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THE MILITARY COURT.

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Privato Atking is about to be tried by Regimental Court Martin which is, so to speak, this Junior Court usisemided for the trial of the Hollir. Forty-two days' imprisonmout with hard labour" is the extent of its powers and the minimum qualifying longth of service" for an afleor na mambor of the Court two years The Court is been ordered to souble at 10 am, and tep oficors are warning their hands over a miserable attempt at a fire which has just been lighted by a corporal, the orderly of the court. The rooms wherein the trial is to take place is dirty, empty and chilling The walls are whitewashed and fairly clean, the flocks are boarded and unfairly uncina as also are the windows, the fire grat, the fire iroes sand the cont seattle. The furniture consists of the articles I have firet enumerated, foar pega behind the door, an inventory board hanging on the door itself; one trestle table, not partien larly steady, on which have been luil by the court orderly a copy of the Army Act, King's Roguntions, Manual of Military Law, a Bible and throw places of blotting paper, three pens, on ink pot and some yellow foolscap, a kaifa, rad tape, one piece of india-rubber and a lead peucil. The chairs are in position at the table for the member of the Court and one near the fire for the Adjutant of the Battalion who is generally prosecutor in the cases tfied by a

Regimental Court.

In the draughty passage outside stands the prisoner, without boll, guarded on either side by a private soldier with drawn bayonet in hand and generally superintended by the sorgesut of the guard.

Escort and prisoner, shap!" bawls this latter on bohalling the President, a regimental captain, approaching. At the command, escort and prisoner stand up roxy wooden looking and rigid whilst the sergeant salutes by puffing his chest out, bracing his knees, staring stonly at the wall opposita and describing a cirenlar curve with his right arm until the palm of his baud, with fingers alosed, is outwards, the buck of the band to the rear and the forefagor about an inch above the right eye. On his part the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 77B, 1993.

SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, 6th July.

foreign firms are weighing out your curgo; yon must pay me my money," "At present I have But got the money," he add; "Weigling out " means that they wished to take delivery. Tho

the prisoner. Ho is asked whether bois guilty? or not guilty of the charge-or, if more than ono-osch charge in order on the charge sheet, The President, should prisoner pload "Guilty" points out to lian that in this case he will be BELORE SIRF-T, PIGGOTT (CHIEL JUSTICE). cargo was old iron and horse atves in a godown. found guilty at once and allow him, if be likes, to substitate the plea of "Not Guilty "the Court is doared of all are the Président, members, prosecutor, escort and prisoner, and the trial proceeds as in onlinary Civil Courts by each witness for tho prosacation giving

eviïonce on ou'l in his torn and loving cross- examined by the defence. When the prosecn- tion is closed the prisoner can call his witness for defence, giving ovidades himself if he wishes to. If prisoner profere ho can be represented in Court by a soliciter ers, fiend, frequently is company captain or another regimental officer, who conducte the defence for him and crass-xamines the prosecution's witnesses. Finally the Court in closed to com. sider its Finding," only the members being prosent at this deliberation. If the finding is Not Guilty ", the Prissuor is again brought in, informed of the fact and hustautly released. If Guilty" ho can maken staioment in mitigation of pauishment and produce witnesses as to his general character, the prosecuter on eath also producing the true copies of the prisoner's servicu records of conduct contained in the regimental dofanitor, books together with the man's dofnulior sheut. The Court then closes for the last time, the sentence is con- sidered; onjered on the proceedings which are forwarded, signed by the President, to the officer who convened the Court for his con firmation or otherwise. The prisoners contined in the guard-nom at the confirms tier is complete, to be eventually mareliai“ va to the parade, whore the adjutant. in prosoten of the battalion reads out the cbargo, finding and sentence, the latter dating from the day on which the proceedings were signed by the President of the Court Martial.”

This is a very brief outlur of a Court Martial of course, bai, oron from this it can be gathered that a military prisoner, when tried by bis own officers, receives fair play thronghoul and is given every opportunity of clearing himself Beth prosecutor and president, I am told, do Chair utmost to prevent the prisoner suffering is his case from lack of knowledge of law or

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Mr. Boavis-Suppose ho says "I will not pay my dots."

I suid “You are betting the forego firme weigh out all your cargo, and you will not Lave any to give me." He said: "I owe peopló $160,000. I asked him the value of his goodle, This was a public examination by the Offcial and he said $30,000-worth, and people owed hi Receiver. Mu Fat Ting, the managing partner money to the extent of $70,100, of which he Sf the Lai Hing fem said: Our business was a

con colléet $30,000. I asked hiw'if it would. *The gold-smith's shop and native bank.

rtners I have given are Kwong Huy Fong not be better to get the officials to divide and who is in the country, his other nume bing distribute it for him. He said nothing. Ia-k Kwong Lai Ting; Kwong Yu Tong alias So You Your Lordship to soise the property and divide Sai; Soon Ini Tong, who is in the country, his

His Lordship-There is no notice of suspen- other name being Sea Che Wo; Mo Pun Torsion, but that he was unable to pay his debts. his ether name being Lan Wei Chuan, Ming. Kee, who is at Penang, and myself. The statement of the debtor that he was unable Tho are all the partners. I am the only to pay his debts was not notice that he was

The business

going to enspend payment. one at present in. Hongkong.

Mr. Beavis The debtor is represented hero, has been in existence some scores of yours.

so thore is un question of the debtor's anxiety. I took it over in June or July 1898, from

Hie Lordship--All he says is "I annot pay Wong Ku Chuen, as a going concern, with

my debta," its assets and liabilities. The stares origion'ly wore The. 100, taken over at Tis. 500. When we took it over it was a paying business. I had been employed there long before I took it over. Tins new partners. subscribed a capital of Tls. 60,000. The gold-smith's business, doaking in gold loaf, was a profitable business, but the shim there. Hing also did a large business in loading rioney. After long argument, His Lordship agreed We received money on deposit. Some of it was to grant a receiving order, interpreting the need to buy gold leaf and some was let out on introst. The two secounts were not kept pirate. We gave promissory notes as security for money. When people paid in money ire did not take an eccount of where they lived. Some of these creditors ars in the country and some in the coast porte. The money.dna to our creditors is $88,415, the whole of which is due for money deposited in the bank. "All thaso sumas are entered in the books, The average amount of money received during the your amounted to one or two million dollars. I know the bank was in difficulties at the end of lust China New Year. At the end of the previous year, as at overy prorious your, there was a prolit. After I found wo nero in Houlties. Beren Me, A. G. Wise (PUNE JUDGE), I did not receive or land. In the twelfth moon we did not receive-large sums on deposit.

His Lordship-Yes, that would he stronger. It is bot that he would willingly go into tuak- raplog, but whether what he says or does brings

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ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF A PORT REGULATION.

SUMMONI AGAINST PILOT LAWLOR DISMISSED,

Mr. P. A. Hazoland yoslerday afterngon delivered judgment at the Police Court in the infringement of a barbar regulation while caso wheroin Pilot Lawlor was charged with the

Berthing the sa Slavonia alongside one of the

wharves at Kowloon."

His Worship eaid :----

The Defendent was summoned before me for

that he on the 19th day of March, 1905, in the waters of the Colony, being a licensed Pilot

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Ordinance No.3 of 1904, and in charge of .4. Slavonia, unlawfully did infringe a reply of the petitioning crediter to the debtoregulation made by the Harbour Master under Sr. EMILION thu--If you press me. I alinii have to suspend soetion 4 of that Ordinance, and published in MARGAUX... payment, because any assets amount to so much the Government Gazette of the 10th June, 1904 ST. JULIEN...

vix: Regulation No. 5, in that he failed to uso ST. ESTEPHE and my debts amount to so much.

his utmost care and diligenes whita" "benging | Co8 ST. MICHEL the said ship up to the No. 1 wharf at the Go-CH. LEOVILLE... 13.00 down Company to avoid accident or damage to C. LAROSE the said ship, whereby the said ship struck the No. 2 wharf and becaros damaged thereby.

· The first question for my decision is ás to when the duties of a pilot andor this Ordinance are at an end.

There was some argumout as to costs. Mr. Bowley did not press for his costs, but desired, consolidation having been granted, to have petition 35 on file.

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His Lordship agrond to this, and as to the rist of the costs he said he would leave the. watter to the Registrar, and if there was any ithealty the matter could be referred to him in chambers,

IN SUMMARY: JURISDICTION.

BIN TAK YAUSY, LO MAN HIN.

In this case Sin. Tak Yea, trading as the

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The Master of the Slavonia stated in his evidence that he employed the defendent to bring his ship to the wharf, but I am of opinion VALDEPENAS... $473 that the defondant regarded himself in charge of the vessel when she was drifting on to the No. 2 wharf." Lu the absence of any contract as to the express duration of the service, I am of

President acknowledges the salute to the King's procaduro, whilst the whole trial is so open and The amonalsjdowa were only renewals of notes Fuk Chorog firm; sued Lo Man Ifiu for $1,000 opinion that a pilot e gaged unor this Ordin. Commission by a slight upward ínclination of frea from legal or complicated phraseology that after the interest hai boon paid. I told them Mr. P. W. Goldring appeared for the plainti, quee is in the same, position as a pilot where

"the right hand. The orderly of the court opens the door of the Court Martial Room, the two officers already present turn their backs on the fire and salate the President with much gravity as he places a blus O.H.M.S. envelope upon the table and extracts from it the charge shoot, the order convening the Court and Hummary evidence. The court orderly places on the table the unal army, form on which the proceedings are to be taken down and the evidence produced written verbatim sither by the President himself or one of the members

a fair decision upon the notusi fects of the case, got forth most plainly in the charge, seus almost certain. To anyone who has at any time formed same arroneous opinions as to the administration of justigo in the British army I should give the advice to attend-the courts are open to the public-a Court Martial There is a novely and dignity about the procedure, a simplicity about the law, an absence of any brow-boating of witnesses, and a goral sense of impartiality and fairness-one might almost say, a sportsmanlike fooling which are by no means always to be encountered In an ordiancy trial by Jury in our Civil Courta. The most curious impression created in the elair whilst the next senior to himself sits on mind of a civilis, however, is the complers his right hand with the junior on his left. absence of oratory throughout a trial, possibly because any superfluous verbiage would be Lopelessly powerless apon the winds of military men whoss-training adonatoms them to listen to and accept fasts anily.

"of the Court.

The President then seats himself in the cantra

urch ia. the prisnnor and witnesses" orders the President.

At this the orderly bustles to the door and repeats the order.

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Escort and prisoner-Right tun--Quook March!" shaps the' sergeant, skilfully man quering his little force into position with the following words

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"Right whool-Right wheel-Mark time- Halt-loft-tus-Right dress!" The witnesses, three in number, march themselves in and stand rigidly behind prisonor.

The President, pon in hand, then cockaences to read, from the blus army form, filling in gaps in the printing as they become necessary, the sergeant removing the prisoner's headdress at the opening sentence.

*Proceedings of Regimental Court Martin held at Shot-town this-let me see what day is it-Oh, yes!-this sighteouth (filling in the date) day of November, 1904, hy order (writing)

the pilotage is compulsory. In the caso of and Mr. 11. W. Looker for the defendant.

Mr. Goldring said the only question was compulsory pilotags a skip is under the orders. who he is certain sum of money, $1,070 50, of a pilot for purposes of unrigation only, nod was paid by the defendant to the paintihis duty is not at au and antil he has placed the

a chopped book" for ship in port in a position of safety. The defendnut pródacod the money, but the plaintiff zaid the money had not born paid.

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The bort question to be devided is to whether the defoulant was justiflöd, insider- ing all the circumstances of the case, in bringing the slip-in "tows first. advised that in view of the information at his disposal he was units justified in bringing the ship alongside the wharf bows first. I am also advised that there was an under. aurrent which caused the shy to drift. I am

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wo could not repay the notes. Our assets amount to$1,200.000 odd, and liabilities $993,416 Our assets are in excess of our liabilities bat we cannot get in the may out while the creditors are pressing. Some money is laat on spcurity, at the Wai On Bang, 8215,000. There! is security for this on a contract, or sale of Marias lots 49 and 50, 18 and 129. By this I agreed to buy this properly.

The plaintiff stated that be was a contractor, contract for $215,000, and paid $25,000 hs a depo trattig ander the style of Fuk Cheung, at 9, purchase to be completed in July, 107. 1 Stanley Street. He knew the defendant who know that the property was used as security kept a piece-goods ship, the Sun Loong, at 59, for Lou Wai-Chuen, as compradora of the Winglók Street. Plaintif cuterel into a Hongkong and Shangbai Bunk. The $190,000 contract with the defonant for the pulling which was to have besu paid in 1907 was paid down of thres Chinese hoses at Temple street on the 15th May, 1904, a few slays after the Yunati. The contract was for 375 all of contract was signed. I did so because Wait which was paid except $2,75', atili dun, and the Long San wanted the money. I gave him the defendant signed a promissory nots for $190,000 and in exchange ha gave me a pro- that The defendant's book was chopped wissory note but I got no security. No deed for the disputed amounts, $1,070,50, but has been drawn up. I did not ask a solleitor the plaintiff received no money. Tau defend if it was all right. Wai Chen and Wai ant's son cams and got him to chop the at the stern line, in not heaving in ou it when HIGHEST CLASS. Yok both signed' as witnesses and the book saying that his father would pay fast, and to the foot that it was foul of the The Singapore Frac Press of Junio 28 property wes handed over to me to collect the money, but he did not do so. and the st boilords, 1 om alvised that the answer to this

APPLICATION FOR SANDOW'S

ARREST.

the rents. I paid for the property subject to the bank's mortgage. I hava sald one house to the Lai Fun for $5,000, Nò dead was signed, only a note. That was last year. The $35.00 was paid to me. I lent very large amounts to the Wong Fang Company of Caaton. It is the Wai Sing lottery for the whole of the Kwangtung province. Lau Kwo Shin, Las Wal Chuck, Wai Loong San, Leung Sedag Shim, Lo Chak Chi and Wai Yuk compris the Wong Fang. They buy the Wai Sing Government monopoly from the Chigeno

Boys-Sandow for all his colossal strength cannot avoid the trials sui tribulations that are visited upon the ordinary hamma showman, Werry and touring in the East are almost synonymous terms.Sandow way breat chaina and records but bo must not break the law.

This afternoon, just before going to press, we learn that Mr. Fatrer Bevues applied to His Honour, Judge Thornton, for a warrant for.the arrest of the strongest man in the world," a little joh which if the murders Samson were not quite c.vidzed would be a lough under taking for our Sheriff officer. The application was made on balalf of another strong man, Emery Harvas, a German who has become a naturalized British sebject. Harvas olim

sabzeribed by the partners mentioned while in Penang.

It seems that an agreement exists between These last for years the Wong Fang kave nci Sandon's company and himself to the effect that

advised that there is no method at prusant- Tarailable for ageing such a current.;

The next question to be desidad is as`ta whether the difting of the ship ou to No. 2 wharf was dus solely to the delay in getting

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Plaintiff went to the question is in the affirmative. Mr. Uusworth in took away the book. defendant for the money, but was put off, thebia evidence stated the launch had to wait ten latter saying that they were both traders and Minutes for the stern line, and that there svar the plaintiff could trust him...

seemed to be any strain on the stern line before-

Master of the stezmer stated in MODERATE Mr. Goldring said there had been nine payee struck. ments on account of this contract. In the bis evidence that the ship struck No. wherf}. pisi tiff's cash book these particular entries before the stern line got on to No. 1.wharf. I were in new writing, in the plaintiff's hand, am of opinion that the defendont was in no while the rest of the accounts were in the foki's way responsible for the delay in passing out the andwriting. The defendant said that the stern line, for its being foul of the bollards. plaintiff had been paid, but he did not keep war for the failure to heave in on that line.. proper accounts.

His Honour-At any rate, Mr. Goldring, it money before it has been paid.

The st*

Lieutenant Colonal M, V. B. du Slasher du? $1,555 for wrongful dismissal from the showThe capital of this cobearn is $1,000,000, will be a lesson for him not to give receipts for or was

Dasher, Commanding the 1st Battalion, the Loyal Footit Regiment. At 10 am, the Court orders) Frivate Thomas Atkins, 1st Battalion,

His Honour non-suited the plaintiff with evidence to give judgment for the defendant withou

g got into this position, was 29 proper manoeuvre to have

beeked out?

I am advised that to have booked out under

manconvre, but that there was nothing improper

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with a bonus at the end of enot year's s rrico, having been changed, and there boing fawer the engagement bolag for two years. They are candidates to gamblo. Ons amount lent to the la le-to fustant dismissal and forfiture passage money at any aromont should they be Wong Fong was $115,767. Last year we leut ether than neat la appearance on either street some hundreds of thousands, coming and going or stage, hould they be intor cated or otherwise to the Wong Fang. It was a currout account. of their own fault prevented from doing their I have promissory notes for the amount lout. turas" properly in the show, and tons of the The $115.767 is in the current account; I have quaintest precisions we have seen in any agr.a

at any time behave note for an amount $196,840. The Wong other than as gentlemen

Fong will pay back money. All the moneys dranced were the moneys of the bank. The Wong Fung paid me wages, having a share, & percentage of this profits.

THE CHING HOP ́ÐI«M EXPARTE LEUNG BING WO

HIDDEN TREASURE SWINDLERS ARRESTED.

President and members are sworn on the Bible,ns and provisions of his agreement. Ha E, H. Bearis (of Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist) an enormous quantity of printed matter-szized; [

in that executed by the defendant. I om advisode DEVOTED that there was a danger, if the ship had gone astern, of her head cauting to starboard after EXCLUSIVELY she had gathered stern way and colliding with No. 2 wbart, in which case the collision with the whard would probably have been more violent than it actually was.

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Next the President's name and those of the anombers of the Court are read over ånd entered on the form. As each name is called its owner

At last the band of swindlars who, through statements of hidden treasure" in Cuba, the answers. "Here, Sir." If any young officers

Philippines, and even in Spain, base boon are present for instruction their names are also

swindling credulous people in Great Britain and

With respect to the question ns to fenders -rend out and cluded in the cops of pro-ment even should

Germany, over since 1898, are to be brought to ceedings, The Provident satisfles himself that

In Penang Harves was summarily dismissed

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the seven years it is estimated that not having been get over, I am of opinion that the Court is legally constituted-. c., that the on the ground that he was intoxicated, and officers composing it have the necessary incapable of carrsing through his share of the

this scheme has brought to the coffers of the it was no part of the defendant's date do bare gang backing it upw.risof$1,000,010. Recently done so, as the getting over of feaders is not un the band swindled a resident of Berlin out of minimum of two years service onohund, having show with oradit to himself or his employer

act of navigation. Toue so, notes the fact on the proceedings and is alleged that he frequently interrupted and – The oxomination was adjourned for a week..,000 by selling him charta showing wherO B"

partially spoilt Sandora lecture on physical

I find, as a fact, and am so advised, that the. large fortune was hidden just after the war with continues. The prisoner is afforded the culturo. Accordingly Harvas was left practi

Spain broke out, in a lonely spet new Cienfuegos, defendant did not fail to use his atmost care opportunity of objecting to any member of the cally marooned in the northern sett.ement.

This was on application for a full receiving Cubs. When the man who purchased the chart and diligens whilst bringing this ship to the Court by the question: Do you object to bo Sauidow had dropped him. He had, presumably tried by me as prendeut or by any of the no moans of getting home. Tis being the order, an interim receiving order having been dievered that he had bean swindled ho com case he followed Sandow to Singapore and previously granted. With this case was non-brought the matter to the attention of Spanish

plained to the German government, wide Wharf.

My finding is therafora for the defalant and I order this summons to be dismissed. whose names you have heard hence the preaqut notion members

Harvas contends that he was wrongfully dissolidated Case, No. 5. in which petitioning offices, and th arr-sis followed, read No objection being forthcoming, the

Nineteen persons were taken into custody and misse, he having complied with all the regula creditors noted against the samo debtor. Mr. C

A PROBABLE CAUSE OF This luttar showed how the plan was worked.

BERI: BERI tley Fresidentsmoaring" the members Crat denies in toto that he was in drink. He wea and himself being next sworn by the senior suffering from fever, had been quable to eat for apparel for the petitioaing creditor, Leung and indicated that the Madrid police were in

Professor. Ward, speaking at the Royal Istitution, London, in May, on "Fungi," said member, headdresses being, removed during the two or thros isys, and otherwise was a being Wo; Mr. F. B. L. Bowley appeared for collusion with the band.

that there was a monta which wiministration of the cath, and the glor of the should be. He asserts that the story of his the petitioning, creditors in No. 35, and Mr.

was called having interrupted the lecture is a fabrication, Paget Bott for the dubtar.

"lurking fnug." The latter generally attacked right hand being taken off. At the conclusies, and sage that he is bringing up eighteen other

Leung Sing Wo, the petitioning creditor,

grain, and might be sid, în a a way, to sleep between the aeod its busk. They were

Bad of the oath each member kisses the book as a strong men to give evidence in support of his

suid:-I am a trader living at 24, Lower

A Tokyo dispatch to the Asahi states that

poi onous, and had caused epidemics in tho colomn pledge that he will by the prisoner statement. He claims 8530deo for three month's well-and truly according to the euce, salary, $500 due on the two year agreement, Tascar Road. The Ching Hopfirm is indebted Professors, Tere Nakamura, and Takahashi, past. It was his belief that heri-beri was caused duly administer justice according to the Army 600 for his passage home, and $15 for his to me in the sum of $19,933.30. I asked them belonging to the Tokyo Imperial University solely by a larking fungi" in the rice. This

and antliorities upon international law, have

was a very serious thing to eastern nations, Act in force at the time, excluding from his passage from Penang to Singapore--$1,553 in for payment on 7th June. I saw Li Wing, the

all

Hix clim for arrast was made on the grounds master of the debtor: firm, and asked him for been dismissed from the service of the Govern- especially to an army in the field like that of appears that since the outbreak of the Tapausse now in Manchuris. He was now miud all partiality, favour or affection; further

Ho replied that there was no the war the professors have been employed by awaiting specimens of affected rice from the

ration of in- that he will not divulge the sentence of the that Sandon's plans were uncertain, that he was the money.

the Government in the investigation Court until it be duly confirmer or at any time a bird of passage and should be got without the money to pay anyone that day.

portant matters connected with international East for the purpose of proving his suspicions. jurisdiction of the Straits bo (Harvas) would

His Lordship Is that a notice of upsion Recently the professors, together with er on any acconat, unless thereunto required in not be able to obtain redress for his alleged

of payment ?

other professors, published a very strong mani- due course of the law, disclose or discover the injurice

Mr. Beavis He can also prove that the feste regarding the peace terms, of which act Chambers to-day, before Mr. Justice vote or opinion of any particular member of the Thacuton, Mr. Farrer Bavues asked for a debtor mutin a statement as to his assets and the Government has disapproved in the decisive mander reported above. Professor Te ao had Court Martisi. "So help me, God" reply the

sequestration order or for a writ of arrest. Liabilities. members. Then in the presence of the The Judge made the sequestration order; the

been retired from a councillorship in the For igu Office. and Frofessor Takahashi from an prosecutor, who is already present and has Sheriff to take possession of Saudew's property answered to his name, and in presence of the and keep possession until a security of 82,000 is witnesses, the charge sheet is read ever to forthcoming from him.

DISMISSAL OF GOVERNMENT ADVISERS.

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The petitioning creditor-I went again next duy, on the afternoon of the Sth, to look forvisership in the Navy Department.--Japan | Li Wing Cho. I said I Loir that the Chronicle.

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