im for violating his
command 'not to fight the English.' The same night, Dr. Price was sent
with part of the money, and some of the prisoners, but returned with the
alarming intelligence, that the general was angry, would not communicate
with him, and was marching upon Ava.

All was now confusion in the palace; gold and silver vessels were melted
up, and the money weighed out; and Mr. Judson was hurried into a boat,
and sent to the British camp. He was instructed by the English general
that every foreigner who _wished_ to leave the country, must be
permitted to go, or peace would not be made. The members of government
now had recourse to solicitation, and promised to make Mr. Judson a
great man if he would remain. To avoid the oduim of expressing a wish to
leave his majesty's service, he told them that Sir Archibald had ordered
that all who desired it, should go; that his wife had often expressed
that desire, that she therefore must be given up, and that he must
follow. The prisoners were then all released, and on a cool moonlight
evening, with hearts overflowing with gratitude and joy, they took their
passage down the Irrawady, bidding a final adieu to the scene of their
sufferings, the _golden_ city of Ava.

With what delight did they the next morning hail the sight of the
steamboat that was to conduct them to the British camp. "With what
unspeakable satisfaction did they again find themselves surrounded by
the comforts and refinements of civilized life." The kindness of General
Campbell was more like that of a father to his own family, than that of
a stranger to persons of another country. Indeed it was to him they owed
their final release from Ava, and the recovery of all their confiscated
property. Mrs. Judson thinks no people on earth were ever happier than
they were at that time; the very idea that they were free from Burman
treachery and tyranny, and under British protection, filling them with
gratitude and joy too exquisite for expression. "What shall we render to
the Lord for all his benefits to us," was the constant utterance of
their hearts. Peace was soon settled; they left the camp, and after an
absence of two years and three months were again in Rangoon.

CHAPTER XVIII.

INFLUENCE OF THESE DISASTERS ON THE MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE.--TESTIMONIALS
TO MRS. JUDSON'S HEROIC CONDUCT.--LETTER FROM MR. JUDSON--HIS ACCEPTANCE
OF THE POST OF INTERPRETER TO CRAWFORD'S EMBASSY.--MRS. JUDSON'S
RESIDENCE AT AMHE