Confession of Ko-Ahon.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 427, 18 May 1850, Page 3

Confession of Ko-Ahon.

Ko-Ahon stated, that he is a native of the town of Heangshnn, aged 36 years; has neither wife, children. nor brothers ; his parents are (lend ; that he resided at Macao, where he carried on a small business ; that the Portuguese Governor, Amaral, whilst alive, had committed cruelties ; that without the Campo Gates he had constiucted roads, destroying and razing grave?, on which account those from without as well as those from within conceived hatred towards him. That Amaral destroyed graves not only belonging to tlio deponent, but also those belonging; to Sen-.-hi leoi)£ and Li-Apao. For this reason they intended to murder Amaiai, in order to satisfy their hatred. In consequence they had a consultation, and he, the deponent, and Li-Apao were appointed executors ot the plan ; Sen chi-leong, the two sui named Chon, and one Chen, whome they induced to join them, were to asßi.it in facing those who might come to afford help. That on the sth day of the 7th moon, they having heard u 6aid wilh certainty, that Amarul wtia to take a walk to the Barrier Gate, weut there to wait for him. Towaida the evening, Amiual having passed by on horseback, Sen cbMeon?, carrying in his hand a close umbrella, in the handle of which he had c mcealed a sharpened sword, presented himself under di-guise as one who wished to make a complaint, calling out loudly that ho had wrongs to complain of ; and at the moment that Amaral was stretching out his hand to rcceite the petition Sen-chi-leong immediately drew his sword and be<« gan to stab him in the arm, until he rolled off his horse from the pain, and the laid Sen»chi-leong forthwith cut off his head and hand ; and together with the deponent and others escaped through the Barrier Gate ; and after having made libations to the manes of their ancestors, they seperated, each following his way. That on hearing afterwards that strict searches were being made to apprehend the assassins, he the deponent and Li-Apao agreed to take a vessel and flee to Hunau. They were, however, untxpectedly pursued by the informer and soldiers as far as the town of Lo chong, where Li Apao, whilst they were offering icsistance to the soldiers who were approaching the vessel, wan wounded by a shot, and fell into tbe'sea, where he wa« drowned ; and he, the deponent, who was ulbo defending himself with a sword againgt the soldiers who were about to jump into the veuel, was severely wounded ; and was apprehended and conveyed. That all he has stated is the truth.

Nearly the whole of these teas were congou or hysonskin ; the quantities of the finer te is being very small.

Fun for the Million.— lt is ti long tune since we have met with any thing in the newspaper line bo woithy of commendation, as the Pictorial Brother Jonathan, of January Ist. The paper is of a mammoth size, and is illustrated with 6<l most elegant engravings, representing the political heads at Washington, and sketches of life in New York. The workmenship is superior, indeed we have never seen a more tasteful newspaper, and most truly is it remarked in the extract.below, which we cutfromthepapeiVthatweredie planet wrecked, and all the records of the race to perish save this sheet, it would give a good impression of the civilization in the nineteenth century : — " The moie youthful of our readers, those who may fairly expect to live half a century longer, taunt not measure the progress of the next fifty yeurs by the last. A world full of steamboats, railroads, electric telegraphs, must go faster in. the path of progress, than a world could do that had all these things to invent and bring into use. Oh ! be sure that a human race, with these four inventions, is in a very diflerent condition from a human race without them. It is the difference between ten miles an hour, and sixty ; between the lumbering mailcoach, and the speed of electricity two hundred thousand miles a second ; between Franklin's slow working Ramage press, on which he pulled with, hit own hand his '• Way to Wealth," and the dizzy rapidity of Hoe's patent press, which piinls twelve thousand newspaper s an hour. Look at the newspaper itself— a lever long enough and strong enough to elevate the world, if there were no other enlightening agency. Yes, look at the combinations of genius, art, and mechanical power, necessary to produce this very copy of the Pictorial Brother Jonathan, taking its tize its price, its matter and embellishments all iuto cnnsideiation. Were the phnet wrecked to»day, were all the records of the race to perish but a silicic copy of this sheet, it would convey to a future race a pretty good impression of the civilzation of the mid.ile of tho nineteenth century." — Poltjnesian, March IC. The Rev. Michael btephens, the second Roman Catholic Pastor of Melbourne, an;l late Parish Priest of Portlind, has resigned his mission and pui chased from ln< piivrttc tot tune a tract of land in the Western District, upon which he purposes founding an Industrial Farm School, for the education, clothing, and apprenticing of dehtitutc male and female oiphan?.— Sydney Herald, April 27. The Rev. W. Kirktou has been appointed by the Assembly of the Established Church of Scotland, Presbyterian Minibter at Wellington. Mr. Kirk ton, with his wife and family arrived in the Berkshire, —Ibid. The Cholera in London and Paris.— From the official returns just published, it appears that tho number of deaths in Paris Iroai this epidemic amounted to 10,950,'0r, inclusive of those which took place in the civil and military hospitals to 20,000. The most fatal month was June, when 5/G9 perished. In London the oust f. t.il monih v>a* September, when Cu'44 fell victim i. — Edinburgh Advertiser, Dec. 21.

The Council ol the Royal College of Surgeon*, have decided that candidates for Fellowships shall be examined in the I'lcnch lunguage. Professor Brasseuß is the examiner elected for that purpose. — Ibid. It is baid that a body of capitalists, comprising some of the leading men itj London, as well as in Manchester and more northen parts of the country, have it in contemplation to make offers to Home of the Railway Companies to take the responsibility of working tacit; lines altogether otf their hands— Daily News,

Total Total Total Black. Green. Pounds. 'ear 184(5 7, in 27 Teiiels... 895,500 2,923,800 3,819,300 r eac 1847.8, in 17 vessels.... 510,500 1,652,000 2,162,500 r ear 1848-J), in 24 vessels... 939,100 2,083,0*0 3,022,101

The following is the quantity of tea exported from China to the Australian colonies in the last three years —