The Sun. — 1847-04-23 (London, England)

HONG-KONG, MARCH 1.-A dreadful tragedy occurred on the evening of the 6th ult., in Chimmo Bay, a small opium station near. Amoy, the receiving two vessels, Omega and Caroline, having been boarded by Chinese pirates, who murdered the captains, officers, and part of the crews of both ships, and carried off an inameme booty. The circumstances are as follov,  Three days before the catastrophe, two boats, of a different rig from those generally seen in that neighbourhood, entered the bay; as they were rather suspicious looking, Captain Macfarlane, of the Omega, sent kis serang (native boatswain) on board of them, to ascertain what they wanted. They said they were saltdealers from Hang-Kong. Both boats were heavily armed for their size, as, besides ginjalls and other Chinese weapons, one carried five, and the other six, guns, but apparently without more than sufficient hands to work the boats. The serang wished to look down into the hold, but was not permitted to do so. The gunner was afterwards sent, with orders to bring one of the Chinamen on board the Omega; but they all refused to accompany him, but said that if it continued calm they would come next day and buy opium. Two boats sent from the Caroline received no more satisfactory answer. In the morning the two boats left the bay, returning to their anchorage in the evening, and this they repeated the following day. On the 6th, however, as they were sailing back they laid themselves one on each side of the Omega, and threw fireballs on the deck. One boarded while the other proceeded towards the Caroline, which was lying a short distance off, and took possession of her. The schooners appeared to have been entirely unprepared for resistance, as none of their guns were loaded. The Lascars who were on the deck of the Omega either jumped or were thrown overboard, having barely time to give the alarm to their comrades below, too late, however, for them to offer any resistance, as the pirates battened down the hatches upon them. The officers rushed out of the cabin, but, with the exception of the mate, who must have been immediately killed, ran down again for arms. The captain and gunner, with their servants and two native steersmen or seacunnies, took refuge in the aftercabin, where, though the two former were severely wounded, they defended themselves for some time, till t down, , the skylight was taken off and fireballs returned to the thrown upon which the gunner and servants went out through fore-cabin, and the andthecalclaepdtafoinr was,the quarterthat he galleries. opened of _the sternseacunnies' o windows the long-boat to co bj,elotnhge 'ratessidpo; but, with a China she had been previously girl and several of the Lascars, who fortunately reached the shore in safety. The pirates then proceetied to rifle the vessel. The watch on board the Caroline supposed the Omega to be on fire, and reported the matter to Captain Chamberlain. All hands were called, when it was discovered that she was not burning, but in the hands of pirates, and that a boat was coming towards the Caroline. The men were sent below for arms, and in the heinmsteeaandtiomfeatthuemlpiprtigantes pulled alongside. The captain,a defence, ordered the gig and jollyboats to be lowered for the purpose of making his escape, but the one was swamped and the other smashed betwixt the pirate boat and the schooner. The captain, two mates, and nine lasears, then leaped overboard, and were probably either drowned or killed in attempting to regan the vessel by the chains.:- Captain Chamberlain's body was afterwards picked up on the beach, at Chimmo. A seacuany advised them against jumping into the sea, and induced one of his comrades to remain. They took to the riggidg, and were saved. When all the treasure and by far the greater part of the opium had been removed into the pirate boats, the crew of the Omega succeeded in breaking through the bulkheads into the cabin, from which they drove the pirates. This alarmed those above, and the whole retreated to their boats, crying that the Malays were upon them. They then sounded a gong, which seemed to have been a preconcerted signal, as their comrades, who were rifling the Caroline, hurried into their boat and immediately made sail, When the Lascars reached the deck of the Omega, they found all the guns spiked, with the exception of one, which was slung ready for removal. This they loaded