Chengtu

— In the west affairs were equally gloomy, Ili and Turkestan were de facto lost to Chinese rule; in Thibet difficulties had arisen with the neighbouring state of Nepaul; to attempt to mend matters Sir Jung Bahadoor, the Rajah, sent an embassy to the court of Peking; with characteristic obstinacy and folly this embassy was turned back on arriving at 成都 Chengtu in Sz’-chuen.