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And be advert to the difficult question, whether, supposing the Chinese might not be called upon to open other nation's trade, and whether, if the Chinese did not, the power of the British Government might not be exerted in action to assist them. Without following Fr. J. Bouring into the discussion of a question fraught with so much difficulty, it appears broadly that the power of preventing trade by British ships from exhibiting ports, might be used as a means of imposing the requisite regulations and conditions on those who carried on the navigation in question; and that 1. When they failed to comply with these regulations, the penalties for...