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MAIL SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1611, 1888.

THE PROPOSED HONGKONG LOAN. fihe measures he has adopted to discourage the barniar brightly. The light reported bors on) Bo-xomined by Me Lenob-I have examined bridgy with me. I stopped the ship by mosas of the fore rigging er hat 60 feet from the bogatite. The evidenes of the manter of junis was unsatisfactory in the extreme. pread of poppy cultivation, Hia deviest N.E. Our He all it wrist be the light of a | theso Chinasa Lantarsa, ind i have span that the the selsgraph about four or five gends after I If we had oontians full spend I are sure dr. Lordship will remember he shuffled and In connection with the subject of the pro- as the merit of aimplicity, and his state car, and he called the captain, who ordered wicks are only about the size of a good sized first saw the junk, and I parted the holm. A should not have lured the junk; we should

hands up. They burned" paper torcher He penholder. My vessel is 335 fast lang. Toen Manilaman rasut the holy. The blering of the | hayo cut into her garter and emashed her utterly; varied history, particularly in point of time. nosed Loan en have had access to certainment of it shows common seng, and modera only saw cus whits light approaching until only guess at the speed of the junk. I do not whistle, the atopping of the ship, sad the order probably we should bare sared no Kves. Hat First he gave one account of how many times b feares which are of camillership interest. Lin. He says that he ordered the sex immodicely before the pollision; when a red think the mere bumping of the jais alongside to port the helia watu all immediately one after we also start:ded we could not bare possed or happened to nome up out of his cabin on the

First ho said ha.. The colony is going to brow £200,000, and officials to set him in a return of the nees of light was shown, and the whistle was pounded. would have bumped in the outer of the steam the ather as quick as I could give hen I did stern olear, as the junk was too close and to broatright of the collision, and then hogare a roped

derated 1 The

not expect to avoid the antlision and the reason on the bow. I gave the information for writing account when cross-examined. cultivation, No new The paper forobes were kept baraing for about pipa. ph whether it would be me

By the Court-I could see luss than half a maña. I gave the orders to stop al port was to let the the adjourament now. He had three or four came up at two occasions, then outbroo emansions. Adrant +2009 borrow here at 41 per cent. (8 dollar

Crase-examennd-After reporting the light The steam pipa is before the fore rigging, abontjak slip along oar side. She was too broad on withoners to call, two watchmen and a helmeman. First he said he heard the report of the light at I did not use the man ear bows for us to star boned. If I had reversed and Thoir evidence would be abort, and the oase canld 4 am. And then he put it at 20 or 25 minutes to is to be exacted from Ong Ho waited a minute or se to see if it was100 feet shaft the stom. three baalists.DË

Dizaliels. of rice town.) The verge of the payments mado each farmer, according to the quality of his that of a steamer before calling the captain, ooit on board: they toll man of him being thereported the bolne it, would have tended to throw easily be finished the next day.

Had the oar bows more over to starboard, but at the samo The boaring was again adjourned to 10.30 nert The collision took place at four o'clock, and after we had furled in the rails the Oresen Arests during

question which has been discussed is a isti besowy was poppy seed, but whore half an hour. Witerst lost all his atauts. er to borrow in London at 4 per cent, it is already in the ground, a fine of two or

at home in

in gold by

the rat five years has tes £1,708, w crop, this rice being turned into the public they were taken on board' the star about six, eaits of the juuk been braadside an to me I should, time it would have stopped one way and broaght morning.

for

payment contribution:

1875,

abandon it,

!

room.

11th September.

_!_ayerige_sf] no longer pays, they very soon tires. It any one rolieval kim đazing that time nor stara. The wind was X, E. We were stear- included, the payments were £200,000, ority of land so employel" The plan ply to further.questions.the witness adhered to about to wound, by the Commander's orders, wheu moment we arrived in Hongkong. I bave entry in the leg. Searcoly a minute slapacd brightanglostothemselves coming down N., while

go clear

of eur

here is another inst that may be those three provinces proven in Gght when he heard it reported, bai the steers were about 25 miles to the N.E. of Tarnabent. believe it was the contact with the platform of rashed the platform, perhaps fifty seconds, but Iust have been standing still the steamer did

that a dollar loan would be better for the

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I sont with him tha man who

tor

sae the junk until about a quarter to five.

siderable auspicion, having regard to the way in which the witnesse gavo their evidenes and the

up the Colonial Treasure will28 to sen that the demolition of the fair, bouse bere throwing tha ergo overhaul and did not had to give it up because she lurchat about so, I we had to pass it round the main mast, which was heard the whistle, The distance from one to the that they knew very well they must be found to

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'elnek. First he said he was called by his folge and then he said he came up of his own no- cord Then you had tho svidence of the sailing master, which was much of the same character. granaries as a provision against famine. Der seven o'clock. In the interest the crow was probably have seen then a fhird, or perhaps half the junk ander one bowe. From the time I

Both he and the Captain of the ship persisted in first saw the jauk to the moment of the collision to pay annually for military contribution, at this tests the four that the poppy will angugod in jettisoning coal. After the enllision a mile of

ene thing and that was that they put the position the current rate of the day. £20,000. These dangerously diminish the cereal crops ie they did not drop their anchor, and the anila re- M. J. Dabbs said-I am second floor of the was from thirty to forty-five seconds.. I had no

of the junk and the position of the steamer at opportunity of looking at the stock, I saw the two suma are therefore equivalent old Goved against, And, to aga tité maized set. There were about ten men on deck Phibet, and hold a master's porlificete. F'am

to a gold mot and

The hiring of the notion was continued to-day. right sugles; and avery witness on bohaif of the garded

27 years of age. Roughly speaking I have been collision. Ity course was South-wort inducement to when the light was first reported. "the worda, The fatal amount

The witness here abowod by models the posi Mr. 1. B. Spence said-1 no the third on plaintiffs hae stuck to that position. And every from 1865. lo

By the Anting Attorney-General-He could about lifteen years at sea. "I femember the moru- engagain poppy calivation being simply a

ing of the 12th June. I was on the upper bridge tion of the vessels at the moment of contact, the ginger on the Thibét. On the 12th Fans, at the witness has reiterated again and again that they both geare includet, was £220,000, or, paid question of profit, when the farmers find it on all the people on deak.

By His Lordship-Lum Kai Sai at the from 12 to 4, walking about. The weather was how of the junk striking the port how of the line of she collision, I was on duty in the engine saw none of the lights of the stormer except the here $1,099, 145.60, giving

The Best I hard was that the whistle white light, save the moment boform the collision, rudder all the time from one o'clock to balf-past, overcast, with occasional chowars of rain, no morn steamer. 893,558. From 1876 to 1885, hath roars and

and the scheme adopted by the

Evidenco continued-There is mark wherable, and then the telegraph went "stop." This wheathered light was near. If their count in already wealted in a diminution of the Land Sai still romaiund of the place. In ming B. 15 W., commonly speaking B. 17. I was the jauk struck 24.

1. examined our bow the wit at 3.54 m. The second euginger made theirus, that they saw the steamer 19 or 14 li off at paid here, 31,074,227.37, giving an averago

"If we won the blowing of the whistle and the order they were going N.W., then they must haro 3860 of $1074

422. The i

total payments as home above sketched oat is so eimple that it may hin criginal statement that Lam Kai Sai (who the collision took place. I could not say acour doubt about the point of contact. for he twenty-one years mount to the sun be followed by other provincial governors had said in his evidenes that he wont to the rudi staly what time is order was given, but about a hal struck the jeak with our stom ofess to to stop. I carried out that order as quickly the red or gress light or bath at the same timeas stteration whatever in the white light; it came of $2,103,372.97. Consequently, whether we But in all probability it will become nader at half-past there was there all the time and quarter to foar. I'voulant say eurately what the foreinast wo would have out right through as possible. It took about 10 savonds to bring the white light. Also they all mid they saw no

He was then asked to mark time the captain osmo upon the bridge, but about the jauk When the collision took plzes the engines to a dead stop,

By the Aoting Attorney-General-When the straight down on them. Now, what were they borrow dollars here

antheons relieved him. gold in Lindon the cessary to increase the duty levied on the the directions of the tow vessels, but he could not half past three. I pasted a steamer at two, and I pat the balm amidshipa. which woull whistle bew I was in the stokehale attending to doing? One witness states they had a fresh fact is that the money borrowed has to be astive drug, as it will otherwise ere lag bemaks the lines intorscot giving them the dive some read with a while light shortly before help to let the junk paid, the greater part in London, and the come an article of export from Szechuan, tin he had stated in his aridonos.

three. Between three sad the time I left theaters. While sliding aft ebe struck several ob the boilers. I wont immediately to the starting breeza and were going 13 or 14 fi an hour. Thu whole of it in gold within two y

Yunnan, and Shineking to the other pro By Captain Thamat-Wits could see the bridgs I nothing whatever. At that time we stractions, such as the boats and davits, and I gear, and the order came almost immediately same witness also, when he was asked " Must yan rards the annual military contribution of viners.

Dilitus. Ass

Ak prestat the drag £20,000, bere

locamin could not be so he was sitting down. Our bond was S.W, then, and the wind about the gangway which onrried atmay har forse suit a minute to be on the right side. I not alter ber course and came straight down an were very heavily laden." According to their interesting

know. This annual payment consumption, but now the foreign opium is The stenrsinan sat down while he was steering. NE. We were going about twelve kuals. We mast The most was ant carried away in the kuo uething of the collision myself. I did not you?" said "we were going on little by little, we

inen 1865. Assuming the

in the so heavily bandicapped, the

He would hear the light raportad at the sanie hart two lookout men on the watch The arst collision but was shaken. I got the sails up aud has been made sinen

By His Lordship-I did not hurry from the nwn story set forth in their preliminary act it is par value of be dollar to be four shillings, are likely to try if Hative pronicars time sa witness, bat he could not love the rod- I heard before the collision was the whistle, and I ranaled to the jak as fast as possible. I had stokohole to the platform when I heard the perfectly manifest that if their story is true as evonot seguid der to go and look at it, and the bafwark was so then the sound telegraph to the ongines. I had no intention of abandoning the junk. After I whistle. I marety went because I thought it to the relative positions of the steamer and the the colony has paid the money in dollare market for their produce in neighbouring high tust be could act see it from the rudder, then looked at my watch. In take the time of the bad blown the whistle the junk flared a torch ag might la messary, not because it is usqal, and junk, no collision could ixara possibly happened ahore the par nate during seven years, and provinces. No doubt the Chinese Governaren if he fifted up his head.

soundings. I had hardly got the watch back to

and then whom the collision took place most I think about a minute elapsed from the blowing They are bound by what they have stated in Wong Kan said he was a seaman on the junk: my pocket when this onenered. I ra and looked of the men ware during the hat ten years the payments have ment have taken note of the question, and

thrown on their backs

their preliminary act. and they mantully stuck been made in dollara below par.

are on the alert to save their revenue, only he was awakened by the captain and sailing over the port side and saw a junk drift by on and the light was extinguished. I saw no of the whistle to the order to stop.

Antonio Boss suid-I am boatswain on board to it under cross-azamination. I think your the Thibet. On the 12th Jane, about twelve Lordship will have so difficulty in coming to the In view of the above figures is there they would doubtless profer, if possible, to master, who asked the area to come up because the side. The tiron by my watch was then 3.50. Eght as the junk was bamping alongside. that tina tho boats obseured my any advantage in a dollar Jon for compel & further reduction of duty in India there was a light on the north-east side. He I was between the gangway and the stern of the but a

saw the light seven or eight li off. He saw that vossal. Whon I fist ww.the junk she was for- As soon as the junk passed as we minutes to four, I werd on deck, and as I turned conclusion that theiroviderer, on that point is not round close to my onbin I heard a kacok on the to be trusted at all. Thou yon Laserariņus disere- which the colony would have to pay half before moving in the unttar.

the stop at the stern of the junk was burning, ward of me. I tant a good look at her: I coat shortened sail and rounded the ship-doing both ship's side. Just before this I had beard the pancies and alterations in the evidence relating to par cent. more interest than the rate at

and flare up lights were also barat.

not say whether I watched her till she was past: together. I had not sem Turnabon: Island at

gong and the whistle almost at the same time.the position of the moa ou the ship, the posi which the money exuld he borrowed it

Br Mr. Loch-La Kai Sai was at the helm I do not think I did. I could see plainly on this time, but sun is after words Wo ran back I cannot say which was firat. It was one or two ton of the cavin. the position of the man at the gold in London? This depands, LA YO-

THE CHUNGKING RIOTS.

when witness went up. Arather man was close hoard her. but I saw no light. I ran for the about two miles to the junk, and then about a minutes after I heard the whistle and the gong helm, and the position of Oug Ho. And speak- garde actual gain or lise, on the course

to him. The Biry up lights were burnt on top of bridge, and when I got upon the ladder the cap-quarter to six we saw Tarnabout Island Was that. I heard the knock. My cabin is on the ing of Ong Ho, your Lordship must have been The missionary troubles at Changking are the cabin. Cualdsay how long it was after the tain gare the order to shorten sail, which offer we saw the island wo were about ifteen alles starboard side about treaty yards from the bow. struck by the way he gave his aridades. First, of the silver market, but what we have contended is that a dalhr load would possess reported to be near, chiefly, perhaps, because burning of the flare up lights at the collision was carried out andar my supervision. After from the place of the collision and the island I heard the knock on the port side abreast of my he said he was on his way to bale net the water

He that I wart upon the bridge. I saw nothing

was twelve to fifteen miles distant, making the The advantage of certainty, and that it is the most of the missionaries have withdrawn to took placa. He kuer Bothing abon! titas.

on amo-clothes and then went on deck again. ting down, then he said he was up on the top of duty of the Government to eliminate from Ichang. Further reports as to the cause of sug about two man being lot, bawion of the junk then. ad I do not remember how total distatics ander thirty miles. I did all fatis. I immediately into my cabin to pat when he saw the light, then he said he was sit- its accounts as far as possible the element of the disturbancen have bean called for by the they got on board the steamer therre saly long after that it was when I say the junkacsin. i could to get to the junk after the collision. While in my cabin I looked at my clock and the cabin, and when you come to the evidenon of

The daylight was breaking when Esaw her again; It was about half an hour after the collision that

saw it was aina mixtas to four. When Inuother witness.you find that he was near the doubtful exchange. Now that silver seema acting Viceroy of Szechuan, who hay, in on-seventeen of them.

Lim Tui said haw4,5 samen on the junk, were lose to her. I want right up to her in I any the junk again and then it took me some-

on on dook again the junk was abroast the main- when the light wax first seau. Or touched bolton

and to be on the joustion with the Tartar Genorat, issued and had bun so for a years. He was du watch best manned by Chinais gig boys, and we took time to get to windward of her. By the help of jelly host and getting sleer. I got ordera to more they are agreed about the light at the bigbread to rehabilitating there i

asian there is lose cbjec. proclamation denouncing the rioters and from on n'clock to thres on the morning in quos back a sasa. I had orders from the plain to taylight I saw a lamp, but I do not know whether

shorten sail and lower a boat. I was present storn. They have como into the Court here oza tion to borrowing in gold than there was when brentoning with sumatary death any persons on. The rht was burning brightly. I was sortain the damage, and if the jaak was lit burning. I sent the second offer in when the junk mor were taken ou board the after another and have said positively that they silvar

certain the damaged steamer. They brought some clothes with them, had a light burning at the stern, oh as it was descending a declivity to which detected in fomenting disorders or inciting to relieved by Wong Fa, and they want to sleep. right I was to pat he wau an bosed. Iorised heat to the jenk W&

Evidently the high Proriabinl A-He was awakened by the ailing mastar, and the junk, and found the foremaat gene, the bow report to me.

and I heard the optain tell the gig boy to toll Ons of the witnesses said the wick was the sine there appeared to be no end. Although the outs in carnear in their deterorization heobe pot ap ww that are up lights werebing damaged, with the wood work hanging out,climbed up on to our rassol, and told the spot them bring all their goar. One of the men of a pencil. They have stated also that they matter may therefore perhaps ba considered by the a practiently not worth further Gobling for, as a matter ofjin Chuneking, though the lower ofisins of. wilunss could not say how far. The steamer i judge the size of the guðk, bat sh› struck me as leave him there. Tlus second fear retarned cared the man I went around the how to see what Iziskup will view these statements with con..

was the matter and I saw one of the pipes from principle we still adhere to our contention have throughout been very lukewarm in the collided with the junk Cult at ang what being a small junk. I notion that her planks and reported to me. I hauled the bout up

wara decidedly cotton about where the hole in and got ready to take the junk in length of time elapsed between his coming on

the w. u.smashed it. I also found a rope on the Whether the mandarins are deck and the collision

iko bow was. I do not remember whather she

manevring to put our stern over the jank's desirous colony. There is vot an elemnant of doubt fequ

of doing

By W lameb-A watch lastot between two hid bulwarks. I judged she would keep adat how close enough to have a line. I took barre nuctor by the break of the forecastle head, sy when they were cornered they altered their in tha Cature of silvur. Although such a thing sionsrips sting Vicaray in his pnefametines wil gases was no watch. Lum Kai Sai was a minutes, after which I returned to the steamer. and the collision had taken place at fourt. I cut daty to 650 Avery morning that the vessel is told about the tins. is a very extraordinary matter alto- and thra hours. It was fine weather all the some time, and I put the win on board Again in tow, and from the time of swing fust which I produce. It is Chiunea rope, and not story. Then there is another curious ciroun. I know the pipe stance in the evidence. They all seemed to be such as we use on the rossel. I should judgo I was there about eight Foasting her adrift was on boar, from fiva to six, ' was not dented before, buvo it is part of my very fond of either looking at the elock or being. may appear highly impalable it is neverthegether. The less possible that the Curroner Counsion tion endeavours to place the primary reapon the helia warn witnes cus on dok. He was

I there reported the state of the junk, and the junk adrift because I said not to her clean inside and outside.

thing on hard ajzak that the time should be recently appointed may report against silver, silility for the entire ontbreak on the British standing or the starboard side, not sitting down

Wo towed her he was adderlena and there seus no plzen at the During the time bel the collision and got up a haysor to tow her.

By Cat Acting Attorney-General--I was be known so well, or remembered so wel; it is some. In which wase the metal will deste ut tu still an American missionaries. Es says:- ting du vored the summer they for about a quarter of a hout. but whows to which we sauld bind down the ropa, astram the valer inset and my cabin when I what suspicious und rather leads to the cousin tion lower depths than it has yet tonaled. If

"Know than all ye people

ve people of Chungking, on the other hard the dollar conti

other is sight feat. I was too far off to hear blama if they had not got suoient light bd anything to try to are their fat and would not sleer. We then hand the jak almost amidships. Her be bad beasthed at by the the military students was brought about by the time they were taken to board the damer up to the ship and took her crew on board. I up against our side. Whent found she would at the telegraph to the engine room. The kurek to warn the steamer in time Therefore соде with that marked in their gold, the action of the America and British they were afraid they would nos hable to save helped some of them on board They had every tow I took the mea from the junk os board. They heard was a pretty severe ons. The pipe that they factofthe loan having

advantage is, but this possible about raced i

in their lives, and what did they ears about their opportunity of bringing everything on board, did nothing to help. I did not go the Carowin

was deutsd is just under the spare aacher and minda, and all of them give very similar us they mars, missiouaries, inasmuch as parsisted more than counterbalanced by the crainty establishing themselves in parts of the city clothes then? He took nothing on board the brought something, and most of them do overboards, all the toy ourde der har abreast of my vabia. What I mean is the cover evidence about the lights and the time. But

which the inhabitants set great store, sorpt so extra jackes has wors while on watah. which would attend a collar loan. With a

stemmer with him beyond his ordinary glochas

stern wecould seallthecon on heard. When they of a soupper. It is not a steam pips. The reps the moment you take them away from the question They became thus

ponsible for beginning

Cross-examined by the Auting Attorney-Gon-came on beard my No. 1 gir boy acted as inter could not have been caught by the spare annbor of lights and time their stories not taily at dollar loan the colour could have to repayey

B. His Lord saip-Lau Kai Soi Pas steering oral-I could not say how far off the steamer I proter. I asked them if they had got what they if our hers had struck the junk and the junk all. There is one other uptsworthy point, and exactly the amount borrowed plus interest, the feud, and the outbreak may Fairly during witness'n waton. Thara were fan men in spoke of passed as The yeasal with a white ligh wanted from the junk, and some of our mea had them gone bumplag- along one side, bosum that is the rank of any midence of the man whe whereas with a gold ton we may have to re be attributed to these circumstances. We charge of the ruliar, one standing and one sit passed as, I should say, in ville to two miles aff. volunteered to go down again if they wanted

in that case the tapa would have been caught by is alleged to have been on the look-out with Ong "One witness stated he had gone bome. pay more or less according to the rate of ex-are bound in duty to search out the right tar dowa Wher, the storm was tired he he was on the port hand. I did not see the anything I thought I saw the muster of the the anchor in use, and not by the spare anchor Ho change. That the money borrowed is all to aud strong of the car, lost the chapels of would call the offer man' in halp him. When side lights, atyre bura big shadie quis fruit and pushed sign is dans later langisted. The former so brule font forests of the let the chat was no uso ist, for not grad acing nation or

nationalities be spent in London within two years ia ant would not be in accordance with rich he would call out and go sonobedy to relieve difference I notioad in the engines was their the jonk sinking when she was under our storn. Thibet. I was oo watch from two to four on the by detaining the man himself His pridanen

Jack Pedro said-I am an able seaman on either by de bore should in tara suffer, one of the man on watch wasted to role opium which seasrally gives There appeared to be no immediate of rial fact. What we have to look to you bast investizabel the

stoppage after the whistle sounded. I did I asuld not see the bottom of the junk on socoaut da is is the repayment to the lenders, which is to Wast

Your officials av

To Fit him.

***This closed the vase for the plaintiffs, not see the junk come into contact with of the coal, but she appeared as if she might bra erning of the cotition. I saw the junk at a would have been very important if he was not quarter to four. She had no light. I struck the asleep. He was the man on the look-out who bo made in instalmas ending over

Mr Leech, in spesing the cas for the defence, the ship, but I imagined whas I saw her that floated for hours. The junkon all brought geng, and at the same time I beard the whistle, ought to have seen the stammar's light frat twenty years. Let oustinp.ar that as the and acted accordingly. Each of you, whether it bach, in ceainetest. I did or she had been a avut not with us. She was up something with them, either baudes or The night was very dark, with no stare visible. There is one other point in the plaintiffs' viale. tine. the lot of £200000 ater!

aterling is chirontert or

ur sat, is equally the senderly bored extremely short, boxes 1 foal the acidemes that close atragside, about the main rigging, when I smali tuzes, at he waster had his foss. The jan struck us on the gort side. I was on ment which is rather sportant, as I think it tracted the rate of exchange is 38. 3d. son of a homeror If van he wenon has to be given is far more important than any

saw her. Iesald not ba sara which way ber It is hard to say what the size of the junk was,

the forecastle bead. She struck as by the spare really substantiates the evidence of the Captain Parret to dotlary-the-£200,000 ward beculling fox, gata pantoffisle and attenant anak, Lill only address one head or which was her stern, they are so mach but I should say fifty to seventy teas. I could not anchor Jaat before striking she showed of the Thibet. They persisted nearly all of them, $1,230,760. If a dollar

see the height of her aides. I should say she had bamboo light. A seatuan named Adam was on in telling you they were stearing a N.W. course of this amount your complet. But you will not be suffered care to your Lordshipon the ter aspect of the alike, but I tras under the impresion that her loan

head was pointing in the same direction as cars. no bulwarks at all, only a raised water way, watch with me.

or somewhere near that, and that they had the were contracted wo could purchase the gold to nurse your bitter. falinnaand work bovine (2480, and that is, that the plaintiffs in the pre I was the near the misson rigging. I cannot piszking a few inches high. On a nigh: biko

act have stated they had not got the re

By the Acting Attorney-General-The wind wind on the N.K. Therefore what Captain in the London market, and would kur that and destruction at your will. Thep followgulation lights, but they turn round and say give you the distance that is from the riora; I the one in question if the junk had had a light, was nearly fair for na Whon I went on the indie has told you about the sails being in Lie sunt to be repaid would be exactly Te is easy to see, from the foragaing, that fary regulations." I shall submit that the most sailor wild understand from that where I was a mile or two "

thethreats of condign and capital punishment. We charge you with a brewah of mortain stata chanot give you any better ides than that; any or had used fares up, I should have seen them

watch I was told to keep a good lookout for line with the mast is in ali probability what examined the bow of my Taruatout Taland on the starboard side. I saw would exselly be the position of their sails. $1,230,769. But, the loan being in ster the Saccharn authorities a prepati of the goveral maritime law, and not of the atatu.milar, and I don't know what the missen rigging įing of the stempipe was dentad io. The jank thres s'clock, and reported it. It went aft of sailing at right angles to the wind.

The Acting Attarnay-General---I am at 3 ateamer after the collision, and I saw the cover- they enald charge m with would be a bronch of

a light a long way off on the pert bow before They were not close-haulert bnt they ware would make no impression on our side at all, . When I first saw the junk we came into enl- mit, therefore, that this tallies in a curious maining stationary it ukes another down-course it is impossible for us to say if the tary rogulations, beezano there must ba sama ia

Witness-Well I runot tell you saything only take the paint of. The dent is there still, thim with any was very close to us, not farther way with the statement made by Captain wird tero and before the expiry of the Chinese have any real saase of complaint in ramiprocity; they cannot say We not not

I cannot swear of my own knowledge that it than our forumist was from where I was standing Malle. I think your Lordship will have, apart Joannesunto 23. 64. The advantage of the the action of the missionaries in aneking to oury lights, but you mast". 3 shall rotar more than the

The Acting Attorney-General—Oh, you and was not there before, but some of my cow can. on the forecastle head. I saw her sails shaking from the evidence of the defendants, considerable Theyin detail to the cases on this point in summing lower rate of exchange would in that casa occupy prominent positions

The junk lonkeä rory old and rotten I hate when she got quite eloso. It was not the saila dificulty in seeing through the fames of opiam sink into insignificance compared with the bad at Foothon, the celebrated Wu Shilp. nud particularly to ous cass which not only not look at the captain.

Witness can if I like.

beer over 30 years at sea, and about three years I saw first, simply a dark object. She was that have arisen from the junk. But I think loss in exchange. A short time ago, when Shan case

The Acting Attoriky Oɔneral-Oh, no, you entirely on the China coast. I have passed glass coming on ttain facts which are very remarkable as illustrat

Us. I could tell which there is no doubt the evidanes on behalf of the reason to thinking the taste of this pensent cass. Now, the Atary cannot.

to junks before, but thay have always helped me was the how and which the stern. Tho Thibet will clear away that swoke entirely. Now, that the objection was only r

The witness oppoated la bis Lordship na to when they say I was bolpless by lufleg up and it seemed bat improbable that the dollar

gong wont first and then the whistle. From the what is the case mads out by the Thibet? That, would continue to fall for some time to The Mercury correspondent positively assaria Loristap in evidemus, is shortly this: Ou the weather he had dens anothing wrang

wearing roonil. About Formosa the junk are the I saw the junk to the moment of the colli-as I stated in opening the enso, the Thibet wou Mr. Tegels You can look wherever you plaase very loose about their lights, the bigger half of rice was a tuituto and a half. I was looking coming from Nagaki down the Formen chan come, though we never lost faith in its ulti-that the fengakui bugbear was not rained right of the 12th Jane the Thibet, on a royage

then carry no lights. We koop a particular look down on the junk sy she struck our ship. nal, stearing S.W., with the wind N.E., with her mately rising to its proper value of aar 4s, or until after the American Missian bad hanght from Nagasaki to Hongkong, was presading on the floor, up at the ceiling, anywhere.

Cross-oxamination continued-I cannot be out for that purpose. If bad weather. I and the Re-examined-If the juak hand had lights I square sulla sot, bor foresail olevel up so that thereabouts. At present the probabilities their ground, and that when they pumbare down the Formanss Channel steering abort 8. W

second offices are always both on the bridge. I would have gask her further off. It was not antil they might see perfholly bafore them, with the point in the direction of a rise. What the it the magistrate stamped their deal and with the wind dae E. and with all her squars are now whether the junk's foromast was stand

elsset. The Captain was on tea hidge and thereing at the time he passed us, but I am see I should not consider it had weather at the time of the was knocking against as that she showed a wind if anything a little on the port side. About members of the Legislative Council

received bis fee for doing so without com were two watchmen pa the lankost, and up to saw no light. The rotten wood I aw was the the collision; it had been before.

light.

balf-past three o'clock in the morning. Captain look at, therefore, in considering whether ment or any bint of a possible difficulty in within a very short spues of time of the collision ends of the planting. They were absit of where Cross-examined by the Acting Attorney-Gooze- "Adum maid-I am a seaman on the Thibet. I Mudie went on the bridge virtuady to relieve the decision of the Secretary of State that the the fatore. The correspondent goes on to re- itself nothing whaters www soen of the jank und the bow should have been. The bow, above wa-al-The lamp this junk had is of the asuol put was on watch with the last witness at the time the sound office. The night was overcast and loan must be in sterling should be acmark: Thore stands on a piece of ground no lights were visible at ali. The moment the tar, was carried away. When I got on boted the torn carried by Chinees auks. They are asanlly of the collision. I want an watch at three dark. He sends the secrad officer to take the quiesced in or whether another for should adjoining the American Mission a large Junk was reou by the Captain, almost simultane row ware making supplicular moests with very hud, and can hardly be seen As a rule o'clock. It was a dark night-to store and no soundinge, ufter having been up there about tou

their hands. The man boarded for steamer. The double building, & sart of temple belonging cusly with the man on the lookout, the reng Fas

I think it was about a quarter to four minutes; sad about five minutes after that time be made on behalf of a do lar loan, is whe banane socety known as the Persounded and the Captain blow the whistle. Ha did not mave to leave in ... brat although we they supplement them with torches, otherwise mou

they would generally not be seen. I saw -nowlea-I-first saw-the junk-Pedro and I saw her be for the first time sees a junk on his port bów, ther exchange promises to be sufficiently to

light on this junk; it is possiblo sho tight have at the same time. She had no light. Pedra He says he could not tell exactly how far off the etable to warrant the contraction of a gold tang, and in front of their premises there is a woollision was inevitable, and what he motioned him off.

18thought best to do was to give the order to stag Joan. As a question of principle we mainssin pui-low or widow' monument, of consider and port the keim, theroby Roping to leggen the ting post fort behind him? The nigorous The entrants about this part ara vers unese tain. port s-da uraidships, not far away from me. She hundred yards more or less,

Wers not your mations rather vigorous put had the light described and yet we did not so it sounded the gour. The junk struck us on the junk might have been; it might be two or thre

At the same time able height, the loan aught to be igailver, but it is not a

Ire besides namorous

namorous fores of the collision. There will be considerable work, as the ass was running pretty bigh at that and I was looking for Tarnabout Light, which did not abow a light batore the collision, but as he sees it be blows the whistle and the matter in which it would be worth whits to country-bousas round about. Now, if the evidence giren to Your Lordship about what time.

we renerally pass our the port side. I was look showod one after.

gong wounds from the bow, indicating to fight for a mere theory if there seemed to be position loss any influence on the fengst af took place after the collision, but I don't proposs Mr. William Welle Wileon id-I am chiefing for it when I saw tho jaak. The junk was By the Acting Attorney General-I wont on him that there was a vossal on the port bow, s0 I shall now place engineer of the Thibet I was not on caty st | with hersalla edge on to me. Had it not been that watch at the same time as Pedro. Ima fight that putting Captain Mudia's evidence with no prospect of actual loss by going against the district, how does it happen that there to go into it in detail nay. the theory,

buildings

the time of the collision, oraspt my canal faty | the sails wera edge on I think I should have soon far off not long after I went on watch. It was the evidence of the two watobman they seem If the Captain Mudie in the witanas hoy. the granng ATA ON

The watchman, American Mission bad

Captalu Mudie sail-Ou the 12th Jone I was to be walled at any time. I was in my berth them a third of a mile or so distant. I was go on the port side. We struck the gang for that totally in a remarkable way. builk B

on a toyage from Nagasaki to Hongkong. I before the gollision and was awakened by the ing about my usual spoot 12 knots, I over light. I do not know whather it was a juuk of course, Bay they saw the junk considerably or lower dansenting the other buildings went on the upper bridge at lirif-post: three sound of the whistio. I thought it meant for charged my buring's towards hor. I maintain light, or a steamer light. I had veosived orders nearer than Captain Mudie. Capiain Madie wa THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND

we could have understood the

ness c'clock that morning to see the state of the was coming on, and 1 did not get up 45 one that if we could bare seen them the juuks sails to look out for Turnabout light on the starboard on the bridge some distason from the bow, and raising objections, bat under the NATIVE OPIUM.

cir weather and look out for Turnabout Light. The In less than a minute, barerer. I got up on my would have bean edge on to us for ten minutes side. When I saw the junk I was on the port therefore it would appear very much nearer to cumstances, it certainly looke very much soond officer, the offour of the watch Dabbe-knees and looked ont of the port, and I saw the before the collision. The vasele struck early side leaking towards the starboad kide. Up to the mon on the watch than to him, but it was a Aboat ten stom of a jouk go past me, I could so her st right angles. If we had not ported just be the time of the collision the jurk showed no dark night sa I think your Lordship will agreeit. The large increase in the duty on Foreign a though the official complaint is a purely was or the bridge at the time. opium which is sanctioned by the Additional frivolous one. The Cuinese Authorities are minutos afterwards 1 told the second officer to maste, one of which was hanging over the bow. fore the collision we should have struck at right light; she skewed one oftor, lantern on ths would be almost impossible for them to giveaz

I had not keen the light at The other two vero standing. I could 900 o sugies. The junk's sails were trimmed for a stern.

correct distance for the junk. Captain Mudia Article to the Chefoo Convention signed in Catholics were not to binuo iu any way for that ti

reported to bave admitted that the Roman go aft and sand.

I had virtually come up relieve little of her dock at the store. I then went wind abeam; rather free, not close dualed. Had Re-examined by Mr. Leach-I could not see tells you that almost simultaneously as he blow July, 1885, a calculated, as we have on previous the riots, and

presumably the

the loss

of the watch. I saw Dabbs before leaving the engines were just stopping, and did not make should have avoided a collision. I base said I the junk at first, but when the jank showed a pat hard-a-port and rang the telegraph to the OCCRCIODS

couraging the production of

the carrying out of that order, and although without demur. The question as to their wind N.B. We were under stem and sail, both. 3.55, and I told the subangiuser to put down in their duty to help me, but it is for them to help By His Lordship naw no lantern. The there may be and probably always will be in a liabilety for the damage done to the property We hud all the square saile set, and the plows of the book 3.54, thus allowing a miunte for the themselves because a big stemmer cannot always light I saw might have been paper. It was held on like this some Title difference sa to time- the dy, i tras, but so lightly that of the Protestant missionarios will doubtless the foressil wars bauled up. There was nothing time that had elapsed between the time of the get out of the way of a small asset when they up by some ons.

x to the time that elapsed between the whistling. opium will be unable to go be argued out with the British and American to obstruat, the view forward. There was a mo order and my going down. The second engineer are inse upon each other. I was hoping this Púdriano Castre said—I am a quartermaster and the ringing of the telegraph, it substantially When we came to junk would do something, but I was not expect on the Thibet. I was at the wheel on the mora- smaunts to this, that these orders were given pale with it, so far at least as the poorer platives. However that way to the bridge, as I could see by the bridge being Hongkong Iwas passing round the ship, and I ing anything. I had to decide in two secondsing of the collision from two to four. The cap somewhat under a minute before the collision

be dederate sen on. It had been raining before I wart followed me down the stairs. clonken amera are concerned. But we cide, it doubt nevertheless whe:ber the trade in the to hand of the riots, that the local autho

it in preity clear, from all

clear, from all the accounta

It had been raining all the previous day, saw a dent. I came to the conclusion that was what I should do, but I can tell within two pointe talo was on the bridge, and gave me the order took place. Of course it would be impossible to Indian drug is in any real danger of being cities were famantably slow and indifferent and at night the clouds were leasoning off. We where the just struck us because that wins what ouras the jurk was etdering at that tits to pat the hulm kord sport. I bait heard the say at what speed the steamer was then going

saw no stars. Shortly after Dobbe had gone at about the position where it was reported she her general course was N. W. I was about five whistle blowu just before, a quarter of aminute. It was not the case of the steamer being only souffed out. The Chinese Government, when and that, had they acted with promptitude Law agrok about three points on ont port steak. It was on the hood over the yeapper feet higher than the man on the lookout, and negotiating for the right to lazy increased le and energy at the outset, the mud wou how

Tang Atong asid-1-am-hsal gigman board under steam. She had har square sails set, and There was ant bigat ennngh to enable les pipe. I saw no other 10stk on heralde. I called I had glasses, but on a night like that it the Thibet. I am a Clantonese, but I know a law far under these circumstanoss the stopping aeluated 30 sentimental

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the obler oficer'asttention to it as the part whors is the reverse of an advantage for Bes-Little of the Chirchow dialect. When the junk of the engines would counteract the motion of consideratious, they desired to make the newer have proceeded to the lengths of viz. to judge her distance: I have guessed it st

three hundred yards, but it might have the junk probably struck us.">

ing to be high up. It was a dark, men onme'ou heard the steamer i asked the kosd the stammer the Captain sage it is almost impos import a greater scans of covenue, if fence and destruction they were allowed to wo

"do unchecked.

been mar or luga. I saw her masts first. The Cron-examined by the Acting Attorney-cloudy night, probably with some base. The man, in Chinchow, if there was anything left on sible to indicate.. It would thus be very diffosit ap the log book. As far as I could sea the junk General-My cabin in about 30 feet from the en- lookout man soundel the gong about the same board and the head moo replied "some rupes.to work out on paper the time that would elapse fad no hatches, and I could see no cost bad baengine room door. What made me up in bad time I sounded the whistle; I cannot say which Some of the mess brought up coverlets, the Lead from thas giving of the order to the time of colli- thrown overboard because it was even up to the was hearing the stand by bell gelin the engine went first now, but they were very ulose together, man brenght up his pillow box, and one ussion, but I think, supposing the steamer wi top. She was only a partly deckel junk. Dar room after the whistle had svanded. The col I used ray own hands to blow the whistle, and I beragbi sp a little idol. think they under-guing fall speed, 12 knotaan kour, and supposing light commenced that morning about five o'clock, isina must have takes place when I saw onliad my order to the belinomen at the same stood me borse when they were in the boat Iihe junk was about 200 yards off. it worke out to it on more equal terms with its foreign rival. The increase in the

and at t qparter past five it was fair daylight the junk. It takes about thros quarters of a time. About font seconds after the whistle sound-called to them to bring their clothes and money, something like 50 seconds, and that probably From my observation the damage to liver of minute to stop car engines at the speed we were er I saw the flans up lights. I should say the and they brought thom. The headnian spoke was the time that elapsed. I would ask your in viribus pratincos

the steam pipe was not osused by the junk ift going on this occasion. It was about a minete jurk was going about five knots, and she was go- to me afterwards but I did not hear what he Lordship to compare the way in which the ing past; as far as L-cond ane that is where she after the whistle was sounded that I heard the ing free; she might have been goingsiz kante. "I said because he was all cold and frambling, cvidence on behalf of the junk and the evidence struck. It would have wanted a good blow to stand by hell, I am sure it was not sounded the junk had had an iron bow she would probably By the Acting Attorney-General--I would not en bahalf of the steamer has been given, and I when any steps

| workl submit that there can be no geention that The newrsity for sub, inter- it.

CRIEF JUSTICE, AND CAPTAIN H. G. THOM crush it in, because it is made of quarter inch simultaneously with the whistle We were using have made some mark on our side, bat abe was understand his dialect.

This closed the evidence.

the evidence on behalf of the Tribet was given ference cannot, however, be

iron. We have thru logs on board--the ship's Talossima coal, which gives a good deal of smoke only built of very inferior wood and had a flat long delayed, we

ANNESBOR imagine, First of all, as we hare mid, the

leg, the mate's log, and the engineers' log. We when fresh put in the fornasas. This occurs about boy, so that the weakest had to gn, sud thst Mr. Lesch then summed up for the Thibet. ins straightforward and honest manner. It is Authorities will and the revenue from foreign LUM KAI MO, MASTER OF THE CHINESE JURE the not hagan le rubusd out. We are no for a tase, grotally couring until for the before the collision aor immediately aftur. I first instange deal with the evidenor that has been if labore out by all the probabilities of the cas have no panell log: overything is jo ink so very quarter of an hour and the smoke is thick was the junk. I did not reverse the engines He suid-On behalf of the Thibet I shall in the evidence that tells a simple and plain story, and opium declining with the increased sale of the Wore BING YUEN, AND OTHERS 7. 3'RA slabs, the log produced in in lieu of it.. I last four minutes or so there is scarvely any en caly one toroh, and when I am that the given by the plaintiffs. I think it must have Your Lordship will consider, I am sure, the native dent; and, secondly, they will com

P. AND O. STEAMER "THIPAT."

gars the facts for this log. I do not give Mr. Leash thought it would be well to take junk was about 100 yards detant. I should say strook everybody who listened to the evidence of evidence as to the point of contact us tolerably serious deficiency in fee

in the gmin prop In The hearing of this action was continued hens the wording of it, they bring it to be nails were edge on to me. I saw no light. The from the time I saw the junk till I saw her the plaintiffs, that the sharauter of that evidence satisfactory. The only thing that could possibly fset this intret vil bus bere telt de partovaly The Acting Attceny Ovarat Hour D-4-Ackworten. The turstiere you now there are fret thing-dogs-was-to blow sum whistle, light was about atteen sounds I was told the vas opon to considerable comment. It was not be said to shake that oxidents at all won the axid in the

province of Kwiecow that the Acting maydi, instructed by Messrs. Wotton and Dua for alerical errore. The log says after the hala About the same time I heard the gear at the tons gangway platform took away the junk's radder the case of one witness alightly varying in his ence of the boatswain, who said it was the water Govenor has been compelled to take one pou, appear for the plaintiffs and Mr. A. J.was put his aport the steam whistle was sound go. The gang is for signalling cols or lights and dragged the junk with the stammer for a story from another, witness. It was a case of closet pipe that was broken, but his evidence action in the matter. In a recent report and instructed by Mosers. Sharp, Johnson, ed, but my evidence is contrary to that. It was There is one stroka for the part, two for star-time. I should say the bow of the junk was each witness, whenever they were got into a went on to say that there were several pipes ia

and Stok far tus defondants.

daylight when I saw the lantern on the post, I board, and three for right ahead heard one smashed in about ap to the halkband which I corner and could not give a satisfactory explana- close proximity, and it is quite possible that be memorial to the Throne, published in the i Wong tha, another seaman on board the should imagine the reason I did not seg i before blow, quant at the time I blew the whistle; it saw. The junk struck the steamez forward of time, Imediately turning shout and giring know might mistake one pipe for another or it might Peking Gquella, and translated by our Shang,: plaintiffs' junk, wald on the morning ta guptiga was that it was not alight. I will not wear it was so alone that Igould not say whether it was he was very much lower thats na, but story Tuck waters certainly the majority of be exactly the same pipe the saptain spoke paimorning suntemporary, that official relatos, he was pu dach. He say the Junk's light was not plight, but I did not soo ib.: + ** | before or after." There was a Clinomen on the posiš masku patuke struck un about di font before she witnimas, alterod his statements tima sf, da reguji tla pourse that the Captate

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out, to prove the menus of in the destination of the expotion nilad Dabbs and took on mysal the duties of the officer bolow to the engine room, and when I got down I seen the junk & third of a mile off I think I which was the bow and which was the stera of the whistle he gave the order for the halm to be

belonging to the body will be made good the for lock overcast and costs. The inf the clock in the eagino food, had now it was that the junks bod moped mic, I don't say it is bon light, not a long that I saw.

building a good round When I want up half a revolution before they stopped. I looked have been in the same predinament bilfore, End light I saw it was at the stern. It was bam engine room; you have beard the evidence as to

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SUPREME COURT.

10th September.

IN VICE-ADMIRALTY,

BEFORE THE HGs. Bill Geosoe FRILLIPIO,

SETT, R.N., HARBOUR MASTER, AS NAUTICAL