WOOD, Acting Consul for Denmark to Memorandum. —The British, August 13, 1883

Consular body to Viceroy Tseng.

Sir: Your excellency’s attention is respectfully called to the propriety and necessity of some effective means being employed to preserve order and to allay excitement on the Honan side of the Canton River, on account of a deplorable disturbance which occurred in that portion of the city, at an early hour on the morning of Sunday, 12th instant, between some Chinese residents and three Europeans, resulting, unfortunately, in the death of a Chinese boy and the wounding of a Chinawoman and Chinaman, from the use of fire-arms in resisting a mob.

The three Europeans, one of whom is a native of Great Britain, another a native of Russia, and the third a native of Norway, have been arrested, and are now confined in the jail of the British consulate, to await examination according to treaty stipulations and requirements. In the mean time the excitement and feelings of the populace, in the vicinity referred to, have assumed such a threatening character as to demand vigorous and prompt measures on the part of the Chinese authorities to prevent further atrocities.

Wherefore your excellency is respectfully informed of the facts and requested to cause such measures to he immediately adopted as will prevent any further disturbance.

Hoping that your excellency will promptly give effect to a compliance with this request in which we unitedly concur,

We have, &c.,