The Sun. — 1848-02-21 (London, England)

FEBR CARY 21, 1848.  is proved that they were bound and scourged repeatedly. The woman saw the commencement of the affray; the party was then six. The people shouted " Fankwei" (foreign devil), and threw mud at them, which they did not resent. From mud they proceeded to throw stones, their numbers increasing; hoes and farming implements were next used; a shot was fired, and one Chinese fell; a multitude had congregated at the sound of a gong, and two of the foreigners fell, the people continuing to strike them; the other four, after endeavouring to appease the people, fled, severely wounded by pikes, poles, knives, and stones. The woman saw nothing further. The male witness first observed the four who fled in or near the village of Lotsum ; they ware pursued by a number of people, two men carrying grass endeavoured to intercept them, and were shot. He afterwards proceeded to Hwang chu kee, where about one thousand people were assembled, and he was told that they had been beating the foreigners. He also stated that the six foreigners were still alive until Tuesday morning. This is opposed to the first report of the Chinese, that two men had been killed in the melee, though it is probably correct, the two who fell having been wounded, and not killed. _ _  The bodies of the deceased were examined by Dr. Marjoribanks, who was decidedly of opinion that they were all alive at a later period than Sunday evening. Marks of the cane were visible upon four of them, as well as of the cords by which they had been tied up ; and from inflammation having supervened, they could not have been put to death for twelve hours at least after being flogged. From the marks of cords on the arms one had been tied up on three i,everal occasions, and the rattan had been applied to the sides of the face as well as the back.  This proof is not so clear as could be wished, though it establishes the damning fact that six Englishmen were murdered in cold blood, after being tortured to gratify the cruelty of a hardhearted race, the proceedings were at least tolerated by the magistrates, and it is almost certain that they approved of and sanctioned them. With them the responsibility rests, and no redress can be satisfactory which does not include the forfeiture of their lives.  As may be believed, when it was ascertained that the unfortunate gentlemen were missing there was an intense degree of excitement at the factories. Early on Monday Mr. Consul Macgregor applied to the district magistrates for the release of the party supposed to be held captive in the villages. He also addressed Keying, enclosing a copy of his application to the magistrates. An answer was received from Keying in the course of the afternoon, stating that before receiving the Consul's letter be had heard of the circumstance, and had sent orders to the magistrates to seareh for the foreigners, and set them at liberty. This correspondence should not be lost sight of—twenty-four hours prior to the murders the Governor-General of the province knew that six foreigners were captive at a village within three or four miles of his house, and he either had not the power or the will to save them from death.  At noon two boats, with about thirty Englishmen, left the factories in search of their friends. They explored several creeks in the neighbourhood of Hwang-chu-kee, but without gaining any information. In the afternoon Dr. Majoribanks found the Nanhae magistrate on board a boat at anchor about a quarter of a mile below Hwangcha-kee, evidently afraid to go further. Dr. Majorsbanks remonstrated with him on his apathy, and offered to accompany him to the village lest any of the prisoners should require surgical aid. This offer was declined.  In the evening —it was arranged that a party well armed should prcceed to the villages in search of their friends, but the Consul interposed his official authority in a circular addressed to her Majesty's subjects :  [ PI-110E SD.  "TO