FOOTNOTES:
[49] In the Friend of China, March 10, 1865, and subsequent numbers, the following advertisement appears:—
"The Steamer Donnington.—The undersigned" (H. Evans), "in consequence of the determination of the provincial authorities not to permit the navigation of inner waters for tradal purposes by vessels of the above class, being thus disappointed in the purpose for which he had her constructed, is desirous of disposing of her."
This direct violation of the last treaty is one effect of the Manchoo restoration to power, by British means, in the Kiang-su province.
[50] Now in the service of the Ti-pings.
[51] In the mutual recriminations between the leaders of the force, upon their arrival at Shanghae, Captain Jones states (referring to Burgevine):—
"He further accuses us of trying to make out a good case against him, thinking he would never return to Shanghae. To this I answer, that he and I were the instigators of the defection from the Ti-ping cause, for I confess I at once fell into his plans, glad of the opportunity to escape from what appeared likely to turn out unprofitable, and having, besides, for some time before lost confidence in his capacity to command."—Vide Blue Book on China, No. 3 (1864), p. 179.
[52] See Frontispiece.
[53] The want of some such clause in Burgevine's arrangements originally excited the suspicion of the Ti-ping chiefs.