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His Excellency made the &me diftribution as he had before Jone to
the. gentlemen of the fuitei while the p r in ts , addreffed to their Britannic
Majefties, were afligaed to the lame apartment which contained
thole of the preceding day.
The evening of this day was paffed in great mirth and feftivity by
the whole firite, from the very favourable foreboding* which they now
entertained of the final fuceefsof their importmtmiflion.
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C H A P . XIV.
The by'-mdndarihs on ifie pari If- the Emperc¥,"io in -
'’Vrt&'Jiim to'V&uri1 oii the ahhiverfa^bfffi^hnperial idajejly's birth- ■
day. Th'e Wfibfe jk ite ‘-altended oh limfch'dJioHi} ^/fi^'hnpSriaip'alact
dtjcribed. •'S& td in cd kp t^ the Emperbr. ' J^flideJIimbf piefopfs.
Btejtnefs- tranfaBed with the Imperial 'fidriftiit/at fh jen t' o f
tbe^ dBrrif eror o f 'China 'to the King o f Gteat Britain. J&eftriptibtt-
' ~°f‘theatrical amufemenPl. ' j i BhitiJfiybTdier tried 4>y d court-martialf
and pnntjhed. -Leave feh b lty
TTh E A^mhafiador reepye^ 'the Jevejal mandarih^V who ■
came to -inform [him,, that as ihe ihilowingjjd^^Was tlie- 2nniyer~ September,^
ia ry o l the Emperor^ bir[hj4§y», his prefqnce, apd that pf the whole ^ n<?ay lSi
embafiy, ^Would be e&peOted, at coyW.
i This^qrmng,i al.twa).o’eip,pk). his Ex.ep%ney, with.the ^whpJe Q? Tuefdayt;,
theEnti/hfaite; Impenal I ^ e f i y ’s. palace, X »
arrived^ With h^wnptiorfy in about two ,hpvir£ f amj.dftVn
tnenfe |^^ ^ o f,|p e 61;a6brs without*»* and a* great4 eoiiOourfd'*ot'people ’ ,
W#hin the palace^, the lafttap qp^fifting.^f mandarins, o-f alLcMbs and
diftin^ion^,: r
This palace isj.built on an elevated fitpatipn, -and Gommands^esp
len^ § .view jof. the,mpd5daj'Po|'Siipqpntrj[I,^at i fip-rpupd§,;)i|. /»The
pdifice itfelf is neither lofty orfeMgant, 'hut very ekte'nlive; ,a»d cpn-.
tpins a very numerous tenge o f tttertst, furrounded v s d th f '^ B ^
ornamented- witkgJdmg.tmdeohHir«.. % ^ etei
miles, i^ d iwpimded -hy'a firojog wail, _ about thirty dfee*. in.
height.-