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the second class.
Upon enquing being
made of him it seemed that he
supposed
had
France
sance avere
that Russia and
were the only first class powers,
though he
was now prepared to add Prussia to the list on account of the result
of
the present war, bebreen that country out France.
Heis Excellency further mode some enquiries as to the population of the principal linopeam combiss
compared to that of chinas - and seemed surprised at the answers he received ;- saying that he had long known that the countries of Europe were very inferior
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to China in size but that he had not known that.
their population was so
greatly inferior?
aking
He concluded by.
about the rank of
the
Military Officers at Hongkong,
their mmber and the number
of troops maintained there.
I should mention
that the Ionitar's reception of
me was
perfectly courteous.
throughout
mammer)
and that his the internew was
though there
very
civil
was a dash of
arrogance about it that was
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