The godowns of Shanghai' have fur some time past continued to fill up, while ever vessel that arrived, brought fresh consign rents of goods, of Which Chinese merchants the interior did not care to take delivery the present troublous state, People have urged the opening of Huvan as a quieting draught, othere ay occupation of the Yangtze, Some have even gone sv far as to advocate an armed occupation of Shanghai and the adjacent country by the united European Powers, Ail of these areaeriouseteps. Huvan isa comparatively unknown country, and judging by the clipping, highly polished "boxts that come cout vf ib, clean as. Dutchwomai's kitchen, the meu of Hunan must have at least some qualities different from other Chinamen. Nor is it at firet sight obvious what practical result beyond that of overawing the population would be gained by the vecupation of Havan. There is no trembling colony of Europeans nleeady estublishéd there. There is no present hope of great commercial openings. Both these exist in Szechuan, where the population would be quite equally overawed were one of those river gunboats we hear of at home sent up the rapid of the Yangtze, showing the Chinese how we can triumph over the cles of nature, And all this could be without that ever-tu-be-deprecated useless expenditure of life. By the Into additions to, or wullitication of, the Chefoo mention England has ceded the previously acquired right to feud a merchant steamer there, on condition that the port should be made techuicn'ly open, phrase which not naturally has greatly exercised the winds of journsliats at home, who could not understand how a port could at once be shut and open, After a delay of about two years Chungking has been opened, and the European Branch of the Chinese Imperial Customs installed there, and in receipt of Customs' duties to be tied direct to the Imperial Excheead of being as hitherto the local 1 treasury. And fro have begun; though not at ungking itself. That would have been direct and Eurepesn a way of proceeding. The Viceroy of Szechuan is well known to be, together with the Taotai of Chefoo, in closest relations with the great Viceroy of Chibli, Li Hung-chang—the Chinanien who interviews the foreigners, ashe might be described. When the as, Kvling was stopped from proceeding to Chongking it is well known how large " part of the indemnity paid to the Company came out of Li Hung-chang's pocket—more indeed it has been said than the Company ever re. ceived, some having to stop on the way to indemnify the Chinese Imperial Customs for being at once installed, It would net at first sight appear that the Viceroy of Chihli in the far North had anything to do with the running of steamers in the far West. But its being worth his while to indeumify the Company sufficiently shows that he, Viceroy of Chihli, would suffer pecuniary loss from Chungking's being made an open port And when after the Kuling lind been bought off, and after of delays Chungking was yet in made technically ai open port, although closed to merchant steamers, then Chinese diplomacy took its vaal course. Troubles began on the lower river, the southern squadron having been previously called away by the great Viceroy to join in manceuvres with the northern squadron,
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