the living had all escaped to a place of shelter, and
the carnage was over, the prison yard presented a ghastly spectacle.
The man of sixty, the sailor in his prime, and the boy of fifteen, lay
scattered around, while the groans of the wounded were borne to the
ears of the enraged prisoners within. A sullen silence fell on those
gloomy structures, the flags were raised half-mast, in token of
mourning, and the prisoners assembled together and appointed a
committee to report on the matter.

Although the coroner's jury over the slain gave a verdict of
justifiable homicide, our Government took up the matter, and appointed
Charles King to meet Mr. Larpent, the English commissioner, and
investigate it. In their report no one was declared culpable, though
it was freely admitted wrong had been done. Mr. King was severely
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