has never surrendered, but has on the contrary with great persistency asserted, her claim
wo 1. to the territory of Macao, recent Circumstances make it by means impossible that the appt
· May provoke a question on the part of the Chinese fort.
The case between China and Portugal is in few words this: up to 1845 the Portuguese
established themselves at will, paying 500 ounces of Silver
with all the insignia of office in the very City, while the duties on the trade of the Port, which was restricted to narrow limits by regulation, were collected by a Chinese Customs Establishment.
In 1808, under the impression that Macao was a Portuguese possession, the British for sent a Admiral Drury to force the yearly rent for Macao; Chinese Authorities undertook to protect it, but the Chinese fort showed fight, & compelled him to retire under circumstances with