I >
1793- : The performer began 'Ixyh itfig a* l&fgebalbn in every poffibler
September. pMfion, wfiefer lie fuddeniy placed it on' the ftage. with the hollow
p&ff.doWPW&rds, and- m ftmtlytaking it upagain, difcovered alarge
rabbit, which efcaped from the performer, who attempted to catch it;
'by taking .refuge ahiong fttefpdcjfators. » This deception was perfectly"
Unaceotint-abfe to the, as there- w^feJno vifible means ■ whatever o f eom-
mbpigajdon,. by which it was poffifele to eon4ey'fe large an animal to»,
_fhe-‘fpot:! thte'fiage -was alfc- covered with, matting, fo that it- could
not be coijveyed'through the floor, which, i f that had-beeh the caffi^
rhuft have been difcovered by thoffe, and there were, many o f them,
wfere Within & c e yafds o f the fpot^'&effdes, thfe Whole difplay
Of thfe tdckloceupied but a few feconds. Several, other deeeptk»ns- o f ;
a fimifer ^rolc^ged our amufement. T h e whole, o f the entertainment
was accompanied by a band o f rrmfieians* placed On the
ftage-' !;s
The theatre was filled with perfons of diftindtion, and formed a
Very'fpfehdid appearance. The Ambaflador and hisuft^te r ih lh ^ l
about rune o'clock, having been very much gratified by the enter-
tainmeht of the evening. •
Thuifdayig. ‘’•At iieknTeVeraJ mandarins ea»ieJ to vifft his»ifeeleftcjy> when:
every individual belonging to tfce emhafly reeeifbd at jsipfc arid tobacco-,
.bt^bdtitaining»a quantity o f that herb for foioakirig,1
which the nSithdarms* of different1 eM66 paid to
tfte ^ in b a i^ d ry ^ftey never Varied fli fhdr fe^eifror' apf^ance-, and
changes o f rairfEdit'ilor 'not feem'to be ari-oBjedi of attention- in^hinap
-Ms;;in .every'part of Europe» ^feven the Idurt drSa
o f the'ffifid&rffis ftfief^^Vety little fitmifteii bid iriary HaHKmCrrtsl b It.
cbnfifts o f h fohe that -falls down to the middle ofthe-'leg, andis d-ritWrv
• fitt)bhsi. On tie part j^ h feh
covers is % piece 6f< '««broidery worked on the gaiirien*
about-’ fix'inches fqtiare; andis-finilhed in gold or fills of different co~
2 • \ • - 710®$;
*?93-
i ifffi& B h
lours; ao&ard% to the- rank of'the wearer: this badge of* diftin&ion l
has its counterpart oft a parallel |art back, minutely correfpond- Sapttob^
Jng in pattern and dimerifiofts^ In winter, it i§ generally made o f
Velvet; andrit®’ p r e y in g col®® is blue.- The faffi, 'which,' bri all
other oceafidn-s is Waft! “round -the waift, ts clifpenfed'with' at court,-.,
ahd-the drefg is |^ft tp its own eafe and natural flow.
As I am now crime td arp&riod when a certain? degree of authority^-
Was attempted to he affufned, 'akdgether inconfiftent with the c h a f e r
kid-privileges- cffErigliftnien;, '^ w f i ib h , I fear, conveyed noTaVoar*
dbftt'impfeffion to the'Chiftefe o f our national charader and cftftomsi
I f t a t previcaifly - ftate ‘the oMots iffued b y to r d Macartney, and-
read to t&eiftiffV Companies; and all perform of every rank ’ attached -
fe f te ju it^ k b o u t five o'clock in the OVehift^' 6f f&f 2oth' day of,'
M F * 7£l- I J g
^Staled and Jigged'M. a e AR-f« e v\ ..
** As thelfhips and hr*|s attendant ori*the’ embafly fcLdiina' art mow
5 ¥ y S { ^ iVf ia ;EPrt a days hence, h|s E x e ^ i ic y fte Ambaf-
hftis ^u(y fq make the following obferVadons and ar-
xabge’rhents: '
“ If is impoffi^lb that fte va^bus'imporlahtnbjeds of- thb embaily
can be obtained, but through the good- will of the Clnnefe: - that g o o d « .
will may^gph, depend on .ft^e ^ a s lyl^ch. they;£hall»be induced to -
entertain o f Hie difpofition apd copdpd o r the Englift nation, and they
can judge only from the b b h a vW o f the majority o f thofe wfibcome
amongft them. It muft be confeffed, that the impyeftons hitherto 1
made upon then minds, ip confequence of the irregularities copi.
mitted by Engliftpren at Canton, are unfavourable evep to the degree
of cdttfidering them as the worfi: among Europeans; thefe impreftons
are communicated to that tribunal in fte capital, whicdi rep’orts to, and'
g i f t s fife Emperor IFis'
1 therefore