Prepäfätions
fei* the
Embassy.
•»■of ac?q«irmg Wealth, notr even for favouring-the eom-
“ merce of hisjkubjectsbut for the sake-of increasing
“ the knowledge of the habitable globe, of findingj^jit
“ the various productions of the earth p_an,d;for fcom-
“ iffiuhfcating the arts and comforts ofblife to those
.parts'; whefedhey had hithertoAbeen- little known |
“ and1’ that “ he had since-sent vessels', withianimals,
“ in d vegetables most useful to man, to.islands and
“ places where, it appeared, they had been wanting
that “ he had been still more anxious; todgiqshiremht.o
“ the arts and manners of countries;, wherescivilhsation-
“ had been improved by the-wise ordinances and
“ tuous examples of their sovereigns/ jl^rnugK ,3ikypg
“ serieS_of ageS; and felt,; above all, an asdent.wish to
“ become acquainted with those celebrated institution^
“ of bis^ {Chinese}. Majesty’s populous'and extensive
“ empire, which had carried its prosperityj tfc* such a
“. height, as to be' the admiration of all surrounding
frhhatioriSv ' That “ his Britannic Majesfeyheing-dhen
“ at peace with all the world, no time could be so pro-
“ pitious for extending the bounds of friendship and
“ benevolertcfej and for proposing To communicate and
i| receive the 'fetlCfits which must result from ah ho*
‘ • reserved and amicable intercourse between such grpat
“ and civilized nations as China and Great Britain.
The pbjedt* of the Embassy was, indeed,.-so little
confined to mercantile concerns at Canton, that Lord
Manirtn®^ had dlsh^liphary au^jco?i><iyj".to vish,besidfe
Chimijhevekysiother. cfiuntry. (in that divdsjon .of Asia
whieh1 tmay be {crimed Sfchg Chipese; ArchipeJngo 4 %>lh 1
whencte^ui&litp&dr important ih fip o ^ p n 1 » fi? ji^do:
rivEd/] i and fej^adt^ceordingfef.jcenabassacjorial powers I
addr^sdd.Trtq^bol^^peha31’^ ofigjupan, <and’*he King of
Cochih-china,?jas:;<wfelft;asda gene®aljSCQiximissi<^i^all
prlho^s^.and.^^B^i where „ h e .might have (Occasion to
touch m'.tho,HEhm6&evitoabdh
At'lengthjjevhry tbihghreingmdady;*;a.®d itbje ships at
Portsmouth, ail those,' who :werfi to accompahy,-or ah
tend the Embassador, It® ithe- akn<miSt|^f near one hun-
d i - e ' ( i musicians and artificers,
beside 'SoMid^and h is Excellency
there iit^e^ember, in jp$dei4<$0r embarkation;
^ndrfmeefeing aIf yy -e t h e r / k p e r h a f e I
T hey w^g^j |in futur^T? ^a -
mily jhmitjsd by ^ ^ n ^ p h ^ a n id ^ y ^ f ;ties
o|P^.tiF,|st and d p |p Iiid^Sc.'nJm.ilyipff ih ^ y jfh o sp
J®4ghty Vjfer,e ^difenfrafed ii^;||! the* car^fiof lining,
and? whq'j werei
the^^ekt^»might?,tb4f G^nsidj^red new
period of existence Thoy^had^u^uitted their former
£ s^tationsv^sldest^habits, and>mos( ^ ^M n p e c t io n s , to
engage? in ap|&zardq|| b u t ^ t g ^ t ^ , enterprize.
not Argonauts, <-he
Hope, of qbtainin,g(*a fint, impelled by
Preparations
for; the
Embassy.