During his stay here, Lord Charles Beresford made a trip to Canton. White there he was the guest of Mr. Consul Mansfield, with whom he visited the Arsenal and various places of interest in the City of Rams. His Lordship returned to Hongkong in a Chinese gunboat placed at his disposal by the Viceroy, and on the way down the river he inspected the Bogue Forts. What he thought of Chinese ar-serials and defences Lord Charles told
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