Colonel Mosby had been sent to Hong Kong by the United States State Department to investigate and eradicate reputed abuses that had arisen in the affairs of the Consulate. His report to Washington was published as a pamphlet. The report claimed that Mr Smith had been instrumental in the perpetration of great frauds on the United States Government. The court found Consul Mosby guilty of slander. Before sentence, Mosby spoke in his own defence. "It has been proved that when I came here Peter Smith was what was known as 'the shipping master' at the American Consulate. He had a desk and a clerk, and he had a monopoly of the shipping business. He was a powerful man at that time, so far as American shipmasters and sailors were concerned” (CM 10, 11 Jan. 1881). Upon losing the lucrative business of shipping master for the American Consulate, Peter Smith applied for a spirit licence for a house on Queen's Road West which he wished to name the City of Hamburg. The Superintendent of Police questioned whether a boarding house keeper should also operate a tavern. However, the licence was granted, but only for a year and with the caution that if there were any complaints regarding its conduct, the spirit licence would not be renewed (CM 4 Jan. 1881). Smith did not live long to enjoy his accumulated wealth. He died in December 1882, aged forty-seven.
Other taverns which would have attracted the German sailor on shore were the City of Hamburg 1861 to 1976, Bremen Tavern 1866, City of Bremen 1866 to 1867 - when the name was changed to Scandinavian Tavern, the Prussian Eagle 1870, and the Hamburg Tavern 1861 to 1878. Several of the proprietors of these establishments followed a pattern set by Peter Smith in marrying women from Macao families. William Gardner, who was born at Strassburgh in 1834, married, in 1863, Cecilia Libina de Jesus Correa. Her sister Melena Rita Correa married William von den Busche in 1864. Both Gardner and von den Busche were associated with the Hamburg Tavern. John Juster took over the Hamburg Tavern from William Gardner in 1871. He had been born in Hanover in 1834 and married in Hong Kong, in 1875, Maria Antonia Botelho, a native of Macao. Louis Kuchmann held the licence for the Land We Live In for twenty years. In 1886 the licence was transferred to Tevel Silbermann, probably a German Jew. Kuchmann had one daughter, possibly by a Chinese wife. She married in 1885 Carl Holm, captain of a German schooner.
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Colone! Mosby had been sent to Hong Kong by the United States State Department to investigate and erradicate reputed abuses that had arisen in the affairs of the Consulate His report to Washington was published as a pamphlet. The report claimed that Mr Smith had been instrumental in the perpetration of great frauds on the United States Government. The court found Consul Mosby guilty of slander Before sentence Mosby spoke in his own defence. "It has been proved that when I came here Peter Smith was what was known as 'the shipping master' at the American Consulate He had a desk and a clerk, and he had a monopoly of the shipping busmess. He was a powerful man at that time, so far as Amencan shipmasters and sailors were concerned” (CM 10, 11 Jan. 1881). Upon losing the lucrative business of shipping master for the American Consulate, Peter Smith applied for a spuit licence for a house on Queen's Road West which he wished to name the City of Hamburg The Superintendent of Police questioned whether a boarding house keeper should also operale a tavern. However, the licence was granted, but only for a year and with the caution that if there were any complaints regarding its conduct, the spuit licence would not be renewed (CM 4 Jan. 1881) Smith did not live long to enjoy his accumulated wealth He died in December 1882, aged fonty seven.
Other taverns which would have attracted the German sailor on shore were the City of Hamburg 1861 to 1976, Bremen Tavein 1866, City of Bremen 1866 to 1867 - when the name was changed to Scandanavian Tavern, the Prussian Eagle 1870, and the Hamburg Tavern 1861 to 1878 Several of the proprietors of these establishments followed a pattern set by Peter Smith in mariying women from Macao families. William Gardner, who was born at Strassburgh in 1834, maried, in 1863, Cecilia Libina de Jesus Cerrea. Her sister Melena Rita Correa manned William von den Busche in 1864 Both Gardner and von den Busche were associated with the Hamburg Tavern, John Juster took over the Hamburg Tavern from William Gardner in 1871 He had been born in Hanover in 1834 and manied in Hong Kong, m 1875, Maria Antonia Botelho, a native of Macao Louis Kuchmann held the licence for the Land We Live In for twenty years. In 1886 the licence was transfered to Tevel Silbermann, probably a German Jew. Kuchmann had one daughter, possibly by a Chinese wife She married in 1885 Carl Holm, captain of a German schooner
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