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To Seu, Viceroy of Canton.
The Council of Government of Macao, in answer to Your Excellency's Despatch of the 27th instant, replying to the one they had addressed to you the 22nd, have to inform Your Excellency that the examinations and inquiries instituted by this Government with regard to the atrocious and cruel act committed on the evening of the 22nd, clearly prove:-
1st. That this barbarous and brutal act was perpetrated by Chinese in full daylight and in sight of and at a short distance from the Barrier gate, which was garrisoned by Chinese soldiers, as is attested by eye witnesses.
2nd. That the murderers, after the commission of the crime, proceeded with the head and hand of the Most Excellent Governor towards the Barrier gate, through which they passed unmolested, as is attested by the written...