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belonging to the Thinle at the time of the massacre, and a belonging to the shop on tho 15th January by Mr Tarant and Mr Macilreon. They all three have known him in his two fold capacities. Too
subjected the prisoners to euch eruelty will be severely versured by the Goverment ; but we may believe Gentiemen, that it is without the know- ledge of M Mercer or H. M. Government. I treat with disdain the insinuations that save her prisoner, the boy who said he was wandcutter thrown out against me by Dr Bridges, us 1 feel to Alam, knows him to have belonged to the bake- assured my character is 100 well established in my
ry at the time in question. The 4th his been capechy as Attorney General since I have been proved by Mr Duddell and the hoy. The 5th, St. a servant to the Consanity of this Colony. Fur
7th and 8th prisoners by Mr Daddell and several some time reproaches have been cast upon the of the Chinese witmeaans. The 9th has been identi. Government for not meeting the exigencias of the fied as Alum the Master of the Bakery. The 19th present crisis with adequate spirit; and the greation hue been recognised as having buen spunected as boa bren in every one's mouth, and has not yet assistant at the retail shop. diad uwoyly is not martial laws proclaimed! And now that a little nelivity is being shown, we are danouned for eruelty and injustice!
I is not bard to conceive why a different course should be taken, or that in the present disturbed state of the Colony, Asaties should not be allow ed the same privileges us Europears. Es it uut consistent with all that is passing around us to asaor that the awful crime perpetrated was by the induence of the Mandarios 7-and who can hear of the just atrocities that have been commit.
towards Her Majesty's subjects without bud dering, or after the rewards that have been offered for the bead of any European without distinction as to his seening by the Chiness authorities at Can- , would not inolt upon thers as having been the sigars of the late attempt to poison this entire Community And yet, forsooth, the Cansel for the pravner has told you, Gentlemen, that it is wrong to secuse the Maudarias of being the lastig stora It is a speck that might posa current up Peking
The darkest crime the Niwgate Cilender con 1ios bears no compariga to tho este now be ro your notice. Gentlemen-what reward, I nk you, do you think the prisoner Alum would jiva received, and what could have induced hi To have committed such a diabolicul attempt7 1t fias been argued that the prisoner's faire were in a
by most proepurošs sale; but y the vidence you have heard given, you hare seen he famous hopeless state of bankruptcy. What wou'd have been his reward?” Do you no think that tayday had us crime been constrainted be would not have been a high Mandarin at Canton, and that if the crimes that had been conceived to have been unmitted by him in his countrymen's eyes wd have been wiped out, and the past būra benu for ever forgouteng ? Would any one have digapproved if a difle.eus course had been pur Bued towards the prisoners, a instead of allow ing them a trisl, whiela auch waters do not deserve, they had been dealt with in a summary mainter, and had sufficed there short and sharp pangs of death which taey had intended we should offer? Their crime deserved the fate of a drain bead Count mestiai; but much, Gentlemen, así may agret that they are before a jury as laid they Pre Bow befuse one, and I am bound in tell you,
f any reasonable doubt of their guilt Tests upon year mlade, you are bound to aequil "But, "Grualemmen, n'will not be your duty to Thee. stretch the points set up for their defence to too great a length and in the option I feel cer the Bauch will congur.
It was Gendenen, who advised the Govern ment and Me Mercer to conduct the investigation as they ul. Elad the cars been sent to the Police Court what would have bees the couerquense }- why the various technicalities of the Batieb ta would have led to postparments from week to weak and augh postponements would have been
onet deleterious to the ends of justice. The inres gation, 1 affirm, required be carried on with the rastast secrecy, or the Government weud not have been abis to ohun information rufficient to convist them. it is much to Mr Mercer' crefit that he caing forward ani acted as an xra official in Jus expucity of J. P. at the investigation; and the Government have acte most judiciously in thu puurse they have dopied. The is investigation mymismah, magkaing...mand that is the tenan sähkömi was held. Evity weans has boga aluprod by the Goverment to find out any facts that might Transpire, and to bring the diabolical attempt marie agnicat this Community home upon the bendi of the perpetrators of itd them. E any again, to commit the prisonere at the bar, and not eneur- ber the Jususe of the Peace whose hands were go luit of turmess. The manner in which the nase bas beto vified is highly eradicable to Messrs Mer- ger and May, for use pains they took to alinio the auth. They obtain d evalence sufficient as they Thought, and though, to enim.sit the 10 pas
5. The reina va been detamed by Government being mopaoper peceous to be at forge -mong the community by Ordnance No 2-1837 I hope ether this explanation no further reflection may be past open Mr Mercer's conduct. I also trugi thất the jeport publieben in our of the pourade this rearning may found to be rxaggerated, and there who are gmily of the Allged-I woni fais hope the ex- Eggerated cruelties there deniled be brought to jhat. At all even I can assure you genikine that I know nothing about it.
I propeo now to call your attention to the loade jng lucia of the case as it has been placed before you, and you will not feel wearied 1 hops, if i ens deavour to point out to you how ine varings evidence given during the test three days is con pected, and how that ulinonga the Chunari for the rience in tried to debut the evalence, he has kiled; al has by the defence whier be ses up gone rather to strengthen the evidence of the prisoners guilt. 1 guted to my opening address on the Est day of the in that would being before your notice such a bady of proof me it would be imparable to dis prove; and we have done ssly we, tinagh Island here along aș Coonzel, must retard ny thanks to Mr. Comper Tarner and Mr May for the cluable asistabe they have renderal
Having clanrad the way so far, the learned Gentleman said that we all were connected with the shop on that day, they must have all coanivet at the Harland had shown poisoning of the bread.
another to supply H.MP4Commissariat with 100,000 1bs. of bread, sud another to supply the US. Stores with 108,000 lbs, of biscuit. Eu to do all ibis Alum had only $1220 in the chest, and 8,000 Ita. of broad on his premises. Mr Da Briver's and Me Faster's connection with Alum's business is curious. There 19 to be a Mr De Silver Bit of partnership between them.
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tells you that when Alum was arrested he did not consider himself in debt to Alum to any larga amount; and you at the present time he owns himself considerably in his deli. He does 001 know how the secouate stand, They have been rasuing on for yours, There was never a balance struck between them. It was a running seenunt There is my story iu a miscellaneous busina.
to me ahon this manner of carrying on busincas altogether!
Phen case the great avidence ofMr Pustau-→→ their Checal de Batiaille who does it all amount to Moonshine -for you heard yourself how the man quivocated over it, and, that what evidence he did give was forced froin him by me. I extorted from him by mein forse on his cross examination that Alum did not pay him voluntarily, and, Gentleman, way he allowed to draw inferences from facts. So much then for the teinptation to commit the erine it was irresistible, Wall indenú might Alumi afford to morifice his brilliant position here when bafure big stod she bonus of $9 000 and the but on of a Mandarin of the third class-Wait-(the learned gentleman was here cheeked by Dr Brid- get, who protested, moal emphatically, upon any draft on the imagination there was net one word in studenes of any reward having been offhred- not a word of a Mundario's button) The Attorney Geral continued-True—nothing had been given in evidence regarding the reward beyou the ramour alluded to by Mr Dason-but the jury and the Court could draw inferences when thes were estant from the evidence, and inferred from the mass of incoherent purjuries that had been given la the defcues.
the proportion to have been drachm of arestis to pound of bread. I so, there must have been 10 Jus. of arsenic put in the quantity of bread that was baker, and it would be impossible for any one to have mized that quantity unknown to the overseers, and without the knowledge of the in charge and employed in the shop. At the sanja time he naked had their conduct ons and all been such a to leave any doubt regaining of their guli Dr. Harland his informed you that he analyzed the bread and found one drachm of newe- nic, bat is 6 graina in every pound loat; and by this fact as elicited strong prossimptom that if Alum did not put the arsenio tually in the flow himself, he must have known of its law ing been put in 1 than traced the brend to Deimspier, and I proved that lie was poisoned by it Now, gentlemen, you must agres with ine, Think, that a prema facie case bay heen established by the Crown. You have, gentlemen, proof before you of Alum's having boên at the bakery on the 14th hetween the houri of 4 and 6 a. at si the time the dough was anixed. You have the fact that when the bread left the shop for delivery on Jany- ary 16th Alum and his fiber were attending in the shop. If you believe the evidence poi hava beard, can you suppose they knew nothing about the paisun Another temarkabis feature is that poison was found in bodi white and brown bread de liverad, The poison cumil not have been mixed in the yeast or in the four, for the mool wareful tasterians be will be baleaded. Tant he was afraid have failed to put tha tree of such in the portions discovered in the bakery. Then # que have been mixed up with the dungb. Mr Drinker tolls you that he left Atum in the dark room at the very fine that the ineu were employed mixing the dough there, and one of the prisoners! on wit nespus confirm these fact' by admixing that the dough was mixed that day at 4 g, M. the Tory hour of the prisoner's visit. Another stronger proof of Aluma kuowledge of he poisoning is that after being told of Aheep's unwillingness to give avidonea at the Coroner's inquest on the body found the Thistle (Alum) did not dismiss bon from his service, but took him into his more intimate ofidence, and placed him in a higher past of trist
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tells you how he warned his servant, as he saan diay cavated Aheep in such a situation of trust, though too late, not la take any ruce bread froin Eating op, as he had his suspicion that Aheep was cerned in and had consired at the Taille man- mere. You have thus brought home to Alam, then, the fact of his having been present at the mixing of the dough used in making the broad, at the very moment when the 10 199, of assaic were being mixed up with it; you hare this further fact that the dough of whigh the confectionary was inade thai day probably ile very dough of which Alum'e children's brend were made was not poisoned. Dr. Harland in ciscovered that fact, and I think Lilis body ui evidence irresistible.
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Alon be made his grand stand to prove his Innocence, upon his jatention to remain,-the candis tion of les affaire, the contracts he had onter: of inco,and the mount of property be sel in Flangkong. But the Attorney General knew that he hawarded little when he told the Jury on be a day that he would rafute the evidenca for the whole of the prisoners-but he would call the attention of of the Jury mare particularly the chief printer Alam, and leave the residue to their courideration hereafter. In Alam's statement he aaye be bad to intention of leaving Hongkong. Now Mr Dixson said. Alvin had mid he thought be ahould have to go to Singaporn. Mr Da Silver fina told me that Aium told him thought he mana lonve Hongkong. At Mauzo the hend pirate concerned in the old lust rolbory was fortunately captored un his way to Singapore, and tueze is very little doubt that the prisonerālum was on his way to that Ultimą Tule nie. He told MɛStephanson he was not guing,
to Mr Edwards he said the nine, This, Genile men, i am about in sell you is an extraordinary fact -ibat upon Mr Edwards appearing suspicious at Alumn's conduct, he at ence aneluded a contract for flour and bought it at an exorbi an price, paying M: Edwards for higher price, be it rememberal. than he had offered before, only stipulating that the
Aloo know the punishment that awoted him if he reamed home to settle down, and that if he did not take we signal prunt to show the Mandads be wie no fimad of the Barba
10 remain in Hongkong we have heard repeated ly The mat miker received the order from Mr Stephenson 18 days before he returned it again dishonored and if Alu-n's circunstances were in such a flourishing state, why did be not pay the 8250 the amount of shut order. I win at a long so know how he could go and engage to supply tha Commisariat with 100,000 lbs, of bread and thu United Sain with 108,00 10. qu the very day he had not enough money in lue possumina të bosor ilgst bilf, uulose it was in case the poiupaing Failed and he was taken, and to help Alum in his delenee. The papers, or title deeds, as Dr. Bridget has called, which were found in the chos are not in his name. They belong to the Chsong tribe of which hà lạ m menging, (but not to him ni allitust probable thai tho $1200 which were found there ton did noi baiong 1, lato,but to a ra lation, and therefore le dared not touch it. But these ppure prove nothing. It is in evidence that the last receipt for rem is Bufficient proof of title to land in Chin-and where is he last receint for rent 3 ile knew that his family ware not safe fron punist ent while he was in Hongkong; he knew the thero were 63 Mandarins in Hongkong; he knew that while he was in longkong he was in the midst of a set of robbers; and, entleman, as I have stated beforn, without committing some heavy arine uguin ske Barbarians as a proof of his af legiance to the Mandarins, home he dared not go! So much then for the motivoit regnized na great effort of virons to re terapiation.
Now let us look to his nonduzi after the crime was duce. Was it the conduct of an innocent and wnconscious man? He departed in brate for Macao, On this way he is bailed from a bit by a man le kop well on that morning of the 15th January; he turned his hand away, 40 that an should not he to than 50 feet from him. But be took the broad coguiend. That person you heard was not more
with him, forgooth i Chinamaan do not sat brend you know! Why, thou, did he take nothing but bread on board the stemmer für his family-and why on that day did le evince such a partiality for bread? Mr Mackenzie has told you that during the 13 dave that Alain has been in his custody he has nevar sat- ed or asked for bread. He says that when his family were taken sick he sent uwe of hii servant boya ta tell the Captain of it, whielt the Cupusha has daniel, and if sissement is trus wity has the refront not been produced in Count Goulemen, you see plainly he sent no message; be could have spoken if he had wished to the gunia through
the bars, or to some of the officere; you tany natu- rally suppose from the evidence of the child's elcke being so vp for his defence that they were only sun tiek, as the nurse has told you that she nod they hea me quite well after
payment should not be made mol the month of landing in ffongkong. Of the Chinese Chat March. Gelemen, the prisoner Alum knew w when he made that zontract thai hefore tint mday became den he would either be a dead man or a high Mandarin in Canton Head under
have been brought before your notice none havs suffered the same effect as it Europians They hays had good of the pains-none of the symptʊ:nu arsenic with which the Encogerus have been af
inken to pay a bill which us had dishonored to flicted, and, are as you haye haard, not recovered E Chung the mut maker if Mr Stephenson would |
from the effect of you. The Chinese cous'ilation can allow hen a day of two, an he was "hard up", Alght be so very different from that of ourselves, 83 these cireuinces are very musrkable You, Gentlemen of the Fary are bound to believe that he
the truth, about his intention of lawing thị5 Colony. Do you dit que for one minute that a pheard could blind the Chinese 1 Are not the Chinesa spus everywhere—is it not a well known fact that we cannes keep a seentes from them? What shool on ke him is ach Ired at the parti celar time Mr Edwards ballal—were not his sor
have been old that they wol up state, Is it not remarkable that Atain's statergent satsina the in- genpay and blue "the European with the low Burning of the Chinese! Balthat statement has
he ewes. Mr E21hled v largerum of moner-To Mir been proved to a fales. You have heard tist
Foster he owes 3900, Mi Pastan 815.000, P, Mc Edwards and Mr Stephenson he is also set- ed to large nmnants. Ha boasts 11 in true that ha had one coniraci ni framh. 27,000) to:8 000 lbs. of to Mars Taos. Bang & do, biscuit to apply
lae, especially Mr Cooper Turner who wants constantly going up and down stairs? You leered his services without ether for or reward, and I have greni suristeti ni in saving that to At. Forney Did have taken inare pins or spent more une thus be has done in natining song of the formation which poses.
Tas lenty of un prinosery, and the fact that the bread carne from the Eung shop on the 15th Jan. al the connection of the soup and the bikery, have been inity praved. The let prisoner nas bien vleuti fied by Air Wrey, and M. Loprajk, as being in and belonging to the shop on the running of the 16th January. The and has been pruvet by : Dixsou
to be able to take poison and quiybe a litle sick wter Again, gaotlusmen, who ever heard of a Chinese waiting till 11 4 before he had bis breakfast, and at that very breakfast to betray mcha marrallous passion for bread? You may suppose from is that it was either, I sure,
■ falsehood that the people were sick, and at must chat in was maly sessickness.
Mr Robinet has told you, that when he arrested Alum he, Alam, gaid. Any man have dis Hong, kung nude."
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The whole of Alam's statement, Gentlemen, although well got up, you can now are is a tis- sue of perjury. The IND ia similar in ena point view to that of Whalley at the York Ar-
sizes of 181; namely that the obeat attempl - ed has been signally exposed by the medical las limony. There the radical evidence exputed the falsehood of the charge-here it establishes ite truth, Yet this case is far stronger than that. There the only thing that saved Whalley was the manner in which the prosecutrix described the symptoms of her pretended suffering. Doctors Thackruh and Walker ) declared they could not have been the offset of arannis, Ye armenid was found in the teste, and in the several Tamite which the provenutrix had contrived to pro- does.
that the
She had in the mixed arsenic with Pione subulances baresif, and upon being ervas examined she has confessed she had dona su to convict
Whalley of the pretended eques, Hurs, in the pre- ser case, the Chinese that profess to have sufferet have not sud it as plain to every man that Alva's I cannot say statement is a parjury throughout. Gentlemen, I do not take an interest in their cou viction, or that I can treat such men as these impar tially. Notwithstanding the taunts and unman. derly inteiroptions to which I have been subjected
The learned Gentlemen had just before been interrupted by Ur Bridges with an empbric ex- pression at same passage it was not; and us Ruch denist was in the tea of the Judge's notes, Mr Anstey remarked that though Eir Bridges med had fact for his nation it was unmannerly so to express bimonel(,—and that as he bad not hu fact for his authority, it was detecting an epither he would not bestow on it). I have aus faites, I am sure, in indicating the difference between a real and a protended came of poisming-The go of the prisoners, Gendanion, is established by their own defence; südl feel certain if they are ac- quitted the Chinese will look upua the British Au- thorities with contempt. You have seen one man Abeep who was present at the Thistle matangre es- caping the ends of justice by the technicalities of the British law; and soon after you find him uding
in attempting to perfora another tragedy unly on larget scuta. Gentlemen, a clearer case of guilt could never be arrived at by circametnu isi uvidence; and I fer assured you will find it your duty to enviet.
Bat I will not attempt to conceal that 1 have an anxious prequga sa to the probable result.—I will not allude to the several niangenable cireumetances that have attended the defence; but I fear that I have not and sufficient to clear away the Gim thrown over your eyes by the opposing Crunset- I repeat a dughtful as to the resultant v3 if it should be that you return a yard.ct of unquitial, $ can but tell you that I feel nach a verdict will be a great-an unappreciable calamity in this smalt community We have first the commission of a great crino, and for that crime on punahment i Such a verdict would arve at a precedent in this Culany-Let it once he see that the law is power-
let it be established in 156 Chinese mind that this court has not the power to check deeds like ibere ualeas they are convicted, and carried inca execution in the trust or the maskot placa,-hen on longer is the life of a European exfe in the Colony; and it will not require the skill of the prophet to main- ber the days of those now prezent. And there will be her calamity or rather, (for it exists in Bodie surt already,)-it will he made strong and ensuring again! the The impression is that cur adiainis- tration of justion is corrupt,har our criminal ja tispudence designe not the chastisement of the great men of Tai ping shan, and deals only with Loe and pelly offenders; that the laws of England have no terror in beir threats for men weahhy and wise enough to submit to the exactions of their prae- Soner, and that a judicious prodigstay in the matter of fees and custe will always purchase. immunity. If the opinion to unfounded, be it your part, Gentlemen to disubase them of hair error.
The Attorney Veneral here resumed his seat, and it must have giver blm great satisfaction to hear by the stamping of feet that the public felt thankful to b for the pains he had taken to bring the gailt home to Alum and his fellow prisoners.
The Court adjourned for 18 minutes and on resuar ing Lordship the Judge addressed the Jary to the fact that it would be their duty to ex pange from their minds anything they might have read or heard outside the Court, Alain had beeu shewa to bave been at the bakery the after- son of Jonuary 14th while the dough was being mixed, and if the Jury thought that he had mixed the prison, or ordered it to be mixed, or had any knowledge about it, they must ad hia guilly. His Landship then rand over the whole of the evidence and Alum's statement. (which will be found below) after which he said. if they were of opinica that it was false about his family were sick, it would be print facie proof of his guilt as if us the contrary they thought they bad been poisoned, there would be a prima facie reason for heliering him innoees. Thy, trawever, was for them to judge. His Lordahin then said that as the Atorney General had explained every part of the evidence no clearly to disem, it would be useless for hip to go over it again. The jury retired than for 30 minutea and on their reliura into Court returned a vediet of Not guilty by a so 4, which we received with hisses.
The Judge looked at the Anorney General, and the Attorney looked at the Judge, but as the per Boners were acquitted by digelarged they wust, Before they left the hall, however, they were again atrasted, and taken to gail as suspicious pincetera. ESINGS STATEMENT.
Cheong Alup, bia strtement---being duly caution. et, quith--With regard to the poisoning of the bread, he is entirely ignoran-but the bread in made in one part of the loven, and he lives in ans.
ality in the ease? To Mos veeo be bid--he never had any idea of doing such a thing. but just declared the contrary. To bim he had pretended that it was only line pigeon, and that a littes medicine would make all plopper" Bat punt is incoherent and beings iwell To the em Me Livres he ind also confessed that the reason why he avok offer of the 60, dollaza was made to re Cumain, had been because he
that he having if that morning for Marna wwe considere. on board, an a gument of his quilg
Be Gret cue to the Colony at only 18 years ol nge-he was fire employed by Mr Bighom, wybu afterwards went to California; after that by Mr Franklyn; then by Mario, Stephenson & Co.; then by Mr Du Silver, for whom he made biscuits, as well as did ocher business, He some time atte warde parcheted a machine for making biscuit, And then another from Mr. Daddell, for &1.800 and as these were inauthciens, he purchased sug
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