“ his Majesty’s’ ships/ properLy accompanied, to the
■' ‘ port of Tien-sing,. appràaching,iin the' first instance,
*‘;asshearias puss® r-tibe residence^ofthë- Emperor
“ of Ghingh- A n d Sir tFrancis ends iHe fêt£er by “ re-
*-* questing; tfte information^ thus to^eifeBaa^eyed
“ tp the courtof Pekin, '«ti^istingSthat the Imperial ctrders
“ would be issuedfor ,the ;.prdpBr reception o f the King
“ of IGreat Britain’s:oships:f-^3thohas' ^hifeassadèr3îànd
‘--suite,^S'Sc^nasitheyis;houId^appean)atnji’emsi®ggdf
“ The héighbeuïiûg ds&s^’ëS o rb HMÉarnH
- - tThe'i préieni©iifc%ttiteè^ki ithatjl*tte»^ere; ddÉeédi
iP®hoicfe"and Valuabley a«s, to some) personsy : toaîfatiMé
a^vêry- Oxtrabrdinary-cpurpose'. T h é rmembers Tjfiffiè
diplèmatic'ïGitfpfe, wIlÉC&ùsideï'rit bs |p duty ineumbent
upon themiTtpIb^âliy^tto^^fyTran^at^iônci-dfîi'Mejgôi
vemm'ent ^ herds theyaarJeodireCted t‘o> reside, were particularly
attentive' on this OtSÇàSîon. - One ofThesey who
still held toisthd ï^plode^pi^wdfeelnfiîtHe/jealousy^f
commerde^n^t Ming, <it seeing, aware: that- the:-.\horM VaS
wide*' ènoügh for all whouhotëè to embark in that- k in d Of
Mfey ànd'that it floUrishedbestbyTdciprocationy failed hot
to attribütel to^thë British administration pandÆast-India
ChmpanÿyhdOsigüiof> engrossing thfetotalstradp of Gfiltfay
by thè exclusion of all Other •foreigners l^ ïKnd proposed a
counter embassy ^ to ^ aYerC the-' evili;^ So far, however,
wâs-thé impracticable prqjecl'of an attempt at a monopoly
of the ■ Chinese commerce removed from. the mind- of
thoseKwharfhus; jWjegfjs^p'eqtgd- of ife/that the republic
of'TM.United^r^hge^fMln^^h^ in kllianfeey,with
Great'Bfitainj a n ^ ^m i^ ?ja^^o|;it4n the; {proportion
of Jhg,- ©n^^th the: Chinese,t':a{hofomuni‘-
catfon rbfithe ,intended, Emb^syi was pxprpssky. made to
the-states? g^ngrhigff-thatirepublicf, with offers ofseryice-,
to belperformpdo^yj th^EpiblRadpr^, irfj ca^p-Th-at -any
circumstaneeb in the^gomrafertial -of.the Dutch
factorydat: Canto/a^hoAld ^all-.for his^paftfeulte interposition.
The .i-genferal, i spope, Of ■ the-si present: mishOri cannot1,
indeed,'! ho be^er' a^ftaioigd:,than by his Majesty’s
private ^instructions to his EfebMSa-dpry sig-piheebto him
thE0hgh'tohe>>hfuthej.^ojff|rira oh-State ;-r iriywhich it is
pj^e&y pd; - that' j iV a.rgiieater numbed ,of .his .subjects,- -than
”«i spft? any. .-otherpE usope^nsid ‘h^dhMen. .trading,* 0f@jf1 a
f ‘ considerably time -past, rin! Chinja ; 'that, ther c@mirfep-
“ cial .intercourse,*Mt,WeeA, seyprahoMher nations 2nd
m that great.,empire Had.been pf eg&dedyja^cdmpaiifed,
“dd^'B followed,; hy- special-v copjounfeaSionk-:-with its
“ sovereighv Others <had ? the . support. of -missionaries,
“ who, Tfom their eminenGesdnibcjeriee, o!r,ingenuity
“ in the.art^,vhad been;ffequentfyladmhtdd to'the.fkmt1-
**‘i liarity of a 1 ciirious and polished: court, and which
“ missionaries, in, the midst o f ‘(jh.eir-.cares for The pro-
Shpagation of their; faith,. *wes^ ,not. .supposed To have
“ been unmindful of.The;>yiew*suand interest of their
Preparations
«for the
Embassy.