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London, England, 1826-10-03 00:00:00

No. I.—COPY OF TILE KING OF AVA'S ORDER.

Our royal army will march in several divisions to seize,.kill, and
crush the rebel strangers who are in Prone. The victorious ad-
vance division, under the Chief Naha Sc Myers, seized, killed,
and crushed tilJ strangers at V.'ottegon. Owing to the excellent
power of the Golden Majesty, they could not resist or stand before
us. Their rri;.cipal Chief was killed, and all the strangers were
killed slid ro,•tisil---muskets, toms. and live men were taken in
abundance. The strangers came with great confidence ; an they
have been beaten this first time, they cannot stand on another oc-
casion. The royal army having behaved well once, ten times it
will be successful. After this they (the strangers) cannot raise
their hands—it is very easy for us to seize them now. Those that
light face to face, and conquer, will be honoured and rewarded by
the King ; the list of their names Is to be presented to his Ma-
jesty by the Prince Oeneral-in-Chief. The lloyal Nakan sends
this :

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NOVF.MBER 25, 11;26.
Nu. 2.—TRANSLATION OF AN ANSWER. FROM THE GENERAL.
MEN, MYA 800, AND OTHF.R CHIEFS, (ON at:a:Lux-1. or AN

OGGEII FROM TILE KING OF AVA.)
Your Majesty's slaves, the General Seree Mahe Desna Rajah,
and other Chiefs, send petition, in obedience to your Majesty's
conimand, respecting the seizure, killing, and crushing the rebel
stringers. Our army move', advances, and acts advisedly, near
Pronie, to surround them. It is well regulated and arranged, but
on account of the rains and bad roads, it is obliged to halt. The
instructions from the Golden Footstool I will forward, without
loss of time, to the anny, by an intelligent man ; on his return,
with information, I will rend orders to the (treat Chief, Maha Ne
ilyoo, and Kee Woongttee Sadhao Menges Aloha Mengoon,
Commanders of the Armies on the east side, both by land and
water ; and on the west bank to the Sulam Woen Menla Menjoon,
and the Great Chief La Main Wotn Men Nosto Kvo Gaon. These
two last form one division ;-with the three divisions they wilt
surround the rebel strangers, end by dint of your Gehlen Ma.
jesty's excellent omnipotence, not cne sh,ll escape, all shall he
killed, destroyed, and anninilated. I have sent men to obtain
news regarding the officers and ar.nr which were senr from Cochin
China, and I now forward some information to your Golden
Majesty.
Thado Mengie Malta Mengaon's information to Men Myoo
Ryan :
No. I.—l, a Royal slave, sent orders to the advance Chiet
Menlo Souyen, to desire the Myoo-thoo-gie of Nieeaday to send
some men to Prome, where all the rebel strangers are, to get
' from that place every kind of information. The Meeaday Myoo-
thon-gie did so ; he sent two head men, named Naan Mrs and
Nakun, with other ten nien. These people went to Prome,
and near the Shoe-Soudan I'agnda, where the Principal Chiefs of
the strangers reside, they carried olf three muskets, two somas,
and one pouch, but failed in their endeavours to enter end kill
the Chiefs, because European soldiers kept guard there. I send
you now the written depositions of these people, an also the
three muskets, two swords, and one pouch ; cud the Meea-
day Itlyoo-thoo.gie, by my order, will continue his exertions,
and by the accompanying reports you will perceive, that more
information is to be obtained flout Pronie and the Shoe-lay
District. _ . . . . . _

Matto Leway DaM Vedecn Morta is the bearer of this letter,
dated July 27, 1825.
better from the Chief of the Advance Army to the Kee Woen-
ghee :
No. 2.—Tire Chief of the Advance Army, Menlo Souycn, and
Chiefs, send their respects to your Lordship—according to your
orders, sent on a former occasion, the Meesday 111yoo•thoo-gie
despatched people to Prome, to carry off any thing belonging to
the rebel strangers, and to procure information. On the 23th of
July, • writer of Meeaday, named Napoo, brought three lIIUSe
kcts, two swords, and one pouch, with • petition, a letter, and the
depositions of the people sent. I forward the whole for your infers
oration.

1825, July 27.

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The depositions of the people who were sent to Prome.
No. 3.—On the 24th of July, Na, Anmyat, Naken, and Nasha-
nee, narrate having been sent to obtain intelligence of the rebel
strangers, and to carry MI anything belonging to them ; also to ob-
serve the situations of their picquets, &c.. They reached Prome on
the 18th July, when we began to get intelligence. On the 21st
July cc saw the Spectacle Chief go in the steam-boat to Kangeyn
on account of a white-deek vessel haring sunk near Segaghee ; 300
S. poys went to the Shoelay district, to right the banditti ; in a nar-
row place they were surrounded, and all were killed. Out of the
300, only one man returned to Prome, and gave notice of the loss
of the whole of the people.
After that we saw UOO men leave Prome, for the purpose of de-
stroying them.
We saw five guns on the platform of the Shoe Sandau, and ten
gons on the Ns wain side of the stockade, near the Shoe Goo Pago-
da ; we saw guns, jinjalls, and mortars, collected in heaps. At the
wharf ten boats only were seen. Any persons who arrive at Prome
from 3lceaday or 'll'aongdeen are seized by the Pennen, Napeh
Kyock (the Aleyounbenzeik Sager), and examined for intelligence,
which he gives to the Chit fof the Strangers. These people are
then confined inside of a pagoda. The Officers of the Strangers
lice, some inside' some outside, the stockade. To take their pro.
erty, or to kill them, we tried day and night. In front of, and
below the steps of, the Shoe Sandau, in the Kyaon-dau-Sheen
Choultry, an English Chief and soldiers were observed. We tried
to get an entrance to the Chiefs; but on account of the stria
guard of the *entries, we could not go near them ; but we took
three muskets, two swords, and one pouch, while the soldiers were
sleeping.
On the 21st July we departed.