Tue letter which we publish elsewhere, denying on behalf of the Taotai that "any person whatever had been authorized to make any proposition through Mr. Kingsmill, regarding" the sale of the Woosung roadway to the Municipal Council must, we presume, save the trouble of any farther discussion as to the worth of the purchase, The proposal had been a good deal talked over in the Settlement during the past week, and the balance of opinion prob. ably inclined towards accepting it, even while protesting that it involved a shuffling off upon the shoulders of the Council, a duty which belonged distinctly to the Chinese officials. It is satisfactory to learn that the Taotai recognises this responsibility; or ab any rate that it is the purpose of the
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