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“...................... 252 Commercial Summary,........................... 252 I Shipping, Quotations, Ac., Ac.............. 253 NOTIFICATIONS H. B. M. Supreme Court, H. B M. Supreme Court. IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861. Shanghai, 13£// 1867. WHEREAS a petition for the adjudication of Bankruptcy, was on the 12z*A day of December 1867, filed in Her Britannic Majesty’s Supreme Court for China and Japan at Shanghai, by Charles William Mathew Hudson, under which he has been adjudged Bankrupt. The said Charles William Mathew Hudson is here- by required to surrender himself lo Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, Esq., Registrar in Bankruptcy, at the first meeting of Creditors, to be held before the said Registrar on the Qth day of January 1868, at 11 o’clock in the fore- j noon precisely, at the Supreme Court aforesaid, 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...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. H. B M. Supreme Court- PUBLIC AUCTION. on tlie 28ZA day of August 1866, will be held be- fore Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, Esquire, Assist- ant Judge of II. B. M.’s Supreme Court for China and Japan at the Supreme Court aforesaid, on Saturday the AAth day of December 1867, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon precisely, when the creditors’ Assignee will submit a statement of the whole estate of the bankrupts as then ascertained, of the property received and of the property outstanding, specifying the cause of its being outstanding, and of all the receipts and of all the payments thereon made, and any creditor who has proved may attend and examine such state- ment and compare the receipts with the payments. And the meeting will declare by resolution whether and what part of the said produce of the estate (after making reasonable deductions for future contingencies) shall be divided amongst the creditors ; and the credi- tors who have not already proved their debts...”
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“...December 11/Zt 1 #67. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 235 It is requested that only such communications as relate to Editorial matters bcaiddrcsscd to the Editor, arid 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. Supreme fort anb Consular (ifette Shanghai, December 14tii, 1867. A point of very considerable interest to mer- cantile men came under notice in the case of Jardine, Matheson & Co. versus the Master of the Strathmore, recently heard in the Summary division of the Supreme Court. Divested of collateral circumstances and special considera- tions, the question at issue was whether an agent for a ship could claim commission upon a charter of the vessel which he had not actual- ly concluded, but towards the settlement of which he had assisted, if the charter was made prior to any revocation of his authority to act as agent. Upon the broad and incontestible...”
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“...236 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. December 14^ 1867. a charter ultimately concluded lias been in a de- gree brought about either directly or indirectly —and the presumption ought perhaps to be in favour of this conclusion in the absence of proof to the contrary—as it is not to be supposed that in acting as agent in an ordinary way, no service is done towards placing the ship on the market— then we are disposed to believe that the same principle as laid down with regard to brokers would apply, and that a claim for the cus- tomary commisson would hold good, at all events in cases where 'the agency had not been pre- viously revoked, and possibly even if that re- vocation had not been made such a time before the contract was concluded as to give grounds to believe that the general actions of the agent could not have affected it. REVIEW. Ancestral Worship and Fung-shuy, by Rev. M. T. Yates. Bead at the Missionary Quarterly Meet- ing, Shanghai, September 16th, 1867 : fcp. 8vo., pp. 25. What...”
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“...December \Ath 1867. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 2S7 They believe that the ancestors who are neglected by their relatives, as well as those whose families are ex- tinct, are consigned to a state of beggary and, in order , to find a modicum of comfort, are forced to take a position with the multitudes who die at sea, in war, or in foreign lands—who, in consequence of their buri- al places not being known, are entirely dependent upon public charity. It is the presentation of offerings to these that 1 denominate the worship of the dead, by Way of distinguishing this class from those whose graves are known and who have relatives to sacrifice to them. It is supposed that these neglected spirits in attempting to avenge themselves, prey upon those in the world of light, who are in no way responsible for their forlorn condition. Hence the Chinese believe that nearly all the sickness and other ills to which flesh is heir, are inflicted by these unfortunate spir- its, or by the ancestors of...”
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“...238 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. December l&tfi 1867. placed in the wrong spot n.ear the summit of Hanyang liill; such are some of the absurdi- ties to which an otherwise astute nation is driven. When the Athenians,, stung'by the reproaches of Socrates, “ best and wisest of men,” deter- mined to rid themselves of this reformer, a pre- fect was readily found; the old charge of impie- ty was one that could be easily made and with difficulty confuted. He who’s prayer was only this,:—“ that the gods would give to him those things that were good,” was considered too im- pious a character to' live amongst the fickle Athenian population. With the Chinese we meet with an almost perfect parellel; has a man rendered himself obnoxious by good actions, does his property excite the avarice of his neigh- bours or some powerful official; has, again, a high officer been too successful for his superiors, what so easy as a charge of disturbing Feng- shui ? Some addition to his house,, the erection of...”
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“...December}^ 1867. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 233 coolie, cook &c. I used -not to go into the cabin. 1 had opportunities of seeing the foreigners when the cabin door was open. When they got to Wongdoo they got up (at 12 o’clock at night) and went over to another boat. It was a large boat. The foreigner and Buffalo went on hoard. I was at the head of our boat. They had pistols in their hands, about five in- ches long. I did not see what they did on board but saw tliem-bring things out of the bo'at into ours. They consisted of a bundle ahd a bed cover. 1 did not as- certain what the bundle contained. The prisoner stood at the head of the other (the Che Hsien’s) boat. They handed the things over to me. They were away on board only a very short time. They remained along- side only a short time. They got away and went to Naziang and then Kahding. We wore away altoge- ther 11 days (from 6th to 17th China days). The boat was left somewhere down the River. I saw the foreigners daily from the...”
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“...considered there could be little doubt that the ver- dict was a correct one, and sentenced him to three years’ penal servitude. H. B. M. SUPREME COURT, IN ADMIRALTY. Before C- W. Goodwin, Esq. In re the Cutty Sark. December 6th, 1867. In this case, which was adjourned from Nov. 19tb, Mr. Myburgh appeared and produced the copy of Re- gistry in Hongkong certified to by H. M. Thomsett, Registrar, and shewing that no mortgage was register- ed. Peter Orr, Master of the Cutty Sark then in Ningpo, testified that Scott, who was convicted of fe- lony at Singapore is the only registered owner ; and that he (witness) knew Mr. Knox as H. B. M. Consul at Bangkok, and an order was granted that the Plain- tiff, attorney for Mr. Knox, be put in possession of the ship. The ship’s papers to be sent back to the Consul at Ningpo together with the order. II. B M. SUPREME COURT, SUMMARY CASES. December 10th, 1S67. Before R. A. Mow at, Esq. Jardine, Matheson & Co. v. John Burke, Master of the British Barque ...”
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“...December 1867. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 241 of consignees. After discharging the inward cargo they propose to him one or two charters on the coast which they could obtain for the ship, but all of which lie is obliged to refuse. One, in particular, to Amoy, is declined by him as late as the 22nd of November, and nothing is left for the Plaintiffs but to clear the ship for that port in ballast, which they do next day. It appears, however, that at the very last moment, when the Defendant goes on board, and the ship is ab- solutely on the ’point of starting, he is informed by the pilot who was waiting to take her to sea, that a Chinaman had been on board offering an advantageous charter, and he then, having in the mean time succeed- ed in removing the obstacle that was in the way of his accepting charters, returns on shore at once and con- cludes the bargain. The amount of the charter-party thus concluded, and which, though the Defendant does not seem to have known it at the time of...”
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“...242 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. December I4'h ISO? Paul Merry, was lined $2 or one week’s imprison- ment for being drunk and incapable. December 10th, 1867. Andrew Gallagher, was charged by the Master of the Dragon, with refusal of duty and using abusing language to the Mate of tlio ship, The offences being proven, the prisoner was sentenced to one month’s im- prisonment with hard labour. A. Campbell, was charged with taking'and selling the prosecutor’s property. Po-Liang-hui.—I trade in stone ballast. Campbell is my partner. He sold all my furniture without con- sulting me. It was partly ship furniture, and partly my own private furniture. It was all stowed in the shop. There "was some clothing also. Altogether it -was to the value of $200 or $300. My shop is in Hong- que. I last saw these things on Saturday week. I had gone to my shop and found it shut, but on looking through the window, I saw that the things were there. About 15 days ago Campbell had been applied to for rent by...”
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“...December 14/Zt 1867. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 245 List of claims, proved and admitted, in the Bankrupt Estate of Hay & Co, at Chinkiang, to the 10th of De- cember, 1867. Hall ami Holtz, ............... Sh. Tls. 105.23 Farr & Co.................... $ 37.37 Mackenzie & Co..........., ... $ 21.76 A, H. de Carvalho,....... ... Sli. Tls, 23.00 J, Llewellyn & Co. .... .... ... $ 20.00 Jas. Cunningham ............. Ch. Tls. 878.31 A. Ilbert, ..................Sh. Tls. 737.61 Latimer, Little & Co........... „ 300.30 Nicliol, Latimer & Co........ ,, 1,171.92 d. Harvey,................... ,, ’ 140.70 •Smith, Kennedy & Co.’s Estate... „ 5,994.48 Trautmann&Co.................Hkow. Tls. 457.16 E. L. Pater’s Estate,.......... $ 37.50 H. Fogg & Co................. Sh. Tls. 70.11 A. W. Soutar, ...............Ch. Tls. 23.50 Watson & Co. ................ $ 37.75 L. Vrard, ................... $ 22.00 North China Insurance Co. .. Ch. Tls. 120.25 North China Daily News,....... Sh. Tls. 22.50 EDW. DUFFIELD...”
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“...244 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. December A4tK 1867. The Chairman said that one of the most ex- traordinary circumstances connected with China was that so great an Empire, and one so largely engaged in commercial operations should be ac- tually without a currency. Though aided to a cer- tain extent by sycee and gold, it was nevertheless the fact that all trading transactions are founded on the value of copper cash. Whether the great staples of production were paid for in dollars, as in the case of silk, or in sycee, it is nevertheless the fact that the purchase money was arranged in copper cash and was afterwards calculated in silver at the ruling rate of the day. He could not say what were the present prospects of any change for the better, looking at the slow steps which had been made in the introduction of the new system in the Colony of Hongkong. He had still no doubt that it would be an advantage if the Chinese Go- vernment became alive to the benefits to be derived from an e...”
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“...December \A.th. 1857. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 245 ncss, death and decline. Me, however, adopted from the Brahmins the doctrine of transmigration, which is defined as the change from any concei- vable substance, animate or inanimate or from any conceivable form or state to any other. This change may be from man to beast or stone or tree or flower or anything the most pure or the most vile. The doctrine involves some strange dogmas; the most striking being that birth and life are both evils ; and that birth is the effect of prior exist- ence, that it is followed by old age and death ; which is succeeded after some intermediate stages by re-birth in one form or another ; this succession continuing to eternity. Finding this the accepted doctrine, Cakyamouni was filled with a desire to deliver the human race from this endless round of misery, and the result of this was the Buddhist system of religion. He became convinced that the way which led out of 1he evils of life, and especially...”
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“...246 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. December \±th 1867 places, and lias become overladen with many met- aphysical questions. The subject offered so vast a field for discussion that the speaker felt incapa- ble of entering into it to any depth. He had to thank the Chairman for the opportunity that had been given to the gentlemen present to speak, and he trusted that Mr. Goodwin would favour the meeting with a few words. Mr. Goodwin said that he had come with the sole idea of learning, not with any thought that he could add anything to the information of the learned and experienced gentlemen who composed the meeting. His own views upon the subject were very general and he was much indebted to those who had already spoken. He alluded to the analogy noticed by the Rev. Mr. Yates as existing between Buddhism and the Christian Religion and to the fact that there was unquestionable evidence of a great “blossoming” of the human intellect having taken place about 100 years before the time of Confucius...”
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“...December ]Ath 186?. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE* been made in perfect good faith ; that it was in consequence of its existence that a Loan on De- benture had been made to the Company, and that there could be only one opinion as to the liability of the Municipality under the contract. Mr. Baron observed that he considered the 8 per cent guarantee had been duly voted already at the meeting of May 1st. The Chairman.—There was no question of the validity of the contract. This the Council ad- mitted. They came forward only for authority to pay the first sum of Tls. 2,400 now due. The con- tract had been relied upon not only by the present but by all previous Councils. Mr. Brecheux wished to know whether the contract was to continue supposing the Gas Com- pany failed, and whether the Council would have any control as to the supply of the gas. The Chairman said the payment of 8 per cent would not of course be made if there were no gas. As to the control of the supply that was a matter which...”
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“...248 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR G AZETTE. December \4th 1SG7. $22,601.22 to Suspense Account to meet unsettled claims put forward, and writing off $1,856 04 from Prelimina- ry Expenses, there remains a balance to the credit of Profit and Loss Account, in respect of transactions al- ready closed, of $ 110,000, and the Committee recom- mend that this sum be declared available for distribu- tion as profits of the Company for the year.—The ap- portionment of this sum if appropriated as being so distributable, will, under the 132nd clause of the Ar- ticles of Association, be as follows :—the sum of $27,500, to be carried to the Reserve Fund, and invested by the Committee :—the sum of $ 27,500 to be divid- ed pro rata among contributing Shareholders, and the sum of $55,000, or $275 per share to be paid to Shareholders as General Dividend.—In the absence of Mr. Deacon and of Mr. Neilson from the Colony, Mr. George J. Hellaud, and Mr. E. A. Hitchcock have been selected from the Shareholders as members...”
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“...December ]AtK 1807. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 240 by retail ; as the sole end immediately aimed at is the transmission, inexpensive, speedy, and untaxed, save as may he lawful, of foreign goods to the native con- sumer, and of produce to the shipping ports. Upon similar grounds likewise should foreign owned eraft be strictly prohibited and restrained from sharing in or interfering with, the purely native Inland Traffic. The evidence of the past justifies us in affirming that but a few years’ duration of such a system would bring about a most noble and gratifying increase of our trade with this Empire, and open large fields for the exer- cise of British intelligence and the sound employment of British capital. We need not dwell upon the ad- vantages to be also derived from more intimate ac- quaintance with China and her productions ; these are self-apparent; but we must not omit to point out that any extensive resort to the right of residence would render requisite a greater or lesser...”
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“...250 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. December 14/ A 1867. of both countries. The Mixed Court, however, has never gained, and until reorganised never will gain, the confidence of British subjects. It behoves us, therefore, to cast about for a remedy ; and this reme- dy we would hope to find in the complete removal, as far as can be from time to time expediently effected, of all legal jurisdiction from under Consular control, and in the immediate erection and international re- cognition of a Mixed Court at Shanghai whereof the Co-Judges should hold well-paid, permanent appoint- ments, and be Magistrates of such .high rank and status as that each should command attention and respect, not only from his own, but from the other’s Govern- ment as well. It is not for us, as we have in a pre- vious paragraph hinted, to suggest detail; that is the province of those to whom shall be entrusted the re- vision of the Treaty ; but we believe that the object aimed at would be achieved, were there to the...”
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“...December 14dh 1807. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 251 NEWS OF THE WEEK. We have no further European intelligence to note since our last. Mr. Anson Burlingame, who we mentioned as hav- ing been appointed special Ambassador to the Eu- ropean Courts on behalf of the Chinese Government, arrived on the 10th inst., on board the U. S. Gunboat Aschuelot. The party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Burlin- game and daughter together, with Dr. Salter, U.S. Consul for Hankow and Kiukiang, and Mr. 0. B. Bradford of the U. S. Consular service, left Pekin on the morning of the 25th November and proceeded in safety as far as three miles past Hoo-si-woo, when news was brought that the Che-mah-tsay, or 'mounted robbers, were in front. The party, therefore, returned to Hoo-si-woo, where they took up their quarters at a Chinese inn. Great consternation prevailed in the neighbounliood, and reports were brought that the Rebels were within twelve li, in force from 200 to 500. Relief from Tien- tsin and Pekin,...”
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“...252 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. December ]Ath 1867. daily purchases for a considerable length of time that such a line of conduct has not had other effect than enabling those who have (to use an expressive word) been ‘‘ tinkering” for a number of months past, to reap the advantage arising from the broadness of the views of those who withheld from purchasing. A li- beral decline in the market, this fall might have been reasonably looked for, but this not having come about before, it was idle to look foi’ it when the Stock was reduced to one of narrow compass, and it is not diffi- cult to discover a good reason for the operations of the past few days. Green. The purchases of the past week amount to 18,000 | chests, and these shew a hardening market, and a large proportion of them are for shipment to America. Shipping. Vessels are obtaining shew despatch only at previous current rates. Silk :—The English Mail took about 800 bales, and settlements since then amount to about 300 bales...”