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the

of this quarter of the globe. Moreover,

consequences

es which will probably

future from the present state of affairs, are still

result in the near

more momentous. At the time of the last war with China (1858-61),

a Common national

feeling

could

hardly be said to exist throughout

the vast Empire. It was then little

- more than a loose confederacy of

Provinces

over

which

(as in the

decline of the Roman Empire), the central Government exersised very slight authority. In particular, the

southern

southern Provinces, of which Canton is the capital, sared little for liking,

which is situated at the extreme

- north. One significant illustration of the statement, among many that might be mentioned, is found in the fact that, in 1860, there was

no

a

difficulty in raising at Hongkong corps of above two thousand (2000) Cantonese coolies to act as porters to the allied English and French expedition against Peking. These Coolies even carried the sealing ladders at the assault of

Dome

the

of