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rected to the conclusion of a commercial ar¬ 
rangement, as especially provided for by the 
Treaty of Yandabo. I therefore beg, if you 
have any propositions to make unconnected 
with that subject, that they may be produced 
in a separate and distinct form. 
B. Some of the propositions made in the 
draft of a treaty with which you have just fur¬ 
nished us, go beyond what is contained in the 
Treaty of Yandabo. You will not, therefore, 
object to our tendering propositions which may 
infringe upon the Treaty of Yandabo.— E. The 
draft which I have submitted is in accordance 
with the Treaty of Yandabo, which, as I have 
already said, expressly provides that a commer¬ 
cial arrangement should hereafter be entered 
into. As a general principle, I have to ob¬ 
serve that the Treaty of Yandabo cannot be 
altered. 
B. The British commanders at Yandabo had 
simply authority to negotiate a peace. From 
the perusal of your credentials, we are led to 
suppose that you have authority to modify that 
agreement, or to make any farther arrangements 
you may deem necessary for the good of the 
two nations.— E. I will say nothing farther 
upon the subject until I have seen your proposi¬ 
tions : when I have, I will give a separate and 
