TIBET. 
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appointment of an officer to reside at Lassa, the capital of the kingdom, 
who is invested with the government, and supreme control over the 
country. The cause which first suggested the expediency of placing 
such a check over the Lamas, exists no more; and the present Em¬ 
peror,' a votary of their faith, and naturally jealous of their dignity, 
seems persuaded of this truth, from a conviction of their attachment to 
his person, and their acknowledgment of the supremacy of the Chinese 
government. The negociations of Teshoo Lama confirm this opinion, 
who obtained a promise from the Emperor, to withdraw the officer of 
his appointment from Lassa, and to commit the government of the 
country to the management of the Lamas. Orders were consequently 
issued for the recal of Nimoheim, who succeeded Gesub Rimbochay, 
but the decease of Teshoo Lama occasioned their suspension. How¬ 
ever, as the time of Raja’s Nimoheim’s government is to cease soon 
after Teshoo Lama shall be seated on the musnud, it is then expected, 
that the renewal of his application to the Emperor, will be followed by 
the complete performance of the promises made to him in China ; that 
Dalai Lama and himself will be invested accordingly with the uncon¬ 
trolled government of the country, and that the temporal authority of 
these religious pontiffs will, in consequence, rise to its former dignity 
and splendour. 
I will not venture to advance my own surmises, on the probability 
of the Emperor’s consenting to so important a measure as this; but 
perhaps I shall be excused in repeating the opinion of those, who are 
more competent to judge of his disposition, from the circumstance of 
having resided a twelvemonth at his court; I mean, the late Lama’s 
