TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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B . We are willing that that affair should be 
settled by our ambassadors at Bengal. 
The Burman negotiators now read a docu¬ 
ment respecting the boundary of the Saluen 
Biver. 
E. 1 have already a copy of the paper just 
read, which was given to me by yourselves con¬ 
fidentially, and will give you a deliberate writ¬ 
ten reply to it at our next conference, when the 
subject may undergo such farther discussion as 
you may be disposed to enter into. 
The Burman commissioners placed on the ta¬ 
ble maps of Martaban, Ye, Tavoy, and Mergui, 
and were anxious to enter upon the subject of 
the Martaban frontier, which I declined. 
The subject of the Commercial Treaty was 
then introduced. 
JB. In the fourth article it was your wish, 
that all merchants, subjects of the British Go¬ 
vernment, as well as Englishmen, should be in¬ 
cluded. Are you satisfied to let that article 
refer to Englishmen only ?-^E. I wish it to in¬ 
clude all British subjects whatever. 
B. Since that is your wish, we will insert “ all 
persons being subjects of the British Govern¬ 
ment.”— E . This is all I desire, and I am obliged 
to you for the liberal manner in which you have 
conceded this point. 
