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t- .... <he liveried «if Été embafiyi -Theÿ appeared ‘to tfee a -^pcCtit è tM ‘pfeStfarit
people, and of an agreeable appearanee.
Though ftforfftot he fitippofed foàt füdh a téobferenceirihtyàSfois
morning M â between foe BHttlïf Afobifiîaâbf ànd foë-mfoSari»
would tie communicated *to ®é
yet we could not refill S e fpirit of coâjeâure on foe q a a t ^ l ,tiie
* following circumftance, whieh took place this .morning, dg/A not
1 11 ffervfe ^ o ;d i^ )a te - t e t dtfpofitioh -to ffotfoecle1 ffl,- Which prevailed
among its/-* *
T he Ambafiàdor ordered Mr. Winder, -onfe o f hur 'fterètaries; tb
intimate tb the Servants that, in café they flibuld find, m foe^oùiflP«#
the day, nhy difiaëoçy h f their provifions, eithëéfti ijutditjror quantity,
they Should not refle£t or nbnrpkinTo th e 'p ^ î è ^ h o ;ïùpp”fiëtliÉafi:,
but Jeave them untouched, and intimate the grievance -tp his Excellency;
who requeued, for Very particular and Weighty^restions,
tirât this order might be pim&ually, o b f e e d ^
It became foOle to whom fois iritima&oh 'was -made, ï f rÿay foe
moft Wiffibg■ bbëflffittce to k £ at foe fame’ time, it télrcitèd'iïo finafl
aflofrifomest fhat wefoouHthus be ordered ‘to 'prepare bmt
felves for ill-treatment in the article o f provifions,T Of which wefoad,
hitherto, fo Iitde réafcn to complain. Gar treatment in fffis8i^foe6t
had ‘been not only h rfpitabie, but bounteous in thb e^treme. Tb
fuggeft caufes o f complaint tofoofewho never’y et hak foaîôh^é<hn*-
plarn, was a condud: perfectly unintelligible in itfelf ; and was j therefo
r . very natumny referred to the interview dfi -foe; m omingfoettyeen
foe mrndmin amiflfoe Ambaffador.
When, however, dinner came, Vè 'wdt'e'Vehfible that foe ‘precautions
cortimubicated to us Were' ,‘as'we expe'ded' to- find them, fob
reluit o f fo'tne Well-grounded fufpirion; for,, inftead of foat f abün-
dance with which our tables had hitherto been ferved, there was hot
now
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npw a fwffipert’ quantify :piwiiioEfe;yifo3K= hal^fon pei'lprifc who were- '&&&..
lead) to partake ol them. 1—
SeptB»be&-
mo»«®! && foeri|mbafiy* were, hMi©Vje,
I very unplufant jg jn p ^ b ^ w ^ a t
we might be ftarvul a ^ > 1
^ ^ e a ^ w h h ih ^ e fp e C t t a q d , j § | & f w e fqm^ftrpi v B S i e
importnit objyfHJiijut would quickly jdimffi'intojno,t.l^, W&had-
; it appeared to us,
^whiph'was offered t^Jhe crown and dignity qh flip firft naffoa, u* the
w-opM.t. f e
Jhif^mjeagre mqah/therqfoty,, w*p. feftfun^tfeh^d | i|B B B |
niity ttt thepi^r^ which pad, beeq.riej^^qc^typl^intsi Wjerg prejfgrred'* ,
acf4,,.©n a report befog. made t q /
h i^ thatvfoe iseprelfo&atfon^ which hud! beenimudet' w;ejgs fomjtfed in
' lealit> ,'M ty Plumhatt|i^dnterpreter^;^req^ltei;- H^Qajwuaicate
foe caWV o f fofeqwent! ttyfoeSmaadamn^ unfot® ifoS&oo jn<w:,ho$i-
^ U lc .u fa g e i-^ r wagffigrem<mftiana?Wffeout an iinmedhttef^dleCt;
’ ' m m iiftLi I m 111B M IB IS a. I^r iety^ h p^d i^ s,,, qgt
o Why this' enw m im m , when- i* m^fffoWte been. imaiCkal &*&? o£
p r ^ E a h o ^ l f c i r y e d v W»& foust wifoheWtffoihfliSi/.cqijld s^telbkh
Toafeppofejfoarq pta4
-' ?n hvu,m°r91>®fpjrjt «5 tantakfing; cmnotbe
^eadiry imagined j and, ^a's,jfer any falvin^^^Epenfe in f f i M i l i f
;C§!iM;beho..%e^t^ foe ttya^ryr jtcr foe. 61 binefe EfoptyW r fo
' whichj. ^ th e r^ ih iwaa
rem©)is§dk* c usi o^^cw^inquhyt,,:
The Ambaffador was this morning pleafed jb s order: , the prefers i w ednefi-
which W&||hrpugh't from .Pekin, to he.niipacked'in fo& M k t plat- day
form, ^r. portico, facing fits Excellency's kpartment|f where feve-
4 ral