An Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet - Prajna Quest

TIBET. 365appointment of an officer to reside at Lassa, the capital of the kingdom,who is invested with the government, and supreme control over thecountry. The cause which first suggested the expediency of placingsuch a check over the Lamas, exists no more ; and the present Emperor,a votary of their faith, and naturally jealous of their dignity,seems persuaded of this truth, from a conviction of their attachment tohis person, and their acknowledgment of the supremacy of the Chinesegovernment.The negociations of Teshoo Lama confirm this opinion,who obtained a promise from theEmperor, to withdraw the officer ofhis appointment from Lassa, and to commit the government of thecountry to the management of the Lamas.Orders were consequentlyissued for the recalof Nimoheim, who succeeded Gesub Rimbochay,but the decease of Teshoo Lama occasioned their suspension. However,as the time of Rajas Nimoheim's government is to cease soonafter Teshoo Lama shall be seated on the musnud, it is then expected,that the renewal of his application tothe Emperor, will be followed bythe complete performance of the promises made to him in China ;thatDalai Lama and himself will be invested accordingly with the uncontrolledgovernment of the country, and that the temporal authority ofthese religious pontiffs will, in consequence, rise to its former dignityand splendour.Iwill not venture to advance my own surmises, on the probabilityof the Emperor's consenting to so important a measure as this ; butperhaps Ishall be excused in repeating the opinion of those, who aremore competent to judge of his disposition, from the circumstance ofhaving resided a twelvemonth at his court ; I mean, the late Lama's