TO THE COUItT OF AVA. 
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the elder, was a person of worthless character, 
who had seduced the other to desert. Mr. 
Lain, an English merchant, who had been for 
some months back at Ava, saw them both but 
three days before our arrival, but had never 
seen them since ; so that, in all probability, they 
had either been secreted, or removed to a dis¬ 
tance. Mr. Lain described them as being ill 
provided with food and clothes, and very anxi¬ 
ous to deliver themselves up. 
6£ E . There are two European soldiers now 
here, deserters from the British army, who were 
promised to be delivered up at Yandabo. One 
of these I claim, in consequence ; and I desire 
to see both, that I may ascertain what their own 
wishes are.—7i. We do not know that there are 
any such persons here, but we will make the ne¬ 
cessary inquiry and inform you. We wish to 
say a few words more, respecting the native of 
Madras to whom we have already alluded, as 
matters of this kind are calculated to breed 
dissensions. 
E. I presume you are satisfied that he be¬ 
longed to the British army ; that he is a subject 
of the British Government, and that he desires 
to return to his own country.—I?. This is all 
very right, but we think the matter ought to 
have been mentioned to us. The individual in 
