hostilities against the Empire of China, and it is worthy of consideration, how far they may be cognizant of the recent conclusion of peace. However, I would beg to refer Your Excellency to the enclosed letter from Major Probyn to the Chief Justice, (which I have his Lordship's permission to submit to you) and the corroboration afforded to this weighty statement, by the signatures of Major Taylor D.A.A.G., Major Dillon D.A.A.G., and Captain Randall commanding 15th Punjab Infantry.
It is proper also that Your Excellency should be informed, that the prisoners were brought before the coroner on this charge, and that the coroner's Jury returned a unanimous Verdict of justifiable homicide, and that five of the six Jurors forming the Jury who convicted the prisoners, have signed and sent in a strong...