hiSOwh'trödps, an#'prève»«i&tó®ife^ibn^itftftW cönn*^#huS secured
by >his- defences-' from ’surprize an'd stidden- tau^>Sxte"Fnafj
eri'em^and commanding ï#é navigation* of-the river,'’he sat down in the
I month oManuary,-! 7« ‘, *o wait the^stoW*, but certain-effects of-'hungemnd
..-Thefeit’of Pegue was occupied -by'tKe rbyaMam-iffand the principal "
Bfcfelcs ’©f-tho-Taliemnation. Amöng the highdstifir ranfe were Apporaza,
iro f tó ro f thé king', Ghouparea,'his son-in-law •andóephew,»d».TxalabaanT
a general who, on former occasions, had heeni distinguished hy rendering
his.couhtry signal- services, and had raised^hfeiself by his-valoun, to* the
first military .honours óf the state-
| The Birmans, though superior- m’-numbersVpefseN^dï-ifeAhespassfve
system of reduction, and were not to be allured fiom^h^^tecdaMbfethW
stockades' Two months 1 hus elapsed in«(Ménsive Jkaéttv-ifyh.' Thefd&hse-
quimces, however, were hfevitable; want,1 and ®ss«OQECekififtaèè? discontent
and mutiny,-began lo rage within the walls. OnAis-emergency,
the King summoned a council of all his family amfcehidftains.^afterfexpa*--
tiatingon the straits to which they wenrreduoed* and thehtopdessheSS of',
relief, he declared his intention to sue for peace; and further,-fél^ropttiafè
the conqueror, he proposed sending to him his-only unmarried^ daughter t
as by such an act of homage alone he couldrexpeet to pröfcure favourable
terms. This proposal was listened to with sorrowful acquiescenctebi^a#
but Talabaan, who is said to have cherished a sèeret passion fob the
maiden; for in this country, young women of the; highest rank ate notf.aftef
the manner of India, precluded from the sight and conversatfoh 'oMhe
other sex. | The chief, with haughty indignatiorf, reprobated: the' dis’gfkceftil
sacrifice, inveighing against it in the sharpest terms; and concluded with
annoffeisf’to^SciiU^fortH'V'atl'tta^.head' of six- hundred« efiosen follower^ and
ei&er^rafsei th^f^hgd?'and procure an«, honourable? peace,* or perish in the
attempt;;,provided^iift^hW-event!offs^'^siv die King-would promise'to
bestow; on himihibidaugliterf as,«the reward oFvafoun i j
fhi-Struck•wsifl^.pe'; gdlawtry dfrthis*prSpo'saIfe?he^iitg apparently assented,
aad^tih&ieouhqsfsbiokel.ufililgbiatxApppEaza^and the- other chiefs, who loiig
hadsbeshelri wkhv,j^lg^pithe^'gp6^iUgj«ip<3wer?a1pd;fncreasing,famei'fof Talabaan,'
remanstratedi^ga-ihst* -th©,rneasurel,#a!?i more derbga-tory toth&
irimona-rcfh^thaijfjfipldisn^hi^daughter as^avp'eaG'e bfrerifig to- a sovereign
poten/;afe^Th.^Kdng;gbyi.thfs^peFs,ifa^ions ^wasf prevailddftip^fo retract
tlie conditions. Talabaan, imitated aU-hit^disap^oiritincnt, took ait opporh*
-tu|iitJy|g^l,e;avih.g4the f&r*%a%rni;dnight>, .and abf&wiyeswhit.h ~a Hhnrtanfc _
foijcedjhis. way kqsgipty4through'it^e, Birman.camp,; *che afterwards crossed
theaSetang * rivfer, -andi matched ‘ toti^fiandimaa, or «Martaban, where1 his
fam if y.fresrdtedt«, ,
*> Twot days<“after Talabaan had retired, theAPeguej-king;«in pursuance of
his^firsfflintention, wrote to Alompra^ pijoj^s'kgpeaqesbn, thes,terms which
he hadrintimatefh'to. his council, before»-the4‘seeessio'nfof hisigehSralL, The
fiirmai^Kmgi readily accepted- the offered^pacifisation. - A negotiation!
was.opened«, which terminated iniulv-agjpentenl^ that) the Pegue King sho'ufd,
govern1 his - country under the> stipulation- ofAdoitighoni-igei to the Birman
monarchy that .the- ancient* boundary, s^^d^hfo} observed; and Prome-JIar
m m m continuesthe,frontieri of- thjg/.Feguea dominfon^toHh&nkklK? A -
preliminary's of these conditions- was the $jarrendbr!d£ the dau'ghtesbf th©-
Pegpe monarch to^thet-royal|^idtof jt, Apporaza, her Uncle, wa-^appointed
tbjfc^'nvey ’ her teethe Bumar^camp, where, thdy^^Sf^Je^eived withVtnusic,
feasting,, and every, demonstration^ of joy and.anptyn§ $