. I793- .
October.
Wednefdayst.
Thurfday J.
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the' mode’ófb'applying th'e'different nrashines", 'uh'dferfh&r diredtfon^ tt>
the r^fpedtive ufêSfctf which >thbyrwere' deigned.
' The Arhbafïador' received a formal intimation to-wait qtrifhgi Emperor'
as tö-trfortbw ] yhendfc wsts hoped and anxiously expeéfeed that
tlie final ratifications would taker-pfece between ther.tóiüMfcs-föf the
tw.o' courts, and prepare-fhe way-for entering’Upon the prQj.eiftpd
-negotiation, from which fo many advantages were ekpedfced to be'
derived tó the; commerce of Great Britain.
The-fick were this day rëittovêd to that part of the palace: which-had
diêênrfitted upras an hofpital.
Another packagfc of prefents wast opened and, examined preparatory
to their being fent-to ‘Ms Imperial Majtefty. £
. The Ambafladbr, in obedience- to the requifition o f yêftefcc&y,. went
in a private manner to the-Emperors ipalace^where. bufihëfevwas
tiarifaéted between his Excellency and the offirers b f ftate.;»a0d4kWas
a report • amortg^he;Engli ftf fuite, -button =whan foundation, .1; cannot
tell that the requisitions of-the Britifh M in i® % ’ere fubmitted-tmthe
confideration of the Imperial Coüiftïk' This, conference jaftedtwo
hours, but the refult of it was not, as May be- fuppofed, a Matter, | f
general communication; but there were no apparent reafons. to fuppofe
that it was notfavqurable to the fuccefs of the .embafly.
• As I bad this day attended the Ambaffador, -I fliall juft, mention
what I faw of the Imperial palace, which will be comprifed in a Very
'few lines.' p
If is fituated in the center of the city, and furrounded by a wall
about twenty feet in height, which is cov'efed with plaifter painted
- o f a - red ' colour,' and - the whole crowned -or capped ,wUh j. , '1
: varnifhed tiles. ‘ If is faid to occupy a - fpace that may be
about
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about- fefeen > En'glifhji' -mllfesi 5in -'c^rbbmferehde', ds furrounded
by .a, iHndKofiffgravekVa<lfe-S%li^ffeSfeins-i' a ’v-a^" 1
Jblfy as I wa”s{iofitftoec$ off alt tfioferartiffi&’ailf -Hfeauti'&s^which de-
pbpperjthe. gardengm£^©hina^i&^ dn^ fa^ ^U ^ th '^ t^ cd ito ith e
paJfl «i^kjby».3^yeryiifttangj, of I
that fiont^the galey. iv yfes to tho height o f tluu^ib mc-i',’ iarif’ea^h^of I
.them is ornamented, with a^pafeom^tj j ' . » vhoftf'raVl- I
fiig,pal'if’a'&cg^-- and pillarsf *■ k u
q o ^ r^ w i th yellG^?ftnnmg’''itildi.^and ll;c otpfS^^d'iiifce, i&Cl
oajfc
Tnnc C H u n a C a i c ^ h c y tg
large | | H i foldicis ’.certain) niLifib^Vfc, n i ^ l a u . n ? t h e I
'firft ends a r e , a l sML a t t e n d a n c eW- -
I d f tl ic apar to ent^ , tains, fori I
’privale.1 u t (irntililic 1 ‘U&M1
profjucuSi^orTiuit'jmclT^isra,j uf ^ huM^itutdaip
w h o le^ ^ le ry fp nfi^ ed * ƒ but, in^uglfr im* rtAlv*f^ ’ ackno^MgeI
tliat the palace had fomcthing imUofing lr^ n’htmcem-l
HmRflngs1 w m c ojjffithVt Ttmounif it, f
fitc‘1 W t o ^ l i t ^ tB<M y pHnarg‘ aiv-J
Had': heard’’ and ‘read'of thr,^n%fep^f''^^fmnmal
r^fi^efice
t TItmTtoW ^ o, had ffl^pmer
'’’jcbncerii in tM emhaffy, than a^ V p^#df fS^^tlbke. neMSry ft r jis
exterior condudt apd appearance,, fliguffl^he. irfmped'*ofMtey oi»>tfK'
'official dircumftafices' liT it j^'tSg^fccMfd,' tHerctbr^,^oii 'its
- progrefs frorti the general arrangements? whichAvefe made'.opqderning
its domeftic eftabliffiment^/? I t .w-as-t h^tevep with particnW fetKg|
f iclion'that'tfie/follbwing diredtion* WtfL' ffifs d ^ '^ c^ v^ y tl'in ^ h e
I -y Amhaiiactor^