Preparations
ih tie
Embassy.
vwnettonbeieapected <m the part ofif^magi^
trates and inhabitants of Canton, from their/appisefoen?
sion that the Embassy. wnuld^i^totually/? affeefc.'tjfe
situation of the/ former., on a ropre&ntation ©ftheirrop-
prmionsi, or: the profits o f the latter, ®tfci»siY*
trade with -foreigners.-
£ xiibovery branch ©£ the sea% setJvtCB Haptaina now |Sic
EraSmtis’Gowec, was known to; be fully:esp&h Independently
of the military exertions! tiffins- /Spirited and
able officer, he had, twice, at an early taps, «been round
the world, having! ^suffered, and materially edmteib^fi
to: surmount, the: vast variety o f evils (incident:to.such
perihnis and. protracted- yoyages^ by- w hie^his. mind
was inured 4o/ atid-provided withvcesnnroe®hgTdh§h )th§
accidents of untried routes. At Lord Macartney
sire, he was: appointed to A e j command .ofitte Limmaii
of war, and gratified with the choice o f his « v n offie^l
whom he selected . from aipemonal f knowfcdp cfe th^i
merit* Numberless! applipatti&s : wsene, made '*10 sSSrt®
under! him upon the present interesting! oeoasiotn; and
young gentlemen, bf the most respectable families* glowr
mg with all the, ardour -and i enterprise of | yeutfey/ wee«
admitted in the Lion, considerably bey®nd^the customary
complement of midshipmen.
A military guard was allowied* alsoy; t o attend ttherpef“-
son of the Embassador, as practised in Eastern embassies;
seldom, indeed, for the p r o s e s , oh safety,butias adding
EMBASSY TO CHINA., 3&
d ig n ity te ther-missibn. JoLord Macartney’s guard was
not< rmam'eroiisvtbut iEon^istfed of picked men from the Emb!!!^
infanfer^ks we^L as 'from the artillery!}-brit-h. ld |h t -field
piesespithe* rapid/hx-erea-sfe'*o f r.whieh; $ agreeably it®! the
recent improvemertfSj 'ife&gedaor .with .the varioMScevd*
lui«tofr®f i tt e men, might, in AeSeitrespects, eentffiy
som e id ek lo litb e Eurojiekn art o f . War,* and be .an intfo-
restidglspeetsteldkoNlhB Empeppspmf Ohina j. tAoiris said
td p f id a h ith s e lf 'd^a,‘eonqoeror d£ bstAspno .territories-
and of many Tartar, ttrfbesir I t 1 wajsv Ab-WeYeRpcafi iro
dls^ensabl&'ipreoautito,:tordeterifene/:cfflL ..iteintaining
sbic't discipline: am<M£g^thesd'.^m ,3'withi d viewy-espO.
bialfeyv ©fptevenridg them: feom eommittingieX:0«s?«Ssnf
any kind^-twhfeii,' .^thciwey©^ slight cdnsrilu^lftp^elsec
wherey m ig h t appear i&ifeAdafaus <in th e t eyesuof/the
olpderly ’Ohm&sey as to . t^owifinfithe pcejird&ce«/ already
imbibed,* ta^ai-At th e ;E ^M i j ; <
This* objictwaf secured by puttrngAe/'guardy-chosen
fer* this purpose/und&rtheubtomandtof-ansattentiiYeand
gond offibQr/ iMajoftsobr .€Monel«, BtehisMl-?fia^^stedihy
Lieutenant, n o ^ ^ ^M r i/d f e r is it^ i rind iieatefiitnty mow
Lieutenant (Sbldriedp©reiwb > i ; I t will appear,:rin -the
.eourse ofithisi work,' th a t (DaptaA Parish5,’ w h o is ^Y e ry
able draughteMaiit h ^ c^AriWiited t<h- fefri^-graAfigMion
o f the ntiiibsifey* ®f thw puMi^pfey the/ A bBfe ttrf« m
sta le remarkafefe obj ec tsrthltoiighou# tlre^rMfe.«: Thbre
wefej-iiideed^attMehld^tci tb i «paiftfe# aft'd a