as it now stands is that there were three guilty men, namely 1.—Li Fuh-yuen, also called Li Ken-pa. He, the verdict says, was the first to take stones and batter in the door. He struggled with the foreigners, and struck then Voth severely with a room beam. From first to last he was the leading criminal.
2.—Chu Tsuen-fuh. He ascended the} roof to put out the fire, when a foreigner came rushing to strike him with a stick. In twisting about, a corner of the roof broke off, when with a shove of his foot he iched the foreigner off the house.
3.—Li Kin-ken. He also ascended the roof, in order to put out the fire, when foreigner came to kill him with a short knife, whereupon he wriggled out of the way and the foreigner striking at nothing tumbled down, eyes he said: "Sir, you must take us_all to Peking. We will go there and appeal to the Throne against the injustice of the magistrate of Macheng. We will tell how he has tormented the people of Hokiapu. How he has harried every family, extorting ten strings from this one, anda hundred j strings from that one. How he has thrown our men into gaol, and driven our women from their homes." How some of us have been nearly murdered, and one has gone mad (Gemmy Hare). And all this because of Imperial Edicts and Treaties, There is no justice in Hupeh, we must go to Peking." Such is the opinion of Mr. Liu, and on thinking it over, it seemed a feasible plan, so we said: "Mr. Liu, you ask. a hard thing, and one which will require much money which we have not got, but rather than that this wrong should triumph, to Peking you will go. We will appeal to the public and it shall be done."
12th October.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.