. China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire . ^. I P. i ¥■ ■■■({ V tttmiimaamKSKA. ^- SILVER ISLAND. 41 and when the populousness of the empire is considered, the statesman may possiblyfind reason to conclude, that the freedom of the subject has not been unnecessarilycoerced, nor the administration of justice neglected, in this ancient and absolutedespotism. It was at the influx of the canal of Nanking, the north-west corner of the city, thatthe British vessels of war, Cornwallis and Blonde, cast anchor, with orders to effect a
. China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire . ^. I P. i ¥■ ■■■({ V tttmiimaamKSKA. ^- SILVER ISLAND. 41 and when the populousness of the empire is considered, the statesman may possiblyfind reason to conclude, that the freedom of the subject has not been unnecessarilycoerced, nor the administration of justice neglected, in this ancient and absolutedespotism. It was at the influx of the canal of Nanking, the north-west corner of the city, thatthe British vessels of war, Cornwallis and Blonde, cast anchor, with orders to effect abreach in the walls; which catastrophe the astonished citizens averted by a timely sub-mission. Tills point is distinctly visible in the panorama witnessed from the tower, aswell as the extremity of the paved road, seven miles in length, leading from the gate ofvictory to a landing-place, on the Yang-tse-kiang, near to which the transports weredirected to anchor on the same occasion. The imaginative portion on the right of theaccompanying view, is the enceinte of the ancient city,—on the left, the remainder ofthe town-suburb.* SILVER ISLAND,
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