China: An Outline of Its Government, Laws, and Policy: and of the British and Foreign Embassies To, and Intercourse With, that EmpireParbury, Allen and Company, 1834 - 419 Seiten |
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Adams adverted affair ambassador appointed arrived authorities boats Bocca Tigris British Canton Captain Richardson cargoes chants chief Chinese government Chinese language circumstances coast commander commerce Company's ships compradore conduct Council Court of Directors delivered desired Dutch duty East-India Company edict embassy Emperor of China empire England English established Europe Europeans factory favour Firando Foo-yuen foreign merchants George Staunton governor Hong merchants honour Hoppo Howqua imperial important India informed intercourse interests Isontock issued Japan Khan King King's ship land laws letter linguist Lintin Lord Lord Amherst Lord Macartney Macao Majesty Majesty's ship mandarins measure ment mission mittee Mongul nation natives observed obtained occasion officers pany's Pekin permitted Persia persons port Portuguese present proceed proceeded received refused regulations request residence respect Russia seamen Select Committee sent shew Sir George Staunton superintendents supracargoes Tartars tion Tonquin trade viceroy Whampoa
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Seite 409 - ... the said dominions ; and to make and issue directions and regulations touching the said trade and commerce, and for the government of his majesty's subjects within the said dominions ; and to impose penalties, forfeitures, or imprisonments for the breach of any such directions or regulations, to be enforced in such...
Seite 414 - Granville, one of Her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
Seite 412 - ... a Court of Justice with Criminal and Admiralty jurisdiction for the trial of offences committed by His Majesty's subjects within the said dominions, and the ports and havens thereof, and on the High Seas within one hundred miles of the Coast of China...
Seite 200 - AD 1793. cannot acquiesce in them. I again admonish you, O king, to act conformably to my intentions, that we may preserve peace and amity on each side, • and thereby contribute to our reciprocal happiness.
Seite 409 - India," it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty, by any such order or orders...
Seite 119 - Constantine's beautiful domains, to subjugate China, to raise in these Indian realms a dynasty splendid and powerful, and to ravage, like the two other families, the devoted regions of Iran: by this time the Mexicans and Peruvians, with many races of adventurers...
Seite 172 - Tsontock, seeing the supracargoes resolute, and determined on no account to submit to their base humiliations, ordered his people to desist. He then desired Mr. Flint to advance to him, when he pointed to an order which he said was the Emperor's edict, for his banishment to Macao for three years, at the expiration of which he was to return to England never more to visit China. This punishment was to be inflicted on him for his going to Limpo, after his imperial majesty had positively ordered that...
Seite 208 - The foregoing are Articles of the Laws of the Empire of China according to which Judgement is passed on persons offending against them, without allowing of any Compromise or Extenuation.
Seite 217 - Your Majesty's kingdom is at a remote distance beyond the seas, but is observant of its duties and obedient to its laws, beholding from afar the glory of our Empire and respectfully admiring the perfection of our Government.
Seite 406 - Peter were such as to have been expected in a man of his violent temperament, despotic in a barbarous country, and who in early life had been surrounded by flatterers and dissolute associates. But it would be foreign to the purpose of this work to enter into a discussion of this nature. The Russians date their civilization from his reign...