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林則徐，道光二十年 (1840) 五月

《磨刀外洋焚剿販煙英船擒獲漢奸摺》  『 …臣等於前次燒燬接濟匪船二十三隻之後， ... 五月初九日，乘夜半月落時候，各隊火船移近磨刀外洋夷船聚泊處所，占住上風，出其不意，火船闖進焚燒，各線民亦於假辦艇內同時縱火. 有吧喱夷船上身穿白衣英夷，持械跳出，經外委盧麟揮令水勇方亞早等，奮力殺斃四人，其餘夷眾，連船全行燒燬. 各將備督率把總潘永蓁、楊雄超等，乘夷船亂奔之際，將火箭火罐噴筒等物紛紛拋擲，又將載有煙箱之夷船燒燬一隻，另有夷船一隻桅帆著火，棄碇駕逃，經夷船將火撲救，先後延燒大小辦艇十一隻，又燒燬近岸蓬寮九座. … 此次該英夷猝遭焚剿，傷斃已多，而都魯壹船上帶兵之夷官贊卒治厘，亦在該船病斃，並查悉夷兵吸水受毒患病者甚眾. 』  -  林則徐的奏摺所指的『都魯壹船上帶兵之夷官贊卒治厘，亦在該船病斃』，查都魯壹船即 <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Druid <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">， <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill (1766 - 1840),墓碑上寫着的 <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">死亡日期為 <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">1840 <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">年 <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">6 <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">月 <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">2 <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">日，即是在五月初九(6月8日)前已經死去，與林則徐所奏不盡相同. <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">6 <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">月 <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">5 <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">日葬於澳門，死時只有 <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">43 <span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">歲，墓碑現時仍在，詳見 <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">http://www.avah24.dsl.pipex.com/Macau/old-prot/graves/churchill.htm <span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Lin's report stated that a Captain John Churchill (probably referring to Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, 1766 - 1840, the 4th son of the 5th Duke of Marlborough) was died during the attack on the Druid, a navy ship attacked by the army of Qing Dynasty, China, on 8 June 1840. However, the tomb of John Churchill in Macau shows the date of his passing away was on 2 June 1840, i.e. 6 days earlier than the attack, see <span lang="EN" style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">http://www.avah24.dsl.pipex.com/Macau/old-prot/graves/churchill.htm. The two evidences are not agreed.