Calcutta, long resident in Shanghai, caused his wile,' who is of Chinese and Malay descent, to be brought up on a charge of having on three different. occasions ran away from him, and stolen his household goods. On the last occasion, she also carried off a girl, aged nine years, the daughter ofa friend who had left her in petitioner's charge, and also a younger child, is own daughter. He, therefore, asked for a divorce, not wishing to have anything more to do with the woman.—In reply to a qnestion, he said he was married to her according to Mahomedan custom, three years and a half ago, on which occasion she also became a Mabomedan,—An ancient couple, Chinese, now stepped forward, accompanied by their daughter aged about sixteen, whom they had rescued from the accused, just as she was about concluding a bargain With a Capton man to sell her to him for $150. During the heating of the case, the precincts of the Court were occupied by numbers of Indians, Malays, and other acquainted with the parties.—It was believed the Court had never before had i it, and after tion of the charges against her, it cided to imprison the delinquent till the missing child was produced.
Stone throwing in the Streets.
Two little boys, well attired, and said to be sons of runners attached to the Mixed Court,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.