ayöwal of Such sentiments. Preeeedmgaipon; this'ip-km-they concealed âîf.'
their acts and determinations with a veil-of-àmbiguity, whichdt sometimes
was extremely difficult to penetrate. , '
Pride, the chiëf actuating principle.of this arrogant court, was the source
to which its conduct, in eyery transaction of'a public nature, might- tilth
mately be traced. The first object of their.govSemmeht is ■ to', impress tftrthe
minds of the people, the most reverential awe of theirïbàwh sbvéreign, whose
greatness they do not admit to be equalled by that-of any mofta-ffelrupon
earth. Without attemptmg to diminish their; veneration >-for .their own
prince, it became my diity^ from the mode that was adopted in the. display
df his conséquence, to acquaint the ministers in terms which could; note#® ^
misconstrued* that there was another power, at no great distance, which
would not readily subscribe to its own inferiority, or admit of*any .act in
its negotiations with other states, which might either express or imply an
assumption of superiority. It became necessary to inform them, that the
Governor-General of India was not, in his relation to their court, or to
that of any other eastern potentate, a subordinate provincial officer, but a
personage in whom sovereign authority, over a widely extended empire
was efficiently vested ; that, as the representative of such authority, I held
an indisputable claim to whatever consideration was granted to the ministers
of other nations ; and that the withholding it, would be accounted an
incivility so great, as probably to prevent the English government from
making any future advances, for the establishment of a friendly and confi-
dential intercourse.
To convey a truth not less important for them to know, than incumbent
on me to declare, I determined to address a letter to the principal Woon-
gee and the council of state, expressing my dissatisfaction at thé conduct
whie'h’te'BirinT^iwt&i^htilStljoantft IpWffa Mobsciserin. regard-any
pklfljt<3 1 i a ' i ' f f c t thi & m wplaniuon of iwhjfch compKe*
f e y ] i ' '■ 11u> t u h f & e f o h i& ' a t l 1 cl Jto tlhn'ia'nfl..rlsat I>^hoiild|^rei
Ciiiul aiid4i(jl5n®«lj!«]’ged®^tlii, kmh; Si p«i->onkasJjitl5£'i1epiesdm.itwe of
an'sequ^haifdiiSO^Fd^^^atg!'' f
imHad there e\on^ikiV-ioom loltdoi-Hiy to hcsu4tfe^upoRithdJ,adoption*oI
rhis-stfe'pV1 the- foUqls buiusirthi ls v hicli bat j&i relit wmiJcharc lyftafeefr.
my interview* wfrll tl ic \Vobujc£s$it'the B o r o i d e d hhe*, m
m^king'a1pu^®ii^c4ar-ationiof4nyji5Lwlfjjhtu,fs oii'Smodi. 6fbfenl!v®®r which
-exceeded ^yenAlite usual c\ttut-^fiif^^ilismig^i3ce,^iffil?lL]l‘-iiffildsh6it
of personal indignity.
The eusipm'^whibmimpWds ■ an oh 1 i g i i - minister tofpfy'a
maik v«. spout b y i tUfHiii >*pi-chenfhto !t*tk'T iiKnw5u8pf flfdn
to whom hajisfmtrodu'cetl, 'has *afrt idy^ccirih'otti'Ltr $hrs^mrplfbxht!*l
offerer in person ]to tlx \e \ Leah pi m< ov oti Mufti. iys‘Jol^iiy^iis'ei'rt^tuiit'
and, in oidei to mam list tliai liAvtivnot my flE si^ ^w tth h nR llim ^ h c n -
troii, .consistent with m y situation to gumf^ooiR?f{S ts oPcl’runfrti'fe,
were ended, I hid directed my A4oonshcev or*l\Kilin seuetaiy. tbSiait
oach of the ministers and tlx pi me ip {I'ollicershri rllUH'mirf ^nfPrujnesPim
my name theirlaebeptanfee- of someirarity, '-tfy pkodiaec*'of'F.ui ope hr h f‘India.
The gift to oach individual was \u y ti ifhng, a few y arcls f»f rdirftpcitti
htoad'Cloth, an article of Cut-glaSs^ a piebe;Qf’4B*engahim3iliS,'or’iof sdfklwHs’
received as a~poHte and handsome testimonial a 4 ■'cWrxron^ttjSffsTriun.k
These civilities, I wasyinfiarm-gd, were, by ^ecrHflm^datfe^oi’dferedif to*
be returned by every person, to whom the attention had been shewn, *tt'
some production of the Birman countpyjk’Mq' of valuv'tqua1! *t(5> w hai-had
been hestowedi t