Narrative of the Burmese war in 182426 Author:Horace Hayman Wilson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: : the terms of peace, at which the following officers were present on the side of the British, Major General Sir A. Campbell, Commodore Sir J. Brisbane, Briga... more »dier-general Cotton, Captain Alexander, Brigadier McCreagh, Lieutenant-colonel Tidy, and Captain Snodgrass. On the part of the government of Ava, the chiefs present were Sada Mengyee Maha Mengom- KyeeWoongyee,Munnoo Rutha Keogong Lamain Woon, Mengyee Maha Menla Rajah Atwenwoon, Maha Sri Senkuyah Woondok, Mengyee Maha Menla Sear Sey Shuagon Mooagoonoon, Mengyee Attala Maha Sri Soo Asseewoon. The principal conditions of peace proposed by the English commissioners, were the non-interference of the court of Ava with the territories of Kachar, Manipur, and Asam, the cession of the four provinces of Arakan, the payment of two crores of rupees, as an indemnification for the expenses of the war, one to be paid immediately, and the Tenasserim provinces to be retained until the liquidation of the other. The court of Ava was also expected to receive a British resident at the capital, and consent to a commercial treaty, upon principles of liberal intercourse and mutual advantage. In the discussion of these stipulations, it was evident, notwithstanding the moderate tone of the Burman deputies, and their evident desire for the termination of the war, that the court of Ava was not yet reduced to a full sense of its inferiority, nor prepared to make any sacrifice, either territorial or pecuniary for the restoration of tranquillity. The protection given to fugitives from the Burman territories, was urged in excuse for the conduct of the Burman court, although the actual occurrence of the war was attributed to the malignant designs of evil councillors, who had misrepresented the real state of things, and suppressed the remonstrance...« less