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They were received in some state by His Excellency, who, dressed 
in his robes, and attended by Sir George Staunton and Mr. Ellis, 
waited for them in his cabin, to which they were conducted by 
Mr. Morrison through a passage formed by the other gentlemen of 
the Ambassador’s suite. Having remained a few minutes in confe- 
rence^with the commissioners, and having partook of cherry* brandy, 
they left the ship, accompanied by Mr. Morrison and Captain 
Cooke. 
These gentlemen returned to the ship the next morning, having 
seen the Imperial Legate and two other officers of high rank, who 
were to possess the chief conduct of the Embassay. Quang was the 
name of the Legate. Chang and Yin the names of his coadjutors. 
The two latter, when Mr. Morrison and Captain Cooke left the shore, 
were intending a visit to the Ambassador as soon as the wind, which 
was then high, should moderate. The weather, however, for two 
days disappointed our curiosity to see them. But the morning of 
the fourth of August proving fine, we began at an early hour to look 
for their approach, and by ten o’clock in the forenoon observed some 
large junks with the insignia of high mandarins standing towards the 
ship. They contained Chang and Yin. Two officers of inferior 
rank were despatched a-head in a small vessel to announce their 
coming, and were the bearers of their cards of compliment. Chang 
and Yin arrived in less than an hour after them, and were saluted by 
seven guns. Captain Maxwell, Captain Hall, the other commanders 
of the squadron, and the officers of the Alceste in their full dress 
uniforms, received them on the quarter deck ; the marines presenting 
arms, and the band playing, as they passed below to the state cabin, 
to which they were conducted by Sir George Staunton and Mr. Ellis, 
and were received at the door by His Excellency in his robes. 
These Mandarins were in appearance much above the middle age. 
Chang, the elder, wore the opaque blue button ; Yin, the opaque red 
* The Embassy found, in every part of China, cherry brandy the most seducing 
cordial that they could offer to a Chinese palate. 
