proceeded on. ' Stopping ;only a
couple of hours in Canton, the Shamrock again reached
Whampoa by dusk on Tuesday evening,. and was hardly
at anchor when information. was brought to the pilot to
the effect that the Thistle had been .taken into Second
-Bar Creak, and set on fire, and that the. foreigners on
board bad been decapitated. When first toll of what
bad occurred, Captain Wood thought the report was
her
.mpreivreilaYusthaatttaoefk t.ohne
hveers.selE'sargleyttinngext
morning,
or
however,
the pilot, who.had requested peraiiSSion to go onchore
Tilleging thit'his father was dead; carne off-se.;erbtly and
. earnestly implored Capi.
•Wood to titre "all the t3ninese
passengers onshore, for, he asseitA; he was ;are it
- was their intention to take the TeeseAin•thn salie way
'the Thistle had-been captured.
" At daylight ail doubt regarding the irutlx of the re-
port was put 'at -rest by the-appearance of three of the
C%ineio servants of the Thistle,"Whb. then told the follow-
ins. tell :,—The steamer, they said, had not 'been long
under way when the captain 1.4 t the upper (14ek. With a
Maui 1".-man secunny at the iviseel, and--proceeded
at:7oer
sstoo-thpeiregtigwinr4;raorodm,
loba,ktcinhgwadyo,wwnh; e.„%telluall.wato:4.Risriasti•hitet
sfr,oomrdb3ebnd aiwebtiaobb;civerhyitn a ith one
Chinese.
hoo those
uf
seboi shy
:eroritn-,Hinoted
Hong
liot:g has one or more p&rs. The first engineer, Mr,
Ahralam:, an American, was -on the other side of the
hatchway at ' the ticic, and was similarly assailed ;. two
Manilla tnen secunnies were working at a hasid-putup
below, and noon shared the same fate ; One min got into
. one of the coal-bunkers, and there, a!terwards, .unabla
-to get out when the vessel was set on fire,
,wasberut. A.
passenger in the cabin, a Portuguese gentleman, whose
name we do not publish until fur then a,sured of the iden-
tity—together with hifi servant, a Portuguese, was also
tinthlered, as was a sick artilleryman, who was lying
dieWo for war, audjkleamilka4.-...firet- leiotjra...,. .-- .
__-__ .....

%iiTainTin being "stabbed rait;TChtit fell before
he reached the cabin dom.. The mate ,(PeterFe .) sue.
cee lea in getting into the cabin, and fired several mus-
kets at the wretches as they attempted to "get hold of
him. A stinkpot thrown into the cabin at last drove
him ov• rboard, and he must have been drowned, as he was
never seen to rise. The Manilla mart at the wheel was
killed from behind, without seeing the hand that wielded
the weapon. In all, as we have said, 11 persons were
thus disposed of, and search was made for the Chinese
boys in the cabin, one of whom, by jumping overboard
and hiding under the counter of the vessel, succeeded in
escaping, as did the others in other ways. The Chinese
firemen were then directed to remain at their work, and
the vessel was steered up the creek called by the Chinese
Chowmee, to the village of Lo.mkongtow, distant some
half-a-dozen miles inland. There her wood work was
set on fire, and when that was destroyed, every particle
of brais work that could be removed was taken away ;
in fact, the vessel is so much disabled that it is ques-
tionable whether it is worth while to repair her. The
assassins, said to have numbered under a dozen in all, lost
no time in walking off with the heads of their victims in
handkerchiefs, and at Canton, we suppose, will receive
the rewards said to be offered for such commodities by
the gentry and people. Having turned all the Chinese
passengers out of the steamer, as suggested by the
Captain Wood started for Hong Kong, first communi-
cating the above to the Hornet off Sunchow, and to the
men-of-war lying at the Bogue.

" The other of the postal steamers, the Rose, on her
way up on Tuesday morning, descried the burning vessel
and made all speed up to report the fact to her Majesty's
ship Sybille at Whampoa. But nothing could be done
without the orders of the commodore, busily engaged
with his men in the Dutch Folly—and the Rose was di-
rected to proceed on her way to Canton without delay.
Unfortunately, owing to the low state of the tide, it was
not possible to get up the usual route, and she had to
make detour by Blenheim Reach. Before she could get
round the Barracouta was observed coming up with the
Thistle, her hull having been found at the mouth of the
creek. The people of the village off which she had been
taken, fearing lest the consequences might be visited on
their beads, bad prudently resolved to have her moved
by fishermen into the stream, where in a short time she
would have sunk, a stop cock being open, and a hole
made in the starboard bow, by which means she was
nearly full of water. After some little delay to arrange
the manner in which the Barracouta should be safe for
any salvage to be awarded, Captain Ricoby was per-
mitted to take ctarge of his owner's vessel and return to
Hong Kong. Five headless bodies were found in the
hull, and in the coal bunker, as before stated, the char-
red remains of another. , ummoned to an inquest on
one of these bodie.3, we shall be in a better position next
week to confirm or amend what is now written."—Friend
of China, Jan. 3.
- -

"The coroner's inquest on the burnt remains of a
human body found in the coal bunker of what was the
steamer Thistle stands adjourned till after the current
criminal sessions. It has transpired that when the as-
sassins completed or were upon their bloody work they
threw off their garments and displayed the uniform of
the Che Yeong—' Wise Braves '—a militia under the
control of the Mingling-tong, the society at Canton that
has always been foremost in a display of hatred to bar-
barians. The report of the safety of the Portuguese pas-
s .nger Senhur Francisco Diaz de Sobreciz is, Consul for
.})air. at Maca',, proves incorrect, we regret to find."—
Friend of China, Jan. 7.

HONG KONG,- JAN. 15, 1 P. M.
An attempt was made this morning to poison a
considerable portion of the foreign community.
The author of this diabolical act is a Chinese baker

ruined Esing, who (being doubtless induced by the
promises of reward held out by the mandarins)
mixed with his bread a large quantity of arsenic, • -
and after sending it round to his customers left for
Macao in a steamer at 8 a.m. All who partook of
this bread were shortly afterwards seized with vio-
lent retchings and other symptoms, but prompt
remedies being applied we are happy to state that
up to the present time no deaths have ensued, al-
though great numbers have been ill, and some are
still in a dangerous state. The quantity of arsenic
was too large to answer the intended purpos-, its
presence bwrig immediately betrayed, and anti-
dotes forthwith administered. It is fearful to con-
template what the results might otherwise have
been. A steamer has been despatched to Macao in
hopes of intercepting Esing, but we fear he will
have gained the mainland ere she arrives. _
Trade remains entirely suspended here.
Exchange on London, 4s. £3ld. to 48. 9d. ; on
Bombay, 216 r. Very little doing. Freights to
England are nominal, but some vessels are taken
up to convey emigrants to Australia.
From Amoy we have nothing important. Last
dates are to the 13th inst. A fair business was
doing at declining rates.
Foochow letters are to the 10th inst. All re-
mained tranquil, and no disturbance was appre-
hended there. Much competition existed in the
tea-market, and prices were 2 to 3 taels dearer than
last month. Stocks are small, and the previous re-
ports of short supply are confirmed.
Two vessels had sailed for London.
From Shanghai we have advices to the 7th inst.
Intelligence of fair authenticity had been received
from Nankin, from which we gather that' the rebels
had. fallen out among themselves and committed
many savage deeds. The leader Iluag-sin-tshiuehne, ord
Taipingwaug, still, however, remained_ at t e
Imperiala
of affairs, and had again defeated . h
cordial as ever towards foreigners.tnt, and at some-
whattroops. The authorities at Shanghai* reemained as
Shirting; sold to a moderate
cattyexnth are 7,000 bales,
Silly.—Settlements fortt h
15e doll. Arrivals, 71,000
at a decline of 10 dole. o
leaving
improved rates for 6i
mo goods.
3fsae6f
.eiraso.tiis.raptoitir 3,000 bales on
throwns
ir No. 3 T tl
Quotations
355
dole.
ee, 365
Nos. 4to 5, 340 dole. to.. ; Tay..
dole. ;doll.
middling to fair, 280 to 300 dole. ; it-1.-
6(28,000 bales.
the
elems ;arskoeltd.,
Tea.—During the month 36 chops settled for at
middling, 240 dole. to 270 dole. ;
s
previous rates ; dealers however, now ask more
ewxhoirebhi taa nf
et
wprwiceee sksfosrinwch;awt
oisdian themarket.
14T to
are 4to 5 taels higher. Stocks.
have brought
15 taels are now held for 20 to 21 tads: Greens
—Block, 14 chops,
,6sa.gasian..t,talg2a:mo,osotoCpaacntkoangeasy.
ceeEaxtchlrogdeeolen.
against 130 chops last season ; greens, 20,000
pLacentnes
per 100 taels. Bullion.—Canton sycee, 125 dole.
80 per 100 taels for chopped dollars ;
sycee, 114 dole. 80 ; Mexican dollars, 17 to 25 dis-
count. Freights to London, 1/. 10s. per ton for
tea, and 5L for silk. Great Britain
Shanghai
The export of tea from China to
~,,,,,b.
as
shows a decrease of nearly 132 00:3,7
com-
pared with the same time last_ and the ae-
-2 previous adviees
regarding a short sup
'shows an increase to Great
The export of si,licales and to Marseilles 4,725
counts from all quarter,siy.coiitr
Britain of 28,723a5ue, 2
3;5,448 bales.
increase,
are—from London, Nov. 10;
, Bombay, Dec. 10 ; Singapore,
Calcutta, D
~fefi,c,',iiia, Jan. 5 : Sydney, Nov. 12; Mel.
Dec. 33 'Nov.'...--
- 7 ; Shanghai, Jan. 7.
bon r,,
balgr'Tlaotteals't d2O .

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.
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