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“...Majesty's Envoy Extra- ordinary and Minister Plenipoten- tiary in Japan. Osaka 25th April, 1867. H. B. M ’s Supreme Court. IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA & JAPAN. The Bankruptcy Act, 1861. Shanghai, 27 th 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 hied in Her Britannic Majesty’s Supreme Court for China and Japan, at Shanghai on the 8th day of April, 1867, having been h’eld on the 25th 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 27 th defy 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...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. British Consulate Newchwang. British Consulate Ningpo. NEWCHWANG CONSULAR NOTIFICATION. Appointment of Official Assignee. THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1861. In Her Majesty’s Court at the Port of Newchwang sitting in Bankruptcy 18M day of March 1867. Tn the Matter o/Henry Edward Bush and Robert Kelly Maitland, trading under the style of Mait- land, Bush and Co, and adjudged Bankrupts. WHEREAS, by an order of this Court dated the 30//?, of August 1866, John James Macartney Beatty, Esquire was appointed to be and act as of- ficial assignee in the bankruptcy of the above named Bankrupts, and whereas the said John James Mac- artney Beatty has ceased this day to be an officer of Her Majesty’s Consulate at this port therefore it is hereby ordered that the said John James Macartney Beatty cease to be official assignee ; and that, until another person shall have been appointed in his place, the duties of the said office shall be performed by Her Majesty’s Consul, who shall...”
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“...• / May ISth 1867- SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 211 It is requested that only such communications as relate to Editorial matters be addressed to the Editor, and that they be sent not later than Friday. Advertisements will be received till 10 a.m. on Saturday. Ho communications can be noticed unless accompanied by the name of the writer. fourt anb Consular feette Shanghai, May 18tii, 1867. In the matter of Law Reforms the present British Government seems to be in earnest. We notice that the Attorney General has already brought in for the consideration of the House of Com- mons no less than three Bills for the amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy. Why the matter contained in these Bills could not have been embodied in one, seeing that they all relate to the same subject, it is not very easy to understand. The chief inconvenience of our peculiar mode of legislation arises from the ac- cumulation of Acts of Parliament one upon the other. Instead of at once repealing all Acts of previous...”
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“...242 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. May 18.'A 1857. three fourths of his estate, the Court is to have the power, after it has remained three months without being challenged by the creditors, to de- clare it valid and binding on all of them. The important question of the discharge of a Bankrupt remains pretty
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“...243 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. May \%th 1887. of other important articles of commerce usually held in great Britain, we say unhesitatingly, that there was not the slightest necessity in the present age of regular supplies, ffor other than the most insignificant stock on hand. In fact the whole course of the Tea market for the past few years would go to prove the truth of tliis assertion. We have had examples of extreme depression ruling in the market for sugar, caused by heavy stock, equal to jtliree months require- ments, and a reference to statistical tables of other articles would shew us that the deteriorating article of Tea stands aloof from almost all others in the size of its stock. Cotton at the end of last year, was equal to a six weeks’ supply, but the knowledge that further quantities would arrive kept the value as it had been, and at the present day, we may say that China is practi- cally as near to England as the United States are. The great wonder to us now is, not...”
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“...244 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. May 13th 186? said cargo at Swatow, delivered to me 160 bags of sugar, viz. 107 bags white and 53 bags of brown, to be shipped to and sold at Shanghai, upon which I advanced to him the said Towers the sum of $1,212.83 and advanced and paid the further sum of $186.35 for freight, insurance and other necessary expenses, upon said sugar, making a total of $1,339.18 for which I had and have, by agreement with said Towers, a lien upon said sugar and proceeds thereof, and a right to the pos- session thereof for the purposes aforesaid. It is unnecessary to go into the merits of the case, because it even they are as the Defendant states them to be still his answer furnishes no answer in Law to the action. Either he is the puchaser of the goods, or he has simply advanced money in respect of them condition- ally on his having the power to forward and sell them at Shanghai unless he is previously repaid his advances. On the Defendant’s own showing, the transaction...”
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“...May 13th 1867. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 245 pursuing in company with another man not in custody, three Chinese, supposed to he with felonious intent. John Tocin, Police Constable, stated that having been ordered to lie on watch in a house on the Woo- sung Road, he there saw prisoner and another walk- ing past as if with the intention of cutting off some Chinamen. The men on perceiving the Constable ac- celerated their speed as if to get away. Witness re- cognised prisoner as well known to the Police and took him into custody. Inspector Stripling stated that a robbery accom- panied with great violence had been perpetrated the previous evening in the same place ; and that in con- sequence he had ordered the Constable to watch the spot particularly. The Prisoner was ordered to report hinself at the police station daily, at an hour fixed upon by the In- spector. H. H. Giping, Chief Officer onboard the White Adder, was charged by C. Kemp, A. B. Seaman on same ship, with assault. Complainant...”
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“...246 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. May \%th 1867. perience has abundantly proved that China forms no exception to the general rule. The present system of carrying on trade is radically vicious, however, in other respects. It combines every conceivable facility for cheating, with the greatest pos- sible insecurity and difficulty in the assertion of legal rights. So far from opposing any barrier to fraud and robbery, it offers inducement to an untrustworthy class of native intermediaries to plunder both parties, by an assurance of impunity acquired in advance. The igno- rance of each other’s language persistently maintained by buyer and seller would alone suffice to place them at the mercy of the agents through whose hands all business must pass. But, as if this were not enough —the same individuals are constantly employed in different ’capacities as comprador and broker, and allowed to conduct commercial operations on their own account. No Court of Law can unravel the complica- tion and...”
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“...May \8th 1867. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 247 pouvoir a cette absence, qu’avant de sanctionner defini- tivement le budget, il a voulu donner au Conseil 1’occa- sion de d6fendre ses actes et & M. M. les Electeurs celle de les attaquer. Il consid^re, en effet, que poiivoir publiquement demandei* compte de la gestion de ses int£rets et pouvoir publiquement rendre com- pte^de sa conduite est le plus beau privilege d’un citoyen. La convocation de l’assembiee lui ayant ete inspiree par ce sentiment, il espere que sa demarche sera appreciee en consequence. M. Brecheux souleve la question de savoir si M. Monnier est reellement demissionnaire ou s’il n’a jam- ais etd un seul instant Conseiller Municipal car, dans le cas ou cette derniere hypothese serait vraie, l’in- validation du Conseil ressortirait a ses yeux du texte 'm6me du “Reglement” qui a voulu T election de 4 membres Fran pais contre 4 et rangers. Il doit en outre etre bien entendu que des 3 membres restant actuelle- ment au Conseil...”
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“...248 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 18zA 1867. qu’il n’a pas cru necessaire de prevoir l’eventualite d’une mise en demeure, convaincu qu’on pourrait trouver dans le budget des ressources sufiisantes pour faire face a cet engagement. Quant au refus d’arbit- rage pour le reclamation de la Mission Prosbyteriennc cette question videe en principe est devenue l’objet d’une reclmation ordinaire et minime. Le reglement concernant les chefs de service pent se resumer en quelques mots : independance des chefs de service dans leurs parties respectives, le secretaire n’et ant qu’un inter- mediate entre eux et le conseil. En etablissant l'impot des Wharfage dues le conseil a pris le seul moyen pra- ticable pour augnienter les revenus de la municipalite sans surcharger les habitants de la Concession. Cet im- pdtest deja per911 par la Municipaltie voisine sur la plus grande partie des marchandises debarquees sur le quai de la concession Fran9aise et il n’est que juste d’en avoir sa part. Les residents...”
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“...May 18'A 1837. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 249 At the Meeting, of which we give the minutes else- where, the proposition was put by the Consul General to the meeting at the suggestion of Mr. Brecheux, whether the last six months during which the present Council acted should be considered as a year of office in order to avoid the trouble and expense of new elections in the course of a few months, or in other words whether in addition to the election of four French Councillors and of a successor to Mr. Edward Whittall should an addi- tional person be elected to replace one of the three fo- reigners at present on the Council. It was explained that according to the Regulation the new elections must be made in September next for election of two foreign members, as according to the Regulation, half the French and half the foreigners in the Council must be renewed every year ; but the meeting de- cided in the negative. Mons. G. Brenier made sever- al enquiries as to items in the Budget ;...”
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“...•250 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. May }8th, 18G7 graceful speech. Japan.—When H. B. M. S. Argus left Osaka, on the 6th inst., Sir Harry Parkes was still there. H. B. M.’s S. Pelorus and Basilisk, together with the French Flagship, and U. S. S. Wyoming and Shenan- doah were in port. The U. S. Flag-ship Hartford is at Yokohama, and H. B. M. S. Severn at Hiogo. The vessel seized by the Japanese steamer, as men- nioned in our last issue, was the Anna Kimbell not the Anna, as stated in error. She has since arrived in COMMERCIAL. Shanghai, Friday Evening May With, 1867. Imports.—The advices received per Yingtszefee from Tientsin were regarded’as’most unsatisfactory, the Chinese accounting for the dullness of trade there by the drought that had extended over a period of three months and injured the prospects of the crops. Prices showed no margin on the rate3 ruling here which has made the natives rather anxious sellers of their pre- vious purchases and the business done by Foreigners has...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. PUBLIC AUCTION. WITIIO UT RESER VE. The Entire Property of the Shanghai Brick and Saw-Mill Company, Pootung (excepting the Saw-Mill Machinery), all in one lot, includ- ing the Land, Buildings, Brick, Machinery, and Plant. MESSRS. COWIE & Co. have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, on Monday 20 th instant, at their Office, No. 26, Foochow Road, at 3 o’clock p.m, (unless pre- viously disposed of by private contract), the En- tire Property of the Shanghai Brick and Saw- Mill Company, Pootung (excepting the Saw-Mill Machinery), in one Lot, consisting of— Land, measuring 66 mow or thereabouts, with a deep water frontage of 2,420 (Two thousand four hundred and twenty) feet to the river Whang- poo, and situated a short distance below the pre- mises of the Shanghai Wharf Company. Buildings.—A Brick Machine Shed, one storied, mea- suring 105 ft. by 40 ft. A Saw-Mill Machine Shed, 60 ft. by 66 ft., with upper story. A substantial European Dwelling-house...”