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Campbell to detain the army, as it was there 
agreed that the trade should be put on the same 
footing on both sides, that a commercial treaty 
should be made, and that our troops should not 
be removed until all the articles of the treaty, 
as well as the payment of the second instalment, 
should be fulfilled. 
JB. In what have we infringed the treaty ?— 
E. I have just explained that you have refused 
to execute such a commercial arrangement as 
had been promised in the Treaty of Yandabo, 
and the conferences which preceded it. The 
day before yesterday you solicited from the Bri¬ 
tish Government favours of the first magnitude, 
—nothing less than the restoration of eight pro¬ 
vinces, and the remission of a debt of fifty lacs 
of rupees. To-day you refuse us a matter of 
right, what had already been provided for. 
S. As you refuse to proceed to other matters 
before the execution of the commercial treaty, 
and as we must refer to our superiors, we wish 
to understand exactly how long you will post¬ 
pone the period of paying the next instalments, 
provided the whole commercial treaty be acced¬ 
ed to on our part ?— E. For a time sufficient to 
enable your Ambassadors to proceed to Bengal, 
and make your representations to the Governor- 
