CHINA. SINGULAR AFFAIR AT MACAO. (From the Hongkong Register.)

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 376, 21 November 1849, Page 3

CHINA. SINGULAR AFFAIR AT MACAO. (From the Hongkong Register.)

Juxr 9 — We deem the follo.uoj£ account of an exciUii_ uffiir it Macao, woiiiiy of »n cidc "\Ye Ua<i herelofoie given Senlioi D'\um.il nauan ci u>t for hi* collide and deternnmlijn, a.,d W3 luid esteemed liirn as no: waut'iig n s^encial good s u=e ; bui, on learning l!je loilowing pani'iulars, for the g-uciil cj leotaess of wuieh wo <an vouch, we a vj quit: >\t t> lois to account io. 1 conduct S') unvn.thy of ,i ,y cribble >eJ Gv>vernor of a colon" in this— the •). d«ll? of (ho oinateeiitli ceivuiy. From the m.i mvi i.) w ich the en - cun!s'ni]ci 1 3 \v;ip deUilc i t>> us. wo iti'Jio* S">3 any eicuse wh r!i Si.nhoi' D'Atn.ral >':n in '( ' for tin? unwurrau'abli seizure o! a IJr ti >i s i jo I. T," w!\ol •• case will, tl'-übtlcss, toim rautu- (or mii2li (iVicnl cotresponJencr. Tlic Engi%!i re i,l''nts iv Macao maysee some little crus j for p.\ ,itn , bat wj uu,t his Ek colletioy's alter-foiuliict will cli uv t'tU the j-iiisenL unfortunite t r ana;fiess,io \ aiose fro.n ai c\ci emc.it of temper which he will in fiHui • s'u.ly tj krep uuJer clue conirol Tiie particulars wh'c'i reache! 113 a c as follows : - " Mi. bummers, a r sklent of Ho 'g'^on,?, Lmd.'d .-.(, Macio on theevm'n,? of th 7 di instant. O.i £°bs along a street t'>r U4II winch ihu piocipston of the Corpus Vhrish wis p'lSsiiig. h«; was tlesiied, as be auppostjd iiy some C.th lie ] rriot,e o t, aud aftei wards by a soldiei, to take off liv h«t, b«i be-ng a L'rofs'aut and having leligiou sc u,>lcs, \\n lefuscd t) cjiu ly, where np>n he was Mceti (o ill- jiU I'l-IkUjC ahi k pt theie through the n ght wi hout any fo^-1. Mr. bummers made a resp ctlu 1 com < u . cat 011 to Senlior D'Amaral, the Governor, regutt 115 th circin»B ano-- aid icqu sting fo bo rc'eisid on Hit- 15 on ids t.)ai lie w»s igno. i.uit of the cuttonM of Cith .1 <• c un'ri.s. el-e, as lie conld not have complied wita (he c-v m my U- wou d have avodel the piojbsioi. Of this tommunica-

tion no notice was taken, but early on the morning of the Bth he was removed to tlie common gaol. Upon this Mi. Summers wrote a note to Captain Stavely, who happened to be at Macao at the time, begging Ms interference with the Governor, wi'h the view ot petting released. Captain Stately immedi uely waited on Captain Keppel, detailing the circumstances of (he case, when that officer with his rhataeterhtic energy and determination waited on the Governor, demanding the immedia c release of Mr. Summers, and the reason for his having been thrown into confinement. We hear (bat the Governoi distinctly separated the alleged offence from anything connected ■with religion, but threw it upon the grounds that Mr. Summers had refined to obey the Governo/s orders to uncover, and was placed in ous'ody accordingly ; that as the whole affair was now in the hands of the judicial aulhoiiti s, the case must wait the usual process, and that perhaps in a week judgment might issue upon it. This leply not conforming with Captain Keppel's notions of what wni due to a British subject in a dependency of Portugal, he demanded formally by letter the immediate liberation of Mr. Summers, with a full explanation of the causes of the imprisonment. Senhor D'Amatal treated the demand with nonchalance; whereupon Captain Keppel, not being- able to get any satisfactory reply, immediately ordered the boats of the squadron, already preparing for work of another cla6s — namely, boat-racing, to be manned and armed, and to land at a certain point, where he and Captains Trouhridge, Hay, and «tavely would be ready to head thorn. The moment the first boat tou heel the beach thp crew wire ndered to land and form, and proceeded under Cap'ain Kep^el's direction tr-rmgh Mr Biaine's house, got into the square behind it, dispersed the guard, to-k po-sossion of a park of artilleiy in fiont of the guard-house, and released Mr. Summers. Whilst these tliincs were passing, boat after boat fully man ed came tumbling on to the beach, following the route of the fir t paity ; the Portuguese guard, adjoining the Governoi 's residence, looking with astonishment and consternation at the rapidity of the movemert, and wondering what was coming next. Recovering from their astonish- J ment, and hearing the repoi t of musketry (shots having been exchanged at the gaol), a party was detached to intercept the rescuing forre; hut they ai rived at the scene ol action too late, and only in time to discharge their muskets at the party retiring. No one was hit by the discharge ; and within foui minutes of the landing of the first boat's crew, Mr. Summer! found himself released from prison, thus depriving Governor D'Amaral and hi^ judicial Etaff ol much unnecessary discussion. Mr. Sunamen was brought over in H. M. brio: Cohvmhine —doubtless sinking, in his sleeve, "We'll gang na mair to son town." His Excellency Senhor DAma al, while the above eventi were taking place, was enjoying the hospitality of Commodore Gcisinger on board the U. S. frigate Plymouth, and landed a ehort time after all was over, on which great excitement was apparent in the town, signals being passed through the forts, where the whole of the guns weie apparently be ng loaded. At this time the boat«, so recently employed in upholding the honor of their country, weie engaged in the pleaaant pastime of rncing, in which two of the Meander's boats were wimeis. We cannot say too m eh in praise cf the 1 a lant anil dignified manner in which the whole affair was conducted by Captain Keppel. We presume it will give occasion for correspondence between Senhor D'Amaral and the Governor of tbia plac° ; but we trust such a foolish and imliscieet act on the part of the Goveinor of Macao will be looked over by the respective governments in Europe.