A. S. WATSON & Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS,
GENERAL CHEMISTS,
AND
Manufacturers of the following
AERATED WATERS, viz: SODA, TONIC, SARSAPARILLA, · AND POTASI, LEMONADE, GINGERADE, RASPBERRYADE, AND PHOSPHORIC CHAMPAGNE.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 1881.
Mr. Wotton-Very well. His Worship-I suppose you will appeal against the sentence P
Mr. Wotton- I would hardly consider it proper to tell you 80.
His Worship-I mean I will facilitate the case.
Not only have they been praised throughout the city for their conduct, but the action of the magistrate in confiscating the tickets has also been almost, universally applauded.
His Worship-No, but in case you do 1 will push the caso on as soon as possible; The Imperial laws on lotteries are I will state a case and all you will have to
very concise and perfectly plain and do is to enter into a recognisance,
Mr. Wotton I um nware of the practice. comprehensible. By 9 and 10 WM. 3, c. 17, all lotteries are declared public nuisances; and by 42 GEO. 2, c. 119, if any person shall keep any office or place for lotteries, called little-goes, or any other lottery, or shall know- ingly suffer it to be exercised or play-. ed at in his house, he shall forfeit £500. All state lotteries were dis- continued after the 4 GEO.4 c. 60, which was the last state lottery sanctioned by Parliament.
Mr. Wotton-The only thing that some- times causes delay is the case not being properly stated. Sometimes cases are in- suficiently stated and have to be sont back" Deliveries in Town and Harbour from I recollect that was so in the Inst case.
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His Worship-Yes, I will do anything in my power.
Mr. Wotton-There are some books and accounts your Worship did not mention.
His Worship-All moneys are to be re- turned, also the safe and counter.
Mr. Wotton--There were also some promissory notes.
His Worship. Those I have not seen. Mr. Wodehouse, with the evident desire of facilitating matters in case an appeal should be decided on, was met at every point, by an exhibition of legal smartness (?), which we de- signate vulgar flippancy, and which we feel quite assured will neither add to the lawyer's reputation or his client's prospects.
That Mr. Chan Aping kept an agency for the sale of lottery tickets was proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, and had the question of the legality of dealing in Hongkong in the coupons or tickets of the famous lottery, which flourishes under the especial patronage and protection of the Manila authorities, directly within thirty-five minutes after the time of public sanctioned by the Government of
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As a question of principle, it is to be hoped that Mr. Chan Aping, who was fined $200, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment, by Mr. Wodehouse at the Police Court on the 12th inst. for keeping an agency for the sale of lottery tickets, will appeal to the Supreme Court against the Magistrate's decision. As a matter of business and self interest, we think Mr. Chau Aping will be a very indiscreet person if he does any- thing of the kind.
We have no intention of flattering Mr. Wodehouse for doing his duty, and as that gentleman is well paid for his labours we are quite sure that he does not expect in addition to his salary to be lauded up to the skies in the fulsome phrases, so dear to the soul of our estimable evening contemporary the China Mail, for simply acting in accordance with the provisions of our local Ordinance, by confiscating all the gambling implements, including the Manila Lottery tickets, seized by the police at the agency aforesaid. However, we wish to compliment Mr. Wode- house for the modesty and good taste which so conspicuously characterised his remarks in delivering his decision in the first really important case which has come before him since his accession to the magisterial bench. Whatever our new magistrate may lack in experience, as compared with some of his predecessors on the bench, he more than compensates for by his thoroughly practical common-sense, and gentlemanly courtesy to all who
before him. This latter qua- appear lity, an essential requisite for a ma- gistrate here as elsewhere, was con- spicuous on Thursday when con- trasted with the flippant would-be smartness of Mr. William Wotton, of the firm of Brereton and Wotton, who appeared for the prisoner Chan Aping. According to the Daily Press report the following conversa tion took place between Mr. Wode- house and the eminent solicitor named above after the sentence had been delivered:
Mr. Wotton-May I point out that this is the first offence and that is the full amount of the penalty P
His Worship-That is the decision I kavo arrived at,
Spain, not been raised, the case would have passed into oblivion with scores of cases of a similar character, without eliciting a single comment from the Press. As has been stated elsewhere, the sale of Manila lottery tickets in this colony has grown into quite a flourishing branch of trade, and although there have at times been rumours floating round that Government intended to put a stop to what was generally recognised as an illegal practice, no steps were ever taken to carry such a measure into effect.
That the sale of Manila tickets is illegal according to the local Ordi- nance admits of no doubt whatever, and although, according to the strict letter of the law, to ensure a convic- tion for the offence it might pro- bably be necessary to prove that the person charged kept an office or other place for such business, it seems to us that the runers and street sellers of these tickets would come under the Ordinance affecting rogues and vagabonds. The mere fact of this particular lottery being under state patronage, that is the patronage of a foreign state, has no bearing upon the subject whatsoever, and we really were unable to understand the neces- sity of Mr. Mencarini, the Spanish Consul, being called to prove what was perfectly well known, and moreover was of no consequence whatever to the merits of the case. It would, indeed, be a strange anomaly if an illegal traffic in Manila tickets were per- mitted in Hongkong, while Wei Sing and other Chinese speculations of a similar character were rigorously put down by the strong arm of the law. A correspondent writing to our morning comtemporary on this point observes that he fails to see where the injustice comes in, as in the one case you have a certain security that the money will be paid should you be lucky enough to hold a winning ticket, whereas in the others, the Chinese lotteries, you have no security and there actually have been failures and irregularities in the financial de- partment. This gentleman is practical enough, but his logic will not bear scrutiny. Lotteries of all kinds are illegal in this colony, whether con- ducted honestly or dishonestly, and it is therefore the duty of the Go vernment to treat all equally alike. The condemnation which this cor- respondent says has been showered from right and left on the police for their action in seizing Mr. Chan Aping's Manila lottery tickets, exists only in his own imagination.
The Hongkong Ordinance is equal- ly clear. No. 9 of 1876 sec. 3 says:-
Any person who shall keep any office, agency, or place for dealing in lotteries, shall forfeit a sum not ex- ceeding two hundred dollars on conviction thereof in a summary manner." The word gambling in this Ordinance applies to and includes lotteries, as well as those known as Wei Sing, Pak-kop-piu, Tsz-fa, as all others. It is also distinctly laid down in sec. 7 that all implements of gambling, monies, or securities, for monies, which shall be in actual use for the purpose of gambling, on conviction of the offender, shall be declared forfeited to Her Majesty the Queen.
The law on the subject is so clear that we cannot see on what legal grounds a claim for the restitution of the Manila lottery tickets can be based, and we do not believe that any such claim will be made. The ques- tion will doubtless be referred to the Governor in the shape of a petition, and this would appear to be the most feasible plan, as it is just possible that His Excellency might extend to this particular law-breaker the same leniency that was shown the Steamboat Company in the cele- brated river steamer case two or three years ago. In any case, it is just as well that the dealers in Manila lottery tickets should thoroughly understand their actual legal status in Hongkong.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The steamship Hainan came off the Patent Slip this morning.
from home. He has also by latest ac- counts got chains fixed under the steamer, and there is every probability, thut in our next report we will be enabled to say that she has been raised.
The Governor has been pleased to appoint, provisionally and until Her Majesty's pleasure may be signified,
Mr. Emanuel Raphael Belilios to be a member of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, vice the Honourable J..M. Price, absent on leave.-Gazette.
We are glad to note the arrival of the British barque Lot, Captain Dudfield, from Newchwang. It was currently believed in nautical circles that this vessel had shared the fate of the Annie S. Hall in the typhoon of July 17th.
Political affairs in Germany are ap- parently approaching a crisis. It is stated in recent home newspapers that over one hundred persons, including all the prominent Socialist leaders, have already been expelled from Leipsic. And yet people wonder why a never ceasing stream of German emi- grants flows steadily towards the United States.
Fears have been entertained by the nautical members of our community, for the last day or two, that bad weather is impending. It has certainly been very close and oppressive since Satur- day, and yesterday the glass was un- usually low. To-day the barometer at Messrs. Falconer & Co.'s registered at 11 o'clock 29.74, which is certainly very low, and the weather generally is sufficiently threatening to warrant the adoption of precautionary measures by all vessels in the Harbour.
In Saturday night's China Mail un- der the heading "London Telegrams," appears a message dated July 19th to the following effect:"Oxford won the University Cricket Match by 138 runs. This result was most unexpected, as Cambridge were hot favourites." It must have taken the telegraphists in London a long time to find out the re- sult of a match which was concluded at Lord's on Wednesday, June 29th in favour of Oxford by 135, and not 138
runs.
As our readers are aware, the correct result of the University Cricket Match appeared in the Hongkong Tele- graph on Saturday, July 30th.
We were favoured yesterday with a visit from our old friend Captain Nelson, late commander of the Ameri. can barkentine Annie S. Hall, which was lost in a typhoon on the morning A large sailing ship, the Star of of Sunday, July 17th, about 7 miles E. India, is reported from Cardiff as havby N. of Sondan Island. As detailed ing been burned in Penarth Basin.
Mr. Hung Kam-ning has been ap- pointed by H. E. the Governor to a provisional clerkship in the Govern.
ment Marine Surveyor's Office..
An Inspection of the Volunteer and place at the Central Fire Brigade Government Fire Brigades will take
Station at 4.30 to-morrow afternoon.
The Government Gazette notifies that His Excellency the Governor kas been pleased to appoint Mr. James Dyer Ball to be a Deputy Sheriff, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1878.
We learn that the Italian Govern- ment is carefully abstaining from all recognition of the new régime imposed by the French in Tunis. This would appear to indicate that the Italians are quietly biding their time..
Judgment in the important char- tor-party caso Yan Sz v. Chester, detailed in our issue of the 5th inst., was delivered this morning by Mr." Snowden, Acting Chief Justice, who found for the plaintiff with costs.
Among the passengers by the steamer Esmeralda, we observe, the name of Signor Melchior Vela, who brings with him eleven natives of Manila, who have boon selected by for our friends in Shanghai. that gentleman, to form a public band
From a private source we learn that Captain Vincent, of the Spartan, has succeeded with the aid of native divers in salving a large quantity of the cargo of the Braomar Castle, which had been given up by the divers brought out
accounts of the circumstances connected with the wreck recently appeared in the Shanghai papers, and were repro- duced by our local press, we need not repeat them hore at length. We may state, however, that Captain Nelson aud his crew had a very trying time after getting into the centre of the typhoon; with the sea making a clean sweep right over the vessel at frequent intervals and clearing the docks of everything moreable. One heavy son, swept the schooner fore and aft, staving in the forward house, tearing out the
starboard water tanks and the tiller, and carrying away the galley, with the cook who was inside, and the Captain only escaped being washed overboard by a miracle. The whole of the night the vessel was quite at the mercy of the waves, the cabins being gradually flooded, and the ship settling down, so that all hope of riding out the night in safety was abandoned. However, she held well together until daybreak, and, as a last chance, Cap- tain Nelson got his crew to make a final effort to lower one of the boats, which after a great deal of trouble and hard work, in which the carpenter and mate suffered severe injuries, was safe. ly accomplished, and the whole of the crow, excepting the unfortunate cook, numbering eleven in all, got safely into the boat, the captain being the last man to leave the ship which he did by slipping off the ond of the spanker
boom. It was still a desperate chance for life, as the boat was a large one, and only half equipped, mastering but three oars, and carrying eleven men almost exhausted with their long fast and incossant labours, whilst the soa was still running mountains high. Providence favoured the castaways, and after many hair-breadth escapos
they eventually landed on Fung Mo Island, one of the Taichow group, whence they were rescued next day by Captain Low Buah, of the Chinese gunboat Cho-an, who treated them with a
great kindness and cou- voyd them to Wan-chu-foo, afterwards to the Cliusan Islands, and finally to Ningpo. Captain Nelson, who was badly injured in his right leg, arrived in Hongkong the other day, and hopes to leave for America by the Gaelic on Wednesday next. It is the opinion of Captain Nelson that the British barque Lota experienced the same ty- phoon which caused the loss of the Annie S. Hall, as the two vessels were bearing in the same direction, and it is matter for congratulation that since our interview with Captain Nelson, the Lota has turned up, having arrived in harbour yesterday. The conduct of the Chinese in this matter deserves recognition, and it is to be hoped that the American Government will show their appreciation of Captain Lew Bunb's great kindness to the Captain and crew of the shipwrecked vessel. We regret to hear that, al- though the hull of the barkentine was partially insured, no insuranco had been effected on the freight or Captain's personal effects.
LATEST COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
Monday, August 15th, 1881.
One o'clock P.M.
was
A very large business was done in Docks on Saturday, over 500 shares changing hands at 55 per cent. premium for cash and the end of August. Good business
also transacted for December 31st, about 300 shares being booked at 61. Notwithstanding the confidence shown in the stability of the stock by these important transac- tions, the shares failed to hold their
own and soon foll to 54 and then to 53. This morning they are quoted at 53, but a large number of shares could be procured at a point less, and, from certain market indications which we have noticed, we should not be surprised to see them quoted at 50 in the course of the next two days. Banks remain nominally at 115, but no one seems inclined to do business until something definite is heard from the Shanghai
Exchange Market. Sugars are steady at $155 per share, but not a blow has been struck since we last wrote. Other quotations are of a strictly nominal character. Ex- change on London, as will be noticed from aunoxed figures, has gone back one eighth, and quotations on Bombay and Calcutta are weaker to the extent of a half in each case than on Saturday.
Shares.
Hongkong and Shangbai Banking
Corporation Shares-113 per cent. premium. Union Insurance Society of Canton-
$1,675 per share ex dividend. China Traders' Insurance Company's
Shares-$1,700 per share. North China Insurance Company-Tis.
1,125 per share. Yangtsze Insurance Association-Tls.
820 per share. Chinese Insurance Company, --$305
per share,
On Tai Insurance Company, Limited -
Tis. 148 sharo.
per Hongkong Fire Insurance Company
Shares- $995 per
share. China Fire Insurance Company's Shares
$290 per share. Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Com.
pany's Shares 53% premium, Sellers.
Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steam
boat Company's Shares-$25 per share premium, Sollers. China Coast Steam Navigation.Com-
pany-Ts. 162 per share. Hongkong Gas Company's Shares-
$82 per share. Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-
8110 per share, Sollers, China Sugar Refining Company, Li-
mited-8155 per share. China Sugar Refining Company (Do-
bentures)-3 per cent premium, Hongkong Ice Company's Shares-
$127 per share, Sellers. Hongkong & China Bakery Company,
Limited-$13 per share, Chinese Imperial Government Loan
of 1874-(Nominal); } Chinese Imperial Government Loan
of 1878-(Nominal).