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

ARY 13 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 int ietxe used;ad a shot congregated w•a s fired, ttt t h not resent. From mud they proceeded to throw stones, t their numbers increasing; hoes and farming implements we the douend o one Chinese a gong,hinesefaentld; a multitude u two of the foreigners fell, the p opie continuing to strike them; the other four, after endeavouring to appease the people, flel, severely wounded by pikes, poles, knives, and stones. The women saw nothing further. The male witness first observed the four who fled in or near the villac,e, of Lotsum ; they w-!re pursued by a number of people, two men carrying grass en leavoured to intercept them, and were shot. Ile afterwards pro ceeded to Hwang cbu kee, where about one thousand people %v ac 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. Thisis oppesed 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, a: 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 several occasions, and the rattan had been applied to the sides of the face tut 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 hard hearted race, the proceedings were at least tolerated by the magistrates, and it is almost certain- that they, approved of and sanctioned them. With theta 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 psrty 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 he had heard of the circumstance, and had sent orders to the magistrates to search 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 Hwangchu-kee, evidently afraid to go further. Dr. Majoribanks 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 proceed to the villages in search of their friends, but the Consul interposed his official authority in a circular addressed to her Majesty's subjects : "