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“...be no longer in force, in accordance with the 85th Section of the Queen's Order in Council of 1865. RUTHERFORD ALCOCK. British Legation, Pekin, June 4th, 1868. H. B. M. Supreme Court. H. B. M.'s SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. NOTICE.—The sittings of the Court for hearing Ordinary Civil Cases during the month of July next, will be held on Wednesdays the 1st and 8th; and for Motions, Applications, &c., on every Tuesday and Saturday of that month respectively. The Vacation will commence on the 15th of July and terminate on the 15th September 1868, during which period the Supreme Court will hold no sittings for hearing Ordinary Civil Cases. The Court for hearing Summary Civil Cases, the Bankruptcy Court, and the Police Court, will be open during the Vacation. Shanghai, 17th June, 1868. IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. In the matter of Alexander Mason, a bankrupt. Shanghai, \st day of June, 1868. WHEREAS at an adjourned public sitting of...”
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“...SUPREME, COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. H. B. M- Supreme Court. IN HER BR1 TANNIC MAJESTY'S SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. ON and after the July all Motions or Applica- tions for Rules or orders, ex parte or on notice must be made in Court unless otherwise ordered, and such applications must be when necessary accompained by affidavits in support thereof and copies of such affidavits must be filed in the office of the Court before they can be used or referred to, and all counter affid- avits to be used on shewing cause against any motion &c. must also be filed before they can be read in Court* The Court will sit twice a week I. e. on Tuesdays and Saturdays for the hearing of all Motions &c. at 11 a.m. BY ORDER. Shanghai, 1st day of June, 1863. IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. IN BANKRUPTCY. In the matter of John Dent, Francis Chomley, Henry William Dent, Alexander Turing and Hans Peter Hanssen, lately trading in Co- partnership as Merchants under the Style or...”
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“...June 20th 1SGS.- SU PREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 267 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. A dvertisements will be received till 10 a.m. on Saturday No communications can be noticed unless accompanied by the name of thewriter. Supreme €mxt anb (ffoiwnlar fceiie Shanghai, June 20th, 1868. The unexpectedly high prices paid for Tea and Silk on the opening of the markets for the season, have been a subject of wonder to many, and seem to point to some revulsion in the course of trade. It was well known to most of the exporters of the former article, that never could the Chinese have afforded to lay it down at a cheaper rate ; the weather had been favour- able, the crop was all that could be desired, while copper cash ruled at a lower rate than it had done for many years ; in fact, from Tls. 28 to Tls. 30 for choice chops, would have paid the Chinese handsomely. Yet we find that...”
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“...266 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. June 20 th 1868. Empire. The accounts which are now given of the state of affairs in the South West Ueud a significance to this partial dismemberment of the Chinese Empire, which at the time it did not appear to possess. The Province of Yunnan, the extreme south westerly corner of China, and bordering upon Cochin China, has become completely subdued by the Mahomedan ftebels, who, according to the statements of the French travellers, appear to have established efficient rule and government, and to be able to maintain order and security in a satisfactory manner. Their progress does not, according to the ac- counts given, bear any analogy t6 that of the Taiping and Nienfei marauders, who lacked suffi- cient organization to continue long without de- generating into merely a large wandering band of robbers. The Mahomedans proceed slowly but surely ; bloodshed is avoided as much as pos- sible, and the invaders are actuated by an evident desire not only to...”
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“...libel in a private communication not in a public paper. The Defendant also pointed to Rex v. Reeves, where it had been laid down that criminal intent must be shewn, bub His Lordship said, that if that is an authority for the position assumed by you. which he doubted, it certainly was not the law as it stood now. The Jury retired for a short time, and returned a verdict of guilty. His Lordship 'refrained from delivering sentence till after he had heard the case of Regina v. Tarrant. H. B, M. SUPREME COURT. June 15th, 1868. Before Sir Edmund Hornby, Chief Judge. and a Jury, consisting of Messrs. Bissett, Wlieeley, Pevine, J. Maitland and Bo wen. Rkgina v. w. Tarrant, at the instance of Fred. J, Barnard. Charge of Publishing malicious Libels. Mr. Bird appeared for the Defence. The Prosecutor conducted his own case. The charge having been read, Mr Bird made a preliminary objection to the in- dictment as insufficient and bad in Law, as two dis- tinct offences were included in one count. There...”
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“...268 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. 11 >y (laughter). I went before coming here to Japan. L staid about ten days in Shanghai, and was treated very kindly by all the people 1 called on. I had in- troductions to all of importance. , Mr. Bird here asked the witness whether he was aware when he came to Shanghai of there being some obnoxious placards. The witness again objected to the question as irrelevant, but His Lordship stopped him, stating he might be perfectly satisfied the Court would stop the learned Counsel if he were out of order. Witness then replied : I was not aware when I first came to Shanghai of any obnoxious publication. I ne- ver saw any squibs about. 1 have been troubled with some of these squibs sent down to Hongkong, and I sent word to Mr. Rennie to prosecute. I had conver- sations with Mr. Pollard and others, and they all ad- vised me to prosecute. The morning I received them, I went to shew them to Pollard, and he said "Its scandalous. Send up to Rennie or My burgh...”
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“...you a small sum. To be twice a hero in a man's life time is too much for weak, erring human nature ; to be twice a martyr would be to earn two triumphs. You are fined $30, and costs. To the defendant Jones His Lordship said : I agree with the verdict of the jury. However much you may desire notoriety, or think that by being libellous you may increase the sale of your paper, you are too young in slander to make it necessary for me to pass any severe sentence. I fine you $25, and costs. H. B. M. SUPREME COURT. June 17 th 18G8. Before R. A. Mow at, Esq. Regina ?;. R. S. Gundry, Editor of the North Chi- ; na Da'dy News, at the instance of W. Tarrant. The Prosecutor in person. For the Defendant, Mr. Rennie. Charge, publishing libellous matters. The Defendant pleaded not guilty. Before the proceedings commenced, Mr. Rennie took an objection to the Law Secretary presiding at the Court, as by Rule of Procedure 309 that officer was ex officio Prosecutor for the Grown. He (Mr. R.) did not consider therefore...”
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“...SUPREME 001 ART & CONS I'LA R GAZETTE. Jan- 20Ih 1808. His Worship said he thought he remembered having heard something about the "solitude of a cell "— The Prosecutor. — Yes, that would be right enough in a serious libel; but Mr. Barnard did undoubtedly attempt to impute evil to the prosecutor, speaking as he did of two or three years' imprisonment; whereas the Law said nothing about three years' imprisonment. The words used by Mr. Barnard that " these men had no fame or reputation," and that they were " libellous and contemptible beings " were slanderous, and calcu- lated to cause a breach of the peace, and were design- red to injure the prosecutor. There was another point that was noticeable. Mr. Barnard had threatened to *ue the prosecutor for damages in $1,000, the case be- ing set down for trial on the 30th of this month, the grounds being the trivial affair about Sphynx Dizzy\ and the remarks made might tend to forstall the deci- sion of the Jury by holding the prosecutor up to con-...”
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“...272 SUPREME COURT & far as the Chefoo properties were concerned, that right still remains ; and that Mr. Meadows' acts in that year did establish such an equitable right I feel satisfied. I cannot therefore consider the second objection of the assignees more valid than the first. With reference now to the motion itself I shall, un- der present circumstances, make an order directing the Creditors' Assignee of the Estate of J. A. T. Meadows t© pay to Mr. Mowat, for the Trustees of Dent & Co.'s Estate, the whole of the proceeds of the land and house property of the said J. A. T. Meadows at Che- foo, or so much of the said proceeds, as will satisfy Messrs. Dent & Co.'s claim. J. MONGAN. Consul and Judge of the Court. The following despatch covers the Rules agreed to by the High Authorities at Peking for the Joint Investigation in cases of Confiscation and Fine by the Custom-house Authorities. The United Stated Minister has forwarded an identi- cal copy of Rules to Mr. Consul General Seward...”
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“...274 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. June 20*7rl868 The merchant to whom the ship or goods belong, if prepared to maintain that the alleged irregularity has not been committed, is free to appeal, wit Lin the limited time, direct to the Commissioner, who is to inform the Superintendent. If satisfied with his explanations, the Superintendent will direct the release of the ship or goods : otherwise, if the merchant elect not to app al to the Customs, or if, after receiving his explanations, the Superintendent still decline to release the ship or goods, he may appeal to his Consul, who will inform the Superintendent of the particu- lars of this appeal, and request liim to name a day for them both to investigate and try the case publicly. RULE III.—The Superintendent, on receipt of the Con- sul's communication, will name a day, for meeting at the Custom House, and the Consul will direct the merchant ' to appear with his witnesses there on the day named, ^nd j will himself oil that day proceed...”
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“...276 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. June 20/// 1868. the additional protection of the obligee from risk of loss." A"d further on he adds, as in some degree ac- counting for the fact of unvarying ill success, that Chinese Law or " judicial practice whilst admitting the liability of a surety for the acts and defaults of his principal for all the obligations entered into by the latter, is nevertheless always careful to treat a surety when involved through the misconduct of his priuci-^ pal with peculiar lenity,—and will not allow of his be- ing prosecuted or pressed until the ability of the prin- cipal to make good any defalcations for himself is des- paired of, no matter how stringent or how positive the terms in which the guarantee may be drawn up " Well, such being the law and the practice of China, as has now been authoratively declared, I simply gave it as my opinion that the ( onsuPs exposition of the conditions which limit the value of Security chops was a fair one, and applicable...”
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“...Hankow to Ningpo. The lat- ter was sunk and several lives lost. Three libel cases have occupied the attention of the Supreme Court during the past week. We give reports of tliem in the usual place. Two of them were brought by Mr. Barnard, Barrister at Law, against the Editors of the Evening Express and Friend of China respective- ly, the results being verdicts against the defendants, and the former was fined $25, the latter $30. As a supplement to these, an action was brought by Mr. Tarrant, Editor of the Friend of China, against the Daily News, the complaint lying against the repbrfc, by the latter journal, of the preliminary investigation in the above trials for libel. The sitting Magistrate dismis- sed, the case ; but the plaintiff intimated his intention to appeal from this decision. A number of other similar actions have been threatened, four we hear in the Supreme Court and one in the Court of the United States Consulate. The members of the French Expedition from Cambo- dia through...”
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“...J'VII 2Vh 18)3. SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. COMMERCIAL. ( Shanghai, Friday Evening, 19/A June, 1868. Imports.—"We mentioned in our last report, the ar- rival of three ships from England, and we have now to report that of the Challenge, Coral Nymph, and o/ Aberdeen; also the steamer Diomed from Liverpool with piece goods, in consequence of which our market has been very quiet during the last week, and lb, Grey Shirtings have changed hands to a very small extent at prices ranging from Tls. 2.2.5 to Tls. 2.2.8 for best Eagle chop. 7 lb. Shirtings may be quoted at Tls. 1.8.6 to Tls. 1.9.2 ; 7 lb. T-Cloths are in good de- mand at Tls, 1.8.0 to Tls. 2.1.2, the latter for the best Mexicans. In White Shirtings, the market has been extremely quiet, and a few sales have been made at five candareens under our last quotation. Of Long Ells about 4,000 pieces have been sold during the week, principally GPH Scarlet, at Tls. 6.8.5. The stock of Lead is now reduced to about 3,500 piculs, and is still...”
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“...280 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. June 20tli 1808. SHANGHAI SHIPPING. Arrivals.—12th, The Cedars, Newchwang; Gustav, Chefoo ; Alma, Nagasaki; La Brethen, h. l. m. g-. b., Taku via Tientsin. 14th, Manchu, str., Tientsin ; Diomed, str., Liverpool. 15th, Ellora, str., Steep Island ; Hope, Tien- tsin. 10th, Slianse, str., Tientsin ; Lizzie Allen, N ngpo; Eliza Shaw, Hankow. 17th, Challenge, Liverpool; Coral Nymph, London ; City of Aberdeen, London ; Mercator, Cardiff ; Nangato, str., Fishermans' Island ; Mona, str., Hongkong; Amur, Newcliwang ; Phase, str., Yokohama; United Service, str., Hongkong. 18th, Nipon, New- chwang; St Mary, Newchwang ; Prince Kung, str., Foo- chow; Maud Helen, Swatow; Flying Buck, Singapore, &c.; Douglas, Freemantle. 19th, Cadiz, str., Yokohama; St Paul, Chefoo ; Mikado, Newchwang; Helen Nicholson, London. Departures.—13th, Titania, London ; Serpent, Tien- tsin. 14th, Nanzing, str., Chefoo and Tientsin; Flying Spur, Foochow; Mogi, Nagasaki; Shenandoah, U.S.-8....”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. NOTICE. MR. John Irwin Miller of Shanghai was admitted a Partner in our business carried on here, under the firm of Jar vie, Henderson & Co., and in Shang- hai, under the firm of J. Jarvie & Co., as on the 1st January, 1867, and Mr. Fullarton Henderson has been authorized to sign the latter firm. JARVIE HENDERSON & Co. Glasgow, October, 1867. NOTICE. f I^HE interest and responsibility of Mr. Emil Maintz S- and Mr, James Wheat ley, in our firm, ceased on the 30th ultimo, and Mr. Frederick 0. Adams and Mr. Leopold Kaiin are admitted as partners from this date. REISS & Co. Shanghai, 1st May, 1868. Monthly Periodical. " NOTES AND QUERIES ON CHINA AND JAPAN. Edited by N. B. Dennys. Price $6 per annum. IN Issuing a Monthly Periodical devoted to Eastern subjects, on the plan of that which, under a similar title has proved so popular during a long series of years in Great Britain and America, the publishers have been encouraged by the already large and constantly...”