Passagejjp noble person who then presided in Bengal,: with so
the Pei-ho. i hcffiiooiTto himself, and> advarftagfr to his country:,
conducted himself in this bmrnbss;, n o t onl'y-hvith the
most strict neutrality, b ut with peculiar propriety and
atteafetehaWatii^th#Einpexor of- ChinaJir-"rtiiwds deter-
m an ed Ivy him “ to send a frien d ly d ep u ta tio n hanthfe
<*ldfopaul Rajah, with instructions jto> a^uhs him,-that lit
“ wasi th e !e a rlie stw ish of th e mlembef^;: of theoBengal
•c government to (extricate him; from a ruinous-war; b ut
jjppgf the rsaMk time to stafe:to
“ correspondencewhich; theydrasdttodcb with the Lamas,
“ and the commercial ^nnection which hadj longdiilr-:
sisted between4theincountry ‘(6B England) and that-.of
f ‘ the Jjlmperoriof China, did absolbtelytpfec-tude« them
t^ fem committing' hostilities« against^ leaSherodf', thieve
‘A powers, without any provocation. on:therr. part, it W98
only; by means oh conciliatory negotiation«: that''they
f@rcauld endeavour to assistfhim; i and that, in'order:!to
-‘i effect this desirabld purpose, it would be necessary rto
-Uopeni an immediate 'intercourse . with the, 'commander
‘ ‘ oftke Chinese and Thibet forces:? A'collaterabad van7
tage was expectedto be derivedffrom^SMdingiudh3®A>
putatiori to Napaul; for, I ‘ owing * to the'jealohs^ which
‘‘ thd ichiefo-of that it^untxy fca^hithfeff^Aewh'offt^ie
“ English, the latter' knew little more nfiitliBTMhrior
“ parts rof Napaul, than of the interior parts ufi-Chiha';
“ and. it was therefore thought that ho pains Or attehtioh
V.dhouldi be spafred? toit|Iefàdvhîïrage*îohs'0!«fayourâble ah pas;
15 ^opportunity,to ao qmre^ eliy dnfornMtibni that might =
‘Aibèjpossibler bothofi ühopepulaioniarid’oif fhèîmannér^ -
customs, ofj the ihhabifantSTiasuwellkas'ofethe?trade'
k * ' mariu factures? 1 and; liaatnrdhprod ndliron,s?rnfi/at j
■ | .with which .it mustgkdeæhédèsirlhf© to maintain) the
I bapoistofrieridly ebfrihnapiqatxou.r -hi
H The^Q.wernarfGenera'kprotesiinmediatyyto Dhalary
Lam^, tHad^tas>theTnglishi.%smpam'.y hadmolhing-morO
V>at hefarfeithan toimarnhin thrê bios(3hoidialiâkdfftfïeiïd] f
ijüfeerms with all . the opWêrs. imdhdia ,b?and#séffi!dble o f
“ bhe.^wisdorh ofahafttooriduofev tkey^w^leiearefiil; dod ïô
-^^im5fnith^^be.dulesî.<®fiffieridsrbip^h|p®nt|;i%oeh!cev» in a
^Hostile manner, a h ith j^h p ju to ^
Sj reigmSpôwers-;>dx.dept w h eh iselfd l^H p ^o h lw an to ^ ^
taeksiiobligéditthèm. a That1 fhe vEngfishigOve^nôr(had
^Tpot an ariswer.,1 cpnfdrmableitQ sentiments* xijtoh
the Rajah of .Napliulis appheatimptfoT -miMtafy; assist-
•V .anced . It:douldîrio6she >iunsknôwn fo him (Dhalarÿ 1
I * Lama)- th a t' a; friendsh ip Shad“ 'feng^sùbsï&ted?« between
“ the English, and thefRajah ©ANapaal,, and also be*-
:‘f tween: tbeÆmperof ^ ^ i ^ 0f y ^ h 6se^;^rotepti©h?;e^
j .. tended otçer fhe Lama, (and theiCompançll i-Tflhd Eng-
‘‘ lish had for manynyeprs ^carried ^ènnco9nüaebeiàb.con-
-lfi.eerns withith}®: sufejieqts' of Abe^Emperop^ p ad |had^a^§É
“ tually i^pn factory» .éstabli)%4d«iin his dominiorts^n’On
“ account of rth^t-eonhection: with*'the Empeporpdintd
age up :
Pei-ho?