OpGasionoftheErnbassy:.
v a lu e ' of their eommb'ditM^ili itfoiieyi,
desirable for nations wh‘ieh> niaye often havM-ooeasion
to_remit -cash elsewhere4*'was thought, in China,' where
such a vr^nt seldom cotfW <#®ur, to-be produ ettve of little>
other5alteration ' than 'to inyexsase the ■relativte^weight * of
the* metali'represeneing properly p and #jhioh' increase
'wais in ih a tsfisp e c t considered! r-atbb;; an;^ inebnvH^^»©&
than a benefit
With such -anPopinionofhfOlfeig# trade,'those; Wh#
presided'idver- it,* beingiindiffererit' tOfffifcs' pYS^f^s's^an#
suffering it,' rather than ^ieklngWfgrF^o^M^KWas a
very; jslendel^ch anee; 'offfavourabfe|ia®teritfo'n
common justieet1 towardSwfte straif^^s^i'^’’#^fr®ied.3*it
on ^lespeeidlhvtli’e English at" Canton; wl&bfiad'n\)t®blre?
faculty of^asserting^thc^r' owji ( ' mi^<tlie*-s'jft/#>,*
and were entirely without suppUlf* ‘at^h^teap'ha'l,
their hardships might be redievsed. rJ’h e y i - nMa S ^ ?
subjected to many oppressions in their 'deaUi^gwf^a’fi'd'
i^dlts«upon fehffr .persons. aflPhey-did irttff^lroMW'v^
that'^ti^h5 treatment was 'authofize&fl&fakfchfe'
Emp^for of-China; or even kno-Vf# Kdlm; ~aiMl>fEei'Sw'
fore geVePahof the East India Company’s age-Mt'S, employed
in the- Chinese tr^d®, Suggested-! the"prbpri et-y of art'
embassy to his Imperial Maje'Styy to repfeseftif^heif
Mtuation,'in the hope that he^mighoikdieorders for
the removal of the-J^rfbvanees under which theys^lt1-
boured. Intelligent men; %ho had! resided at Pekin,
and being,* as B^a,thenjat^eians or.a^tisjts, in the service, of
the,do,ur?,; Jradloccasionally an qpportuni$y of observing
the dj^ppgijipn.. oJ3th ^ e^ h o composedjit-^i*v^rie; iof, opi-|
njopph^t’Sgi4Gj^0 r>.ipie^sure^opr|)p4&r^y supported, -cpuld
not fail pfthayfi-ngx#i^Q§ib^Upct^yjJhjptjEpglish, hitherto
» knpjy-nj J^fg^Xteept through the prejudiced’
medium:o|j ^bjehjadversariesrival§.vjThose
’vyho-rg^ided^^Banton ^wei;^ mexejy :pOpsfdered' as individuals,,
Yfho,v n©t ^^n^^%^y^pommei^ed.;; or expressly,
ay p wed by .their- ow,n^^i.t£Lgn. might not be,
t^ought^.^tfded, jtp.j any. gaijticplar protection; It \yas
uiged^that, a British Ambassador would be 2»jnew» speqr
t^qlg|; and Jiis.jinis^ipn a- coMplijnent, that <jw;o,u|idvEP,r§n
bably. be wejl ^ppivpd., ^pd^^^JgfahTeasOning,, it
appeared, thaf^^er^iynojaMe^pf^olicy^pr commerce,
■vyhicl) l^cf to;|t^{)maintenancejof {ipipi§feersfropij Qreat
Britain, j(a,tWE ur4opeaji.itg0ijijts, antf-cy en ,in T.yjtk^,, applied;
y^itlp ^ u ^ |t|e n g th , to a similar-estajalishme
j^ ra lpticabJc,atiPekinrtt5Plg*Sade^^e)^El<%^p[^?^|s
t he, tyjjg| epun^ies,,amounted,? annually, i^ sp^ g fmil^
lio^is; jSte^iinigi.; ; and,,, tho the ^kingdom ^pfj Gi;eati Britain
h^l^kt^nt seyepaljthpusandjmjles from- th^gapital of
the Qhipe^ei ^empire, the^’depen^entk tprrifpries Hg£ each
s^ite,;|ppr;oaciheLd^aGh Pjhg^wfthin gbqqtktfl®} hundred
'^SSfe?1 on tb^ sldecPf Hindpstan.,, Much ,©£-fb$«Jpter-»
mpdjate ^sp^GGp between;p,the* easfeifn* jbnimdary.,0f the
British,gqvefnme^t; of Bengal, and the ^egtern IfpitSs
VbfSjiC " D
Occasion, of
the Embassy;