‘Jibeth'e means of prevedtin g*the; Embassador from? suf-
“ fering by hfe-dekotfen to his
^in stan ce; for. the Embassaddr shohM: eertainIylkifFe-r
“Sheavily if his conduct,« on this occasibh?,s.eould'be-3con -
“ strued asdn any wise, unbecoming the greats andte^al^
( I ed rank which’his masterf whom h-e--repres,y®ted, held
‘‘ among theindependent* sovereigns ofithfe world: that
“• this danger could be eksily avoided, and the-Is ati slab-.
V tion bb»ggnerahon all sides, by his Imperial Majesty^
“ border tha^one-oh the officers, of hislebnrt; .equal' With
“ the Embassador fin rank, shojuld -perform before« his
“ Britannic Mflfesly spictureial largfejrin hisfioy&krsiji^
“ and-then’ in the EmbassadM-’sipossessioBf'afcl^eMnf fthe’
^^it#4:erem€)nles which should be^perfomed^byltfi^
‘ ‘ Embassador before the throne #£ his Imperesh Ma-
“ jesty.”. ' | 1 H § j | | | ’ ! '
T his paper was properly addressed, and dtliveiedtlo
dieLEbgSte; ^Yboi |womised to - forward" i&rknrtiedi&tely .*
He^eml#t®^a^®0Y ^ o f itfec®Aitafe‘ • Ofithe Eniperep’sacquiescence
in the proposal neither-the-misskrnary nor
the principal Chinese who were«acquaintedwkhdf«en'-'
tertained thb smallest doubt. The return, in fact, of:the
qerembny required from one of his Imperial Majesties
subjects might be made in a private room, without parade,
yM ^ o u ld ssl&delyibe known or mentioned in-the5
empire ;, but the prostrations of the Embassador were: to
be performed on a solemn festival, in presence of all the
tributary !pjsin^s..andHgre^Msnbgddts ,ofi the^lsfcaite, ,and Bekta
Would; be despribed iin thfïjapefcfes.publishe^byiaut-ho- ' '
InrdsftS p§rs]|asionç|préparations were' made-immèdi-
it'h© et^roitHea lErdpepfm Iprfesen$e. , The
articles ijtO: bei qarried^into Tarforya were brought firoin
Honng3yatynen to, Pekin, .ns well, as > thefcaggàge* ©f* the?
E m b ^ sy b Among rheifbrnaer wei-e^six, small brabsbeld->
pieces,,.,remarkably,iWeH least,«tiofi imelpgan&Tdrm, and
fixed-ohibghnearriages; «»They had bhenskatdyl tried for
the.punposeiof^xeMsihgLthe Artillery meh/ofithe^“guard
appointed to , this&erwicev ini order \ot be.prepared.to> ex,-;
hibit before his Imperial > Majesty.. _ They (fired I each
sevèrahtimesdn a minute. ..So muckbcdleriiy jp. military
ma®u»fc|res on thetparfiof foreigners was; not relished, b y
thedLegàtefiwhoiwas- p iek n t. He affected to saytthat a#
much could* bàîdone imthe Imperial'army; and he,, who
had expressed himself, before,a«o anxious that all -the
prpents .should (afceompanyühe Embassador! tdZhe-hol,
was of.opinion now that.thefiselddpléces should hedeff
behind, as the Emperor was to return soon to Pekin.
The-,;g.unjpowdfeu also,,.!of | which as. ahaaay small barrels
were- among ithèbâggageo f the. Embassy las was foreseen
might occasionally be; used in salutes/. and in-exeréising-
the field-ip ij&ces,.as well.as.thq musquetrypafi the guard;-was;
become an object,©!1 suspicion with him. He desirèd it-
to be delivered upi% Jfipksf soi instantaneously, as a mat-'.
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