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to omit dapatehing
firth. Amongst the ink/m=om
Itiligrdiii"Wiper*: was
and itelltmigimst
In the t ot tisstiaMetlt,
pressing message e '4t atbe
order to prevent
svith his't sant
by * request front
him, or at le
quest he paid
encoded the
ltantedthat

an hnitage
and as the

of Ass might
This informstibss,

which 'object
meats, and b
An audacious ,
land the launch
Cut oft.
-The prompt .
tie an intercourse
_made every
the mission
the Envoy
motive for
vent a rupture
ice of the Briti
The Bengal
stay of the -
the month
jec, to obviate tpresentationsoate
dictated the r
the Burmese
mission -
British
vaheel,
Calcutta.
Before
Canning,
describes
had relai.
policy ; and
after reviewing -
part of the Burmese,
concludes

" We
may become
if not an -
gumption ,
The change ,
Envoy's requirir
shore, which •
sisted of
the Pilot
' for an additional
this belief, '
added to
which,
place were
ground of d
tion to the
who had
where he
a native 1
which prohibits
country
In the
tureen ti-
sion, the
C. that
governmenl
Whilst

Viceroy
the letter
council wl
was severi
the Engy
-
court.

proceeding
his letter,

ing both
happined
The itt
plate of
invaded
falling
defeats
of C'hii
the sul
with a ,
produce
Thr
comm.
warded
would

ii-hen
was known.
proceed
rival c
Gnnn
esteem
event
orders
subsem
manacles
case of •
ness,
vernment,

At
bands
another L
detachment
his followers
Bazaar
but was
.The
tier
wards
A

gong
the conttecp
turned
for the,
The
bare
delivery
ttcpoyt.
fure r
was
'same

signs On.
principal
En••lish
b •
of an
just I
sible
mil,

*On
tnen

in allowing
into the hills,
in their

The
anticipaied
tre.-

Mean w
sentiment,
barons an i

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espatching his letter; but Captain Catinitttlithl
tongst the itennusents dealings was a retteittlis
tit, won& itireel who bold- tie peas 4*A.
kilosil was most *Mire in creatingSlWP4
fisektdwient maestros. ••• ... , ,„er..,.- 4
f .0
BastMeetelm Captain Connie"
itsviod2l,
nessage 'to .Pleit Abe Nicetay.ivithout
prevent an insurrection.. The Envoy p7,ja .
emit of.
tyre
aims ; 'biotin W. t way nevi met
Ott front the Viceroy that the flepeys might irate
it least accompany him misruled ; to which re•
min no regard. • N enclave/Tierce's cireurestances
the interview ; end ,subsequently the Euro,
at a plan had been formed to seize his pentels,,Ss
e for the immediate departure of the 1111=•,,
t reitni of it:HAMM:I,g any tenna which the , • .
ight desire. '- i
nformatibss, and other reasons, indutied, ,Cattlitat
to resolve upon retiring upon beard she Malabar.
tject he houkl only accomplish by secretsMeangfe
nd by 'paying behind a portion of his property.
ions effort trap made to obstruct his ornbetkition;
eon* containing the &pops wee aftentisted sr bd ,
Tempt tisd spirited Melia take% by tile tat
ul i
tercourse with the Viceroy, in _which the
cry *Mends in his power for the insults Wooed t* -
non ; anti at length entity wits restored
ee_thidA
'oy continued on booed the Malebiler His'
for not returning to Bengal 'was, t de** to tts4
apture between the two Governrisrote ith4 ii. IA •11
le British commercial testablishmehte tit. - te.
de:fd
1
Bengal Government, hovievere eoneelvisilt.
the Envoy was now inconvenient, ifs
th of May, ortiete of read ; direettag certain „te-
nons to be Mods In the Court of An on•tleatttia-
ibviete any rupposition that a spirit of resettfinent K
the measure ; edntaining a deeds oallatt al
mese troops were about to retire, thetiog abastaid the
was accomplished j and that any claim on the
Government might .be adjusted by liethili If la 1•. '-
who would be reiteited with ductal. '4ll
, , . •
t. ~,.!:
e thhee directions boot
K, the Local Gorernment cif Bennet .he
sas violent, versatile, steal 'mow:matt_ .. 2i i
apscd into its deceitful, and diem mit*
aid Lord Minto, in his descatokillitodakilitfab
,viewing the acts of insolent:tend bsabsitp-ap the
the Burmese, both on the. treader whil AI goon,
es with the following prophetic'pariegeOLtsm ~ .
t cannot refuse to entertain the.aentuneulthat to
!come absolutely necessary, ti ibute://minze timeA
n early period, to check
thenreOnte Ifille eunt_pre^
in of that weak Ind contemptible Stitte,
change of temper adverted to eresoefint, from the
i requiring the restoration og his properee,jeft on
which was opposed; on the pretext** prt can-
t' presents to the King ; 4tecOndlirsite departure of
it schooner, which was -imagined to be despatched
olditional force from Ilingstf .:,ki. cop rend of •
i
i
lief, batteries were etectielenitOntlei .mosetray S.
to the winks surrounding the •tilvinoststeelatrltct
the tombs of every nation in the eicinitf of the •
mere dismantled to supply matetiths:' Another A '
of dissatisfaction was the Envoy's eilbrdlog protece , •
the family of Mr. Carey, son of Professor Carey. •
ad resided four years as' Missionary atitangoom
he had married the daughter of an Ehglishinan by
e Portuguese woman ; and there is a law in Asa
prohibits females and silver being taken, out of the
}
1:e sequel, a better understastilog was Imalored bee
the envoy and ihe viceroy, who proved, on one occa-
lie sineenty of his professions, ,by inforenhat Certain
t it was the object of the inferior Tr-limbers of the
iment to seize his person, which he would a& permit.
ilst the Envoy was engaged in these and similar
- ,
2tions at Rangoon, experiencing daily proofs .of the •
,y's duplfzity, his sub-interprets had•procisedeet with e
otter to Amerapoorsh, and had been, pi OW as a
it where the conduct of the Burmese chietrin Arraoan
•verely reprobated.; anti also at.two audiences with
ngy Praw, who wished for an aljtestment,pf diffme
and gave him a letter'to the Envoy, Inviting him to
The Bengal Government werosif imiltion that hit
:ding thither was inexpedient, them* the revoked
. 1' ' ' 1
tiers of recal ; being materially i in.adopte
Dth resolutions by the occurrences WhieJs ;had then 1
bled on the frontier of Chittagong.
e insurgent chief, Kingberring, had ettiggetfrom his i
of conceahnente anti, in the month ofeienseiflte, re- 4
led Amami) with a considerable body.ut Mitga ; but
gin with a part of the Burmese army, Ill:twat totally v '
•
ted, and his adherents were driven iuto. the proe kince •., I
tittagong. A letter front the Rajah, of Arraceo, on
altieet of this second incursion, charged the British
a breach of faith, and declared that this affair must
ice a war.
1 • i
:e Bengal Government deemed this letter an insolca
nunication ; and directed a very severe reply to be for-
ed to the Rajah, with an intimation that no answer
d be returned to such offensive epistles in future.
hen Captain Canning's Intention of quitting Rangoon
known, redoubled efforts were made to induce him to
tea to the capital. On the 31st July, two °faeces ar-
I from Amerapoorah, to ascertain the mime Captain
ting's delay. They expressed the heir appertnt's high
in for hint ; but the Envoy discovered that, in the
t of his refusal to comply, they brought secret
re to the Viceroy to send him by Tome: that officer
•
equently admitted that he was authorized toimpose
saes on Captain Canuing and his chief interpreter, in •
of resistance. fly a due mixture of caution and fism-
, the envoy defeated the barbarous designs Of the go-
trent, and returned to Calcutta in September-1012; .
t the close of that year, Kingberring, whose marauding
is kept the frontier in constant alarm, prepared to mete
her descent upon Arrnean ; but meeting with a British
clement under Lieutenant Young, he was attacked, and
ollowers were dispersed in the jungles south of Cox's
oar. He thence attempted to penetrate into Arracaio
was defeated by the Burmese, and driven into the hills. .
Burmese troops, upon this occasion, crossed the frost- -
in pursuit; and the Rajah of Arracen advanced to- . '
ds the stockade of Mungdoo, close upon the frontier.
sufficient force was at this period assembled at Chime- '
; to resist thc advance of the Rajah, who teas warned of
consequences of violating the British territory ; lie re-
led a civil reply, requesting our co-operation in plans
the seizure of the insurgent chiefs.
'he renewal of the insurrection in this quarter seems to
e determined the Court of Asa on insisting, upon the
very of the chiefs, two of which hail been seized by ow
Dyt. The demand of the Rajah of An-sew was there- -
repeated, though in a conciliatory tone; and a tnissien
sent to Calcutta, from the Viceroy of Pegu, for the
e object. .
bout this period (June 1813) a erudeconicumunicatiir
•hed the Bengal Government, respecting certain dt-
is entertained by the Burmese Government to unite the
icipal states of India in a confederacy to expel the
;lido This report was countenanced by the appearance •
n agent, with tinny followers, preeedirg the mimic°
mentioned, by order of the King of Ave, for the oaten-
lc purpose of copying religious writings at Bentrres, but •
ly, as it afterwards appeared, to rnanateee &Main-metet
otiarions with some Brahmins at thatpace, who main-
ted an intercourse with Aca. An application was 1ik...-
e made to the Government to permit the VitthbundEr •
Arrscan, who was known to be a confidential emissary r
he Burmese Court, to proceed to .Delltiin quest of ss- .
II writings ; which was yrop:rly refused, willtan offet :a
d the articles to his Majesty. i
.irigberritig, meditating in his fastnesses thotl.erirtem.-
siuto Arracan, ceromenced a species of dacoity upon eh,
ins. The British Government in consequerce notilimi
him, that if' he persevered in his marauding Oars. b• • 7
old if taken, he delieered up to the Butmeee. •
loon after the Earl of- Moira socceetled to the Goyim •
nt, an important commotion was made to the Burmese.
allowing them to send small bodies across our territory
o the hills, to search for Kingberring and his patCsarie
their unhealthy menses. •
fhe projected incursion of this intlefetlgeble chief nail
ticipated by his antaconistm who routed a detachment of
I troops, and forced him to abandon hie grand stockade It
;to and to disband his followers. • • ..
Meanwhile the Burmese chiefs manifested very frietity
ttiments, although it was discovered that thtir " bar-
roes
rous and ignorart Court- was meditiitirigits aeheme of •
a timlereting the powers of fridis against the British ; I,NI
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