From THE'"NonrH-CumNA Datty NEWS" or Marcu 17, 1871
The "London & China Express" says:—Messrs, Matheson & Ca. have addressed a letter to Lord Granville in explanation of the views of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and the merchants in other parts of China on the mission of Chung How. They urge that no part of the question should be withdrawn from the hands of Her Majesty's representative at Peking, The policy of the Chinese Government has always been to treat the envoys of foreign nations on a footing of inferiority, to postpone by delay the settlement of any disputed point, and in cases where they may be Compelled to make any concessions to conceal them from their own people. If any agreement were made with the present envoy, it would be represented by the Chinese Government as a concession to them. and would have, under present circumstances, a most prejudicial effect on our future relations with ina,
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