the Constables beat on every as Soon ther hear the Game played ing the night, to call upon the offenders to desist, and in case of refusal to enter the House and take them into Custody.
The reverberation of is so great at night in Hongkong, owing to the high range of Hills immediately at the back of the town and to the land locked harbor in its front, that one set of "Chai-Mui Performers" is sufficient to keep the whole neighborhood awake.
It seems to me Section II was scarcely called for; the defence there suggested might be raised under Ordinance No 4 of 1858 which regulates Appeals in general from the Decisions of Magistrates.
The above are only observations which occur to me on the Ordinance, and probably the Earl of Kimberley, should His Lordship even concur in them, will consider that they do ...