Nemesis in China A Literary Chronicle Excerpt
A Victorian review discusses W D Bernard's two volume account of the Nemesis expedition to China. It highlights the ship's daring actions such as cutting out, burning, and engaging in shallow waters, and recounts anecdotes including nets intended to trap boarding parties and Chinese superstition amid an approaching storm.
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W.D. Bernard
London
H. Colburn
China
England
AWKWARD PREDICAMENT OF BRITISH OFFICIALS AT SEA
Captain Elliott Sir Gordon Bremer and two others were hidden in a boat after a wreck when a mandarin-boat passed by seeking news. Rewards of twenty thousand dollars were offered for their capture. The plan faltered as the party reached Macao safely, while the Nemesis ran aground on a reef, tearing its bottom but later repaired at Chusan. The episode underscores iron ships’ value for steamers.
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Ingenuity and brutalities in Chinese and Russian critiques
A sweeping colonial era article notes Chinese innovations in gun carriage design and a rumored wind-powered junks system with paddle wheels, alongside lurid accounts of torture devices. It contrasts Tartars with Chinese practices, then shifts to critiques of Russia and Custine, and ends with parliamentary debate previews on factory laws, ecclesiastical courts, and privilege.
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