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Government, on their side, have evinced a determination to 
conduct, as far as they may be allowed, their correspon¬ 
dence with us through the Governor of Pegu, and this ar¬ 
rangement will certainly not fail to meet with their appro¬ 
bation. 
The chief British Authority on the Saluen frontier, under 
the circumstances which I now suppose, will be exactly on 
a parity of rank and station with the Governor of Pegu; 
and, being situated within a few hours 1 sail of the residence 
of that officer, will always be able to maintain with him a 
frequent, friendly, and unembarrassed intercourse. A Bri¬ 
tish officer thus situated, with a great part of the Bur man 
frontier open to him, and with frequent communication with 
merchants, travellers, and other native inhabitants, would 
be possessed by himself, or through confidential agents, of 
the means of furnishing the Government with information 
much more extensive and authentic than it would be pos¬ 
sible for the most intelligent and active individual to supply 
either at Rangoon or Ava, jealously watched as both he 
himself and those who might be disposed to furnish him 
with intelligence would unquestionably be at either of those 
places. 
One question of much consequence requires a few ob¬ 
servations, viz. the probability or otherwise of the continu¬ 
ance of peace with the Burmese Government. The events 
of the late war have left, both upon the Court and people, 
a strong and universal impression of the superiority of our 
arms. For a few years to come, the renewal of hostilities 
on the part of the Burmese Government may, I believe, 
safely be considered as a very improbable event. At pre¬ 
sent, the Burmese are destitute of the munitions of war’ 
and the inhabitants are so utterly indisposed to a renewal 
of the contest with the British power, that, even were the 
Court capriciously resolved on war, it could not venture 
