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“...Tea Shippers,...................... 19 Shipping, Quotations, Ac., &c.............. 20 H. B M. Supreme Court. H. B M. Supreme Court. IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. IN THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. In the matter of Charles William Mathew Hudson, a bankrupt. Shanghai, 7 th day of January, 1868. NOTICE is hereby given that the first meeting of creditors of C. W. M. Hudson, who was adjudg- ed bankrupt under a petition for adjudication of bank- ruptcy filed in Her Britannic Majesty’s Supreme Court for China and Japan at Shanghai on the 12iA day of December, 1867, having been held on the §th day of „ January, 1868, before Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, Esquire, Registrar, in bankruptcy, the Court has ap- pointed a public sitting to be held before Sir Edmund Hornby, Knt., Chief Judge of the Supreme Court aforesaid, on Monday, the IDth day of February next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon precisely, for the said bank- rupt to pass his last examination and to make applica- tion...”
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“...January iB7i 1868. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 9 It is requested that only such communications as relate to Editorial matters be addressed to the Editor, and that they be sent not Idter than.Friday^ Advertisements will be received till 10 a.m. on Saturday No communications can be noticed unless accompanied by he name of thewriter. Supreme flFourt anh Consular (fodte Shanghai, January 11th, 1868. If we could only bring ourselves to believe that the mission of Mr. Burlingame was the result of a sincere desire on the part of the Chinese Government that China should really enter into the comity of civilized nations, what a sketch we might draw of the reforms which would ne- cessarily spring from it. In the first place, we might look with confidence to a more vigorous administration of the internal government, and a more perfect system of law; and what blessings social and political would not this last result produce ? We have always felt that the great argument against supposing China...”
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“...10 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. Juntiaty 1UA 186& and that she also intends to put a strong should- er to the wheel of progress, and, as the Govern- mental power acquires strength and solidity, to enforce a purer system throughout the whole administration of the country, he will be re- ceived with open arms. As a lawyer, he will be entitled to the credit of having accurately estimated the weakness of his client and the chief want of liis adopted country, and as a di- plomatist and statesman he will have taken the shortest and the surest route to establish the sincerity of the Government he represents, and whom we may also hope he guides. The question of introducing railways into Chi- na has long formed one of those vexed problems, which from time to time become the subject of discussion, but seem likely never to be solved. It forms to foreign thinkers in China, the same kind of food for reflection, that is supplied to those at home by that standing dish, the reform question ; and it...”
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“...January Y\.th 1868. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 11 and ultimately we might arrive at the full be- nefits of the locomotive railway. Thus, two dangers would be avoided ; first, that the railways introduced might be more than the Chinese government could maintain order upon, and secondly that the increased influence and political strength which would be acquired by the district or province in which a line of railway was formed would tend to make it independent of the central government. In tracing, in a recent number, some of the peculiarities of society at home which much resemble what we find in China, we noticed incidentally the feature of trade unions. The further light which has been thrown upon the institutions, confirms the views which we ex- pressed, so completely as to induce us to recur to the subject, and note the almost per- fect identity of the system in China, which we have hitherto considered as old and effete, with that which has been going on for a series of years at...”
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“...12 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. January 11/A 1868. our very badly paid for, made an application for an advance of 15 per cent. This is decidedly the worst paid branch in the hosiery trade, and at the same time they manufacture the best articles.” At first sight, accordingly, it would appear that their demand was most plausible, but the board reflected that this branch of the business was specially open to foreign competi- tion, and after fully discussing the subject, “ the men were told that the advance could not be sustained, as it would cause consumers to run on an inferior class of work or upon German goods, and that their condition would then be worse than it is now. ” For the time the workmen acquiesced, but afterwards applied for a smaller advance. “ In order that the question may be discussed under all the light that can be brought to bear upon it, three workmen have been sent to Paris to examine for themselves the articles exhibited there, and to ascertain the rates of wages...”
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“...January litk 1868. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 13 the engagement of the groom, but stated there was no order given as to payment of his passage money. He also put in a plea that the groom had done some work on the voyage (namely looking after the horses) for the plaintiff, which fact was admitted in cross-examination. The Court gave judgment, for the amount claimed, £15, and costs $3. B. B. M. SUPREME COURT, POLICE CASES. Before R. A. Mowat, Esq. January 3rd 1868. Ramsam, a vagrant, who subsists by begging clothes from people, and selling them for samshu, was charged with being drunk and incapable. He was oommitted to prison for a fortnight, and in default of finding se- curity at the termination of his term he is to be de- ported to Hongkong, Thos. Bellchambers, of H. M. S. Pearl, was fined $3 or ten days for lying down in a state of intoxication in a house in Yuen-Ming-Yuen buildiugs. George Thompson, of the ship Rickard Gibbon, charge with refusal of duty, was se^tenoed to one...”
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“...14 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. January lUZt 1868. having returned from Japan, he wrote and sent on the 29th of June to the master, a letter of instruction, and another letter to his agents in Singapofe, Messrs. Pa- terson & Co., the trade name of Kerr & Co., who are the promovents. That letter to thorn was calculated to put the promovents on their guard, it authorised them as follows : “Would you kindly look to our in- terests and settle the accounts of the ship to enable her to proceed here, and by the next mail we will wait on you with a remittance. Capt. Mathews wrote us that about $1,500 would suffice, and requested us to remit him the amount, but we think it more advisible that some one should examine his bills, &c., kindly in- sure the amount advanced. We have already a bot- tomry bond on the ship.” This was an authority to this firm to advance all that might be neeessary with- out bottomry, to enable the ship to proceed on her voyage, and was an intimation to the promovents...”
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“...January IDA 1868. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 15 the ship, a Swedish vessel, at a port in Sweden, with the consent of the owner of tlie ship, who resided in Sweden. Its validity was opposed by the appellants, the owners of part of the cargo, who resided at Hull. The bond was not disputed by the other owners of the cargo, or by the owner of the vessel and freight.” The cargo was iron and deals. The time at most during which the master might have communicated with the owner of the cargo, 48 days, but it did not appear that he had done so. The Lord Justice observed (474), “That all the proceedings before them (the authorities at Shomstad, the port where the bond was given) ap- pear to me to have been conducted with the greatest possible care and attention, and I have no reason to doubt the fairness of all parties concerned ; ” and yet their Lordships, considering even in these circum- stances of acting bond fide, that as it was the duty of the master to communicate or to endeavour to...”
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“...16 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. January IKZt 1868. movents, by a letter to them, the terms of which were such as to make them mistrust the master, to put them on vigilance they did not use. Such communications as passed between Singapore and Hongkong showed that to communicate with Messrs. Camajee, the owners of the cargo, which the promovents must have known would of necessity be charged, since the vessel was of insufficient value; was practicable, and it was clear that if any doubt really existed in the mind of the master as to who the owners of cargo were, they were the persons who would have informed the master ; again, in case of doubt, Nanabhoy Burjorjee at Ran- goon, the shipper, might easily have been communicat- ed with before so large an obligation was fixed on the cargo, The promovents being put upon mistrusting the master, and examining his accounts, took no means to check the expenditure, and even included the item for $423.60 previously due, a clearly improper item. The...”
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“...January IDA 186S. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 17 Italy.—Nov. 25tli. Latest telegrams from Paris announce the departure of the French Fleet from Toulon to fetch a portion of the French troops from Italy.—Nov. 26th. Latest Italian advices state that three French Regiments have left Rome for the pur- pose of embarking at C. Vechia for France. The Pope, the King of Italy, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of Russia and the Minor Powers have agreed to a Conference being held on the “ Roman Question.” Miscellaneous.—Latest advices from the West Indies state that an Earthquake has occurred at the Island of St. Thomas. The Submersion of the Island of Tortola in the West Indies has been contradicted. Commercial.—2Gth Novr. The Manchester Cotton Market closed very quiet. 7 lb. Shirtings 8/. 8J lb. Shirtings 9/6. An important Land Renters’ meeting took place yes- terday at H. B. M. Consulate, the main business be- ingfor the Land Renters to authorise the collection of the assessed land taxes...”
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“...18 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. January 11th 1868. to have crossed the old bed of the Yellow River, and on the morning of the 6th, arrived at the large town of Sien-nu-miau, where they pillaged the Bankers and the opium shops ; but it is stated that afterwards, in attempting to cross the creek, they were defeated with some loss by Imperial gunboats, and that they then dispersed. A correspondent of the Shanghai Re- corder, writing under date of January 7th, gives tho following latest news: “ The Nien-fei have retired about 100 li from here now to a place called Tien-chang, so much of the panic has subsided. The junks therefore will remain here. The rebels have taken a great deal of spoil in the shape of opium, sycee and clothes. The engagement at Yang-chow which took place yesterday morning is finally reported to have been a success for the Imperialists, at any rate the rebels retired. Their numbers have been very much overstated— and we shall perhaps shortly know that only a few hundreds...”
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“...Jew?war?/ IDA 1868. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 19 ings are now unsaleable over Tls. 2.15 a 2.20, and 7 lbs. Tla. 1.90, and tlie demand “to arrive” lias ceas- ed. White Shirtings are in less enquiry but the value is maintained. T. Cloths are worth Tls. 1.75 a 2, for 7 lbs. and 6 lbs. Tls. 1.40 a 1.50. The business of the present Chinese year is now almost over, and as large quantities of goods will be arriving it is doubtful whethe• we shall see any improvement in prices on the resumption of business after the holidays. Tea :—Black. Business in this description has been restricted by the extreme firmness of holders, who are ■excessive in their demands for the very ordinary Tea remaining, which buyers are indisposed to give, many of the parcels left are the unselected ones of several late operatives by reason of their undesirableness. The business of the past week amounts to 2,600 chests, at prices ranging from Tls. 16.75 a 20.00. Green. A considerable business has been transacted...”
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“...20 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. January 1UA 186$. SHANGHAI SHIPPING. ARRIVALS.—Jany. 4th. Erl King sfcr., Hongkong ; 6th, Fenella str., Foochow ; 8th, Osaka, str., Nagasaki; China str., Hongkong ; Prince Kung str., Foochow ; United Ser- vice str., Hongkong; Shakspeare, London ; 9th, Dupleix str., Hongkong; Alicia Annie, Rio de Janiero ; 10th, Mo- gul, Newcastle N. S. W.; Alert, ---; Lombard, Mar- sielles. Departures.—Jany. 4th, Jessie str., Chinkiang; Aden str., Yokohama; Ocean Home, Swatow ; Coila str., Amoy ; Marie and Helene, Amoy; Forest Belle, Foochow ; 5th, Courier str., Nagasaki; Virgilia, New York; Simoda, Vancouver’s Island ; 6th, Lansdowne, Foochow ; 7th, Har- law, London ; 8th, Miaca str., Foochow ; 9th, Anita, Swa- tow ; Formosa str., Hongkong ; Erl King str., Hougkong ; Norfolk, Nagasaki; 10th, Phase str., Yokohama. St. Helena, Amoy. H. B. M. SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. . Court of Bankruptcy. Monday, \3th January 1868, at 11 a.m. In re Dent & Co;, first meeting...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. PUBLIC AUCTION. THE Undersigned have received instructions from the Mortgagees to sell by Public Auction, on Thursday, the bthFeb. next, at 2 p.m. all that Lot of Land (containing 7 Mow or there- abouts) and Buildings thereon, situated at Hong- que, East of the Old Dock, and registered at the British Consulate as Lot No. 740, Title Deed No. 733. Further particulars and Plans of same can be seen at our Office. Also, the following Lots in Chinkiang :— No. 1—Lot No. 13, British Concession, mea- suring 29,200 square feet, as per Title Deed. Na. 2—A piece of Land on the Main Street, and close to the Grand Canal, measuring 5 fun, \le,khaou. Registered in the British Con- sulate, as per Title Deed, Lot No. 22. Terms of Sale.—One half Cash on fall of the Hammer, and the balance within five days after- wards. Expense of Transfer to be paid by the purchaser. LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. J uctioneers. Shanghai, 6th January, 1868. PUBLIC AUCTION. BY ORDER OF THE ATTORNEY ...”