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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR And Law Reporter for the Supreme & Provincial Courts of China & Jap^n. Vol. I SHANGHAI, SATURDAY, 11th MAY, 1867. NG. itf Leading ArticLW. Page. Progress of the Japanese ................. 231 Municipal Grovernment of Shanghai,........232 * ‘ Custom ” among the Chinese ...........233 Case in H. B. M.’s Provincial Court, Hankow Carnie v. Ballance and Hallam ............234 Leading C a ses on Commercial Law. Johnson v. Sheddon.—-Maritime Insurance—Ad- justment of Average ................ .... 235 CONTENTS. News or the Week,....... Commercial Summary, ...., Partnerships, .......... Quotations,............. Meteorological Table, &e. Shipping &c. ........... Memoranda .............. Causes for Hearing, &c'. .. Pagi .236 .229 .22^' .23a NOTIFICATIONS French Cohsula e General. British Legation Yedo. NOTIFICATION. rr^HE Undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty’s Envoy ! 1 Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan hereby makes known for the information of Her Majesty’s...”
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“...will be excluded the benefit of the said dividend, and all claims not then proved will be disallowed. IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA & JAPAN. The Bankruptcy Act, 1861. Shanghai, 21th April 1867. OTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Court appointed for the first meeting of creditors of Henry Charles Cammidge, who was adjudged bank- rupt under a petition for adjudication of bankruptcy filed in Her Britannic Majesty’s Supreme Court for China and Japan, at Shanghai on the 8th day of April, 1867, having been held on the 252A day oj April, instant, before Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, Esq., Registrar in Bankruptcy; and no creditor having appeared at such sitting, the Court has appointed a pub- lic sitting to be held before Sir Edmund Hornby, Knt., Chief Judge of the Supreme Court aforesaid, on Mon- day the 21th day of May proximo, at the Supreme Court at Shanghai aforesaid, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon pre- cisely, for the said bankrupt to pass his last examina- tion and...”
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“...May IVA 1867. SUPREME COURT Supreme (Scurf nub Consular ferfte Shanghai, May IItii, 1867. The notification of Sir Harry Parkes making public the formal intimation of the Japanese Government that it is prepared on the first day of January 1868 to carry out the deferred clauses of the treaty of 1858, to open ITiogo, Osaka and Yedo, and the port on the west coast which is to be a substitute for Neegata, has taken us somewhat by surprise. The opening of Hiogo was looked for as a matter of course. Osaka was a port which our knowledge of the British Minister satisfied us would not be abandoned lightly ; but the personal risks of residence in Yedo have hither- to been so formidable...”
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“...232 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. May 1UA 1867. view, we may be sure that the mastery of the principles which regulate the art of war cannot be acquired without a knowledge of those which control the peaceful pursuits on which depend the real wealth and well being of na- tions. The desire for the one cannot be foster- ed without creating the capacity which com- prehends the other. The most obvious defect exhibited by the Japanese is over impatience in making their acquisitions. The steamers they buy are too often spoiled by ignorant management. A clever lad is sent to a steam factory, and when he has barely acquired the first rudiments of a knowledge of machinery he is withdrawn to superintend a squadron: when the mere mechanical handling of an invention is known, they fancy that they have secured a complete command of its powers, though they are incompetent to deal with any of the num- berless accidents by which it is liable to be deranged. This grave defect is, however, likely to...”
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“...that there may be some difficulty in inducing the Chinese to assent to any scheme that may be proposed by the foreign Ministers, in its entirety; but we make little doubt that if some immaterial points have to be yielded, the main principles to which it is necessary to obtain the sanction of the Chinese Government will be recognised, and that the loop- holes for complaint either on the part of foreign- ers or of natives which have hitherto existed will be put an end to by the new Regulations. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. Amid all the striking contrasts which China and the Chinese people present to a mind educat- ed under the ideas and influences of Western civilization, none is more surprising than the fact, that one third of the whole human race should be collected within the boundaries of this single empire, and that this gigantic nationality —the highest type of antiquity and permanence among mankind—should have existed from the remotest epochs with custom as the basis of its institutions...”
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“...234 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. May 11 fh 186 7. are stimulated to the discovery of new truths and new inventions, to the development of the most diverse peculiarities and eccentricities, and the consequence is that the task of social and political organization is a formidable under- taking. Out of all this mass of conflicting ideas and interests it is difficult to arrive at equilib- rium, the point around which the system of civilized forces is-balanced is as sensitive as the electric needle. Civilized people plunging on from idea to idea, and from system to system, and traversing as with eagle’s wings the moral, social, and political codes of every land beneath the sun, have found as yet no resting place. They go on from conquest to conquest, they make and unmake laws, they overthrow and set up govern- ments, they produce stupendous works of intel- lect, they discover new applications of morality; eager to expend the superflous energy with which civilization endows them, they never...”
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“...May Jl1th 1867. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 235 the back of the note are in the handwriting of the ac- countant of the bank at Shanghai. C This closed the case for the prosecution.) Thomas Frederic Ballance.—The note, the Court will observe, was not protested until the 28th Nov- ember, whereas it ought to have been presented for payment and protested at due date. We received no official notice of the dishonor of the note at due date I produce a letter which I wrote to the manager of the bank at Shanghai with reference to this note (Letter, Ballance and Hallam, dated 19tli July 1866, produced.) To that letter we have never received any official reply, in fact, no material reply at all. To F. Carnie.—I do not know, of my own know- ledge, that Mr. Hallam was advised that the bill was not likely to be taken up. I have heard so from Plaintiff. To the Court.—Our account current shews that Preston, Breuell & Co. paid interest on certain balances on that note. It shews interest to have been...”
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“...233 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. TTiy IRA 1837. for if tlig purchaser were not liable to the duties and charges, he would give as much more as the amount of those charges come to. The price of a tliiug is what it costs a man; and if, in addition to a sum to be paid before the mast, other charges are to be borne, that sum and the charges constitute the cost. It is not necessary that the whole price should be paid to one person. ” To taking the net proceeds to calculate by, there are several objections; one is, that by taking the net proceeds as the basis of the calculation instead of the gross proceeds, it will happen, where equal charges are to be paid on the sound and damaged commodity, that the underwriter will be affected by the fluctuation of the market, which he ought not to be. This is obvious, from considering that if you take equal quantities from two unequal quantities, the smaller such unequal quantities are, the greater will be the difference between the remainders; e.g...”
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“...May l'lth 1867. SUPREME COURT & including the Times, say there is little chance for the bill, and call for the abandonment of the dual idea, as being fatal to the whole scheme. Gladstone and the Liberal members of the House of Commons agree in their course of opposition to the Reform bill. The P. & 0. Str. Sunda arrived yesterday morning, bringing the London Mail of 26th March and telegrams to April 16th. The following is a summary of the tetegraphic news: Great Britain.—London April 9th ; The English Mediterranean Squadron has been ordered to Cadiz. —April 10, the Liberal Reform scheme has been sub- stantially withdrawn in consequence of the defection of forty-eight members of that party. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has consented that the Committee be empowered-to amend the law as regards rating. The Bill has been committed.—April 11th ; The Chief Justice yesterday charged the Grand Jury in Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Brand’s case, declaring that the Sovereign had no prerogative...”
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“...238 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. May \Uh 1867 come to Shanghai as expected, Capt. Lane will be greet- ed by many old friends. A very unexpected occurrence took place during the voyage of the Brig Argo which arrived in this porta day or two since from Sydney. It appears that while about ten miles distant from Anoda Island (one of the Hebrides), on the 26th March, three boats filled with savages were seen approaching, one from the starbord and two from the port side. They came alongside the vessel, which was carrying a moderate breeze, and attempted to board her, but fell astern at the sight of firearms. They then consulted together and made another at- tempt^ reach the vessel; but the breeze stiffening they were prevented from coming up with her and gave up the pursuit. The savages were quite naked and had long hair of a dark brown color reaching below the waist, and they were all of them beyond ordinary sta- ture. Shipmasters will do well to be upon their guard in going through these...”
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“...May llth 1867. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 239 occasions, the health of Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co. and Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. as the originators of the contests between the two ports were proposed aild heartily responded to. The health of Mr. Edward Whitt all who is about to leave Shanghai was also pro- posed and warmly received. A very useful book has just been issued from the Press in Hongkong under the title of the Guide Book and Vade-mecum to the Treaty ports of China and Japan, compiled and edited by Mr. N. B. Dennys, Editor of the “ China Mail. ” The Book is very conveniently got up ; is interspersed with maps of the various treaty ports, and contains, besides much useful local inform- ation, historical sketches of much interest. A good idea of the history of Shanghai is conveyed in Mr. Dennys’ work. The bund is perhaps rather highly eulogised in being termed a “noble quay ;” and those who recollect it as the dreariest of dreary promenades may perhaps not be so...”
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“...240 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE ay 11th 1867. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Shanghai, May Ylth, 1867. T.m.c. T.m.c. Grey Shirtings—5 4 Catty,......... 2.3.0 a 2.3.5 ,, 64 Catty, on spot ?......... 2.6.5 a 2.7.5 White Do. 64 Reed,................ 2.8.5 T’-Cloths—54 Catty, ............. 3.0.0 Long Ells—HH Scarlet,............. 7.4.0 ,, Assorted,............. 7.2.0 ,, CPH. Scarlet,......... 7.3.5 Assorted,.............. 7.1.5 Spanish Stripes—Elephant,......... 0.6.0 a 0.9.5 Camlets—SS....................... 15.0.0 „ SSS....................... 13.5.0 a 14.0.0 Opium—Malwa,..................... 540 New Patna,...............,. 435 M Old » ............... 430 \\ EXCHANGE:— On London.—Bank 4m/s. 6s. lid. per Tael Credits, 4m/s. 6s. lfd. Bills with doct., 4m/s. 6s. 2d. ” On Paris.—Credits, 4m/s., Ecs. 7.75 \\ Documentary. Do. Frs. 7.774 On Calcutta.—Bank 3 days’ sight, Rs. 298 per 100 Taels. On Bombay.—Bank 3 days’ sight, Rs. 297 per 100 Taels. On Hongkong.—Bank 3 d/s. 264 disct. Private, 15 d/s. 27 do...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. British Consulate Chinkian British Consulate Ningpo. IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S COURT AT CHINKIANG. The Bankruptcy Act 1861. In the matter of Frederic Loudon Pater, merchant, a Bankrupt NOTICE is hereby given, that the first meeting of creditors of Frederic Loudon Pater, who was adjudged a Bankrupt, under a petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in Her Britannic Majesty’s Court at Chinkiang, on the 5th of .March, having been held on the 21th day of March, before Frederick Harvey Esquire, Her Majesty’s Consul and Judge of the said Court ; a public sitting has been appointed to be held on Wednesday, the 22 nd day of May instant, at H. B. M. ’s Consulate at Chinkiang aforesaid, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon precisely, for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, -and to make application for his discharge. At such public sitting proofs of debts of creditors will be received, and the Bankrupt will be required to submit himself to be examined...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. FOR SALE. A MORTGAGE for £2,000. (Two Thousand Pounds), a first charge on the property, formerly known as the Elgin Arms, and now as Bellevue, being situated on the South side, of and next to the Grand Stand on the new Race Course. Principal due 1st April 1870,— interest in the meantime at 10 per cent per annum, payable half yearly. The mortgage deed contains the usual Power of Sale in case of default in payment of the principal and interest. The property is leased at present for Tls. 700—(seven hundred) per annum. The mortgagee, being about to return to Europe is desirdus of dis posi ng of this security before his depar- ture. For further particulars apply to, COWIE & Co. Shanghai, 4th May, 1867. PUBLIC AUCTION. WHEELOCK & MELLER have received instructions to sell by P ublic Auction on Monday, the 13/7& May 1867, at 2 o’clock p.m. On the Premises of the BRICK & SAW MILL COMPANY, on the Pootung side of the river, below the Shanghai Wharf Company’s.premises...”