In my former article I dealt at considerable length with the new movement which has arisen in Manchester, to teach the El nese language to the young men of that city. The movement is laudable enough; ti promoters are, doubtless, animated by th Best of intentions, and the effort will be watched with active interest from this part of the globe. One need not indulge in predictions as to the results, which will Soon enough be obvious to all of us. Meanwhile, nobody will find fault with Manchester merchants for seeking to strengthen their hold in and about Shanghai. The great balk of the cotton trade, in this district, is mutually connected with the staple trade of Manchester. Hence, we in Shanghai are directly interested in all that concerns the development of Manchester trade in this part of the world. Indeed it has assumed tremendous proportions already, and is therefore of the first import-lance to us, In 1880, thecettontradebetween
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