Pekinv silver tfo .be distributed-among the workmen yr-ho had
been’occupied in arranging?them% rSeyeralof tjife-jastr^
mentsand ’macbines weiie;tta:iQd in bis pres^n^e. Distant
objects* were : dbservedit Brough the telescope; and
metals, melted;: in tl^folcas^-ob FarkegiS, gt-ea|^©^§c ’ft
•(^tiM'x-statl^ly-'es^pa.-.thej.pb^^pphiCal mind of Jiis
Imperial Majesty, that the same material, glass, \ya§
madfiito operate^ b y Europeanbjbgdnwify, j$ueh various
andhektraordinary. purposes;. A „model; of'the Royall
Sovereign j . a ship of’ war of a, hundred., and ten;jguns^
attracted much of his ;nof%eSi?3He! madt ipafrypjquicies
from- such pf:Tlm: gepttje^n; of the *Embjassyf asyvere
jwiesentj .cdmrertiihg the various .parts .*o^ that, inp^ef;^
and in general, 'indeed, -about British shipping* ; B u t it
was easy to; perceive, ;that the interpreters < found ?Su1?h
expressions; &
cfreumstane^whieh evidently. abridged ith^.nurnberof
his questions. Yet the curiosity testified b y him^frjthi^
oceasitfny ahd ;hrs .condescension in. j c d n y ^ a t^ ^ t h
private; igentlemeh, mad&riGprobafrlef that a? sej^ se of the
fediohs' and unsatisfactory
through the means of an interpretOr.'.prfeYen^.d^ irjpje
than eitheritfie^eliqufetthnf the] court, or anjpdilfetfncg
gbdut Europe, any .very frequejjt communication. j s a
Spnallyhetween the Ernperdr and;theEmbajSsadorv; Tt ’ ■ ,
-What were, . indeed, the i'nteribj^entitnp^fe^.b tfe*®
perfeydy ofthe;fhmierj in^xelatln.ndp^th&fett^r' qr gjiujta iuy.
tioh, it was,'in .the sitypti©n®f"hls' Excellency, difficult pdaS.
for him .to discover*. He hadj-h'asfeveif^gfduhds for flat- ~ *
tering himself, that‘thejhalousythaT Bad !?.den:conteiVed
against the English^ on'occasion of fehej-risiipposed; inter,
fereh'ce in the.Thffiet-war^h&dsinceithmarrival p£ the
Embassy, been gradual!yd®neiisW^frO'm:)tf£^ Imperial
taind. The friends of-the"Embassadar/\v’€tt-e aSmr.ed alsd;
that the commanden'df" theriojEces'; in thagew^ohand wRo
has smceSbeenc'ddfdated in anothelp'feas i tOfhesremsVed
fromithe- yiee-rdyaity ©f’Cahton't where lh is '.’avowed ehi
mity to the'name of an Englishman, rendered: h imevery
unfit to preside over the BritlS'hfadtory.or peopledherdj
In other, respects, it ?was probable' B^rfdgh (haf-the-Em-
pe-fch? might have fluctuated.fret^feefrthe opposite iiepre-i
sanitationsiinaide to*him coricferMnglhe Fp gTisfr It .was,*'
However,' thecfitstctund that any ofrihemhad Ivei'ap-'
peared at his Tcourt. And been observed; tbit
prejudices; imbibed . against The ukilM^iair^wfeiiffiej#
softened‘and gradually'.diminish^drfbynheir' jlreslribeo
Friends .had'ceriainly rifedn up to them > amo’ngthhgrease
officers and mandarines,itho. their. exertions jcould only
he occasional. - Thtongh -theirmdaiis’r the;?Eitibassadof
learnt that*a cquncildhad been held’ to .take' injd’eonsi-
deration* the Tetter1 brought'.by- him ■’from the' Xing - of
Great/Britakr, and -the inode or pfot'eedihgTpioper to be>
y%edF:tdw<uds vhis subjects;:'I To .' this .caudefl 'theTfim'e:
Minisfceprihwas und^sto©d;‘Had}|al|dllhebThi®h€bih:i