TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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sume to purchase goods belonging to him, and 
they are afterwards discovered in the possession 
of the buyer, they are declared to be illegally 
obtained, and in due course confiscated,—the 
offender being farther liable to fine, imprison¬ 
ment, or corporal punishment, according to cir¬ 
cumstances. This is not a matter which hap¬ 
pens now and then, but an established and well- 
known custom, of frequent occurrence. S. Ma- 
nook had made to the King and his officers pre¬ 
sents to the value of £2,000 rupees; but, not¬ 
withstanding this, he had not found it safe even 
to hint at his claims upon the Government, 
which, according to his statement, amount to 
above four lacs of rupees, or 40,000/. 
Yesterday we had again the pleasure of re¬ 
ceiving another dispatch from Rangoon, which 
came in nineteen days, under the escort of a cor¬ 
poral and four Sepoys. This brought us Indian 
and Europe letters and public dispatches from 
Rangoon and Calcutta. 
Nov . £6.—Yesterday forenoon the two At- 
wenwuns paid us a complimentary visit at our 
house, which they had never done before. The 
object of this condescension could not be mis¬ 
taken : they were desirous of using every means 
and every persuasion to induce me to put off for 
a time the payment of the third and fourth in- 
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