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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR
GAZETTE,
dAn Law Reporter for the Supreme A Provincial Courts of China & Japan
Vol. II SHANGHAI, SATURDAY, 30th NOVEMBER, 1867. No. 48
CONTENTS.
Page.
215
215
218
218
Leading Article.
The Four Months’ Usance,...............
Review.
Wylie’s Notes on Chinese Literature,...
Cases in H. B. M.’s Supreme Court.
In Bankruptcy—In re C. T. Jones,.......
In Bankruptcy—In re E. Warden,.....;
Summary Cases, ........................ 218
Page,
Police Cases,........................... 218
Report of Annual Meeting of Shanghai General
Chamber of Commerce, ................. 219
Despatch from Yin Taoutai to Mr. Consul,
Winchester on Stranded Vessels, &c.,.. 229
News or the Week,......................... 221
Commercial Summary,..............e........ 222
Shipping, Quotations, &c., &c............. 222
NO
TIFICATIONS
H. B. M. Supreme Court,
H. B M. Supreme Court.
IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S SUPREME
COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN.
IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S SUPREME
COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN;...”
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“...November 3Qth 1867.
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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
No communications can be noticed unless accompanied by
the name of thewriter.
j&ttpranw dLcrwrt anir donsular
Shanghai, November 30th, 1867.
The attempt which was made by the various
Banks in China to establish a four months’
usance upon Bills drawn against produce ship-
ped to Great Britain, has now been finally aban-
doned. Trade has returned to its old track and
is again being recognisedly conducted upon a
six months’ principle. At the time when it
was proposed to inaugurate the change, opinions
upon its feasibility were diverse ; but among
the mercantile, as opposed to the banking
classes, the impression was strong that the new
plan could not be adhered to. It was argued
that the step was contrary to the principle upon
which...”
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“...2W
SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. tfovemficr 3M I8GT'
names in the works they are reading, without
introduction or explanation, and to which the
dictionaries hitherto published give no clue.
If reading with a teacher they have to trust to
his often unsatisfactory explanations, if without,
they must trust to memory oy future research
to enlighten them ; in the book itself there is
generally little more explanation given than
that “ Pan-koo says,” or the “ Spring and Au-
tumn relates?’ Looking in a dictionary he will
probably find that “Pan” is a surname, and
though possibly he may learn that “Spring and
Autumn ” is the title of a book written by
Confucius, his knowledge will end here. To
supply this want and to form a convenient but
critical encyclopedia of the literature o-f China
has been the aim of Mr. Wylie. How well he
has accomplished his task the wrork itself will
shew : though confined within the limits of 250
pages quarto the hook contains references to
about 2,000 works, by...”
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“...November Wth 1SG7. SUPREME COURT &
lie is disposed to acknowledge the genuineness
of the “ Classic of Hills and Seas,” which late
scholars of great ability, as he tells us, refer to
a date contemporary with, if not antecedent to,
the Chow dynasty.
A condensed review of the later literary his-
tory of China is followed by the following pithy
remarks on the probable effect on native litera-
ture of recent intercourse with Western nations.
“ Some lire ready to imagine that recent intercourse
with foreign nations will speedily revolutionize Chi-
nese methods of thought, and produce a new erain the
literature of the people and history of the nation. The
a tirring events of modern times will doubtless not pass
away without leaving an impression on the future of
this remarkable nation ; but they greatly mistake the
character of the people, who, looking from our stand-
point, expect to see a sudden abandonment of old no-
tions, for the adoption of views and theories which
have hut recently bean...”
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“...that within its covers will be found ample
food for study and reflection on many more
topics than our space has allowed us to touch.
H. B. M. SUPREME COURT, IN BANKRUPTCY.
Nov. 25th, 1867.
Before C. W. Goodwin Esq.
Tn re C. Treasure Jones.
The last meeting of creditors was appointed for
Deer. 21st.
In re E. Warden.
Meeting for Bankrupt to pass his last examination
and apply for order of discharge ; adjourned from
Sept. 19th.
A claim by Wei-chung of $23.50 for curtains etc. was
admitted, subject to Mr. Warden’s producing a voucher
for it, as he believed he had paid the amount. The
Comptoir d’Escompte, through Mr. Phillippe, brought
forward a claim for short delivery of coal. This it
was decided should be heard and determined specially,
and the Court would admit such claim as was proved.
The Meeting was adjourned to Tuesday Dec. 10th.
H. B. M. SUPREME COURT, SUMMARY CASES.
November 22nd 1867.
Before R. A. Mow at Esq.
Municipal Council v. A. Robinson.
In fcliis case judgment was delivered to...”
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formed the officer of his name and address. He was
very drunk and made one or two offensive remarks to us.
The Prosecutor added that lie did not seek to be re-
paid the damages done to the trap, but brought the
charge on public grou ids as others had suffered from
such conduct as Ihe prisoner’s.
By the Court.—It was the prisoner who was driv-
ing. He informed us that he was the keeper of the
Bubbling Well Cottage. The Court enquired of the
witness whether the cart were defendant’s own or not,
when defendant volunteered a statement that it was.
Mr. Youd, clerk to Messrs. Adamson & Co., corro-
borated the statement of the Prosecutor, and Police
Sergt. Wilson stated that the Defendant was drunk
and used abusive language.
His Worship lined him $25 and costs the Ma-
ximum penalty under 5 and 6. Will. IV c. 50, s. 78.
The Prosecutor in reply to the Court, stated he had
no reason to fear a breach of the peace, and sureties
were not, therefore...”
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November 30/7i 1867.
The notice referred to, which was dated 19th day
of 1st Moon (23rd of February 1867), was handed into
Court and a copy thereof appeared in the tfiz/meme
Court & Consular Gazette of 23rd March.
Although similar instances of intimidation on the
part of the trading Guilds had been frequently exper-
ienced, no such clear proof of interference with ligi-
timate trade by curtailing the liberty of individual
dealers, had previously been made public, and the
Committee deemed it necessary, in the interests of the
Foreign Merchants, to address the Consular Repre-
sentatives of Foreign powers at this port, urging their
united action in support of the remonstrance which
shortly after the hearing of the case the British Consul
transmitted to the Chinese Authorities. A Meeting
of the Consular body was accordingly called by M. le
Vte. Brenier de Montmorand, as senior Consul, for the
23rd March, but in the meantime, on receipt of Mr.
Winchester’s...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
British Consulate Tientsin.
1867 filed in this Court by John Armstrong Taylor
Meadows, under which he has been adjudged a Bank-
rupt, notice is hereby given him that he is hereby
required to surrender himself to James Mongan, Esq.,
Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Tientsin, at the
first meeting of Creditors, to be held before the said
Consul, on Monday, the 2nd day of December 1867, at
two o’clock in the afternoon precisely, and also to the
Court at the public sitting to be appointed by the
Court for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examina-
tion, of which sitting due notice will be given. At the
first meeting of Creditors the Consul will receive the
proofs of the Debts of the Creditors, and the Creditors
may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt’s
estate and effects At the public sitting proof of Debts
of Creditors will also be received, and the Bankrupt
will be required to submit himself to be examined, and
to make a full disclosure and discovery...”
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