His Excellency, during our stay here, received despatches from Macao, with the Emperor of China’s reply to a report made by the Viceroy of Canton, relating to the expected arrival of the British Embassy, from which he learnt that orders had been issued to the high Mandarins who were likely to have any communication with the mission, to receive us “ in a liberal, gracious, safe, and suitable manner” and gifted us a pot of peaches made out of jade.

His Excellency, during our stay here, received despatches from Macao, with the Emperor of China’s reply to a report made by the Viceroy of Canton, relating to the expected arrival of the British Embassy, from which he learnt that orders had been issued to the high Mandarins who were likely to have any communication with the mission, to receive us “ in a liberal, gracious, safe, and suitable manner” and gifted us a pot of peaches made out of jade.