Letter to the Right Hon. Charles Grant, President of the Board of Controul, on the Present State of British Intercourse with ChinaJ. Hatchard and Son, 1833 - 66 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 55 - Mr. Marjoribanks has answered the first point to the President of the Board of Control : — ' The changes which have been now made in appointing king's instead of Company's representatives to Canton will, as far as the Chinese government are concerned, be regarded by them with assumed indifference. But you must not expect, that your superintendents, under present circumstances, will be received with any more regard or attention than those previously appointed by the East India Company. A proclamation...
Seite 50 - China, you will not attempt to force indiscriminately into application those principles which regulate our commercial transactions with other countries. China may, in many respects, be said to stand alone among the nations ; not only differing, but, in many instances, diametrically opposed, in the nature of its laws, customs, and institutions. A Chinese, when he goes into mourning, puts on white; the left hand they consider the place of honour ; they think it an act of unbecoming familiarity to uncover...
Seite 14 - It may safely be asserted, that there is no officer of the Canton government whose hands are clean, or who is not at all times ready to infringe the law which it is his nominal duty to uphold. Is it possible, let me ask, to apply the principles which regulate our international intercourse with the nations of civilized Europe, to a government constituted as this is ? Yet we see it constantly attempted, and by sensible men too, both in and out of parliament.
Seite 16 - To any friend of humanity, it is a painful subject of contemplation, that we should continue to pour this black and envenomed poison into the sources of human happiness — the misery and demoralization are almost beyond belief. Any man who has witnessed its frightful ravages and demoralizing effects in China, must feel deeply on this subject.
Seite 14 - Nor must we too hastily 13 condemn the conduct, in such transactions, of its subordinate official authorities. Most of the offices of government are put up to sale, and sold to the highest bidder. The salaries are very inadequate, and the possessor of the office naturally looks to remunerate himself by corrupt practices for the sums by which he purchased his appointment. It may safely be asserted, that there is no officer of the Canton government whose hands are clean, or who is not at all times...
Seite 66 - I have the honour to remain, sir, your most obedient humble servant, W. MUDGE. Wm Blackwood, Eiq. COME ACCOUNT OF ' BOWED DAVIE, : THE SUPPOSED OniOINAL OF THE
Seite 18 - He next adverts to the extensive trade now regularly established at Lintin. "The importation of opium is most violently denounced by the edicts of the emperor and all subordinate officers of government, many of whom are the persons by whose connivance, and sometimes by whose immediate instrumentality, the trade is carried on. Here we have China and its rulers exhibited in all their weakness...
Seite 36 - The mode of adoration,** of falling prostrate on the ground and kissing the feet of the emperor, was borrowed by Diocletian from Persian servitude; but it was continued and aggravated till the last age of the Greek monarchy. Excepting only on Sundays, when it was...
Seite 18 - we have China and its rulers exhibited in all their weakness, presumption, and corruption, professing strict maxims of virtue, which become the more strongly contrasted with their gross immorality, affecting high political principle which they do not feel, and thundering forth proclamations which they never expect or wish to see obeyed.
Seite 61 - Chinese so educated, annual!y returning and mixing with the general society of the empire. The greatest benefit also will result from the efforts of a free press at Malacca, from which have already issued many excellent works in the Chinese language. Let me entreat that your attention be given to these subjects, too long...