The Sun. — 1848-04-26 (London, England)

PROCLAMATION OF THE PROVINCIAL JUDGE OF CANTON. " Le, by Imperial appointment, Chief Justice for the province of Kwangtung, makes proclamation. " Whereas the penalty of the statute is always life for life, the inhabitants not concerned in the present case need not hurry about moving their property in trepidation and anxiety. Do you, the gentry and people of the several villages in the neighbourhood of Keaoupeaou, Kane.ekeaou' and Hwang-ehu-ke, whe are men of reasonandecarcity, hasten to inform the civil and military eme e the place in which the corpses are concealed, that n they do may take possession of them as soon as possible ; and of the disturbance. Be you also deliver up the authors likewisebrining speedy in hriing intelligence of the personstwo whoawere of the surname of Chin and Le, that upon them. You can then dwell inquestin may be held both tranquillity, and joyfully pursue your avocations, and foreigners will have repose. motive is natives and all your villages unharmed [or entire]. i,sl ;to preserve Do not deceive yourselves. These are my commands. "Issued on the Ist of the 11th moon (Dec. 8, 1847.") " COMMISSIONER KEYING To sin JoIIN DAVIB (Translation.—A communication.) "Ke, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Twang, Scc., hereby makes a communication in reply : " On the 12th inst., at about four o'clock, and to-day, I have successively received your Excellency's dispatches, with the contents of which I have made myself fully On receiving your Excellency's dispatch acquainted. yesterday referring to this case, I communicated to you in reply the circumstance of Lennga-lae and others having, on being interrogated, admitted that the villagers • v s had beaten the Englishmen to death, they themselves b being on the spot, and witnessing the affairwithtereairl own eves; and that the Englishmen had wounded several of of the natives; also of orders having biven to u e g e ject them to another interrogatory, and to forces the delivery up of the principals in the murders." " Since then the Commissioners in the case, and the local authorities concerned, have presented a report, stating— "On the 12th instant, a widow Chin, of the maiden name of Ho, of the Hang-keaou village, and a widow Le of the maiden name Mo, of the Keaou-peaou severallyin reported for inspection their respective sons Ch -a-Chin and een who the Le- -K stated had been a , y shot by village.ltforeigners in the outskirts of the Ilwang-chu-kw r Chin-a-Chin had was found on inspection that the body of breast, which hail ae shotl wound on the left side of the Keen had a shot wound i really caused his death, and that Le-awhich had a' very ..raven the fore part of the right side, him speechless. The results of and had rendered separately entered into the of the inspection were then the shrouding of the dead forms,bod and orders given for ment of the wounded person, aseys' and the medical treat"ln reply, I gave orders to urge on vigorously, and to use the utmost diligencethe proceedings gentry and elders to deliver up every one of forcing the principal murderers who beat the Engliabmeotie of the order that they may be prosecuted and et? death, in "On examination I find that thepunished. Chinese laws on giving life for life in cases of murder are very severe; and as this case is, morever, one affectinn the relationss between the two countries, it will, still less than other permit of the slightest degree of perversion or remis'sness. The whole of the inhabitants of the villages are, however, not alike, there being among them both good and bad; and in this affair justice will not be rendered fur the dead, nor a warsing given to the ignorant and foolish, unless we succeed in inflicting condign punishment on the true and real murderers. And the real murderers, again, can be only ascertained with truth, apprehended and delivered to the authorities by the gentry and elders of the public halls. Hence, I ordered the civil and military commissioners in the case to lead troops w the place in question, and establish themselves there, as acid to close up the tintkvsti'al halls of the gentry and people, and thus forc;e Awns to deliver up the murderers with all speed. The commissioners have now reported to me that the g6utzy and elders,- having yielded obedience to Ib6k- -dotadadtr, are- oqu'g the nano t diligeu6 in