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JOHN WALTER HULME, CHIEF JUSTICE

By T. PAUL GREGORY

A great man of Hongkong's past was the first Chief

Justice the Hon. John Walter Hulme. He was in certain respects a stern representative of the age; but in others, he was most genial and won for himself during his stay in the Colony a host of warm-hearted and loyal friends. However, his most outstanding characteristic was his spirit of rugged independence which often brought him into collision with that other individualist of the day-the Governor, Sir John Francis Davis.

year later,

when the Governor went to the limits of citing Chief Justice Hulme to ap- pear before the Executive Council to answer the following charges:

The Hon. John Walter Hulme was about It until nearly a born in England in the year 1800. Very litte is known of his youth, save that he was admitted to the Bar of the Middle Temple when he was

First-For having been intoxicnicd: quite young and early in his career be gained a reputation throughout the at a dinner party given by Rear-

Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane country as a sound lawyer. Perhaps,

H.M.S. Agincourt in the much of his legal success was due to board Jatter his associate, the

atter part of 1845. Joseph

1A Second-For having been intoxi- Chitty, a barrister whose name

cated

at the house of Major-General even yel at tamillar one with mem-

While D'Aguilar in July 1846.

being Third--For

habitual

famous

bers of the legal profession. Whilst 11 was assoclated with Chitty (who incidentally was his brother-in-law: Hulme collaborated In the compila-

much dissatisfaction.

Feud With The Governor

Judge Huline arrived in Hongkong aboard . M. S. Spiteful on May 7,

drunkard.

than

the office.

An

on

declar-

and

DUCKY MATTRESS

Dpc. 1877 by Laded Ponduru Byrdlexio, One.

"Let's take a stroll while they're making up our berths."*

Taking The Sting Out Of The Future

TE all know what it is to look

fearfully

As we uhend.

following his arrival, he was appoint- day of hard drinkers, Judge Hulme adding that as we are not likely in varying degrees a sense of paraly-

on the newly created

ed to serve Legislative Council.

Inerchant

never

one-

10

Chinese official who had attempted to the first count-two years after it had with

theirs, then appearing So, because we do not feel emotional

AB

the the

The Executive Council in addition to the Governor, was composed of the tian of

of a number of well-known law

G. O. C., Major-General D'Agullar, books which added immensely to ho Mr. H. K. Joliston (Secretury to Sir reputation. Largely on this recount, John Davis in his

capacity of and also, undoubtedly, to his success Plenipotentiary), and Major Calne.

ing barrister he was up The G. O. C. practicing us a

was apparently un pointed to serve as Chief Justice of the Colony of Hongkong, with the unwilling member of the examining body; for he vehemently protested sperifle task of creating an efficient

the whole proceedings. agalst system of legati administration and ing that it was both shameful proceedure from the old-fashioned disgusting piliory a man who had

it guest

guest at one of his parties. military court which had given so been

In vain did Judge Hulme demand a public hearing of the cuse, and the affair created intense excitement in the Colony. Public opinion became outspoken and menacing in attitude.

There are also two ways of reacting The residents believed that the

gist

lie to an emergency. The one consists. of the matter was nothing

attempt to awake in the "wee, sma" hours" the of activities, physical and mental, 1844. With him as a fellow passen- more r

Chief Justice coming day stretches out before us calculated to enable us to cope with

The of ger on the voyage was Sir John

blic like a desert with no osuis promising it and, in so far as we are successful, public Francis Davis, the first actual out

ever we fail, the second type of re- do not often bluster. So when Governor of the Colony. The month rullied manfully to his support and shade and refreshment to encourage we feel highly exhilarated. If, how

every one agreed that even in that us.

First of all, we cheer ourselves by action takes place, and we experience Shimbun the influential Hochi

was never an imbiber to excess. They

They to sleep for hours we shall not be sis or collapse which is exceedingly Imbiber to excess. eries "Piracy" against France

From the very first, Judge Hulme elted his appeatonces in Court and the At to meet the day. In imagination, unpleasant. did not appear to hit it off" very customary clarity of his judgments

nents we then see ourselves ring listlessly. it is not a juking matter. More-

getting Spectator and Actor well with Governor Davis, and the which would be impossible in a man eating little or no breakfast, over, the flocki Shimbun appears dislike, which seemed in finve bout who was nothing more than on the inteirouble, verat, duke taperie stube-

Now in the face of forethought we more or less mutual, soon broke Governor

n "notorious wine coming exasperated with our to suspect that Great Britain more

feud.

constructive into pn Belive

The trouble over about sixty witnesses were dinates, and dragging our footsteps are able, as it were, to "live" the over the case nt

British called both for the prosecution and home again to a miserable evening, future by an nct of has encouraged France to seize started

to another the prelude

wretched imagination; and so also we expect Canton, a Mr. Charles

all except the defence, and

to be able to experience in advance, the group whose ownership has Spencer Compton, who had been in- Major Calne--testified that the Chief night.

volved in some trouble in the foreign Justice and never been unduly in- But perhaps you have something in the fullest way, emotionally, the sense of power accompanying suc- for years been in dispute be

settlement nt Shap-saam-hong.

Loxicated. The testimony of Major more definite to fear; it may be an

interview for a post you are very ecastul reactions. But seems that Compton had over-turned

Was the deciding Caine, however,

But we cannot do this. We should tween France and China.

the anxious to obtain. You see yourself hawker's stall on the

and "glorious point with the Governor, what is a little ludierous is the Fourth"

and had "beaten

meeting your fellow applicants, be- soon get exhausted if we were and had

4 Chief Justice was declared guilty on

ore and more convinced meet to-morrow's emotional Japanese claim to ownership of Ch

your claims are nothing in com-physical demands as well as to-day's. restrain him. Four days later, "feci-

In vain, did allegedly occurred. exuberant" he further

as though we had Major-General D'Aguilar and the Paracels at this late date, Ing unduly

before

an unsympathetic committee, exhilaration, it a fiatic encounter with leading residents protest; for engaged in

to do yourself justice and failed to cope with the situation, and the discovery, it is said, having some of the Chinese on the border of Governor's mind was made up, and coming away, miserable and unsuc- the resultant nightmare sensations of

accordingly suspended Hulme

powerlessness and collapse are ex- cessful. been made by a Japanese who the concession, watch had extremely he

serious repercussions, ending up with from office on November 30, 1847.

The scene unfolds itself before the perienced. has been carrying on an expert a riot, in which three Chinese were

The only way to rob the future of inward eye with the relentlessness of killed. from the group for

The British Consal at Canton, Mr.

of with equanimity is to decide, in the not оссиру The unjust decision was received at it, experiencing that sense years. This is all very confus-McGregor wrote to Sir John Davis

for instructions, and was informed by the populace with the most paralysis which gives its characteristic first place, that we will

ourselves with situations when aro beyond our control and that, when ing; the more so since, to most that he should at once take action marked feelings of disgust. The horror to a nightmore.

against Compton, observers it will appear that the Compton was fined $200 for his are addresses to the Judge, who became result residents, not only of the Colony but

also of Canton, hastened to present Morbid Day-Dreaming we really require to anticipate the future, we will attend only to the of activities and in the affair, but unfortunately,

How different will be your creative possible emotional re- ownership of the Paracels is

legal aspects of the case became over-night a hero. His determination

actually not to our

other words, we will scarcely a thing to quarrel seri- singularly twisted; for he was sen- to return at once to England in emotional reactions when

the ac

faced with the crisis! Nervous and actions. In tenced under one jaw and fined order to seck justice, made

remainder

lacking in conildence you may be, exercise forethought, but we will not ously about.

of his sojourn previous The circumstances

Another factor which adds

poig were adjudged peculiar, and embarking, almost a gain of enter but even at its worst the nightmare Indulge in morbid day dreaming.

anticipation is the and, whether As far as France is concerned, Compton appealed to the Courts of tainment. The suspended Judge was quality will be absent from the ex-

are nancy to emotional you feted everywhere, and the Bar pre-perience

him, appointed or not, you will rise to the strange feeling of being a spectator there really seems to be no good Hongkong against the decision.

sented a gold snuff-box to

Why of a scene in which one is also an de situation and even enjoy it. Upon his

A man may be watching 4. Governor's Indictment suitably inscribed. reason to doubt her sincerity

parture for Home on December 30, should there be this difference be actor.

his tween anticipation and realisation?

friend leaning over the edge of n The case was brought up when she says that police have

before on the P. & O. Stearner Pekin, his

of looking cliff in trying to reach a rare plant. There are two kinds onc indecu. Chief Justice Hulme on November send off was a regal been despatched simply to safe 26, 1846, and he quashed the sentence Great crowds thronged to Pedder's ahead. There is creative plannin. and he may suffer agonies of appre guard the staff of meteorologi-and the fine. Governor Davis wus Wharf, and the Chinese community, for the future, in which our attention henston on his account, whereas, if

extremely annoyed and sought means too, attended

in large numbers.

numbers. is focused upon activities which are he himself were doing exactly the cal and other workers there, to suspend the Judge. However, Flags were in evidence everywhere the means to some end we wish to same thing, he would feel quite The reason is that, while he knows whose work is essential to the singularly enough, nothing was done and the Chinese let off salvos of fire reach. This process is predominantly secure,

was Intellectual, and may be called fore- Judge on board the thought. And there is morbid day-that he can control his own actions. safeguarding of international

in every dreaming, during which we are he does not feel that he can control contemplation of those of his friend, and so the posal- of revenue may come or where,, ship in the harbour, and

bilities of a serious accident loom. a triumphant. absorbed in the 0.5

what We imagine will be our navigation in these dangerous

Similar condi- in some future time, she can rather than suspended dignitary that

large in his mind. emotional reaction to a situation.

tions prevail when he projects him- waters. It is possible that

I base warships. France and he took his leave of Hongfeng-

self into the future. He is master Less than six months later, how-

of the self of the moment, but the France had in mind when she

Britain are equally interested in ever, he was back again. This time

public. Not even his self of the future is almost like an- a fully-reinstated general decided to guard this staff the

Japan's intentions in this latter he returned as

been in enemies, and he now proceeded to other person, whose reactions he can official, his caso having fate of the very useful wireless

direction and already have rea-vestigated by Lord Grey, Secretary make many on account of his pro- observe but not direct or manage, of State for the Colonies. His arrival pensity for awarding harsh sentences and whose experiences he can only and weather station at Pratas

fear for the future by the P. & O, Braganza on June 16, in the Supreme Court, could say that share incompletely. Shoals, which was reported to

"singular triumpf Governor Davis founder of the Dally Press, who had have been dismantled by the lanes; not that they fear attack, que all But then we are not meant to con Japanese following their occupa- but they are unwilling that any when he heard of it was alleged to and a one of £100 for an alleged trol the self of the future. There is

libel on Governor Bowring

a verse in the Bible which enshrines. tion of that island last year. power should be in a position tom delighted to hear

The great deal of respect for Judge Hulme a fundamental psychological truth! Subsequently other Far East

Interrupt their commerce, iso-Government Gazette duly announced on account of his high moral prin "As thy days, so ahall thy strength

ciples. Murrow once said of him! weather stations have

the return in the following words: late Hongkong and Indo-China

scious of to-morrow's strength "The Honourable Chief Justice "He was neither a bad man nor bo" We cannot expect to be con- corrupt judge. His only defect it to-morrow dawns. When it comes, perienced much difficulty in

in the and Kwangchowan, and build a Hulme, having returned to

secnied was over-severity kong, la-by the direction of the Right question of sentences to prisoners, Lunities, Nature has to organised our

bringing is difficulties and plotting the course of typhoons, base which would be within Honourable Her Majesty's Principal and in this. It was said, "he was emotions, our thinking, our phy-

nervo

ve and heart and

all work in harmony sistance in this work. But sions. So it is altogether likely

Perhaps the increasing merciless and enable us to meet Uiem. When, By Order,

ness of the justice meted out by him how

however, we try to use whether or not France remem- that Britain and France will

up the W. CAINE,

from the Bench was due in part to sources of the future in the present, bered the Pratas affair, and its oppose Japan's claim'in the

Colonial Secretary." his declining state or health; for we Imposing upon..our systoma n he felt that sixteen years strain they wero nover meant to consequences, it is hardly likely, Paracols,

was enough, and ac Finally, bearing in mind the great deal of chagrin at the unex in

bear. They break down, and mentol མ་ If she intended to permanently

pected upset of his attempt to "saci" cordingly

But why should wo act so as to enterprise which Japan is pro- the Chief Justico; for not long after- This was granted and on April 28, occupy the Paracels, that she

secuting in China, it is really wards, he wrote Home saking to be 1869, he left the Colony. His long bring about such dieo resulls? Let would do so with a handful of

astonishing that tho Hocht allowed to resign. Judge Hulme in tenure of service here was rewarded us exercise human forethought crea- the meantime. was making himself by the action of the Government in fively, not morbidly, and when wo Annamite policemen.

Shimbun can ace piracy in anymore, popular than over, and during bestowing upon him an annual pen- have decided what are the things of thing so innocuous as the French the remaining years of his stay in the son of £1,500, but he did not long to-morrow leave them to the morrow,

Colony was fortunate in being able live to enjoy it; for he died on March |their rightful and efficient gun dian. action in the Paracels.

Lo maintain the high opinion of the 1, 1801 at Brighton, aged 61 years,

Over-Night Hero a cinematograph film, and you gaze anxiety and to look forward to it

ex-

under another.

son

to

crackers. A champagne given to the

respect, it was

Uffin

security of their Far East sea 1848 was hailed by the people as a he was not at heart a good man

of justice over the Even Mr. Yorrick Jones Murrow, the Breaking Point

have exclaimed: "Glorious news!

I

Hong-

had

for Pratas was of invaluablo as-raiding distance of these posses- Secretary of State for the Colonies, severo to a degree, and an unjust as stological endowment of

reinstated in office from this dete

Japan, of course, is interested In any faland whence a penny

Inclusive.

severo,

mugr

-ro-

Sir John Davis, apparently felt a eventpiled for sick leave. I collapse and pardlysis, followed