Ctóabêir.
Wednefdayg.
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Lord Macartney fent his own ftate carriage as a ptefent to thé Gfand
Cfao^aa', who refufechto accept it. It wasFthen re-demanded to b&
unflung and packed up jf but no anfwer whatever was returned; aitd
f& ftiort Was- the period allotted us ,to ftay, and/o-much V s to be
done m it, that-fhere was no time to make ferther inquiries^doncern-
ing die fat®, of this chariot* nr the reafdfes of'%eh an ungracious behaviour
on the part of the mkiifter by whom it was refufed.
• ’• The hurry and eonéifion öf lthis day is beyond cfefoription; and »if
théioldte*ad.not been called in to have affifted in.packing thebag-
gage, and ftaresda much greater "part muil have been left'behind,- that
aéiually. became a prey to the Cliinefe.
The portraits o f their Majeftiesi were taken down, but as the cafes
in whkhfthey had come frost England, had been broke up'Jor fixtures
ia the apartments, a few deals, haftily nailed together,, wdre hnw their
oniy protection.. As for the ftate „canopy ,J t was not taken down,
hut ahfolutely tomfrom- the: w a ll; as the original cafe that contain^
it,.had been alfo-employed in various convenient ufesC and there was -
not;-time' -to make-a new one* The ftate eha&Es were prefented- to
fom& o-f the mandarins; and-the canefpy was given to fotóe^èf Lord
Macartney’s- fervants. Though, in the fcramble, the Chinefe ton-
trived-to come in for a lhare. They alfo cpntrived to-purloin'
large quantity o f wine > nor -was ifepoffibje, in fuch a tcene of hurry
and-cemfufien, to prevent, theft opportumties which they wveft on "the.
watch toftlze. In one Way'ór other, hdwever, the public'baggage,
fftres, furniture, See. werejumbled together as well as circumftances
would admit- ^ and no gatjns-or adivity-were wanting inlhqfe employ-
-éit to perform that fodderp and unexpeded-duty.. * g
The whole o f the fuite were occupiedfat a very early hour of this
mSning, i j getting their packages in readinefs, which were taken away
by the Chinefe appointed to convey them on the rojtd* The whole
o f the embafly foo’nïfollowed. Newman, the marine, was buried oa
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the road to Tongi-lchew, and at that town we arrived in the evening,
where we found avg’ftaCmaM||e‘' -in’ the article o f’bur» accommodations!
The apartments which were^^wljailotted to^ s, were‘nothing more
than temporary ftiedsf-hung with ftraw matting.
@a going to the river fide we %md?the junks toadyrebeiv^-us-£
and when the eireumftances; o f the embarkation were fetfted, the junks
Were deranged ihtfpftowing order
No. 1.. The Ajnbaffador. b
- a. ’Sir George and Mafter Staunton.
Captain Mackintofh, Mr.. Maxwell, - Mr. Barrow^ i ld D r-
* Giilan.
4.. Lieu tenant-Colonel- Bqnfoo, with the Lieutenants Parifti ahd
- Crewe,
5. Melfrs. Winder, Barring, Huttner, and Plumb.
6. The Dodors Dinwiddie and Seott, with Meffts. Hickey
and Alexander.
7. The Muficians, M«chanic§-
The mandarin, Van-Tadge-In, and his attendants, were it^feparate
junks.
All theft matters being finally adjufted, his Excellency, with’ 8?r
Georgp' Staunton, &c. went on board their junks ." while' the .'gentlemen
were employed in getting their baggage into .thdrfrefpadive
veffell; which exhibited a new and fuperiot fefie'^oPhonfufiori -to« any
we-h^dyet experienced- There -was-, in the S k i'pfece, noTmall difficulty
the junks, withy the per tons who belonged* to them-
Nor yverc there a fuffieient number of coojies, to tranfportiifche„different
effeds on board the- veftek. , In ftiort, thofe attentions' which were
-fhewn to the Ambaffador on his former abode in this, cit^/'fed^ed' to
have been forgotten * and the place which was now a£prbbr>iated to re- .
O&ober.
Tp'hurfday io*.
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