The Past and Future of British Relations in China

Sherard Osborn

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107294608

In 1860, naval officer Sherard Osborn (1822–75), a veteran of both Opium Wars, published this collection of remarks and predictions on Chinese affairs in relation to British imperial interests. Osborn writes in forthright style of his time in the East and his negative experiences of Chinese diplomacy to support his view that 'the European has ever to use force rather than argument to obtain his ends in China, be they however moderate, however just'. He also sets out some advice on how to prevent British smugglers from taking advantage of the Chinese. A number of Osborn's other publications are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection, including Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal (1852), The Discovery of the North-West Passage by HMS Investigator (1856), and The Career, Last Voyage, and Fate of Captain Sir John Franklin (1860).

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CHAPTER I - REMARKS ON CHINESE REASONING — H. M. S. FURIOUS AT SHANGHAI — PROCEED TO THE GULF OF PECHELI — THE PEIHO RIVER,
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CHAPTER II - OUR FUTURE RELATIONS WITH CHINA,
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CHAPTER III - WAR AND PROGRESS IN CHINA,
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APPENDIX - MEMORANDA EXTRACTED FROM “TRAVELS IN CHINA” (BY SIR JOHN BARROW, BART.), RELATIVE TO THE PEIHO RIVER AND THE PROVINCE OF PECHELI, BETWEEN TAKU AND PEKIN,
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

PREFACE
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

CHAPTER I - REMARKS ON CHINESE REASONING — H. M. S. FURIOUS AT SHANGHAI — PROCEED TO THE GULF OF PECHELI — THE PEIHO RIVER,
pp 1-70

CHAPTER II - OUR FUTURE RELATIONS WITH CHINA,
pp 71-113

CHAPTER III - WAR AND PROGRESS IN CHINA,
pp 114-179

APPENDIX - MEMORANDA EXTRACTED FROM “TRAVELS IN CHINA” (BY SIR JOHN BARROW, BART.), RELATIVE TO THE PEIHO RIVER AND THE PROVINCE OF PECHELI, BETWEEN TAKU AND PEKIN,
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