foQS&SshsZ .w^s • to the visit, fljad| afford
m.;^M.oi||mi;t^j;©f ea^ryigg ghphyrithwhjehhe
was epttns^ggLu ■,
Tjfip :|j»Mhaj[B • lyp^y.-^rith; whfcb "*ha. igtended mass^cre/’w ^ con;
jCeriqdj.gaYe jaa pjpgmj for. takiMjagK^ecaayon;,, ■ yijtfpnjo, ;who hadi paid
a,.y,isit ;to Mr. Sgutffby[;gn, the nmn^igg,' gf (ijig . 6jfbj J?a§, invited by him, tp
^fflnf r^SR^® s ^ tg e ^ g y ^ t j r fetg|Mgm:y; ^g iid jag ^ ^ g n ^ q g tQj&e English,
^rtte^£dBraentr^as..jgratog“im5 the
At that instant a number of armfid Rir.mansn'ushgd^jn.to the room, and put
M m ® '- & B f c b 9 | t 0 s p tep|5.gfegjfijt,:ah
upper, apartment i. Messrs. Robgrtson and Briggs happened to th^h^IP^»
with eight Europeans.pf inferioor npte | a separate: a11 ack was made on these
Kja^ r ih e r set of assassins, in whig^|bg| Euj^^ns^weje^slai^jf^^frgSti
with Mj;. ffoberispig an#., Mi. Briggs, shut J^icm^^Ives m P*gp#o\vrt,A«ii
Uwy^jCOghDg^ °B th e . defensive, ,until theligftgBQQffj
when, a. solemn assurance, that their, lives should h&sgpedjjhgy
experienced the utmost brutality.pf (^ ^ tm e n f &8g|®he
murderers. JVfr, .Briggs, being, wounded, and unable to move with .the
alertness. required of him, was knocked down, and a.perioifput ,t,orhi^: sufferings
by having a spear run through his body; .the rest weret escorteekto
the waterjside,. whfje Antonio, iwho -bad retired ighffi f f e jBBWKWlrtll^
menced, was wjaijtigg. with a boat to , receive them. This fedlotw; had the
humanity to unchain the prisoners, and pursued his journey with them to
Dagonor Rangoon, wjjggg Ije expected to find the King, .agd.doubtless tp
receive a regard for the meritorious part he had acted.
A midshipman, of the crew of the Shaftesbury, was about to enter the
house when the-slap^btpf commeneed, -but .oil. hearing the. cries of his
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TOTmfryinenV and pereeivin'g the danger, ff&iflea roWfewafer side, wounded"
by a spiaWhaF^^tWfcatra'fi.m' ifehfe iciiearwp:lie*Shafl£<l)Li'fy S pinnace!
brought away’ fc<h& n n d sK fpm am ,w re l^w e lraW b l'a cK ? p e© p gT t o the
settIfement"J®pMurp^mSTO^®mae®sf^bmn^twd3S®Kifflfiately .-levelled
against EuTbpeansf ap:^,ilamp]ffrafm'#®hhddiit^.r^®h#lhhtg boadaho, ‘ that
had 'broilght on>'shoie'sonfe of Mr?' Soiit'hln .sIflYj'ggd'ItjJ'vi as 'fortunate
erniighifo ^»nff^heioT&tfi'd'Bffmaris bfliildtigU* ptissb>siouJ'of heap; »and
E53tiiKf-IfAridnsii.5pYaiw\iLlwRc,4 rtnion'd()<i<ib\aids,|;g iT(?'inli,imat'aV>rirt6 ,'the
ship,«b,^tjbat itoke^ol somtdincxpci. ittroSwlmfiSw***
y ^ h h (Rinnans tbus-licanmn» ‘m a s k 's 'oftflie fbitiliulVmK,1 rind'having
disparsi/fl or put tir SLuJ,&iS!i"turntll- till *yiiis u 11 -thebMtt'cry}
nih^tin,snTMDe'iY'Sgalnst t he> §hdf I c s 11 ul.y.^olii? tn'e p'erforrrfap^ oP’tfhis''ser-
wlieji'JsihteiijL, tlic" Inencliin na) 'Vvast^raf/is^iictteuVlv .k m t ^ ' - i r u k i d ,'1 tRb
whoMiffil tlhwHubmu7 d\s<iSsinatfoMs^ni^Wmiife bebrr'bxe'cuteditihefeb,his
direciisMr'it-'was afterwards ascertained,*that. when pn&'Flfi'glisli \\cie sftr*
prised,|gfid 'overpowered by the Rinnans^tBis rfi'ah“ iWsnfed’'imt!Qw}|aeiworks
at tlib'htail ol a body oJ’fo'j’hditti' andibfi-fi'jjleaRil the •1sl«tPf»lftul.’if,T'liC'’})ieV.'i(iioi!
with-which' IfieiguW-were poifated!^ufficiently demonstfated,hthatlKe' wK8
hadsthe ml;anagemeri'tr was ^Im’tfefieient'in'thb art b f gfinher-yC-'^Fhe! Shi’ftes-
B u^re turned tlic 'lire, laff^ullued (rmsldcrably from thaY fofl tihb'-efie'my ;
the'^fetTOmKoffiobl'';was1 kilted;, "fHe^ilfthti^rrig^n^dlMffghd^cmdvSiipsBbts
reeeisre'd between wind and water; htCahy of the BirriianS are' safflvftdiha^e
fallimll^pKp^e^from the shi]TK'.ihd"action eohfinttld«tilbrdark, 1 a-ifdlfwas
renewed next!mdn&iaag tini the Sp'afhof'tbe enemy: Th’e^SbaftesButy:having
unmoored in! the "ni^htf 'Weighed at day''lightV;kndr:dto’p|ied' downiwftb 'th4
ebb to the, mouth ° f the-'Mrbour-, w b lt% ^ ^ o ,nd,'tthe-rfi'an^e*lQf shot/-she
rode secure: the*Vifctoria snow followed^Hbrhxanipw®11*