The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-07-02
ARRIVAL OF AN EAST INDIAN
EMBASSY.

traordinary embaSsage from the kingdom oil
Napaul, on the borders of Thibet. 1t con.
sisted of his Excellency General Jung 3aha.
door koorman Ranagee, Prime Minister and
Commander-in-Ch Chief, aud his suite of twen-
| ty-iour persons, the most distinguished OF
which were Col. Juggut Shumshere Koor-
man Ranagee, and Colonel Dheer Shum-
shere Koorman Ranaeee, brothers of the
General. Captain RUNNING Singh Adhi-
karee khaiee Kurbeer Khutree, Captain
Hemdul Sing Thapa, Lieutenant Kurbeer
khutree, Lieutenant Ian Singh Khutree,
and Lieutenant Bheem Sen Rama, and a
great many other terrible men with terrible
names. The Generals visit to England is
as Ambassador Extraordinary from the King
of Nepaul to the Queen of England, and he
is charged with complimentary letter and
costly presents, consisting of the most val
liable Nepaulese productions and manulac-
lures, worth, it is said, nearly a quarter of a
million of pounds sterling, from the King to
! her Majesty.
According to the accounts in the South
ampton papers, the travelling expenses of
the embassy, since it left Nepaul, have
amounted to nearly ten thousand pounds
His Excellency and suite profess the relig-
| ion of Buddhism and on account of their
strict notions respecting their religion, diet,
and ablutlons, and their dread of having their
! food, on the vessels which contain it, touch
ed by christians, they were compelled to
! engage the whole of the fore-cabins and
saloons of the Ripon, in which they fitted
up cooking apparatus, which was con-
structed out of a large square box made of
| planks and paddle floats, filled with mud and
sand. The fuel they used was charcoal
Their principal food on board was poultry
kids, eggs, rice, and vegetables. They took
| IN themselves, at each port they touched at
what water they wanted.
As the description of this, embassy will
likely interest our readers quite as much as
political details, we ubjoin other particulars
The features of the Nepaulese partake of
the Mongolan and Hindoo caste. Many of
the embassy are most pleasing and handsome
looking men, and their dresses are gorgeous
beyond description.
The General is a handsome andmost intel
ligent man, about SO years of age, very dark
with long jet black hair. He is the first
| Hindoo of high caste that has visited Eng
land.
The Ripon arrived in the SOUTHAMPTON
dock soon after seven in the morning. Many
OF the General suite were promenading the
deck, and amongst them his two brothers,
very handsome young men, and spendidly
dressed. The Generalmade his appearance
on deck at about half-past seven. His dress
consisted of black satin cloak, profuscly
embroidered with gold of elegant workman
ship. His head dress was cap nearly Gov
cred with large emeralds diamonds, and
other precious stones The cap was sur
mounted with bird of Paradise, the fasten-
ing OF which was covered by proiusion of
brlliants. His fingers were covered with
rings, on one Of which was diamond, an
amethys, and an emerald of immense value.
His wris& were also covered with bracelets
adorned with gold and precious stones.
He left the ship soon after nine o'clock in
the morning, to go to the Peninsular and
Oriental Companys Offices, just outside the
dock gates. On walking from the ship, his
excellency was preceded by one OF the chiefs
of his suite, and followed by large number
of other chiefs. Such a strange and gor-
geous sight is seldom witnessed. There
were fourteen or fifteen princely personages,
evidently from a refined and highly civilized
state on the borders of the Himalayan range,
with most strange but handsome counten-
ances cloathed in dresses of elegant and
costly workmanship. Many of their head
dresses, when the sun shone on them, were
literally blazing with brilliants. They were
all armed with pistols, mounted, and many
OF their swords were in golden scabbards.
The ambassador declined to 90 to any
Southampton hotel, unless he could have it
entirely to himself. This arose from reig-
ions scruples, lest any food prepared for
Christians should be mixed with his own.
In consequence of this determination i'm
mediate arrangements were made to enable
the ambassador and suite to sleep and cook
their food at the Peninsuar offices during
their stay in Southampton. During the
whole of Saturday afternoon the Hindoo
servants were busy conveying their cooking
utensils, water pitchers, bedding, rice, and
other kinds of food from the ship to their
temporary abode. A tent was formed in
the back yard, where Nepaulase cooking
apparatus was fitted up. Messengers were
employed running all over the town purchas-
ing eggs and vegetables The Hindoos re-
fused hen eggs, and preferred the larger eggs
OF ducks and geese They took great fancy
for cauliaower, which is very plentiful at
Southampton, and purchased an immense
quantity of that vegetable They appeared
to observe the utmost secrecy in dressing
and eating their food, andwere much alarm.
ed lest any Of the blacks and other persons
belongingto the Peninsular Company should
observe them. But though so secret about
their cooking and eating, they appeared to
be quite indifferent as to who saw them at
their extraordinary abIutIons. They wash