TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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you to deliver up any one to us.— E. We have 
long ago delivered up every Burman prisoner 
taken during the war, in strict conformity to 
the eleventh article of the treaty, and no doubt 
you will also do the same. If you are not pre¬ 
pared to deliver them up to me just now, still 
you must expect that the British Government 
will ultimately claim them. 
B . We understand perfectly what is in the 
Yandabo Treaty.— E. I must beg you to read 
it. There are many persons now here in a state 
of slavery, who are entitled to be released by 
the eleventh article of that agreement.” 
One of the objects of the Atwenwuns’ visit 
to-day was to claim the surrender of a native 
of Madras, who had joined our party shortly 
after our arrival. Of this I was informed by 
Mr. Lanciego, before the subject was introduced. 
This person had been the servant of an officer 
in Sir A. Campbell’s army, and was immediately 
recognized by Mr. Montmorency as such. He 
had been taken prisoner between Shwegyen and 
Setaung, and carried to Ava, where he was or¬ 
dered to instruct the Burmans generally in the 
use of fire-arms and cannon! By his own ac¬ 
count he had professed his ignorance of such 
matters ; but the Burmans, deeming him contu¬ 
macious, ordered him into the stocks; from 
