The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-28 00:00:00

sisting of twenty large junks annually. The embank-
ments raised against the encroachments of the sea, And
I the extensive salt-works in this neighbourhood, are oh-
I
ices of interest.
• After a run of about sixty miles from the Tabra
river, we pass the northernmost islands of the great
Unison archipelago, and having entered the province
of Kangsoo, steer north-westward, towards the embou-
chure of the Yangtzekeang, having the low mainland
on our left, and the alluvial island Tsungming on our
right. The depth of water here is from three and a
half to five fathoms, muddy bottom. About 45 miles
further we turn southward into the \Voosung river, one
of the numerous streams which in this neighbourhood
intersect the country in every direction. The city
Shanghae, a large commercial place, is situated on the
drii,egigll
The anchorage
2absnaenhnkoi i
r,o,a.f
g.
itemh
reat
tb N, Nt
long.
loeo s
mouth
inolgu2,t
iha
(bol
ec;
gu
t.th
let 2 t
river o 2.:3550
ine milescia.
te.au3sptii
It has been several times visited by foreigners since
183:2, when the Lord Amherst first touched there.

ftcbee
GENERAL REMARKS.
One of the most strikingfeatUr;s of this empire is its
vast population. Each
than an European kin dtmr°O.in contains
more
z oe
r,
ea
ni rdb:cboi tuale);e
of them arc s
g
more populous than
doms that sway the d the' two p .xNerful king-
land, Pe-tch-li the
of the world, France and Eng-
land,
97,990,Ht %metropolitan province for instance,
King-
do; has only 46070 ' • bitants, while the United K.ing-
-0,000, and Kiang-tsu maintains within
its comparatively''
small boundaries more people than the
whole of France. On looking at this proviuce on the map,
one is astonished how the people fiiid room to move past
each other ; yet with these many millions, a handful of met,
from a small island, some fifteen thousand miles distant,
are about to contend, or arc now engaged in combat. The
vast livers, too, conveying the riches of the empire from
one part to another, deserve notice,—then the valuable
mines, independent of the tea countries, spread along the
coast. Not far from Canton ale lead and coal mines in
abundance; in the West there arc mines of gold, silver,
and precious stones, and in every direction arc large canals,
connecting the most distant rivers, cities, and towns. on
the South-Eastern coast arc countless groups of rich and
beautiful islandi, inhabited by a variety of tribes
as indu,-
?Heirs as the Chinese, and with whom they tarry
on an ex-
tensive trade. The British fleet has by this time
placed
itself between these islands and China, and •
occupied the
great sea thoroughfare to two of the most Commercial and
rich towns, Ning-po and Nankin, as well as to •
Pekin
itself, the capital of the empire. Snell a
powerful fleet
never assembled on that coast, and as it i 8
an officer of great firmness si%d prudence, commanded by
with these seas and the people that
inhabit the islands,
well acquainted
and as any naval force the Chinese
all accounts utterly contemptible, unable "i'o!.e to it is from
with two small British vessels of le even to compete
w
hope that the contest will be broughtar, wemay
confidently
*ion, and security given that to aspecY Britishconclu-
sion, subjects shall no longer
be robbed, insulted, and tort
ured at the will of a baughty
Viceroy or the command of the Emperor himself.