TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
387 
Nov. 14.—The Governor of Bassein and a 
Sar6-d’haugyi called yesterday morning, and, in 
conversation with Mr. Judson, pretended to be 
very anxious to know when the Governor-Ge¬ 
neral was likely to return from his journey to 
the upper provinces of Hindostan. They also 
said that his Majesty was desirous of sending 
ambassadors to the King of England, and wished 
to know whether the Governor-General would 
provide them with a free passage. I was not 
present when this conversation took place. Mr. 
Judson came to me in my room, and reported 
it to me ; and I requested him to say, as from 
himself, in answer to the last subject, that his 
Majesty the King of England took no direct 
cognizance of the political affairs of India ; and 
that if the Burman Government sent ambas¬ 
sadors to England, they must do so at their own 
cost. About one o’clock, the usual hour for 
the conferences, the Burman chiefs sent me a 
message, to request that I would excuse them 
from coming, as it was a great holiday. This, 
however, was a mere pretext. They were 
aware of the holiday, and at the last confe¬ 
rence had expressly said that they would come 
notwithstanding. The fact is, that the Go¬ 
vernment was perplexed and disappointed that 
it had gained none of the points which it had 
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