29th March.
THE very regrettable incident which happened at the Supreme Court on Monday afer the delivery of the judgment in the above case has somewhat diverted attention from the judgment itself. Hardly any one who has read the case and who reads Sr Hiram Wikinson's d cision can come to any other conclusion than that substantial justice was done, and under any circumstances his well-earned, reputation for fairness and eirefulness should of itself have protected him frum tae charge that was made against him, obviously without time for cons'deratiun having been taken, just as his career on the bench was coming to a close. Sir Hiram may be assured that he has public sympathy with him, and phar the appreciatory remarks made yestc.day afieravon by the Chairman of the Municipi! Council at the Thomas Hanbury School are the true echo of papuler opinion in Shanghai, must be confessed that the case of Moller Bros. Wheelock & Ca. is an unsavoury one. Messrs. Wheelock & Cvo., ship-brokers, had a steamer in their hands, the Tellus, open to charter at £1,800 a month. Messrs. Moller Bros, another firm of shipb ekers, had a customer, the firm of Perez & Cv., who wanted to charter a steamer, and they submithd the Tellus to P nz & Ca., who tock her at £2,150 a month, leaving a profit of £350 a month, "to be paid to the parties interested." There was no deception practised on the agents of the steamer. They knew that this profit was being made by someone; but the charterers, Messrs, Perez & Ca., did pot know it, To enable this lucrative scheme to be carried out, two sets of charter parties were signed; one s2t from the agents of the st-amer to Wheelock & Ca. at £1,800 a month, and one set from Wheelock & Ca. to Perez & Ca. at £2,150 a month. The m nth'y hire of the steamer was to be paid in advance by Perez & Ca. to Wheelock Ca., who were to divide the sum on receipt, paying £1,800 to the agents of the steamer, and £350 to Moller Bros. Out of the first month's hire Wheelock & Cv. paid £350 as agreed to Moller Bro: but' when they received the secund month's hire, Wheelock & Ca". by some accident paid back the £350 to Perez Ao. Mol'er Bros, tried unsuccessful y to recover it from Perce & Ao, wad failing. in their endeavour,
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