Search -
Narrative of the Burmeses war, in 1824-25
Narrative of the Burmeses war in 182425 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: NOTES. (1.用. 3.) On these subjects, Dalrymple's Repertory furnishes some characteristic details.遊ol. i. pp. 151 and 394. (2.用. 3.) Of this transaction, ... more »Dr. Hamilton remarks, " The opinion that prevailed, both in Chittagong and at Ava, was, that the refugees were given up from fear; and this opinion has, no doubt, continued to operate on the ill- informed court of Ava, and has occasioned a frequent repetition of violence and insolence, ending in open war. The consequence of this will, no doubt, be fatal to Ava, but may produce subsequent difficulties to the government of Bengal. These evils might possibly have been avoided by a vigorous repulse of the invasion in 1794, and a positive refusal to hearken to any prososal for giving up the insur. gents, after the court of Ava had adopted hostile measures in place of negociation, to which alone it was entitled. Account of the frontier between the southern part of Bengal and Ava.勇dinburgh Journal of Science. (3.用. 3.) Symes's Mission to Ava, 8vo, vol. i. p. 275. See also Cox's Burman Empire. (4.用. 4.) He is always called by European writers Kingberring, but his proper appellation was Khyen-bran, being born after his father's return (bran) from a visit to the mountain tribe, named Khyen. (5.用. 6) He died, April, 1815. See the Parliamentary Papers, printed by order of the House of Commons, 1825. Further details will be found in the supplementary volume to Mills's History, vol. iii. p. 10. (6.用. 9.) Public Letter to the Honourable the Court of Directors, of the 20th of December, 1817. (7.用. 10.) " A desultory conversation then took place, in which the Woonghees, Woondoks, and others indifferently joined. One advanced, that Chittagong, Luckipore, Dacca, and the whole of the Casimbazar island, formerly made part ...« less