A Meetixe of the Chamber of Commerce, adjourned from the 15th inst.. took phic Present: Messrs. Michie, Bell, Livers, 1 nin,. Carter, FB. Johnson, Reid. Groom, Robertson, Little, Probst, Forbes and others. Mr. Porter in the chair.
The Chairman said rough draft of a letter, drawn up by the Committee appointed at the last meeting, was in the hands of the members. Already -ome alterations were suggested, and he would first ask Mr. Mis who had taken most of the Inbour of drawing it up, to read those had.to propose.
Mr. Micnte said that the principal clause on which he would suggest an amendment was that at the bottom of second page recommending that the whole country should be opened. He thought that the clause should not be worded so strongly, and considered that the more moderate they were in their demands the more likely they were tw gain their ends, The draft of the letter also omitted to propose any new port on the South Coast of Shangtung.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.