TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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not to give it in; thus evincing, in a manner 
which they could not conceal, their great anxie¬ 
ty to obtain the terms which had been offered 
to them. The first Atwen-wun had commen¬ 
ced the conference in a noisy manner, almost 
bordering upon rudeness ; but upon the pro¬ 
duction of the note, he entirely changed his 
tone, and solicited to be allowed to peruse the 
instrument which I had prepared, stipulating 
for the evacuation of Rangoon, and the remis¬ 
sion of the balance claimed by the British 
Government. This, which was as follows, was 
handed to him in the Burman language:— 
“ Article 1.—With a view to cement the 
bonds of friendship between the two powers, 
and for the accommodation of his Majesty the 
King of Ava, the British Government hereby 
consents that the payment of the third instal¬ 
ment of twenty-five lacs of sicca rupees, and 
that of the fourth instalment of a similar 
amount, due by the Burmans to the British 
Government, according to the fifth and addi¬ 
tional articles of the treaty concluded at Yan- 
dabo, and payable respectively on the 24th day 
of February 1826, and 24th day of February 
1827, shall not be considered to become due 
—the first of these instalments, until on or 
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