The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-08 00:00:00

THE BURMESE EMBASSY.

The membersof the Annneße Embassy, 16 in number,
arrived off Dover on Tuesday evening in the steam
yacht Tpeaka Yeen Ryan, belonging to the King of
Burmah, from Calais. An immense crowd assem-
bled on the Admiralty-pier, in the expectatian of
seeing the visitors land ; but after steaming to within
300 or 400 yards of the tanding-stage, where every
preparation short of an official reception had been made
for the disembareation, the yacht, instead of steaming
alongside, threw out two or three warps, which were
straightway made fast to one of the buoys facing the
pier. Commimication being opened between the vessel
' and the shore, it was ascertained that the Ambassadors
did not intend to land until the following day.
The yacht is a shapely, though not remarkably
handsome, craft of about 400 tons burden, and is
t• take half a dozen guns on boar-4 in London
before she leaves England. She carries at her
main the Burmese flag—a crimson peacock on a white
ground—and a Blitish ensign at the stern. Her
commander and other officers are English, but the
crew, which number about 80 are Hindoos or Bur-
mese. While the yacht was being m..ored a boat was
manned by four of the crew for the purpose of rowing
one of the officers to the shore. They were dressed in
white-holland suits, and all wore the red flag. Their
ebony faces would be pronounced decidedly good-look-
ing and their little frames wed-knit. The object of
the visit now being paid to the Courts of the West is to
make arrangements of a diplotnatic kind with a view
to advance imianese civilization. _ .

On Wednesday morning the Burmese Embassy were
received in the name of the English Government, by
Major MaeMahon, of the Indian Office ; Colonel
MacDonald, Assistant Adjutant-General of the South
Eastern Dirtrict ; Captain Bruce, RN., and Colonel
Magrath, B. A. At twelve o'clock the corporation of I
Dover pre euted an address of welcome to his Ex-
cellency the chief of the Embassy, who, in the course
of his reply, said that it was with very great pleasure
they received so cordiala welcome from the inhabitants
of this free and enlightened country, and he would not
fail to convey to the. King an account of his reception,
with which his Majesty, he might undertake to say,
would be highly pleased. The members of the Em-
bassy, with Mr. E 'mind Jones' were afterwards
escorted round the Castle and the heights, a salute of
nineteen guns being tired on their lauding.
The Ambassadors are the bearers of costly pr ssents
from their august master, and it is said that among
them is a magnificent bracelet intended for Queen Vic-
toria, the gold of which weighs no less than 7 lb. The
names of the Ambassaille are Mengyee Malta Saythoo
KenwoonMengyee, Envoy Extraordinary ;Ind Minister
Plenipotentiary from the King of Bursnah ; Macha
Meulah Kyoden Taden Woondonlx Miuister of State,
second grade, and Attie:ll6 to the Embassy ; Menthe
Zayathoo Seraydangyee, Secretary to the Embassy ;
and Sir Edmund Jones, Agent to His Maje-ty the
King of Burmah, who has accompanied the Embassy
from Burmah.
The Chief Ambassador isa very distinguished person-
age, a great ex-Pali scholar, and of refined habits.
They will stay in London at the Grosvenor Hotel, and
during their three months' visit to England will visit
Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and other
important manufacturing places.