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heart famishing in that ditch, be driven to a step of dire 

 revenue, and shoots the author of hi.- wrongs, it is not 

 that miserable wretch who commits the murder, oh no, 

 it is the IRISH ! Of the numerous murders committed in 

 England we hear little but, when they are commented 

 on, it is the individual who committed the murder, and 

 not the English. In like manner, are the Chinese mis- 

 represented. Hut for an account of that people I appeaf 

 to the French nation, who are alone acquainted with 

 their histories and writings, and have a friendly inter- 

 course with them. There are none of the Eastern races 

 so docile, so cleanly, and industrious as the Chinese 

 and none carry improvements so far, wherever they mi- 

 grate. Rarely, or ever, is a Chinaman found, of the 

 great number of them in Calcutta, before a criminal court 

 of ju>tiee ; and even before they would take another be- 

 fore the courts, they would forgive him the offence lie 

 committed against them, or rescind the debt that might 

 be due to them, although they are but shoe-makers gen- 

 era 11 v. who are m tuat citv. 



The population of China in 1*1:2 was ;i<;i,U<iO,("MM.) o( 

 inhabitants. Say the increase since in each decade is ten 

 per cent, and saviour decades, or forty years, up to 1*;~)2, 

 it would '_ r ive her f)37, 8:20,7M) of souls. Thev require 

 clothing of ;ill kinds, cotton and woollens ; they require 

 rice, ^h<-at. Hour, \c. Thev hardly have anv timber 

 t-i puck even their t-as in, or to build the myriads 

 of junks employed in carrying salt and grain for that 

 population ; even frequently their coffins are made of 

 bamboo work. Iut China is paralysed by the drain of 

 Home 4."),' MM), (JOO yearly of dollars lor poison, and which 

 reduce.- millions of her people to be a burden on her. This 



