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EMPER 29, 1866.

IN OP HONGKONG. Wednesday, in reviewi o we and of the Mui intenance of the Garni. sees at Hongkong, stems d the pummary" reason the Imperial CoverEDICHE cojony Er hat purpose. a of the Colony it was La open question whether vana should be chosen as four forces; and at that their being here refniued purpose of protecting the as unkown. The object select some site whence, ty, our tops could be The assisted of Pri ish at the st important Trade, which theu com- muy, Fourhow, Singpoand ermuch discussion respect- udvantages of Chuza and Badly determined that the lutter to Canton render- statinn gur forces here, of nongkong was accord. or tītary and naval par

far on the garrison the colonists, it hap- hand powerful commu-

were attracted hithe

a which the presence of led. The growth of the riters have led to our troupe &e.. as somewhat buy the foregoing fucts austsoogly from either expresse by our con- at the troops have been aus" for Imperial porpo- far as the intentions of the conserned--they are bere sively for the protection perties of the Colonists." ugkong pays a heavy sum is thesupport of those forces. altedly a right to expect rial authorities, a reason- ion and that quite ex- siders or men of war s red for the proscention of s outside the limits of the apposing that in accordance of many of the community,

e relieved of the Military and, us the Mercury sug- other establishments in be abandoned, we Calnut grande Hongkong would a centuḍ a free garrison. expendo to the home Go- nothing goes from this home exchequer, and al thit yet enjoy a grailar pro now given. we could urge of interest why Bong- not be led to itself. re var made with the open Hngkong would almost nes colony, and the pre- mps here being me of the andbotnduring poucené rela- sea ports, they may be said Riest exclusively for lupe-. waile as their presence at now a necessity for our own

The

de of the colony are the pe motion of our policy ploxical as it may sound, the kong may now be said to be se und die vlives of the pre- darrison--tie cnuse, inas- have before admitted, it is a

is no auditive affectus, had ng

here this rolony would Lep constituted.

im

davis bature as it reens but to enter up a the question

s are dep dant upon In- Rom. Our interests are now with those of residents in otection arvarded to the one

We there that Bougkog forros a part

t of the other

1 interest protected, and ag soupe the obligation of pay- protection it receives. In dar estemporary the Prest nghis is a small foreign the m det of an enormous Lionbigh as a matter of take mivantage of its name- if it were it strong u nd waffleleury on its guard y alights at wholesale rab. "Sull, it igneitir to throw the while burdieu of a for litury potposes which entortion of Bish interests, commercial, at hanghae or Here we have Lir ground t. but it will never be remov likely the contribution will by a wholesale repudiation ty to bear any portion of the ocal means of defence.

STUDY OF CHINESE, Eng article in the Loulous and Few of the 10th. Deşler directs a subject of wo light import- hd other esidents in Chi- wat steje shall be taken to e aequirement by foreigners of Langage. The suggestion. that an exhibition or scho- uld be attached to such of our raities as encourage e study and such a scheme would dvance so much erody of the = can encfeestally be prosecut

nd. To us, however, it seems the most important question to rile uian in China is, how to

■ud colloquial knowledge of the Ja within of small use to was aide to translate the Cins- ale po konveres intelligibly with. = amongst whom his lot is tem

as, and under the present sys- rather want of any system no menus exist of impart that groundwork of instruction ght without great ditenlty be

at a distance from Chinat

estion of education in Chinese is,

, of a much greater importance

Est than is usually attributed to

72701!

THE CHINA MAIL.

247

The Arst time

selelarship is so.limited that a few lines wh can intelligibly converse on ordinary honor and glory of a repulse all to them sailors coming up he told them to inforia houses asked me what I wafer that he had a most poinful duty to per

HONGKONG CRIMINAL

SE SIONS.

Thursday, 22nd November, 1866. (Before His Honor the Chief Justice.) The Court was opened this morning at ten o'clock.

to

On the 24th

FT

only the three men and a dog in the street. words I said in suggested that the sure that that was one reason among others

witnesson,

Was NO.

conversation

1፦

When

by Mr Wadej require no slight amount of. languages, to frame the translated phrased either for thing by the side of the doubt. His 'onor indicate sun to themseiros, one of then, I believe No. 1, ezine then, for it bad a material bearing

think a

a few

was in

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No. 1137 NOVEMBER 29, 1866.]

by any save the few who have had prac. With this arrangement we can find no

action it will be as disgraceful as the ap- who robbed during the night; he saw three not think the persoas in the row could the last occasion. The white paper marked purtunities of judging of its bear fault, but we maintain that there does not parent apathy of our own representative, Chimraon behind a wall and called out see passengers a ong the round, wing to the 4 was pastou on the shutter of the stone. Le commence with the means at practically exist such a class, as is needed who appears to have as yet taken no steps anten zou in one direction, begs house, but the tray deer leading to the vent to the house was alamt the begining

Fuat two rau he grating. I hut no diflicuity in getting into our faving the roadway. him for such an undertaking. Where are Hongkong, of Government Interpreters. in reference to the decapitation of the un- the necessary books or touchers, foreign. There is a common idea prevalent that fortuuate Mr Thomas and his companion and would fire at him; he (prisoner) there by a bar. It was not u usual traptions 7

near him because he might have a pistol room where the women were was fastened of the mouth.

The various paper we then formally ative? The very field of competent any man is qualified for an interpreter by the Coreans. Are the French to base the fore fired at the man. Sou Europone have never seen a trap door like in Chinese put in, and the case for the prosecution rose for the defence. He woman was keeping guant over of print would include full it. But topics in both the languages needed. The selves?

his officer of what had happened. He the dog, as sice : uchinen as Masers Wade, 3layers, Brown, helief in this error, aided by the ime-

thought the men were thieves. He asked de- So migla have been there for any

she opened the door on my sekam. It was not offen that a case of this ceased why he ran when he (prisoner) cal-purpose. Parkes, on Hart, amongst officials, or De diste necessities of the case, have led to

The offence led out.

When he shot the man there were heran do zo.

ng

I do not recollect what nature came before a court. Legge and a few others amongst the mis- the employment of native interpeters, to

to the

charged was a very serious one, and he felt prisonera. 1 Chinese sary community, have the time, whom anything beyond the limited vo-

His Honor summed up. He remarked

The Attorney even if they have alle inclination to com- cabulary of every day life is utterly un-

on the unhappy suggestion made by the particular word ter

thi

The defence bad he said. pose ek metary works. Bestlers a great known. The wording of the questions ad-

Barnard wanted might be ren-.

they prisoner, that one of the witnesses, it coo- which if werd er by, witness in English to induce the joy to weigh carefully all

dered by a Chinese equivalent..

was this: the prisoners were in the house! many works have been written apni the dressed to the doubtless conveys an idea

lie in respectable employ, was a tloef. No-

and certain females were up-tairs. That Witness continued: Most of the pr Chineso language by various peuple, and of the sense intruded, but in cases where

thing had been shown in the case to

justi as no cork upon so little known a lan- any importance attaches to the verbal

MAXSLAUGHTER BY A CONSTABLE.

fy the prisoner's resorting to the use of his soners know English, No 3 particularly well could not be dispute. The points for Khan, a policeman, was indicted for maintained that he had seen three on get gange can be utterly useless, they may rendering, in contradistinction to the ge

musket.

The prisoner had consistently the

was carried on pritly in consideration were two frst, the couple English and getty in Chinese | nisl Not

tion of the offence: secondly, if complete, cach be said to possess some merit; but beral meaning, they entirely break down. shooting a Chinaanan.

which of the prisoners were guilty. The Attorney General, with wlion was them to be thieves; but it would be for the. I should not rarely the words coolin

ting out of a garden, and that he believed enter into conversatiin specially with No. among the whole, we think it may be It must be recollected that in many cases

colce toga proper conclusion the jury must well weigh what had been seil with refer- safely asserted it at there is pote which, a nice shade of meaning, as expressed in Mr Barnard, stated the case.

ence to that white paper (the Lobscheid reyon relatively, occupies the sac place to English, can hardly be verbally translated of last month the prisoner was on duty in jury to say whether such a defence was con- cuon" as meaning curigation office. the pay it as no of the second class French into Chinese, and it hence requires expo-aine Road, some time after daylight, and sistent with the evidence that had been. I asked them for a beanse they seemed et i

the Ly several people were about. From the trustworthines there when

whose veracity and loss and after some consultation among certicate) Ho Jail this act earnestly. or German grammars of the present day. rience and judgment, together with a

evidence be produced it would seem that

on the case.

These people, the prisoners, the law of went and The better chuss works (those for instance thorough colloquial knowledge of both deceased went to a

1 got the paper in English; they din the the cas

case, and directed the jury accordingly. not seem to know what they were expected thought they were doing right, as was ed by the fact of their producing that Ferid

purpose of washing or

The jury showing some sonte hesitation, to proles. I don't think they seemed to

The lear tu gei n drink, when the self resource to be surevsstully studied, so as to most nearly render the idea in-

prisoner

edensel read the certit ente and continued while many others are almost practically tended to be expressed.. Tako for in-stone at him. The deceased rau away from His Honor said-Perhaps you would wish think that the paper was a proper Eemse, when asked for the authority.

because they did not know what was on it,. to retire, gentlemen

-Now if stance such an idea as is involved is the spring. The prisoner flung anther

au mor act, and useless. The very fires thing we want is

English

the sultation returned into Court with a ventict the word "repudiate." The Chinese stone at him, and then in the most extuar. The jury assente and after a burt con- as it v

His Honor Will Mr. Hobscheid, be uprisoned the people in the house, a good series of books to begin with.

real ofenders were not the men before But suppose these found the teaching linguist would probably understand by ordinary manner and for a reason quite un-

The Attorney General: No my lord, not the out. They were not the oper of colloquial is almost a practical impos- the word a souse of denial or refusal, but accountable tired his rifle at the deceased, of guilty, coupled with a recomendation called as a witness is ho here?,

to mercy, on the ground of ne malice.

for the prosecution.

parties to be charged. The real uf- His Honor sail he always bowed to such. hours afterwards. The aibility under foreign teachers. From the repudiate a debt" would to the ed wounded him so that he died in a

prisoner might

Mr Barnard continued les cross examina- fenders were the parties who issued lips of a native Chincse only can the in-cated English car convey a different meau-have imagined that deceased was thieving, recommendation iron a jury, und in or- tonation be learned which forms so dis- ing from refusal to pay;" and the Eng- and that he was justified, failing other der that he might give it proper attention tion, and it being past three o'clock His that document. and. thee men

in this case, he would

Honor hoped the amps would be got would postpone judgment,

told the Court that he did not believe Not acheve tinctive and important a feature of this Isiman, if questioning an uneducated wit-means of apprehension, to fire at deceased.

The Attorney General said the super-i rondy. Mr Baried shortly afterwards re- their insertionis. Mr Tonicely point for the interlent of Police gave the prisoner a

of the pa purport of prisoners knew the singular language To sucer estully teach mess, would be able by one or two skilful But that would be

Chu a Lin deposed-In a widow, my per Sergeant Langdon had stated that he

They produced it as their authority, the Chinese colloquial in Eugland, native questions to elucidate the required answer. under His Honor's direction, to decide.

The house is at Fatahan; at present I am stay- and. and four months in the police force. teachers would thereto e bo necessary It is in these matters, suretimes involving The learned Attorney General then handed good character, extending over three years

case over to Mr Barnard, having in- far are so even than suitable books important distinctions bearing on the cut-portant public business to attend to else. learned Attorney General remarked that he ing in the Glanl. I was on the pigs establish saw it posted up on one of the shatirry

the

prisoners betreed that, they were there had seen some police regulations relating to ment before that (a laugh). (By pig" where.

and that they were doing. With the amount of patronage at present derenation or acquittal of mitives accused

by autoriel, the use of fire arms that he highly approved establishment witness after some difficus- Lao Yung, aged 14, son of deceased, bestowed upon the Chinese chair it is ex- of grievins crimes. that our best native

ty explained her meaning to be that it was perfectly proper act and laing ignorant But what can who was a coolie, deposed that his father ecedingly likely that funds will be interpreters break down.

"Hie Honor observed that, owing to the house where persons who have been deem they might so bellera then they had dead.

ceived

they knew as a found to pay the salaries and expenses of: he said of the second laes men whose und

were placed.) The establishment commised no sitence. If

tact that they were Going an improper act, Woo a Man, younger brother of last wit peculiar cirenmstances of the place, there

18 in Hongkong. A woman met die then they were guilty of a once, But competent valives, while without them English excites ope's risible faculties?!

was a sufficient reason for placing fire arms ness, deposed that on the morning in ques any scheme intended to be of rent benefit! We need culy refer our readers to a re-

in the hunts of auch mon as the prisoner. Fatshuu, and made a comunication to ure

that was a question for the jury to decide, must almost inevitably break down Wecent caso when, in the absence of the Chief tion he saw his father lying on the ground

It was surprising that such lamentable which induced me to come to Hongkong that s do cut think that much will be done for Interpreter, the magistrate was absolutely wounded, the prisoner, a police sergeau souidents as this were not of njore frequent. I was landed froin the steamer in a small and to say whether they believed or not

and two Cinnamon,

that prisoners were by sutionfinates, ocemrence. This was really a lamentable boat, ami taken to the piggery, where dead borly. the use of educating peuple in Chinese anable to arrive at an answer to the ques-

was for two nights and two days, (witness the direction of others, and were acting in a firm belief that they y bad legal and proper inspected the prisoners and indentified Nos.

ht power.

And in reicresce to this point, it at home for me years to come. But! tiou put, the interpreter not comprehend. / morning saw his alsopresuni. Next

1 and 2; No. 3 she did not know; thought she know No. 4; did not know No. 6.) nst be borne ja mind that when the off-

went to the house,

we have did not deser, She did not recollect seeing one of the Pri soners in the room where was pineed but sheey told the truth. They said

no coolies here, had seen those she had identified in a room below. There was not much light in the They did not by their actions discloses in- tend to do anything mawini, and so they room. The window was barred up.

The Attorney.

General Does she recol-

were relieved from the Erse count of let that gentleman (pointing to Mr Ton-fans 10 Was made sure to prove fudb

sious intent on their part at the nachy) coming to the bonse?"

Witness hesitate at first, but a glean of the offence could maler the cremstances as His Honor comarked, sut be only a misdemeant. As to the Erst stand by the learned denly

counsel who was engaged for the defence before the police latish, de being the Feon- tractor for the supply of colies, and who held the Lobeche certificate there wha tile or no evidence to show in he had And anything to do with the woudzi. Lommeby's. evidence, to

to be sure was that the rat prisoner Wes

Why should not Hongkong take the lead

the answers he received in intelligible

i

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pre.

Vaucher's

ble,

the

of

casc.

The prisoner was ultimately sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour,

23rd November, 1866. FORCIBLY DETAINING A FEMALE.

Five Chinamen were indicted for having by force felmiously detained one Chu a Lun, a woman, with intent to sell the said Chu a Lam. 3 second conut simply charged false imprisoninent. The following jury were sworn: Thos. Algar, D. Davidson, J. II.

G. Olduch and A. L. Turner, Cox, Adolph Meyer, W. N. Middleton, G

The Attorney General stated the case. On October 27th, information was received.

were improperly detained in a house by the Registrar General that some persons Wanchai aguiust their will. He went to the house, which he found with windows

sumed his sent.

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in

the

curs

Пето

but we have license women.

intelradiated her face, and she said. prizivi [the man"

something.

?

Doys

២

If

at

bured Chinese seiliore apa distance would slate the sentence to the prisoner, bamboo and a sling were lying on the road! onrred, and other indications of its being fact of hier enforced detention in the IS; of certain persons, ami apparently.

be secured as they would thus and some organized establishsiz decored solely to the interests (bi: ege piu gy

me,

The

.

re

imposting

aba

of

aking down the

Nga ya, a woman with a very small in- much might be done out here and in Ching its drift, and the witness, hopelessly fant slung over her shoulder, deposed that

the

worving of the na. Here we have men and books which, stupid as the bet of times, being reduced she saw deceased on

He washed his son's face, smoked a The interpreter in 24th. with the all important hep of natives to atfer imbecility. may to made useful. The expense of a this case neither anderstood the questions pipe, and went out with a bamboo, saying fead of rice with my get a Chiose institute would here be but little. addressed to him nor was he able to render

20 not know where deceased hamboo. went to, but lotme

se hoy that a coolie had been shot. She in this way? The establishment of a English, An amusing incident occurs to

went up the bill, and saw deceased lying on colle e partially supported by Government us in conexion with this question of in- went funds (for the benefit of Government enterpreting the general sense rather than the road side, blood running from him.

A late Chief Chng a ye, ustler, deposed that on the pleyes) martially by ose derived the particular meaning. from catsiders desirous of availing the Justice of Singapore had sentenced a Ma-morning of Oct. 24, about half past five, selves of its adamage would be easy, but to death in the usual form, and at the he was taking his horses; five altogether,

just before

ng out a thoroughly qualified European scholar close of his speech, during which he bad out for a walk, just at the corner of Mr

His Honor: What did she say deversed pas

Inis master's

កង់.. must be placed at its beat. Many of the exhibited the tearful emotion" appa saw resident missionary and other gentlemen rently considered necessary when inform

Interpreter: Yes, my Lord, she knows coming out of the stable, witness heard a world willingly consent to deliver occiuga warlerous saatel that the extreme with a bamboo on his shoulder; on

she know Mr Tonnachy? him as the Tai Cheong Ton The Great police constabile call out to a person who sinni lectures and taken interest in the penalty of the law is to be inflicted on

The

Headon Governor" (tuelt laughter.)

Witness continued, and deposed to the schema while the support of the mure cole-hing directed the Court interpreter to was at the spring below the road.

at the time. The spring was about 25 feet a place of confinement; inside the declare she winsed to go on board a ship logo to a

several pera women standing up, the interpreter fired off n

below on barrett land unenclosed.

crying, and declar-1

there, t

nerely volley of sound something, like a long how the rou, one constable who calicting that they were there contined. He foreign country; some of the prisondis had about the women going on

to see if such certain persons would be something word of 4 syllables, by way of

iceman called was equi- found the prisoners acting as proprietor board a slup in a given time to go to for- What the policeman

slatable for enigration to Dutch Guiana. 1135- valent to thief," in

in Puatu

остриета Witness atuguese.

of the house, and they were take Great Britain je, we believe, the only performing his duty, Dear

Sigénht Langdon said the the second pric 20 saw a man running up the hill, and saw the iu charge, and ultimately committed in sign.country. She said she would not.

and nath with harge interests as stake in said the wor.by Chief Justice," how very

soner acontal to be the master of the place. Itirey. 986

seid Fon Prisoner Clans, of which the oversat has expressive a language the Malay is

The Great Head- If the second prisoner ever knew that he was but did not let he may do as you please, n technical ATAR but this was WoruaD

I not let her go. as man continuel

Was buly

keeping people there unlawfully, no doubt affered no public inclities for the study the fact being that the interproter had nofter shout at he is the man, and fine trial. The indictment related only to 2

to the house. There were one or two Chi- he must be found guilty of mistlemention of the Chinese Laguage. 1 France and imply súbi The Judge says you're to bening. The man was stooping down, either form of proceeding, al in fact embraceded Governor" released her when he came.

all the persons who had been confined in

not know but after what the jury had heard: that Hussia my of acknowledged scholarship hanged to his Honour's cloquence and washing or drinking when the constable

called out. Both stones missed the way the house. Some evidence would be given namen in the room but she did

there had been he secrecy about the thing as she was very confused. he exactly as but WOUL as to the intest to sell the wo Insial profess-relije, while in England a tears had all been wasted. From what we and then prisoner up with his musket

ship, Before commencing a cross-examination ofthat a placard openly stated that a would not now particularly allude to it.

the Portland, would sail with the prople egatively small elige endows a know of the Hongkong Courts we have fired at him, the bullet striking the man

e-a te bulieve that eitilarly condensed in the thigh.

the witness, Mr Barnard requested that The man fell down and The

Attorney General then called. learned at

at a certain time, -and that the ship single chair at the munificet rate of on

Mr Tounachy, the Registrar General who the positions of the prisoners tight be al- 'save life." Prisoner ran for Now that it is becom-renderings of a Judge's or Magistrate's re-shouted out

tored. it, and the tored described the house as he found it,

red. His Honor consented, but he could sail with the knowledge of the Nether- pounds per mm.

Before that he

vernment: and brought a sergeant.

Mr Ton m..rka are somewhat frequent.

lands Consul, and of the Gove ng event that a knowledge of die eilin

inuates. There

was a room in which he not see how that could invalidate

in presence The witness, after au-

these facts, might not the quidas leurt istinalslut necessity for offi- ! The present system, of interpretation sail, I saw three thieves, two had es

saw about 25 womer and children all hud nachy's evidence, ends and caputtetals alike, this reproch! being teus defective it becomes a highly exped, one I shot." The prisoner told wit-

She were dying a lawfuls aut, and that they is stay be open li me lo or continue. important object to introduce a reformu. ness be saw them jump down from the led together. Prines ware there. There swering a few questions, was directed to prisoners have naturally thought that they

was not space for the women to lie down point out the prisoners she identifier.

were properly doing what they were called did so pointing out the same men as before. When comfortably. Some of them were crying, prisoner spoke in pigeon English.

on to do, and what they were paint for at tas almost superfams to point out the 15 any be taken for granted that any garden of his (witness's) muster.

and they presenteil very miserable al-Ir Burnar said that was satisfactory, but

1.84, $5 or 36 a-1

month Lessing of aeqaning Chingo to the merrystem involving native help (even wis the sergeant came he examined the man

pearance altogether. The first prisoner

oner directed a further experiment. His Honor the rate of mantik man. at it may be well to drawing the subject of education) must break and found the wound in his thigh,

The Attorney General erected the suggested that frequent charges might cou ession to the fact that while the com-dien. Here and there honest Chinamen

I pencil in his hand, golfuse even the court; he thought that the wil- learned counsel in bis interpretation of the Dr. Murray deposed to the death of had a paper and

round with the oth

alliers 143 if inspecting

The intent of the prisoners must be munity at largu are desir us of seeing may be found to act, but they are the ex-deceased in the hospital; a post mortem

women. All the prisoners,

address Come toness had undergone a sufficiently hard law.

inferred from their arts, whatever might The "peed up," there are not twenty ceptions; we can that be wondered at disclosed that a ballet had fractured the

me by my direction,

Mr Barnard concurred ; but he wanted be their own opinion. we consider the strong tempta- thigh bone, passed into the abalaminal

Chinese speaking to first prisoner, Chua Lin, among them who can converse with a when

un- cavity, and wounded the intestines in two out to them to act

now to satisfy himself as to which she iden now in Court, was one of the women mative in his own language. Complainte; tions heb!

The effect of such a acrying I know the paper produced (a Chi- tiled as the master of the establishment: are made of tile leaving to which foreig airly, as the alicor reports for the last places. A bullot (produced) was removed n

We must then fall from the intestines. ters are subjected by their compratores, mouth will Blestiae

Chang & Ting, horse coolis to Mr Vau- the house. I asked first prisoner, in Chi- crudiuality as the case stood. the rays, ceolies, c, the latter ak nen highly trained Europos, must necessarily have been mortal. nese document) i took it from the door of His Honor would see there were grades of Sung Skin said-I am now staying in of the nesc, in the presence and hearing of the

The Attorney General said that was a the Biti

I came from a house with the being usually dubbed stupid." Yetatiemen to bont, for othing less than cher, deposed that on the morning

an emigration barracoon," as

as 1111- learn the langue in der to deal with ment to nuderband dealings. But to get sling against a rock, near his master's

derstood him. Hij words were a coolie put me into that house. I was there more observed that the jury had botter be al- learn to realy hurt. Lu must such mon the Colony must pay a god house, and go down to a spring bencatli, desto him, his words were a clear ten days.

I did not want to stay dressed on the first- if to drink

coon,

Mr Barnard accordingly continued to lary, be more bu as it should be under- and stop there as

urge that intent in this case must be kept He said they hal was locked, stand that # promotion could took place Frisoner was in the road and had been gration barracks. I asked hint if he had a there, and I did not go, because, the day

there for some fine previously. There license from my

a license.

I asked them to produce it. over the witness was here proveed

A paper purporting to be a sort of bill of in view, and if the jury beived that pri- but of the interpretarial lines they was no nue else in that get of the rod, at a lice

souers committed any act, innocent of wilful bad at least rendered the government the time when the coolie went to the am ut certain which, but one of them

went below and brought to up a snill The Court objected to this paper being knowledge, they were entitled to an acquit- some ten years service as actant interpre spring The coolie was walking slowly

with English

admitted ad evidence against the prisoners tal especially the first prisoner, whù hap- bamboo piece of white paper

prit on n the charge before the Court, and the paned to be in the hates when the officers s. At the expration of that period along the road when he placed ont it.. In the hearing of the prisoners the wo

the rock. The prisoner

I looked at the paper paper was accordingly withdrawn by the called.

This was the case for the defence, many, but that fails out of the circle of the experience they would have acquied against threw a stone at the coolie, men said something. houseboys. compradores and shopricu, who would render the particularly valuable

Examination reamned: I I recognise The document produced is the

all His Honour summed up He com- have dealings with foreigners, and is servants of the own and their promotion who ran, when prisoner throw another and said This is not a license from my prosecution.

lie priemers; they were in the house fu menced by renmarking that the case haul not coolic full

Witness then took his printed paper I have referred to, quite useless in dealing with native tra- might be a proportion to the time they store, and then fired at the coulie. The office."

His Honor reading the paper remarked, which I was. Lust witness was also in the been a short as he had unticipateal; hat ders. If the younger portion of the for- nad waited. Appointments of this na horse on returning saw a Ser

appeared to be unhappy. Cress

from its peculiar character he did not regret. in company of the prisoner. The Mr Lobschuid says they will be well treat house; she a

examined: The trap door was kept closed the time it had. eign community could be induced to are should be quite distinct frein those uf

vote tins a very small portion of their the Colonial Cacicts, who assistended to fill eine muld not sit up on a chair, and he ad

put in a box and taken

The paper was read, It was the well except when food or tea was brought up.

did the fury, nor, lie was sure, Wit-

jury Ind à very serions sway.

Mr Beanbad hero put

to the que

The The mustion known ertificate by the Revd. Me Lobs time to the study of the colloquial much certain ollees as soon ea they can possibly | was pue)

duty to perford, less did not see decensed

other mest or any

witness: Нате ули

bad any of the misunderstanding which now exists qualify for their duties. The prospects of

down from the garden wall. Witness cheid, as follows:

Bearers of these have been employed relative to what you should say here to sideration, not so much with referenes to between Chinese and Englishmen would the two careers, far as present pay ami bout $0 or 40 feet from the prisoner, when the shot was fired. When the coolie

day? to collect emigrants for the Kwong-tung

question was objected by the

this particular n

Transteliai, but that it n might luit the road for the spring, witness was fat Company at Hongkong. The cuigrants Attorney General, who reminded Air Bac be known what the law is in such cases

of offences about 30 or 40 feet froze him. Witness are to be sluppet at Hongkong ender the hard that there was a difference between to what were the posĦJU

civil actions: and supervision of the local Government and

criminal prosecutions. was between the two.

like this, when they were fully proved. Yang-a-ho was next placed in the wit. They had already heard the charge against the Netherlands Consel, and to proceed to

box. The witness appeared to be the prisoners. He would present it to was one of the thieves who were in coiupa Dutch Cwie, where they will be well es,rightened, and answers had to be them with inverted couuts. The second

treated. Having formerly been living in the drawn from her by persistent enquiries, count was that prisoners Sumon and Kweishin Districts, certify when taken to the front of the duck to ly imprisoned

them

He

in ordeal.

$401.

Honor Certainly, you need not sure what their

intent was, so long as you was imprisonment, Mr Barnard quoted to the effect that roof of intent must be shown. pront find there was

hardly anyone takes the trouble to honour" will, as a rule, resist the induco- 24th, he saw a coolie place a bamigo and It"What is this place last witness. A man called Choy a Chin matter parely for the jury, and His Honor

be res llected that we are not yet in China the dominant race, that we can

hot orce our language upon the Chinose;

the barbarous pidgin-Eüglish which now forms the only mode of communication becween the two copies is acquired by

disappear.

GOVERNMENT INTERPRETERS. Tue dificulty of obtaining good and re- Table interpreters in the many cases ari- wing between the governing Europeaus and the governed ratives is daily becoming True we have

www

HOWN.

Li

or wash.

eventual position go, might be fairly equalizeal, the interpreter receiving more pay than the cadet, during the early por- tim of his resilevee, to compensate for the lo-s of immediate, promotion to posts of Prisoner here observed that the witness greater bonour but less emolument. Such a

Witness Jenied that he was a thief. system in fact obtains in the Consular ser- with the duce and

ice, in which a vice-Consul ranks before an interpreter, though the pay of the latter is in

"

toria

nice.

much.

This

contat."

before

thethem was one which required careful con

10

had

#b wanan,

Time

nothing

lawfol dies Chu-a- wns all the

about

intent

three gentlemen qualified for the duty, many cases better than that of the former that list Williams, constable, deposed this to be the truth. W. Lobscheid, Vicecognise the prisoners ahe was mudy K Victoria,

more and more serious.

and three sibers arriving at a state of ef ficiency, but the very recommendations which secured for the first-named their appointments in the Colonial service are the causes which have induced their

lin,

22nd September, Hongkong

1866* Witness confined.--I cannot say which alarmed, and had to be assured again and charge. There of the prisoners gave me the paper; all the he would go close to the dock. Witness fred or not, whether they unlawally kept her

again

that she had no cause for fear, before Whether prisoners thought they were justi prisoners concurred in point their heart said :-I was in the house with the put in prison for me or for tive Inndred days,

I spoke to the women in hearing. asked the women what they were doing soners and identify will of them, I went to mattered nothing The charge was, that there and the moment I spoke they all het. I wanted to leave the house, but tention against will proved in this

the house, I heart I could get employ they did impriso 18

the jury found de flocked round me,

wit.

per.

Mr Baruard objected that the women could not get out. The prisoners told

removal and promotion to other mere im2 | hardly aware of the nature of the people told witness that he had seen three the themselves could best give evidence of what me that I was to go to New Bombay at 38 sis duty as judge to

purtant poets. It cannot be expected that young men who have successfully passed the ordeal of an university examination, and whose end and object in entering the service, was to rise," by the exercise of their abilities, to respute ble positious nu- der government, will be satisfied to re- sn't as interpreters inring the whole of

to fin

cuse, it

that

were bound

Ly

jury to understand gent."

Williaur

left the prisoner close to Mr Van- cher's house about five minutes after.

gun fire on the 21th October, Witness walked eastward, prisoner to the west. Ahout six

of information o'clock, in consequence THE FRENCH AND THE COREA.

ness walked to prisoner's beat, and saw de- It will be remembered that we recently

coased lying on the ground, prisoner and expressed our opinion that the French were several Chinamen being present. Prisoner

tell them the prisonera guíl- per month. they themselves anid." whom they were about to chastise and entwe have gone, and one I have shootee."

unlawful imprisonment. He wished Honor But he is going to tell what Cras examined. Sometimes 1 'bad the

ve, 111 toned the anxiety evinced by the Coreans to A buy cape up and said the man shot was

hituself.

enough to eat, and sometinies nut. said

lega sense, was meant by JP. deposed that he he C. Both, te, and interpreted become possessed of Earupean scientific his father.

Kid Witness-everal of them cried out

Inspector Langdon was next sworn and apparatus. We now learn that the Co-

21 actual 1.800.

It did not. reans are reported to have been well pro acconpastiel Br

De- "We have been

have been kidnapped, and brought, said: I was in charge of Wanchi Station pou the walls on ly to put & man within I went on that day with Mouly mean to put a man in gol. The vided with arms of all kinds--ified can prisoners dying deposition to him.

He said "bere under false pretences." ceased heered he was dying

I said "why Oct. 27th.

private non, revolving carbines and as some 8-

tot go away "They said we are not - Tomechy to a house in Wanshi and arrested place of "iniprisme" might Lea 1 am about to die." The deposition was read.

I had been to the house nonse, in guiding thom. “uprisemnent” It was to the affect that deceased was at lower to. The prisoners wale no observas the prisutera.

On one occasin

consisted in unlawfully keeping a person in -sert, nerile guns 1 Nothing could have

tions whatever. I asked the womes if they two or three times before when a pudigerinit the career in Hongkong. Nor is such been more unpropitious for the prestige inig a csely frightened, he ran away, and hard received any money. In answer, thoy I went audi asked the 2nd prisoner whether particuler phace contrary to his wish, and

of European arms in China than the deled out; mig

Another mat was

said they had not. Frisences offered no he had any coolies. He replied, "no, but preventing him going at large at his a prospect beld out to them by the Colo-

remarks tes that. I gave the prisonera 1 have women," There is a trap-door at will That was the law of England. The inl ulice. It is quite understood that feat of a French squadron by a people the constable shot hin

He had no frien-is in Hengkong into the custody of Sergeant Langdon. I the top of the ladders which I have always mere fact of preventing a mon going where they are sent out to eventually take the whom the Chinese look upon as their in-with bin (deceased) at the time and rais

he lawfully might, and caner by a threat pe of those former heads of depast- feriors and who pay annual tribute to he belonged to the Tamani district and had bought all the women and children to the found locked.

Cross examined :—There was no difficute or by a false statemens, inducing him to go Station. They come with me gladly. two children

he Houts who, unacquainted with the max China. By the way, how is it that nothing

By the Court: Chu a Lin was one who ty in getting into the house. And prisoner to a particular place and telling him Prismor in defence said he understood The language, were constantly placed a has been heard of the United States utf-

trona nis Indian officer that he was to keep came with me.

appeared to be unster of tire house. I hare must remain, there, constituted false in- Cross camined by My Busid; do only seen the 1st priser in the house on prisonment. But that kind of false impri- a sharp look-out every morning for thieves

d sadrunonger us position wach matters, cials in connexion with the mrning of the pely Chinese came under their petice. General Sherman? If they refrain from

away.

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