“ were calculated to produced as well as the rdùltipMjdd
? i calumnies' : contained, and thbistrangfevatod malignant
auspicious of the latent' projects ©f t h e ’ p nffba'S sy ’ s u g-
USgested, in a variety ofdetters fronrClanton and Mabffë*:
“ but that hè was^very a p pr e h en sibe^mis ch ief Æjw|iÛmBè
“ done at Zhefhol, wh'èï©ÛtbfbEmperor* resided ;wbut
“ wh er ei sheathe ! letterywirtér)' could not prpceetd; mi lbs s -
“ called there by the government;1 that.he; was’trafy
“ anxious to testify hisgisatituekv in, common-withnS®!st
“ of his colleagues, to the s English nat-ion-l f®r tbspjro1
“ tection afforded, in their settlement's ! in India, to fth e>
‘ ‘'missionaries employed for the propagation. oitëChri'stia-
“ nky there;,’that his-first fetter*hg^dfchthe*different
“ reports ofdiis Excellepey Is’ariaval, beemalready3 thteè
“ times at Tien-ridgu^ And heiæobbîudesbÿ request&f|
that gâjftâg letters should be,kept!secret, lek> thé knoW-
“ ledge;of theircontbntri might draw npoteMm fhe re-
“ .gentment ofthe Portuguese.” y
Tho the above letters might have,, been dictated by?à
spirit of opposition, ambition ;.or intrigue,;? théassertiodi óf
extraordinary jealousy on-the'oÆasibn of the' Embassy}
was only a confirmation of what had beèn comrtiinieated,
upon the same subject,; by disinterested persons at Matóao,
No <answer,' however, was hazarded I to; this unexpected
addresser ;>nor was the time yet-come' to take axiy measures
upon the subject. There was perhaps? greater cause
of apprehension from the untoward disposition o f'thé
,4jegatey and^tbe^pr^tó^c^ rëpóigttuhe might!make to the ^ » s5»p
minister than^&Om;^heinflu^c|^o^an;y European. .— =ss
1 : T h el^èâüherîSÎn thJW/énjng s w>a^ fkycSbräfele* for de-
p^^taeyyiandtbe^yÂMh^kôhiÆfôndlIjtkàr^sshl’sbelang-
in j^ to ^ t^ ’e'onnfeot^^w-Épiffllj'Pmlbks^^bsail^d^^ little
Wtalybêy©nd Tièn^sïög. It dj)^^pd\^stt.lie1'^ssels(|}assied:.
fh r< ^ tÿ ^ ^ ^ éô ifo id !e rab lé ^ |^ tg th ‘.î'^ ^ons^pßJthe, obJ
S^EVter^uppp^^îyi t> '^^K„frqftifMil|kank td
Limea%|ise, ^ôiyafbôsufc'î tdie, lëngth1 ofiEondorf^pThé^man-
darinjj&uf thÿjpllb ^ a ^ :i^rMdÀiaT3t;sfpÔ!pM.aîiOn Wa'slecfücji
ïp,seyeii hundred thousand*sbSals.- The in%^|^ss;*i^ifl^4f)f
of '/spectators it supplied^redddrjgd^g^çfc a fe y p u ta tio ii
likelm^&Yêp allowin^feâ^Üam^ ^ ^S jtîhldfe^Êgbîn^from
td^uhighbdur|iÊ^»i^lïpm^theî ® © v o l -nave
attracted; but a&lin'gs^frfe^mpïtiAre, theH-üS^i’opoip
tibns oÊfemales and.âfyhildæen'il that had! mixed|bùl»Mttl'e
in the; pmwd.4 T h ej unks*,t \v h’-fehi^'m nurvferoms enough
almost toxovèptfeet^aterSiwbich^dâ-Vide this4'GOipteerciaL
lky?,oebmtainéd sêyecal thoUsan^pepp]^ It is-bot alone
to ■ ithpfpersSM^^x^lMep:titoi ’.natîigaifie] ÿpssbls that
theoelaffprdddi habitations. Thpi^ivfeJ^fid^fel^ies^'of
thè|^iffiîgerffiia|n'd saildfsirekdeidyith th erif. tpustàntlÿ* oïl
board. The^|a^n.y®ßftB^m^a^^born^ä;p.d’a iliof them
spend thèir lifest * Every!sh©*4 >6o>' them wasbfbreign;
ançUthe pàlthj an^P^jnept oiwwbióh- thejiïventóred 'but
occas i on al l y .
Such- ;ofthe hdpsesepf’Tibnlring1 asfby-having shops