T l# ;%fiswër wa's' placed in th'e midst of the hallf froifi
whence ithvliè ufiOt^ardsN® ndiSènt tö'Kis?Excellency's
iintèl v
f ThlPcorrtents of the answer were not anttouricèd; but
whaté^ër’o f . ' g M f l b ^ f i f might éöntaitty was probably
ndt oWin^'tO the Golao-or his ;aSsoGiS-tesr/'WliQ&e
stèdfast* reflifebof thè? gifts
was a sufficient indication,; accoidin-g1-to' E^terH 'fiian-
nèfs'j^offheir^advéraë 'sentimènts. ■ I n!fcöhV-éliSgy ®ÖW-
évér, with Ho-éhb'ohgLtaung 'on.! ^hintS' dësiraMe' tó
;be obtained for the'■ English' East Ikdict Cötópany in
Ghina-j'A^ rëquired'a-bitef II%tfÉÉ of'thënS fb bê'madb
out, which, Without binding Mhasélf-tó stipport/ hersaid
should be taken into immediate consideration. It was
xomë advantage^# least,‘thé; *h# demands themselves
should be known, and serve as answers tbohe Sssértiénis
so often iriade at court; that foreigners, höwë^ér undeserving,
had ribfMng to wish for^aldanfonj* üufT(justice
or humanity required ; but that tfte È'mfoassy^asdlfi-
HfëirdêdTö forward soirie*|)ufpdsèS 'inimical tOthfe gèvèïli-.
iihéht. -His'Exceikney, therefore, undertook to forward
a statement of thöse demands VvithétÉ dêlay. -d
f 1 In thè mean time; it 'sëéffiëd tö bë^arf óf the intended
5 fereihOBy offhe day,’ to display the beautiièS%f thé pa-
laëè to the EmblsSador,'which theColao was proceeding
to dó with the sarde politeness he ha'd oOrie iti the
j^idéns öFMie-hol f laüt his Exbellèlacy’è indjspoèition
oblig^|§/him.t6 rftjf.e, he j^ft the Minister Plenipotepf
tiary, and othe®ffifln^emen of, the Embassy t%3£C|mpany
the A}©Mo through -adgrAa,t number of| separate edifjcps,
erected ;on air^gufariplan / ;aod u^oja o, Similar constrp,C'+
tion with, tihose ,-tjhey;had !jihfe£d0 .^ ^ i^ jth b j Imperial
palaces,i.but nponjaJairger sjcal^,! and irt,-,va hig||,&r}|jty^(o|:
magnificence. Thfej3^er!aOlllintmded^fO&p»bli.afo,c.caj.
sioris .and appearance., Thet»Eimper^rSt>.priYal^ a p art-
ments. were pointed op,t ,at ja^ distance ,.„in (theEf nterjpr
<palaco|^|
; T h e ,same ^eyipningj^thie E-mpeiiol’s ;a;ns^ei||to' the
K in g’s letter -was. brought in stat^tt^t^jpoEmbassadpi^s
h o td . A t the same tiAe.yOTOi.s^t-soygrafeT <A | S % ^
presents from the'Emperor'to his Majesty,, containing
specimens’,1 no doubts o f the, ‘ mkst^feind,? o£ d^differpnit
articles of thefpr.oduce and manufaGtHres«>o£ thec^aplre.
Other presents came.'ahoiifor tb^Embassadoi^apd- all the
persons of,his .suite'; and jdi&atteuliftn^pf dis,,Imperial
Majesty in giying. some, smalftokenc^his.,beneficence
to die meanest iServant^V^bd,was present, wa^extended
likewise to persons then absent, in.t^^instance o f all, the
tdmmon menus well as offic^^of .thejShipsj j^hich had
brought the Embassy;tqjGhina,
Hitherto no. pdsi^yedirection h a d ;% p a^ ^ n £relat|y|i
to his Excellency’^ departure, and, it migbt^bp.inferred
fromj.thefast declaration, made on, the pare;o f the;Emperor
at Yuen-min-yuen,, that; ^e'Gours|*wpnld not-b^had