The Present Position and Prospects of the British Trade with China : Together with an Outline of Some Leading Occurrences in its Past History (Paperback)

Advertisement; Present position, etc.; Historical outline; Some instances of successful negotiation with the Chinese; Emperor's edict reprehending the extortions of the Hong merchants; On the arbitrary duties levied on foreign trade at Canton; On the criminal and admiralty jurisdiction conferred on His Majesty's Superintendents in China; On homicides in China; Memorials to His Majesty's Government from the merchants of Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Canton; Statement of British trade at Canton, 1833?4; Statement of British trade at Canton, 1834?5.