1793‘
September.
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rah ranges* o f tables*' Wefe placed' threegive them. { They were Is
follows :
Tw o hundred piecfes.rof narrow cdarfe cloth, 'dftiefly black and blue.
Twb ^r^e 'MHfedge'll
TWobkgt insi '
Tw o beautiful fowling pieces'; one inlaid with gold, 5and the other
with fihjer. -
Two pair o f faddle »pifiols, enriched and» ornamented in the fame
manner.
Two boxes, each containing feven pieces of Iriih.tabinets.
Two elegant faddles, with complete furniture; the feats o f thefe
were^of fine doe fkin,’" Hitched with f i ver thread ; fiCTiapS'lfeij
- »bfw bright- yeHbw fuperfine cloth, embroidered witbfiyer-, and
enriched with filver fpangles ahd teaflels; ‘the Veins and; ftirrup-»
ftraps were o f bright yellow leather;»Hitched with filver.; the
HirrUps, buckles, & c . ; were o f Heel double plaited; and,1 ’
Tw o large boxes, containing the fineff carpets o f the Britifi manufactory.
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Thefe were all the prefents*which were brought from Pekin: the
reff, confifling o f various pieces o f clock-work an'd machinery, w if i
carriages, and pieces of artillery, were either too cumberfome or too
delicate to venture on fo long a journey; and were, therefore, intended!
to be prefented to his Imperial Majefiy, on his return, for fie. winter
feafon; to fie capital o f his empire.
The prefents were ordered to remain in their prefcnt fitiiation till
the Imperial pleafure fiould be known concerning them. Centinels
were appointed to do duty on the platform where they were placed.
C H A P .
c H A P. Xlir.
' <^Q>e rirfti$hdffom the fya/uce1. A notifae^tifyi i$ ai %>e
Emperor would give audience'fo *tte 'Bri{i(kt | | 1J H H
iffued to thl fuite on the, bfcafion. dhdfMMffbn to thPfinperiak pa$
s 4 ‘ ac&ld efcri&ed. The^'^fdh^^r'sXtM jf iiU dieii^ 'b^ the Etm^roY.
Prefentfr^ceived on M o c ^ ftd n ^ fe the1
Emperor. Additional prefents. Favourable pinions entertained.^ -
'tSS thifymh^pyT*? |
T H IS morning, the c o n n i n g mandarin'^ v f e a d g e d n ^ lc c dm ! '
panied by . f p ^ l p f h is jnandarin .brethren,",>andfa ti-pop o f attendants/ ' 'sTtS^r*
removed fie prefents, as.was prefui^ed^ t a ihe ‘ palace o f the Em- T h S yi».
peror.
His Excellency, fine, ’ received ^ y jt^ from a, mandarin '
° f , cfme notify that the Emperoc ^puld, on
Saturday^mommg, 'giye^.aiid^^ to the Ambaflador o$t|e^King o f
Qreat Britain at the Imperial palace. This Intelhgeifce erdweheci''the.
1Pirits| ^ i t animated t|ejhopeC:o f |he Wh&e'emba^: and, 'though''
the Gfahd' Choulaa had not vifited the Amhaffador;'3 and*Qtidfcircum-
Hances o f an unfavourable afpeCt had taken place,, the news o f f ie fe t e i
hot only diffipated our gloom, but renewed thdtide of'expedlation, ' ‘
and piadejt npW.with an- accelerated current.
His, Excellency received theyifits of feveral (mandarins of diflinc- Friday
tion, who continued with him upwards of an hour.
Orders were iffued, that the whole fuite fiould be ready on the
following morning, at three o’clock, to accompany the Ambaflador to *
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