Visit''to the of the empire, that no transaction with foreigners was
s admissible b y ‘it reeiprocaibenefit, but
as i^graGSr and^eoirdeseeiisidh from! the former to the
latter. J
The Embassador was snot unwilling to negociate even
on thos^iterMs; and the ^]aonbMgingly>s&id,3that they
should have frequent opportunities of meeting during
the eontinuanoe o f his Sxcelleney^visit at tfe Gbinefe
court; J
i The conference enddd ass it had; begun, with -every
‘ appearance of cordiality and? satisfaction on, boeh-sides.
Messages .of civility, with ipresents^bf; fruit and svliat-
meats, soon followed both from ;thd< Emperos’ andHtthe
Golao. -
•. 3 The naan ners ©f Hp-choong^ taung vferg-- hot ilpss pleas -
ihg: than his understanding. was pcnetrating/and acute.
He seemed ihdetd'to-^pas^ss^hei qi^liti^df a confsaa-
mate statesman. He was- ■ called to officeand authority,
no doubt, by the ttierei favourof the ;sover§igni/;ferhmst
be the cafe in most monarchies; but he was ‘confiriaed
and maintained in ;ft b y Abe-approving- voice?©tf such
persons ©f rank knd eminence as have influenee in the
determinations of the most, absolute governments;. J In
thosfe governments in Asia/ theprinceis not-afraid/ as is
the;case in Europe, to/debase his dignity'by alliances
with Ms subjects; and- the number nTehildren of Asiatic
monareksyby different wives and concubines, occasion
so toany matrimonial connexions -with the.crown, that
the-irifluence arising4 fröttt-them is ^counteracted; bycom-
petitiön/)1-A ti!d höW'ëVèt* of this Sort, added! to power
alrettdy-aféqükè'd; incmas’esianlbs ©fetes it. A daughter
of the Emperpr is married^^ a son-of Ho-choong-taung.
Tbis^eirpumstanCiiWasaliought^UfficientitO'ialarm -'Some
of the imperial family, - arid - othfed^yal? 'suBj ecti- óf .the
empire, a s ’if they *fverSdéat-hd of fche.heightsbd whicH
thé aMbitipk of thatTavöurite Jöïghti»gpi®e. One-man*
ind isctectly zëaïóU s, undfertööfc tb présent^ ’ memorial f o
his idfpèriaï Maji&tyf'efcbmtffigdriM to-dèdalyMs suè«
!cksS0'ri_a^ a tïieasüib5 óf fefetyyto/prevent future dissen!
si-oès in thèVempifffeK
■ 'iWëtëÉtëffölèS rf'de^ötotdnpfsv'öunof-.ptipïbgehituTe
tob‘e prevalentIn the C h id ed Pmpfrê-* ^gra®dsoHj of thè
En^pfirbfj'by his eldeSSt son dl'Cfesfek, would-have, the fak$
esfclaiffi; halt the maxims ©b'thatlJgqVe^SJiient leive/tbe
sWê,(féSsibn eUtkèïyfct tlie ohoiPe ■ o f the jsmgfiiag prinoey
fvho rhky’éftc'ïttdèV aS has been itost&néedl, evettbisipwn
offspring* arid family. Thb^dyicfe. obtruded by~am individual
to the sovereign, to d’éclare his choicd, Was highly
offensiVè1 fó him. The ■ adviser1 was seized^vaijd dapb
tally-puüished i thë tribönaf, beforéhfêhldb hdWas tried*
having ranked Ms- presumption-ambligstl -thëfefost - heinous
crimes. 1 Hi* Imperial Majisty,.‘h o o v e r , thought
propèr to publish dn thfè gafettes! of the <^piial,. Msjrea»
sons ftft-dëèlMihg>1¥ö fdllèw such- adyife3. '] Tbeypyasrs
VEismit petoro rt’hstf