The affairs of the British government' in India were by no means m Snell
a state -of ■prosperity; asUo»alldW<of sending the^np'ples «hat wereneces-
saryTor'the effectual' support of the settlement of Negrais. -Every'rierve
■was on-thfe stretch to maintain, in the Carnatic,-the 4laMs.»of M^hommed
Ally, against the French; it was .therefore deemed expedient, for the pre:
sent, to withdraw the settlers from Negrais. Captain Newton Was- accord-
ingly recalled, and reached Bengal o n the 14th* o f .May, l»75^,«w’itk ^M ^ fJ
five Europeans, and seventy natives; having left a few persons, to take
care o f the teak-timbers, and materials' fo r'sh ip b u ild in g , ^
not conveniently-be removed, and to preserve the right of possession, in
case it should-be determined Tit any future period tp re-establish ■ the
settlement.
The tragical .catastrophe thaff followed, presents,ns with an instance of
the sanguinary and cruel disposition that jealousy inspires, when rival
interests are to be maintained by the arts of policy and; fraud, rather than
by open force of arms. The Armenians, the Jewsnf the East, a description
of men subtle, faithless, and indefatigable,» whose industry is - usually
seconded by a competent capacity, beheld with a malignant eye,-the progress
of European colonies, threatening: the annihilation of that influence
which they had supported for a long series of yeansf in the/ aclndnistra-
tion both of the Pegue and Birman governments. Amongst these, Coga
Pochas, and Coga Gregory, are represented to have been conspicuously
active in th e ir efforts to defeat the views, and depreciate» the credit of the
English 5 the latter,-in particular, who had obtained a considerable office,
and carried some Weight in the councils of Alompra, especially m what
related to strangers, as soon as the affairs of the French were rained
beyond redemption, adopted the policy of attaching to him» the few Frenchmen
wh®fi AKfipha'luul siIinla i^ ) ii"oid'if^ot,ri^i,3 ^ !’theitt iAsffumental to
tlic^-d’csi-ilu’t i o n ^ i i S c * n'd\\ the faveffired*"nafioh?.
J , rwWh^'t'Kh..mun^chne-meni-i!)tiv(Li-. leli, i£l>)aw>nvb\ Bouino, m hos7-
iilMAliM-l -liisu Id (5(df d h ^ ^ irg ifL ^ d n 1 oP im h itioif, hadffieen
kniflh hrclt^cl-'l’fv^ 1 hcS^Jinytr< r'-'vt'h f^pl'S'fs.eu* IvrtlWB? ih'p'-'fl trice5hrid
\Hifo-it\',ijt uK ptbiriond'liiin'to’ il odinffi!dfVibii4 t'hfuhhlerideS
«Mi^'-pelfeon1.* I In. \ ()(5ii^rmriAAi's'u1Pd‘i R u i mfBi ru l iHk, strbfigjesflpre-
t&5dic Vsfht fijf‘WJuPiri1 a gnlAs?;JPe English:
hnJaMShisirfiihihu w*e\i •
Rt S^oiii’afici tlii. fpl uu V uffiVi, \fl/t i* ins1 p iV)
muit (»fjBfc?i411 ‘ t h<ru^h) ' pl 1 Jt<^
'cferel Of-il ( uyiSBtWatnd1 brhit^f "ils11 Vollu ftffcMlijp lot 'ilid g ^C l
theiCete p .ii i w-COT ttih t. f nil?
1 wk-sMRpat lied <in1 i n i s t f l ® \PhfrfjiJuuy tlf^onjLy:.
Mr? ^ht-hb)3-ito ;NBgra|s?| i )uung flier pl^Vgl?>?h2^ n o \^u ffe^ iR S \tn ely
,’ 0$ the tf;l?cn^i^iiii hoj^dfl^tllb
, oflN§f^8f>ihTa,f# ^ ’Sf !iftSr(?rl iihlj*rlis t re's?? if Condition liSjJ^SR'»
for het'|tthe?®hrffle|4,u r ^ E ||| Iri(liurhffi^\v^?,!hr^i^ f | ’lime in* tli^liul'omy
hcfvjft^ptiihfilo Negfa*-. fo r tfte'ji'}dpi 1 it'fMtju ftit“7i 1 n .
hhdhyateit Pp
Mr. Soiithby disembarked on the evening of his arrival, and next day
landed his baggage.' • Antonio, the interpreter,' of whom i iiu if j^ ‘I2§|;
beeh-tfifede;! C af t i e' - r 1 iin.’j a n a
man of some official importance', was treated with civility and attention
by Mr. Hope, at this time'in the temporary charge of the settle ment f ',as
^Svell» as*h)f M rtJ^hifffiby^^^neiv J'b^jrS dxt^p^hic ?1 jpufiiL y
vfisj to deliver a letter• tb l\h h ’En4l* i^® ^ ^ ;.^ ^®i^C ,>I^ ^ g ^ triis fe&r|