Two Years in Ava: From May 1824, to May 1826J. Murray, 1827 - 455 pagina's |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
abatis Aeng appeared arms Arracan arrived artillery Assam attack Attweynwoon bamboo bank boats British British army Burman army Burman chieftains Burman government camp Campbell Captain captured chief Colonel column command commenced Cotton Dagon Denobiu detachment directed empire encamped enemy enemy's English erected fire force formed Gaudma gilt ground guns houses hundred inhabitants instantly Irrawaddy James Brisbane jingals jungle Kee Woonghee Kemundine Kieaans King of Ava kioums Lieutenant-colonel Madras Native infantry Maha Bundoolah Maha Silwa Majesty's Martaban Maywoon Meeayday Melloon Mengie Mergui miles morning mountains obliged officers pagoda party passed Pegue plain Prince prisoners proceeded Prome provinces Rangoon Rangoon river received retired river road royal rupees Sarawah sent Sepoys Shaans shot side soldiers stockade supposed Syriam Tavoy teak Tenasserim thirty-eighth regiment thousand ticals tion Tongho town trees troops village war-boats whence whilst Woon wounded yards
Populaire passages
Pagina 449 - ... and liquidated, upon the same principles of honour and good faith, as if hostilities had not taken place between the two nations; and no advantage shall be taken by either party, of the period that may have elapsed since the debts were incurred, or in consequence of the war; and according to the universal law of nations, it is...
Pagina 450 - This treaty to be .ratified by the Burmese authorities competent in the like cases, and the ratification to be accompanied by all British, whether European or native, American and other prisoners, who will be delivered over to the British commissioners...
Pagina 449 - Government to maintain the relations of peace and amity between the Nations ; and as part indemnification to the British Government for the expenses of the war, His Majesty the King of Ava agrees to pay the...
Pagina 451 - Upon the further payment of a similar sum, at that place, within one hundred days from this date, with the proviso as above, the army will evacuate the dominions of his Majesty the King of Ava with the least possible delay, leaving the remaining moiety of the sum total to be paid by equal annual instalments...
Pagina 450 - The good and faithful ally of the British Government, His Majesty the King of Siam, having taken a part in the present war, will, to the fullest extent, as far as regards His Majesty and his subjects, be included in the above treaty.
Pagina 450 - ... in any part of the British dominions, shall be made over to the minister, or other authority delegated by his Burmese Majesty to the supreme government of India. Art. IX. The King of Ava will abolish all exactions upon British ships or vessels in Burman ports, that are not required for Burman ships or vessels in British ports ; nor shall ships or vessels, the property of British subjects, whether European or Indian, entering the Rangoon river.
Pagina 449 - ... stipulated, that the property of all British subjects who may die in the dominions of His Majesty the King of Ava, shall, in the absence of legal heirs, be placed in the hands of the British Resident or Consul, in the said dominions, who will dispose of the same according to the tenour of the British law. In like manner the property of Burmese subjects dying, under the same circumstances, in any part of the British dominions, shall be made over to the Minister or other Authority delegated by...
Pagina 154 - ... of great importance, as showing the estimation in which this nation was held by a very insignificant power in Europe, at a time when we, its immediate neighbours, must have been enveloped in shameful ignorance of every thing concerning it. This was a plain and simple exposition of the tenets of the Christian faith, in the Latin and Burman languages, and printed at the press of the society for the propagation of the true faith at Rome in 1785.
Pagina 449 - In order to secure and improve the relations of amity and peace hereby established between the two States, it is agreed that accredited Ministers from each shall reside at the Court of the other.
Pagina 31 - After ascending the steps, which are very dark, you suddenly pass through a small gate, and emerge into the upper terrace, where the great Pagoda, at about fifty yards distance, rears its lofty head in perfect splendour. This immense octagonal gilt-based monument is surrounded by a vast number of smaller pagodas, griffins, sphinxes, and images of the Burman deities. The height of the tee...