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THE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH. [AUG. 13, 1867.
course into eternity. Such is the fact as narrated to us, and wey of the island, the effects of which were also felt here, but are further informed that the body of deceased has not yet been found.
It is, we learn, in contemplation by certain benevolent and liberal Chinese, to erect an hospital for the benefit of the poorer class of their own nationality in Hong Kong. They have already bought a large piece of ground upon which to build, and have asked the permission of the Surveyor-General to The petitioners are prepared to commence work at once. defray the entire expense at their own cost, and their intention, so far as we at present understand, is to place the establishment under purely native conduct.
The report of the case of Olyphant and others v. Loo A-hung, for breach of warranty on a sale of sugar, contains the follow- ing extraordinary proceedings --
Shortly after this case commenced, and while Mr. Whyte was cross- examining plaintiff's compradore, some reference was made to another Chinaman, also in plaintiff's employ, and the Chief Justice said "pat him in the box;" when the following conversation ensued:---
The Chief Justice said that, as the man was a servant of the plaintiff, they should produce him.
Mr. Pollard: You cannot produce him like a piece of paper. Let him be subpoenaed in the usual way.
Chief Justice: Do you mean, Mr. Pollard, to put them to the trouble and expense of subpoenaing him? Well, if you don't produce him, I will take that into account in my direction to the jury.
Mr. Pollard: I will put only those witnesses in the box which I, as counsel for the plaintiff, may see fit. I may make a mistake, but I will not be dictated to or talked down by any one as to what I am to do.
You will do Chief Justice: 1 am not talking you down, Mr. Pollard. your duty, and I will do mine.
Mr. Pollard That's all right, if we would only stick to it. Chief Justice. Now, Mr. Pollard, you will always have the last word; and I think it is most disrespectful to the Court to use language you are in the babit of using.
The Chief Justice then left the Bench; but after an interval of a minute or two returned.
Chief Justice: Do you apologise, Mr. Pollard ?
Mr. Pollard: For what, my lord?
Chief Justice: You know what has passed; you know what fur.
Mr. Pollard: If I have offended in any way, there is no man more will-
ing to admit it, and to apologise. Will you hear me?
Chief Justice: For an hour, if you like,
Most of the
caused no important damage. Other districts suffered severely, and this is especially the case with Djocjacarta, where several indigo and sugar manufactories have sustained injury; the former, however, were promptly got in working order again, so that work was only momentarily interrupted. sugar mills are again in operation, while others will be able to commence grinding within a month at the farthest. Regard- ing the extent of the damage to private property caused by this disaster, no definite statements have yet been received; it is already apparent, however, that the reports spread on this subject were exaggerated. The crops have not suffered at all.'
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
SINGAPORE.
As was repro-
The London mail of the 27th May arrived out on the 27th June, and London telegrams had been received to 14th June. During several sittings of the Legislative Council the chief subject for discussion had been the purchase of a steamer or steamers for the service of a local marine. senied in an able paper, laid before the Council by the Execu- tive, the position of the Settlements, placed as they are in the midst of a series of native States, frequently at war with one another, and the disturbances in which seriously affect the trade, reuder it desirable that the Government should have it in its power to interpose its authority, and this can only be done by way of sma or river. For these and other reasons it has been decided by the Council that a paddle steamer of about 300 tons, with special adaptations to the service, should be intended for from England, together with a Tender and a steam launch for shallow river operations.
subsidy of It has been decided by Government to give £100 per month to the British India Steam Navigation Com- pany for the maintenance of the present mail line between Cal- cutta, British Burmah, and the Straits Ports.
Colonel Anson, the Lieutenant-Governor of Penang, had arrived there and relieved Colonel Man of charge. Mr. W. W. Cairns, the Lieutenant-Governor of Malacca, had been sworn in,
Mr. Pollard began to state that his lordship asked him if he would pro-and proceeded to Malacca to relieve Major Barn. Sir William
duce a witness.
Chief Justice: You told the Court in a taunting way that a witness was not a piece of paper, as if I did not know that a man was not a piece of paper.
Mr. Pollard is it that you wish me to apologise for, my lord? Chief Justice: There's more than that.
Mr. Pollard: If you will be so good as to inform me for what I have to apologise, my lord, there is no man more willing to do so,
Chief Justice: You know very well what it is, Mr. Pollard. (Turning to the jury.) Gentlemen of the jury, I shall adjourn this case until Satur- day, as we cannot get on in the present circumstance.
Mr. Pollard: That is entirely without precedent, my lord. Chief Justice: And the other was much less without precedent. Mr. Pollard: I object to the proceeding now taken by the Court, and I hope you will take note of my objection."
Hackett, Acting Chief Justice, had arrived from Penang, aud would open the third criminal session of the year on the 9th July. The calendar was not large.
PENANG.
Dates hence are to July 1. The Penang Gazette gives the following account of an expedition by IMS. Wasp to the
Nicobar Islands :
H.M. steamer Wasp left on the 12th June for the Nicobar Islands to investigate about the murder of the crew of the brig Futtek Islam of Penang, which was said to have been perpetrated in these islands. The return of the Wasp gives us a miserable story connected with the Nicobar Islands, at least with those discovered is almost too mild a term; all the stories that we have Chief Justice: Certainly not; I can't go on until Mr. Pollard apolo-heard of Chinese pirates hardly exceed in their narrative horrors
Chief Justice: I'll note anything you like.
Mr. Whyte: Will you not allow me to finish my cross-examination of particular islets visited. To say that a nest of pirates have been this witness, my lord?
gises.
should not--
Mr. Pollard: If I have done anything wrong, there are certain steps which may be taken by the Court. But I don't see why the case Chief Justice: There are such steps, but these I will not take. Silence, sir. You would not dare to use such langnage anywhere else. (Rising.) This Court is adjourned.
Mr. Pollard; I always answer when I am attacked, and not without. Chief Justice: If every one would do his duty in this court-- Mr. Pollard: I have done my duty for a long series of years, and I have never been attacked in the same manner before; and I will not allow-
Chief Justice: Silence, sir, if you please.
It is
such as we were yesterday told have been perpetrated in the Nicobar Islands, comparatively in our neighbourhood, and these have gone on for years unpunished until now! only now that one begins to think of the vessels which are re- ported as having been missing in the Bay of Bengal, and though there are but a few brought to light the presumption is that a great many more have disappeared, victims to the remorseless cruelty of those savages (we can call them nothing else) who inhabit the Nicobar Islands.
At Triukut the Wasp met two vessels, the Ruttlesnake, under
The Chief Justice here checked the usher of the court, who was, by Mr. Masson's orders, adjourning the Court until ten o'clock on Saturday, say-English colours but belonging to the Sultan of the Maldives, and
"Indefinitely, as 1 must have an apology from Mr. Pallard before the
the Harriet, of Penang; they wore both at anchor, and trading case can go on."
with the natives. It is reported that the natives threatened
Mr. Pollard: There will likely be another counsel to appear. The Chief Justice repeatedly ordered Mr. Pollard to be silent, but the learned counsel had the last word by saying that he answered only when Mr. Masson informed the jury that they would be advised what time they would next be called upon to attend.
he was attacked.
We learn that the case was ultimately submitted to arbitra-wrecked on these islands, the captain and crew were all mur- tion,
JAVA.
The account given in a late issue of the London and China Telegraph of the disastrous earthquake that recently occurred in this island way, we are informed, in some respects inaccurate. The following additional particulars are extracted from a Samurang Circular, and inay be received as authentic:-"On the 10th of June a serious earthquake occurred in the centre
to attack the Rattlesnake on the departure of the man-of-war. The captain of the Rattlesnake stated that he had seen a white (European) woman on the island about eight months ago, in November last. It appears that about six years ago a ship was dered by the natives, the wife of the captain and two children were taken on shore, and the ship plundered. The fate of the poor woman is sad enough; she was passed about from one to another through the whole tribe, according to their wishes, When the poor lady was seen and the children being secluded. spoken to by the captain of the Rattlesnake the natives probably got alarmed of the consequences of ber being discovered, and the history goes that these miscreants gave her poison in the shape of a well-known poisonous fish, the than buntai
This
Aug. 13, 1867.]
THE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH.
10 J. R. Worcester
30 Black Prince
12 Yangtsze
19 Ariel
13 Benares (l. str.)
-14 Chinaman
14 City of Aberdeen
15 Sir Lancelot
15 Eliza Shaw
17 Challenger
18 Gossamer
18 Ajax (str.)
Foochow Shanghai
Do
Hankow
429
... 1,138,727
137
...
Shanghaj
Foochow
... 1,015,000
Do. Do Shanghai, &c.
969,110 1,184,400
2,200
928.400
798,700
1,255,041
... 1,000,857
Do.
843,500
Shangbai Do. Foochow
... 1,018,236
1,156,072
910,400
Hankow
$16,400
Foochow
789,600
36 Camboge (Fr. ml. str.) -27 Ajax (str.) -29 Emeu (m), str.)
3,356
217,080
* Gone ashore in the river Min. TO UNITED STATES,
From June 1 to May!
31, 1967
18 Golden Spar
19 Ada
30 Taiwan*
31 Whinfell
was not sufficient to kill her outright, and the sufferings she endured caused her to scream and cry out so much that one of the chiefs was forced, for his own com- fort (!) to take her into the jungle; he returned without her, and she was never more seen. The Wasp has brought over three
men and
one woman as prisoners. One of the men, calling himself Francis, confesses to have had a white woman living with him for four mouths. These people are detained by the captain of the Wasp until further orders.
About two and a-half years ago another brig was seized at the Great Nicobars, the captain and crew murdered, and a lady with two children taken on shore, probably treated in the same way as the former one, at all events, as far as daily life goes there, she is said still to be alive. The hopeful affair in this case is that, as the lady and children are on the Great Nicobar, and in the south-west monsoon which prevails Corresponding period just now, the canoes cannot cross over from Trinkut; the chances are, therefore, that relief will be given by one of our men-of-war before the rascals can despatch her in the same way as previously related. In the month of May, Corresponding period 1864, the threc-masted schooner Baillie Nicol Jarvie, Capt.
He has never been heard of Cowie, loft this for Rangoon, since, and it was presumed that he fell into the hands of some of these Nicobar savages. Some time ago it was reported here that Mrs. Cowie was seen in charge of some natives in the Nicobar Islands. Can it be that she is one of these unfortu-
nates enduring that miserable existence ? We are happy to say that conjectures do not point to such a conclusion, for dates are rather obscure on the matter, and indeed we hope so, for death would be preferable to being left to the tender mercies of the Nicobarians. January, 1855, the British ship Arrogant, of London, 550 tons, was cast away on the north end of Trin- cut. What has become of the crew of this vessel? Have they also been made victims of by these savages? That, too, is a question which it behoves our Goverment to elucidate, somehow or other.
A most pertinent question to all this is how is it that we have allowed these people, who are so to speak, quite our neighbours, to carry on their nefarious trade so long? Surely now that the whole affair has been brought to light steps will be taken to remedy it, if not adieu to our prestige in this part of the From the months of March to October the S.W. Archipelago. monsoon blows in the Bay of Bengal and from October to April the N.E. monsoon prevails. The months of April and October are variable. A ship in the SW. monsoon leaving any of the North-Eastern ports of the bay and bound for the Madras coast or Bombay fwill have to run down the East side of the Nicobar Islands, thence to the South; but if in the early part of the monsoon, say April, she would take the Sombrero Channel between Nangcowry and Little Nicobar, We would therefore remark that ressels taking this route, which is a usual one in the season we mention, might find themselves in this very neat of pirates with which we are now too well acquainted. Ships sailing from such ports and never again heard of might have their loss easily accounted for by falling into the bands of such scoundrels. The harbour between Nangcowry and Camorts is perhaps one of the finest harbours in the world. It is completely landlocked, and with deep water at its entrances. There is room for a large fleet of first-class vessels, and it is a wonder that such a valuable harbour has been so long neglected. We hope that now, as the Wasp has recently been there and reported upon the advantages of such a harbour, it will no longer be left in the hands of savages.
EXPORT OF TEA AND SILK TO GREAT BRITAIN. 1866-67 AND SEASON 1867-68.
From
Kawa
Foo-
& "Naga- hai kudi chow.
saki. Ilankow.
SILK Kana- From From From Canton, Total
Shang
Amty, Macao, ilus. Total,
Bales
From
30.
From June 1 to May 31, 1967. g Corresponding period
inst scason.....
June 1 Serien
Shiv.
1 Maitland 2 Belted Wil
3 Tueping
4 Deerfoot
4 Fiery Cross
1291501 66341487 47448475]
7219472 (51550071 47231350) 747284
SHIPMENTS SINCE.
From, Frochow
10.
Canton
Foochow Cauton
Fonchow
|15828946|118839408) 60063 ₤14593938 115838042 62899
937,000
... 1,147,900
... 1,004,800
1,090,900
725,300
911,000
Do.
1,376,500
7 Min
Canton
8 Ziba
Fuochow
924,634 737,400
9 Taltsing
Jo,
8 Flying Spur
No.
... 1,099,200 931,799
6 White Adder
lastseason
From Jane 1 to May
31, 1867
last season.........................)
Shanghai, &c.
Cauton Shanghai, &c.
SHIPMENTS SINCE. None. TO THE CONTINENT
SHMENTS SINCE.-None. TO AUSTRALIA. From Jane 1, 1866, to May 31, 1867 Corresponding period last year ...
From 1843 to 1844......
15
1815 to 1846.............
1850 to 1851..
1863 to 1854..
1865 to 1856,
1807 to 1858.
1968 to 1869..... 1859 to 1860...... 1860 to 1861
1861 to 1861. 1862 to 1963....... 1863 to 1884.......
1884 to 1885....
1865 to 1866.
1800 to 1867.
***
Fels. 34629528 575
31547497 376
Bales
214
1676397
3128410
... 11,030,715 lbs.
China
... 10,472,097
SHIPMENTS SINCE.None, TO GREAT BRITAIN.
Silk bales
Tea-lbs.
& Japan,
$1,022,600
67,334,200
18,604
77,327,800 01,280 02,240,300
63,972,000
22,143
50,481 76,990,255 65,316 83,134 85,560,459 €4,189 90,066,180
65,789,792
70,644
109,854,040 29.199
121,278,580
72,807
117,463,556
46.603
121,256,870
92,313
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
116,233,043 62,880 (118,538,408 50,052
Private.
49. útd. | 19. 630, to 48, 643.
6r. 34d. to 68. 34d.j6s. 4. to 69. vid.
48.5kg.
(For dates, are first page.]
Bank.
At Yokohama At Shanghai
4 months* sight.
1
ditto
At Cantou
4
ditto
4 ditto
G ditto
At Hong Kong At Macao
At Singapore
At Mania.
48. 61d.
48. 53L
4s. 8d.
45. €40. 45. id.
At Shanghai, bills on India, Rs. 311 to 315 per 100 taels. At Hong Kong, Rs. 221 to 222 per $100. Bar Silver at Shanghai, tis. 111.8.0; at Hong Kong, 11 per cent. premium, Mexican dollars at Shanghal, tls. 75.2.0 per 100; and exchange on Hong Kong, 28 to 29 discount. Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank shares, 3 to 3 dis.; Gas Company, par; Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock, 19 to 29 per cent., prem.; Union Dock Company, 27 per cent. dis.; China Traders' Insurance, 14 per cent. premium.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths. (Announcements for subscribers are made free of charge.) BIRTHS. BORING-On the 9th Angust, at Larkbeare, Exeter, the wife of John C. Bawring, Esq., COLLINS-On the 28th June, at Hong Kong, the wife of Mr. Charles Collins, of a son, CHAWFORD-On the 20th June, ut Hong Kong, Mrs. D. R. Crawforil, of a daughter.
of a son.
MARRIAGE.
WOOD-BENTON.On the 7th August, at the parish church of Wakeßeld, Yorkshire, hy the Rev. C. E. Camidge, Ma, Joseph Leach Wood, of Barnsbury, London, and late of Foochow, China, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Benton Rorbury, near Wakefield, Yerks. No cards.
DEATHS.
BEAD*TT-On the 19th June, at Shanghai, Edward Burdett, aged 86 years. PATON-On the 19th June, at Shanghai, David Paton, aged 81 years. WOOLLEY-On the 17th June, at Shanghai, John Woolley, aged 30 years, major in the Imperial service, for some tiree in charge of the Orduance Department at Nanking
REPORT.
COMMERCIAL
CHINA IMPORTS.
HONG KONG. A considerable improvement has at length taken place in the market for Grey Cotton Goods and the Chinese have been buyers to a large extent. This is probably owing to the very small stocks on hand, of which the dealers seem only now to have become suddenly aware, Sales of Yarn have been on a large scale, particularly in the first part of the fortnight. In the last few days the market has been quieter, but it closes steady, and no change can be made in quotations. Grey Shirtings have been in great demand, and have been sold to the extent of about 82,000 pieces, the largest settlements of these goods which have been made in one fortnight for upwards of eighteen months. An advance in prices of about 10 cents all round has been established, and the market closes very tirm, with a steady demand. There have been a few sales to foreigners on speculation. T-cloths have again advanced about 10 to 15 cents per piece, and there White have been large sales both of goods on the spot and to arrive. Shirtings have shared in the general improvement only to a very small extent; rates are slightly firmer. Fancy Cottons remain completely neglected, and prices tend downwards. Woollens: Spanish Stripes, Long
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