Advertisement; Present position, etc.; Historical outline; Some instances of successful negotiation with the Chinese; Emperor's edict reprehending the extortions of the Hong merchants; On the arbitrary duties levied on foreign trade at Canton; On the criminal and admiralty jurisdiction conferred on His Majesty's Superintendents in China; On homicides in China; Memorials to His Majesty's Government from the merchants of Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Canton; Statement of British trade at Canton, 1833–4; Statement of British trade at Canton, 1834–5.
A powerful argument, published in 1836, for the right to free trade, with strong condemnation of Chinese restrictions upon it.
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