清末上海华洋交涉“曹锡荣案”始末

The Negotiations on “Tsao Si-yung Case” between Foreign and Chinese Government of Shanghai in Late Qing Dynasty

晚清上海华洋杂处,多种政治势力并存,各按其自身规范运行,一旦发生影响广泛的事件,上海公共租界工部局、上海道台、上海公共租界领事团、上海知县等,往往互相交集,反复筹谋。1883年发生的曹锡荣案历时四年,工部局在领事团支持下,与上海县衙、上海道台争夺对嫌犯的羁押权、审判权,上海会审公廨也成为各方权力角逐的场域。当工部局试图冲破约章束缚、强势争夺对租界华人的司法权时,与领事团的矛盾也逐渐产生。最终失去领事团支持的工部局逐渐转向适应和利用清方规则以平息纠纷。

In the late Qing Dynasty,Shanghai was a metropolis that invested with foreign adventures and the Chinese-Foreign mixed.Shanghai has a variety of political forces and according to its specification operation.But once it has a wide range of events happened,the Shanghai Taotai(道台),Shanghai County Authority,Shanghai Consular Board,Shanghai Municipal Council and The Mixed Court etc overlapped each other,even reached compromises.The case of Tsao si-yung(曹锡荣)happened delayed for several years in 1883.With the support of the Shanghai Consular Board,the S.M.C has competed with Shanghai County and Shanghai Taotai for the right to custody and trial of suspects.The Shanghai Mixed Court has also become a power field for all parties.When the S.M.C tried to break through the constraints of the Charter and compete for jurisdiction of Chinese in the Settlement,the differences between the Consular Board and S.M.C gradually emerged.The S.M.C,which lost the support of the Consular Board,gradually turned to adapt and use the Qing Dynasty rules resolve disputes.