Shanghae

Before leaving Nankin, the Imperial Commissioners gave a grand entertainment to a great many officers of the Navy and Army, during which professions of the most friendly feelings on both sides were not wanting ; and we learn that whenever English officers went on shore the people behaved very peaceably. Shanghae has been visited by several of them, and all speak in the highest terms of the beauty of its situation, and of the advantages it is likely to offer as a place of trade. The Chinese themselves seem to anticipate the future intercourse with foreigners, and the profits they are likely to derive therefrom, with considerable satisfaction ; and behave, mandarins as well as common people, with great politeness towards their visitors.