"Shanghai, Jan. 5th. Before the Chinese' Magistrate Cox, and W. D. Srxor, Bsq., Act. British Assessor.
G. W. Benserr v, List A-roxe, Complainant is master of the opium hulk Wellington, and defendant " chit-coolie em-Jeteniously opening letters and selling the loyed by. him. The charge was one of
information therein contained to a rival opia hong, thereby entailing loss to complainant's a XecttaBavid Samosny Sens found their way to Messrs. ED. Sassoon & Ca., as one of the covers containing particulars of their businees was addressed to them.
List d by Chen, ted—T ium bulk Wellington, and get $14.00 a month besides my food. 1 can write English very well. I learnt to writ in Hongkong. (Showa the copies of Tetters,) These wore all made by me, and I sold them never did it before, and I By Mr. Srexce—I sold the letters to a Parsee broker, Mr. 8. K. Mody.
Mr. Moses asked the Mfagistrate to punish the defendant aoverely, as an example ought to be made.
The Macrsteare enquired if Messrs. D. Sasuoon & Ca. intendes to take proceedings against Mr. Mody, as he thought that though aid not excalpate the people who were accused was going to punish A-tong severely, that
of bribing him, Mr, Moses said the matter is under consideration.
'The Macusrrare then sentenced the prisoner to 100 blowa and three months' cangue.
[It may be fair, in publishing our report of the above case, to reprint the following correspondence which appeared in Saturday's Brening Courier, ED}
Shanghai, 6th Jan., 1877.
the Editor of Tax Suanouar Counten any Cmrxa Gazerre.
Sir,—With reference to thi t which appeared in your issue of last evening, of the ase of Sze Actong at the Mixed Court, I trust that you will allow me through your columns to assure your read that the state ments which appear to have been made by the accused are, sofar aa they affect myself or Messrs, E. D. Sassoon & Ca., wholly untrue, Tam, ete., 8. K. Mopy, We (Courier) have received the following correspondence from Messrs. David Sassou, Sons & Ca,, for publication Shanghai, 5th Jon., 1877. To the Editor of Tue SuaNouAr Courter AnD Ontwa Gazerre.
ToS. K. Mopy, Exq., Present.
Sim,—A Chinaman, in the employ of our regiving-hipy the Welington, named S29 tong, brought Inst night a cover containing a copy of the statistics of our opium and other articulars of our business to the address of fessers. E. D. Sassoon & Ca., and on investigation he stated that you, in consideration of Paying hin §2 a month, asked. him to supply you with such information. He was trio this morning at the Mixed Court where he also made the above confession, and was sentenced. to three months' cangue and one hundred blows, We wish to know what explanation could you give us on the subject.
We are, Sir, 5 Yours faithfully, Davin Sassooy, Soxs & Ca.
Shanghai, 6th Jap., 1877. To Messrs, Davtp Sassoox, Soxs & Ca. have received your letter evening paper of what passed at te, and I have also seen a
the Mixed Court yesterday. The statements contained in your letter, and the report x0 far as they affect Messrs. 'E. D, Sassoon & Ca. and myself, greatly surprise me as they are wholly untrue, The Chinaman Sze A, known to me {as ieaat'tw year) employed by Mewere lo time a Fe 5 do you want to follow example, pray D. Saasoon & Go. to bring to them their leteers (at least said, "Sie" what you say is indeed' very sensible." from river and coast on the arrival of Just now the distress in the North is very the steamers, and he has at the same time acute, and it is computed that a thousand brought to me any such letters addressed to refugees arrive daily in Hupeh, with faces li me. He has also been in habit of reporti tone. D. Sassoon & Ca, the arrivals, and the faces of birds from starvation. Many are erying with the cold and frost. When Mr. departures of steamers and ships, as exhibited Chao first saw them he was moved with oe on the Customs' board, with quantities of passion, but of course he was unable to assist opium carried by them and the names of the them with so much as x measure of rice. He Consignees. The information we always betions and friends, ed was obtained by him at the office of the their assistance; but they only 8 Agents. It was never information shed at him for a fool. So one day Mr.
was not open to any one interested. a0 took a piece of yellow paper, and wrote For this service Messrs. Sassoon & Ca. on it an account of the poor people's sufferings. have frou time to time paid hima a few dollars, This he took to the Huang-ho Lou (Yellow-probably on an average of $2 per month, but k Temple) and laid it before the P'u-so not payable in any fixed amounts or at any then prostrating himself upon the ground, he particular times. "I paid him hothing. wept for a whole night long, until his eyes Neither I nor Messrs. Sassoon had any idea streamed with blood, and sobbingconvulsively, that the man was in your exclusive employ. returned.
In fact, so far as 1 am concerned, I was under The houses in Hupeh are not paved with the impression that he made his living by bricks; the floors are made of earth,—hard, doing for various firms what he did for amootl, and dry—a hundred Messrs. E. D. Sassoon & Ca,, or something of than brick. The house now y the same kind.
Mr. Chiao is his ancestral home; a Jong time In conclusion I can only assure you that ago it was greatly injured, and has never yet employed either by Messrs. © D, Sessoon oF neither directly nor indirectly was the man month, his little boy by chance was playing been repaired, "On the 36th day ofthe tenth myself to furnish information to which we with a small hoo near a hole in one of the bint not fally eetitiod, and that the idea of floors, when suddenly the mother fancied she obtaining any information at your expense or to your detriment never entered oar Heads discerned something white anid shining, flickeringiuside. Up she sprang in afright, and looked I am, Gentlemen, hen, what should she sco but a Your obedient servant, with which the hole 8. K. Mopy. ly filled at this Mrs, Chao was much rejoiced, and ran off to tell her Shanghai, 6th Jan., 1877. husband of the discovery. They then looked. again, together, when it was found that there Messrs. Davip Sassoox, Soxs & Ca.; was an enormous pool of the metal, about a Present. hundred piculs, In a moment the truth ing lott addrvased to you by Mr.
Dean Sins,—We have read the. ny> flashed upon Cao's mind; "It is the Mody, and we beg to coudtm all that he hao he said, who thus answers my He then informed his friends, relative stated in it, We are, dear Sirs, ti selling the treasure, with ighbours of the circumstance, and requested
Yours faithfully, the proceeds of which he purchased rice and D. Sassoox & Ca, othe for the starve Tan, 6th, Before the Chinese Magistrate Cuxy, and W. D, Seexcx, Enq. Act. Britich Assessor, Loitering.
Five jinrikeha runners were charged with loitering while plying for hire on the Bund, They were each sentenced to receive 30 blows, in addition to the confiscation of their license, mandarins for distribution.—Thie to us by a friend who comes from Hupeh himeelf.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.