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received from him—of moneys paid or payable to him —of arms, stinkpots, and munitions of piracy, supplied by, or through, him—of his connection, as agent or manager of the 'Sun-on-Wo,' or House of the Sun-on people at Hong Kong, (the gang of Mah Chow Wong)—of communications with the Chinese enemy on the opposite shore, at a time when rewards for Barbarian heads were the subject of every proclamation—of dealings with gambling-houses at Hong Kong—of administration of Mah Chow Wong's estate of Tsim-char-chew already mentioned, on the other shore, the rightful inheritance of the Tung family,—and of the transactions of the now confessed partnership in the lorchas. At a preliminary examination, some of these items were read out openly in a crowded police court. Mr. Caldwell knew—he could not but have known—the existence of these dishonouring entries. But he made no sign of knowledge. He continued, after as before, and even to the last, openly to befriend the pirate whose hand had recorded those entries to his discredit; he tried to prevent a committal, and he failed; he tried to prevent a conviction in the Supreme Court, and he failed; he tried to strip that conviction of all its fruit, and, but for Mr. May, the Superintendent of Police, and Mr. Dixson, the Government Printer, he would have succeeded. As it happened, however, even that hopeful attempt failed also; and it has since failed so often as renewed, the facts being too strong and notorious;—until at length, after more than a year's expectation, the confederates have been compelled to send forth Mah Chow Wong to his place of transportation. He was sentenced in the first week of September, 1857. He was not sent away from Hong Kong, until the end of November, 1858.
