CHINA.
"Sections of our local press, on general points usually opposed to each other, unite in deprecating the policy of the Earl of Elgin iv China. But "they deal unfairly by his lordship, and take no account of the many contrary influences with which he -has to contend. In the first place we have no knowledge of the instructions from home: aud though we are told by ministers a wide discretion has been allowed, we may be sure that there is one line from which departure may not be made. Secondly, there is public feeling in England; and grumble as we may here, such grumbling does not bear a feather's weight in comparison with what is said in the' London papers. Mr. Albert Smith gave an entertainment, selected from his Mont Blanc lectures, on the 25th, for the benefit of the local charities at Hong Kong, which was-very numerously attended, and produced upwards of £200.— Singapore Free Press, Oct. 1.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 636, 11 December 1858, Page 4
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160CHINA. Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 636, 11 December 1858, Page 4
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