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Emperor the intention of your King, to send presents to manifest his sincere 
good will ; and have now to return thanks (to my Sovereign) for his con- 
senting that the Ambassador from England should proceed to Court where 
he will assuredly be received and presented with gifts.” 
The foreign officer above-mentioned, may, agreeably to our regulations, 
return home. 
Let this decree be made known by a Woo-lu, (an express travelling at 
about one hundred English miles a day.) 
Respect this . 
Translated by Mr. Morrison. 
No. 2. 
Ho’s Report from Tung-chow, misrepresenting the Conduct of the 
Ambassador . 
His Majesty’s edict has been respectfully received, and is as follows : 
Ho-she-tae has stated to His Majesty, that the English tribute-bearer is 
daily practising the ceremony, and manifests the highest possible respect and 
veneration. 
The said nation, separated by a vast ocean, offers up a sincere tributeof 
profound respect and veneration. Tribute was first sent in the 58th year of 
Kien-lung ; and now prostrate she sends an Ambassador to Court to offer 
presents, with respect worthy of high commendation. 
To-day* Ho-she-tae , and Moo-kih-tang-yih, have brought the Ambassadors 
to the house at Hay-teen. 
It is ordered, that on the 7th (29th August) he be admitted to an inter- 
view, &c. &c. (Exactly the same as in the Vermillion Edict) and on the 12th 
be ordered home. 
No. 3. 
Outline of the Ceremony to be observed on the English Ambassador's presenting 
the Piaou-wan, or Official Document from his Sovereign . 
About four o’clock in the morning of that day, arrangements shall be 
made for the occasion in the great Kuang-ming-teen t, (Palace or Hall of Light 
* To-day, viz. 28 th August. 
f The same probably as Barrow describes. 
