Shanghai, 7th Oct, The hearing of this case was resumed this morning at the Mixed Court, before His Ex-ey the Taotai; Chew, the Mixed Court Davenport Esq.y H.M.'s Ci sal; and WY. Donald Spence, Exq., who ant in the place of C.F, J. Allen, isq., H.M.'s Vice-Consul and British Assessor at the Mixed Court. The Court and its approaches were again crowded with spectators, and i the proceedings.
Plaintiffs, Mevers 'I. W. Duff and D, MIN, David, conducted their own on Mr. R. E, Watsewatcur and Mr, Duvaistoxp again appeared for the defendants, At the outset of the proceedings, Mr. Durr topped forward and eaid he had a statement, signed by the foreign firms at Chinkiang, which he to put in as evidence, show: ing that they hind had no opium shipped to them from Shanghai during the last year, Most of the men who lad signed the sta ment had an interest in the Settlement of Chinkinng, they owned in fact all the laud there, and if this cave was settled against the port tas well be closed to foreign trade altogether, and it would he hetter for Sir Thowas Wade to inform them that the port was closed.
Lhe statement was then has led in and read, as follows Chiuliang, 30th Sept., 1879.
We, the undersigned merchants engaged in business at this port, do hereby certify that we have not received a chest of opium on cone signment from any of our constituents at Shanghai since the Ist of January of this year, and this we assert is entirely owing Lo
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