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... MAJESTY'S PLENIPOTENTIARY IN CHINA ; GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER - IN - CHIEF OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS . LONDON : New - street - Square . SPOTTISWOODES and 1852 .
... MAJESTY'S PLENIPOTENTIARY IN CHINA ; GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER - IN - CHIEF OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS . LONDON : New - street - Square . SPOTTISWOODES and 1852 .
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... governor . ―- ― Koolangsoo oc- cupied . Quiet at Amoy . - Ruinous expense . - Cap- ture of Mr. Stead . Yukien's ignorance . His defen- sive measures . — Abuse of Keshen . Posthumous Yukien in credit 153 revenge . ― Importance of Chusan ...
... governor . ―- ― Koolangsoo oc- cupied . Quiet at Amoy . - Ruinous expense . - Cap- ture of Mr. Stead . Yukien's ignorance . His defen- sive measures . — Abuse of Keshen . Posthumous Yukien in credit 153 revenge . ― Importance of Chusan ...
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... governor of the opposite province of Chekeang gave this account of the fall of Tinghae , the capital of Chusan , to his sove- reign : : - " On arriving at Chinhae ( which commands the entrance of the Ningpo River ) , I had an interview ...
... governor of the opposite province of Chekeang gave this account of the fall of Tinghae , the capital of Chusan , to his sove- reign : : - " On arriving at Chinhae ( which commands the entrance of the Ningpo River ) , I had an interview ...
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... Elliot having forwarded a commu- nication by means of a Chinese junk to the governor of Chěkeang , that officer made the following report to the emperor : " Full of - ་ REPORT TO EMPEROR . 7 crafty schemes , the rebels 6 THE CHINESE WAR .
... Elliot having forwarded a commu- nication by means of a Chinese junk to the governor of Chěkeang , that officer made the following report to the emperor : " Full of - ་ REPORT TO EMPEROR . 7 crafty schemes , the rebels 6 THE CHINESE WAR .
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... governor of Keangsoo province . This man proved himself in the sequel the most savage and remorseless brute that among several others disgraced his name and nation , but he met with a just fate at last . On hearing of the fall of Chusan ...
... governor of Keangsoo province . This man proved himself in the sequel the most savage and remorseless brute that among several others disgraced his name and nation , but he met with a just fate at last . On hearing of the fall of Chusan ...
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Amoy army attack Author barbarians barians batteries Bogue British British force Canton capture Chapoo Chekeang China Chinese Chusan coast coloured command commissioner death defence despatched Edinburgh Review Eleepoo emperor empire enemy English favour fear fire Fokien foreign forts Ghorkas governor guns Gutzlaff Hângchow History Hong merchants Hongkong hostilities imperial inhabitants invaders island junks Keang Keshen L'hassa land late Lord MACAULAY'S Manchow mandarins matchlocks MAUNDER'S ment merchants military militia minister Mongols Moore's morocco Nanking nation native never Ningpo officers opium paper peace Peiho Peking Plates plunder Portrait Post 8vo prisoners proved provinces punishment quarter revised river ROBERT SOUTHEY Second Edition sent Shanghae ships shore soldiers soon squadron Square crown 8vo steamers taels Tajin Taoukwang Tartar Thibet Tientsin Tinghae tion town trade traitor treaty troops vessels victory Vignette vols walls whole Woodcuts Woosung Yihking Yihshan Yukien
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