CHAPTER VIII.

Ti-ping Operations.--Chinese Apathy.--The Ti-ping Difficulty.--Popular Feeling.--Opposed to the Ti-pings.--England's Policy.--Her Motives.--Dr. Bridgman describes Ti-pingdom.--His Description of the Ti-pings.--X. Y. Z.--Ti-pingdom in 1857.--Its Internal Economy.--Lord Elgin at Nankin.--Gallant Exploit.--Its Interpretation.--Hung-jin arrives at Nankin.--Hung-jin's Adventures.--Mr. Hamberg's Narrative.--Hung-jin's Pamphlet.--Hung-jin Prime Minister.--Nankin Invested.--Resumption of Hostilities.--"Indemnity" demanded.--Conditions of Peace.--Cause of Wars with China.--England's Foreign Policy.--The Opium Wars 204