Y.uw-mm- the spiritual character sometimes inspires, increased by
yuen~ hi^late accession to the dignity of ab h ie button, which
^ g p d e red him Mperfor to his, feoleafues}Jvdm^toi#'had
white m e & He was H É i iqnahfied, however, to be an
r interpreter to a British minister/ ashemeither understood
" thef^nglish language, nctr that which is the most£ge*i
rally spoken in modern Europe ; hut in his conversation
with some of his companions, h e suffibientlyketrayed
the^dstossè temper of his mind, w h îk ih e missronarMS
from other countries gave gg evident signs df good will,
- and ofizealfor the welfaraof the Embassy. 'Even m k k ê
desire, which this meeting afforded an i opportunity of
expressing, that the Embassy might remoYe to Pekin,
where preparations might be made with more convbusi
ence- than at Hoong-yanyuen , for thh journey rto ;Zh%
holj he encouraged theLegate in nesistingKthife request,1
Igaihst the united voice of the rtherfEuropeains^ In the
only other interview which The-j Embassador oéwM bavé
with this Poftugueze, his Excellency éndearVôkfedfo
reconcile him to the interest o f thè British "nattarKe He
changed, indeed, his tone, and gave assurance; ®f his Set^
vibê, as did for him some very worthy pensons-of Ms
Country; but his Exeetkncy’-s own interpreter was »afterwards
preferred b y the Chinese, as his method Of
speaking the languagev being a native, Was more agreeable
to, them than the forei^n accent of the missionary.
The latter made a merit with the Embassador,, of ' perspading
the Legato to write to the Emperor to know his
pleajure^lonrth^ïfâ'pjphèabion Excellency to
wms^esto Pekin/ whhQùtowhich, he . asserted;-.^uch a
measure could, not be undej,tokeP&jtohBiuthe»g4w^no#N@gf
ithe*.palace >ofj Yuent mimy.uen; who Kai -inhSànk and
power superior ,toihei&egate,dutorfetodi0ihthi9 ©cùâsidû?,
and thb »removal fo«the capitals took^fifeej; impaa^diâtely.
At Pekin, the • whdfo iff Æe dimJ^sjy was lodged^ in a
spacious edifice, or&pafabe/ï consisting! jeff Rêverai edh
fices, ?eieæ±sdibyr-a «former obllhetoubiVfcf venues and ops*-
toms bfflCantonpeïttlîiof .his toMortioMffit! was said; * from
the English trade, and -confiscated tadi04ér@,WB,,?in con>
sequenderif extortions upon thés natives in another office
neareritoahe capital. |
This palace was j built I on the „général modbk pf the
dwclii»gÆ iâËt^PatnmaùdarijMeii The ..whole,tinclosufee
» a s in the form of a. parallelogramuanA sfirrounded by a
high brick WalLjIfik© mitsidfc of whkhiexhibited a plain
blanki»teiafievexc®|xt near one of its anglesy-where $gator
way opened into a narrow street,, little promising the
handsome structures within side. The vçallvimits whole
iehgth, supported .the upper ridge -erfupofsç’whose lower
edges ^restin g upon an interior wall parillel to the other,
formed a long range of buildings, divided «anta^aparb
mentsi for servants and offices^ The rest df the ipclosure
was subdivided into several quadrangular courts of different
sizes. In each quadrangle were bui*ldings:erected
Fekiii.