¥^n-,n»iu however it anight affect him personally. ItAgas in the
" naturenf- an afetemptviffor nstablishiug^n famieable and
* useful iniMeonxaer lwkh a Auspicious ’.and forbidding
-count, that tfiedhief diffiefilties-were to be encountered
in thei beginning. The esteem and confidence toiisjuoh
by cultiyalfcing itsigooil
will, thro the means of pro.per ageHts,jtand by ia3iWeM
judged,1 courteous, but n o t abyeetfi c^fidiict. It was of
the utrpost. consequence that, in this firMteSi^its^^flris
Majesty’s, representative should5 not, in order tOiUnsuBe a
gÖci®ns:j reception for himself, consent to any lunquaf
~ l^fod aot whieh mightahe proposed to ' him^sueh as
should-commit the;dignity of hi* sovereign, or the honour
of his country, in the eyües of other nations.; ! If,
on tlie^ j^ntrary, both, these; wsimassfirted in thre firsts ana
stanpe, his-.snccessor s mightufierwaids/peidkaps,'wi®tehl
thé, h azard of improper inferences, xomplpWath tkeTpa?®,
valent usages of the-country..
;e The Jifigatc, tho -apprised of what had^akin'd'anathé
case of the Russian embassy, had entertained thé hopfe
of prevailing over the tractafile disposition of the British
E.iijhassador to accede to his demandsjiwithoüt apneMing
any conditions to them. Such success .wpuhh béitnb
small merit w ith the ministers ©f the empire, who, more
than the Emperor himself, adhered to this antiquated
claim of superiority oyer other nations. In conjunction
with his own efforts, hp employed those of the manda^
rides most animate with! his •toell-en^y. T h i rife
quitted, themseWe's ©f tins-duty with- no slight' address = S
and insinujatroni,' iritrodnfcing (t*H® ‘Sttbjase^Sy^remarks upthe
ard^aritage
^hiehttmv^lb^sfoundumconfbrifiing^® them; in what« |
&^4»ppg»er&dtf reside y) th err,- passing fa
thg^fi^utostance ^ ’Jt^ in tifb d u eto n : to the f c p e r b i^
thje;^ mentibneds tfielpi^fra fcntasiaqcierem'enytt 0:£be;f performed,
of course ii^ which it- mightih^unpMsantl to be
a u kw a r^ a n d that th^refbrfeff-was»il0St.oMalry to; practise
hi^ome fi-me-befee. :iTfi^iy$eS-ei riot »dittledukprisedhw
hM»l5 ^ h i t ;.h te s ti f ie d h i s to r y , that for sb eb an act
d * e h y aihEurbpeani (Tim agora's,)..-in the1 oMnfeeruf •
embassador to a powerful Easferaai moba-refe fofoPersia,)
fie-was/, on his Return , amon!gs(^his4^udtrymb4<-(the
Athenians,)?eond&mned* tb'ffid,ids>having'degraded ih b
nation byiwhichrhehad'beenudeputed; M g loss-conde-;
seemions^ i m. na od e rnitimes, have beemstrongly repre-
hdnded? theEaptibnS,of men,;inaipublib eapacit^ being
deemed not so^much- their* own as theater b f’tfese th e y
isepresent.. • Uponf this principle, the^uSu'a’b beremonies
practised-, by | subjects^ towards' their ow'fl jso^ereignw/
W^r© not. expected fromg thewepresentatiVeshofi fdreign
powers; there; beJng.-anfeceskrry and proper distinction
to fie ffliade between acts- oSf-homage and? sibfiiission, and
the' voluntary tokenslof esteem and frieildship.
Upon |this delicate occasion, his Excellency detfer