The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

SUPPOSED CASE OF
,NEitBUDDA.

" The Imperial will haa been received as follows :
"Ta Hungho and Others haVe sent up a document
memorialising in relation to their having sunk a bar-
barian ship, seized barbarians, and captured their great
guns. From the 9th moon to the present (10th
moon) barbarian ships lave been coming and going
to and from the Formosan offings, incoherently wan-
dering about and then casting anchor, regarding which
the Said high officers have already repeatedly given
orders that rigorous measures be adopted for prevent-
ing such proceedings. At five o'clock on the morn-
ing of the 11th of the present moon a barbarian ship
sailed into the port, and when opposite the Sha
Wan Fort commenced an attack with her great
guns. The Advisary-General Yeu Chinking and
others having made ready; straightway opened
fire, and being opposite to . the said ship their
shot with thundering roar took effect and overwhelmed
her in the water. In the firing he was aided by Tso
Jun and others who were also at Shawan. When Yeu
Chinking with his own hand had fired off the gun,
he forthwith beheld the masts of the barbarian ship
split, and her ropes part, and .on her retreating out of
the port she was dashed against the rocks and broke
to pieces, and a vast many of the barbarians falling
into the water, immense numbers were .drowned.
Those who reached the shore got into, a boat and
attempted to escape, but our high officers made ready,
took soldiers, and proceeding in a boat in pursuit
caught alive and put to death a' great many black
barbarians. Another officer was also employed, who
stationed himself in a vessel and proceeded out to sea,
and putting forth his exertions seized alive many
black barbarians, and beheld the white barba-
rians plunge into the sea of their own accord. At
this juncture also the high officer Chin-tae opened
fire from his vessel and sunk a ship's boat, put to
death all the white barbarians, and brought off alive
very many of the black barbarians. Tso Kin also
returned from his cruise to another island, having de-
stroyed a ship's boat, put to death the white barba-
rians, and .seized alive many of the black rebels, and
having dragged up the guns, and found a valuable chart.
" Thus, then, the civil and military officers, and the,
patriotic among the people have made a public nume-
rical statement as follows :

" Killed—White barbarians, five men ; ditto, red
barbarians, five men ; ditto, black barbarians, 22 men.
" Captured Alive—One hundred and twenty-three
black barbarians; ditto, ten large barbarian guns;
ditto, barbarian books, and other such like articles.

"In the conducting of this affair that such rigo-
rous exertions were put forth is matter for highest
congratulation.
" Ta Hungho, the Commander-in-Chief-of all the
Formosan divisions,' is rewarded by his Imperial Ma-
jesty with being allowed to exchange his peacock's
feather for a two-eyed flowery one
,; and the Formosan
intendent of Circuit is rewarded with being allowed
to wear a plain flowery feather. Let the merits of
the other officers and brave men be represented to
the High Ministers at Peking, and I, the Emperor,
will make the awards. And let the wounded and

killed be clearly enumerated, that out of commisera-
tion their families may be rewarded. Let the same
officers retain their stations on Formosa, and let tho-
rough preparations be everywhere kept up. Re-
spect this."
DEFENCE OF SHANTUNG- PROVINCE.

" To Kwanfoo (Lieut-Governor of Shantung pro-
vince) kneeling, memorialises andbeseecheS the sacred
glance. It is palpably evident that encampments and
military stations on the sea-board for the keeping out
of the English barbarians, the selection of able-bodied
recruits, and the disciplining of the troops, are now
matters of 'highest import. And still more is it de-
cidedly necessary for the general officers (up to the
highest of them) to be on their guard, that they may
be able to take charge of the men, be always ready
thoroughly to explain military tactics, and being in a
state of preparedness and having their plans laid, vic-
tory may be definite and certain. When I, your
Minister, was in the department of TongehOw, every
encampment upon the-sea-board was under the most
careful inspection of the general officers. The
commandant of Wantung has under his charge
the military station of Kingshing, which, as
it borders on the eastern offings (or Shantung pro-
vince), is a station of the very first importance. Hav-
ing, in person, seen the sea entrances put into state of
defence, the said commandant, aided by an Adjutant-
General, removed the troops to Kingshing—his origi-
nal encampment in Wantung being, also near the sea-
port. It was difficult for the said high officer to
govern both stations; but he held his subordinates re-
sponsible for drilling the troops and keeping up pre-
ventive guard on the coasts. I now, however, memo-
rialise his Imperial Majesty that the high officer,
Lowshe, may be transferred to the sea-board fortifi-
cations, and that the high officer, Le Chankang, be
ordered to the interior defences, as both of these offi-
cers are best qualified by long experience for these
said stations. Then will errors be avoided in the
arrangements, and every territory of Shantung be
properly guarded.
" And I, your Ministeri•herewith present this me-
morial, praying that the Imperial will may he recorded."
CONDITION OP HONG-KONG.
In consequence of the bad conduct of the Chinese
police at Hong-Kong, his Excellency the Plenipoten-
tiary has discharged the whole body, and only a few
soldiers are now doing duty as police; the result is,
that a great many daring..robberies are constantly
committed. It is an utter misnomer to say ilia
Hong-Kong is, as yet, an English colony. Eng-
lish colonies have, or ought to have, local legislatures.
At present we car. only consider Hong-Kong as a
military cantonment or garrison. It thus becomes a:
question how far the appointmentof civil Magistrates,
having power of exercising authority over British sub-
jects, is legal. The Chief Magistrate's warrant refers
to the natives only, but the Marine Alvgistrate's
warrant refers to all persons net subject to the
MutinY Act; and by that warrant the :Marine Magis-
trate is empowered to inflict imprisonment, with or
without hard labour, for one calendar month, penal-
ties of 400 dollars, and corporal ,punishment of :16
lashes ; thus any Englishman in China, for " breaches
of any regulations issued from time to time by the
Government of Hong-Kong" may be punished h
the Marine Magistrate in the degrees as stated above.
This cannot he legal. The police Magistrates in Eng-
land are not invested with such power—could not be,
and corporal punishment is abolished in our native
country. We are told Major Caine joins his regi-