Occaâon of
theEmbassy. a&d this. dfcumManc^rnontHbuted to ||deter icfthers. from
any: attempt it to accplire it ; and,: indtedl to toachc it.; to
them wksfburidto he a'iServiceiof tome tdadgêr. They
mete, thus, ith®
native merchants themselves,» with whom they had to
deal 4 and Yrhn forind thefc feomxmt inaeqniring?, at %sti
as many •linpfehcfwnrd’s as wise de^essafyifcr^nar^ahg
on their-metcandle^^concerns; Befcde^tfcBtfe; Vast j«t|
periority of
§ohs$in-anchoslty 'ia^'43iÈ8a^.i>dEfflË«t'îaû5 dbstfcek? lo'I al$i
social96% familiar - intercourke (betweeh them,; JaM tdae
Only ®^ishffl®a who Went'daeies! And/ datwithstand^
ingiâ Bfitishgfsdory rhafiabeen ^itts^dBaiipyfajdsj®f
anhtmdred years;; not the deakapproadhywafes made
towards that - assimilation h f :mknnersy datei&pisentiments,
or habits; whichffe in similar -.idstitntBoesàjèîËwWtiél
tendskm mttoh to facilitate idle views of (Kimmercej,.»as
welt ’ as to promote 'the comforts : ?df feh®sedmmëdiatoiy
eligagld-indt. • :
Wüàëk ,snch- ;dircnmsta«(^S,- the .arteièhÉ pEejiidrees
agMinM" a l l Irà a à »
is little Communication with -them, could 'scartèlyï&il
to continue in Ihfeir full'foi'ce : thns^pfej-uidee^vmnfconly
operating upon The conducVbf the Chined fennrednced
into a system, supported On the fittest 'Confidemto in
the ’pëifeet state Ofithëir owri%ivilfoatiOn'; fedTh# comparative
barbarism of • every other nation, suggested the
precaufion o f .raafcoeoeg nsgiiktiQnsr.to >jse strain Ih e eOnr
ditotr.sfoaHv E b r n p la n yA coasts.; as? i f
a«ar@;of.‘thernee£^siiy;i®iiprev/entittgAhdeohtafninatio(a
o f ifeâd exanaffe-ajmohg,th eir ow®>pnople2 "jChae p a rt
hnly;%hsdeftinpen sfife- dbiSligâJi ships ; aost; w h e ra th e
sea&csnr cadre ;fer bfaein dfiparlTa^e^id^nsyr-dSuropeian was
emtapeiled totïèmbaffkwâtfejthbm l®ayfe;t% feaisifi, -the
CliîHrc^cÇ'heî'^itoMrsV&tlms^d)ahdonm|tohi§ factory a n d
unfinished ' qohcgro^, ! *jnitillcthsehfieiu®n < ®f the g shipsT in
theffollowyngr yea». * ffitere i was little^ s^upkoin Jèÿing
th n ^ re sto se lio j^ n à foreign tradèt ihengovernsméni^Qf
Ghinaniot (being/impÀefeS'ed^wtitfilanyyMehvofdtSïimppiEt'
an clg^lfVanco^uhnryii^oiudjnglso many iclimifosi and snp'-?
raidi the necessaries, if not all th®>
f u ^m ÿ e ^ n o f« h ie . f <
. Th© .théinativhsg immodiatehyilégagêd àwith foreign-
e jS i f jn ti n ^ q a n , t i f e T t r 3fo«AQtiën'S a d f i j # c u |) e e n d . s |e ^ i c o n -
%derathfegaines§afey îsnoh an intqïcantïSSi? tfeeibady of
thjg^penple^isf taughVotok attrihnte tthe<_ adndssionçu|f it,
entirely,-fto mofij|gs humanity.;and;b,enevplin.ce, towards,
qther nations standjkigïip. m§§d :o.f theiprpçkicelq!
Ghina? agreeably\to^preeeptsi, inculcated b y the,great
Bi8r“|Jist§ii^Hidif':€ffiepi&©e; * a,id • v any occasion on
dé§j£® §£ derpving®eéi#ro,oal advantage? from it.,
-.(Tor ai§og^i,durable “peîiqd,'indeed, «.there j y as little
dginand }f^F>iEwOipè.ant gpj^r^trithejjChln^^ markets.|j
and the pniM^¥^nf^4c^fi>y1aJf jpayingiforthe surplus