Occasion of beei^precedM b y any English -trattellSt;. actuat®deby mo-
bivefHd&prety or tjfelriosityy who MlglAanrinuk»ceVa'ti4^i?st,
thev-nameyf his country* t©i spike* Wlvarit^e$& I t ^ n t i - '
rnied jShsbe So'little kho«fc®, -'g^ii^gffter the ESgl'iskihSaf
begudyfritraflie. at- Gam ton, thatf
g ^ b ed ^o h fy jb y ib h e cQntemptnons-appMlation-O'f
mowizkin\ w .M c H # a sM i e a r l ^ ‘j a ^ iG a h b e ^ t f am ^ l a t e d f f i f i i 'a y
answer-to (that* bibar&My^pated' Supifr :*
- When the V astiy^eakphthe shippakgfplffth&EUiglfsh
atiGanfon, and the e'elat of thekivictoBiesyim Hindostari|f
as •will'as their conquesrfcM^tfee Philiipffcffle^ Isl'a’n^^iH
the Chinese-seas, hadhttraeted the/®bteiltion'nlsthe?®oiaft
ob Pekin,: k^Ss/ answers,A>te> s inquiii^b&wee^fimg them,
from theamftasiojjai iosvd/e'iirg ’thS'^SSyhEiiaroxfJeans toMri£
consulted thei^probaBlyhpattmdk’ of th^in'a'tfion^b ahd
religions prejudie-es„ imbibed) , lo^sldte, . by-fpei scfnV
of that desdripfion^againstoilh© English!. I*.imik^h«Yp
required: a long 'coursenof y<k?y^©skt*^daand; c 4 p i |
conduct on theinparq to effaces any^ArnifabiOtefetei impressions
givefiwbf khem b y miber riati^S»|^''fEn®dp^'
But. with such a? conduct it- was ^omettmes -diffi^ltvw
reconcile the. independent spirit5artd' £rbedaiaSp||a^ti0SaV
resulting from thonatur&rof the1 "British gnv&fmffie'ntV
and which might, however just£tiabFe^■haYe,' soktf6&rfi#
worn theappearancehf "presumption in ip |i
supercilious and arbifrax ^magistrates; !of China? og^pg«
eially^hen observable in' persons of a merdantilfefpfd^
feSsidnrwbiGb«happens;{_t^be<the; lowest- class in esfe
Eriaiioktl^i.et-i1 It-i moi^?,fu(\Q]iLOJii% aniejiyrorse, consequences*
prbcfccdsM^ffqm theabvi|S^oblibei^indhe.vulgar and
tanins.%k-6ted||m¥ridsnf British seamg% arid;Qther persons
in fefekohWtipky. tThek-pas&ions; and papricfig, - being
ib^Betbtmp®ku^unr^toimed,'ihey lephibhid- such spen.es
p f f p ^ # s s e S /) a n d 4 4 ig !® h E |(ie s a ^ , iK p w p ^ ^ i a c l< y \d i s .g u s t e
ftig and- d f f e n ta whose minutest? actions
are jcorltf©id^dshyi % e^l^raghiaili^ns v * ,j
l|s Ebom' the-Se4^rses^stofRaHii,%^®^^4#y;entiiig!B|feid
p'©a?fefeffCa«teb,v.bte''E^ii^^^ie^r,^^lytfd.epicfe,4' in
•th^K^e^fe'unfavbur *V>f the
"»u-btry; and^r€§hbly#ieate|l^ith tkg|.gr©atesfi mgp;ur
d-pmm fehe/sfbfeVnAnd t-kufc -die imperial! of^^fefttUfrtJfff
whose " i m m e d w e r e plaggdf W.ere*,in
little vdamge^ofcrieprelaem-sibnf/oE. ;any ^lhyr^i|nigi^ # f
their:>pexsons'; or ampositiiins. up’on, thqird-radeTfeeif
complaints-.pveecjIg or t ill-founded;
.and attributed to»'a* rest-lesMand5 unreasonably dis-
Occasion of
the Embassy.
po,siiip'mq Effectual„• m:ea^ures^^©^g li keydsg ,-^kehJ tp
avoid a^Bepetiti^%pJMr^ii|^Bqpi^n.^Lamg^,jby' punishing
S^j|h>,of the-nati-\^^a@L.w^re; susp^||^^fjhav,ing assisted
in^translying{theya'p%^,which.ppy#ai.neel th‘emfin|p.th e
languagejs®fi thj|,£©untryj T h e tfpw^Enlglisf1 y -wkPiiWeffi
in am}y^id^®§e2#dq^ip^du^#h I ^hafefjamg^g^ being
vfoffleftss&fi 1 y i-brou gh t^fitte^tfiyfliE' tb^p^u:^»^ ©f ^©oirunu-
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