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chief Representatives of England in this quarter of the globe, namely,
the Governor of Hongkong and Her Majesty's Minister in China, should be on the most friendly terms, personally and officially; and,
that the Chinese Authorities should know that this is the case, the Governor should make a point of seeing them together; - as the quest of the Minister at Peking, and the Minister as the quest of the Governor at Hongkong. It is further thought useful to the English Legation in many ways; and that, in particular, I have facilitated its proceedings by establishing a cordial understanding (very different from the relations sometimes existing between English and French Functionaries elsewhere), with the French Minister and Admiral in China. Again, Sir Harry Parkes and all other competent judges, consider that the sort of sullen isolation, almost like that of Chinese Mandarins of the old school, maintained by certain ...
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