$6 of the prisoners until he communicate with the French Plenipotentiary, previded myself with the requisite authority, Saing Ahyun Lew Ah heer Low Absung Chow the un Lum thye Long the he Lung Ahch have committed them in conformity with the Act of Par-Parliament 6 and 7 Victoria, Cap. 75, 87 Le Ah kun and 8 and 9 Victoria, Cap. 120, for giving effect to the late French Creaty for the rendition of offenders of this description.
The facts of the case are as follows. Choy Anchan Lo Ah kneen Kov Ahwor Quan chỉ là Foo Ahsie Wong Ahma Now theu Wun Soey Love Locy Chun Ahckas Nung Alijon On the 14th August last the French ship Albert, of the port of Dieppe, and of the burther of 252 tons, left the neighbourhood of Macas in China for Callas in Peru, having on board one hundred and eighty Chinese Coolies, whose services had been engaged for a period of five years. From the time of leaving and up to the 7 September, the Coolies were frequently beaten by the Captain and Chief Mate, and on one occasion, for a trifling offence, two men were lashed to a boom for six hours, kept without food, and one flogged thrice during the interval.
On the morning of the 7th September the treatment was unusually severe, though it appears the cause of this severity was laudable - the Captain desired to keep "the persons of the Coolies cleanly" - probably he had in view the melancholy loss of life from disease recently reported to have overtaken a number of Coolies bound to South America under similar circumstances. While they were being beaten, the Coolies rose en masse, armed themselves with knives and hatchets and with whatever they could find about the decks, from the Cook's galley, and murdered both the Captain and the book-keeper. At the same time, their rage against the latter being caused or at least increased, by an attempt to withhold from them the weapons they desired. Breaking into the Captain's cabin, they possessed themselves of the tools belonging to a turning lathe with which he was in the habit of amusing himself.