48 e m b a s s y jàiSiâa
^ B j t h e kfjth bf,0.ctobèr, m ^ ^A V ié fe riâ
pçpçesded to*Iîiarn.ond^^^u&iïprQsâï6i wâter smsdabaftast; > vdaiK|* the)i
were at tKis place a small: vessel:,was perceived standing into the harbour of
Negrais, Captain Alves humanely sent to*warn her of the danger, htiMbe-
fore the intelligence could reach her, she had cast anchor within the harbour.
It does not however appear, that the Birmans had any intention :of doing further
mischief ; they contended themselves with setting" fire to the place, and
abandoned it on the night-that the vessel arrived. In à few days Captain
Alves returned from Diamond island to Negrais : venturing on shore, he was
shocked at the sight of the unburied and mangled bodies of his unhappy
countrymen. Amongst these he recognized the remains of Messrs. Southby,
Hope, and Briggs ; the bodies ;pf near 100 natives, who had been attached
to the settlement in various capacities, lay scattered around; the boats,
buildings, gun-carriages, and every thing combustible,: were consumed, except
the teak-timbers,belonging to the Company, which would not easily
take fire, and were too heavy to be removed. Some Birman boats appearing
in sight, Cap.taiirAlves thought it most prudent to depart ; he accordingly
weighed anchor, and leaving the shore that had proved so fatal to! his
friends, prosecuted his voyage to Bengal, where he arrived on the 10th of
November,j 1759- ji :
, After so many proofs of a friendly disposition, the assurances given to
Captain Baker-, and the compact concluded with Ensign Lyster,' it is reasonable
to suppose that some acts ;.of hostility, not thoroughly; explained,
must, have been committed, or that very, plausible misrepresentations must
have been used, ..to. excite the Birman monarch to take such- sanguinary
revenge. That Gregory, the Armenian, was the principal instigator, is a
fact of which no native of the country, who remembers the transaction;
thelsmalkstjdo'ubl) a i St f l ' i a f i . ' 1' a\ cone \ias tKehigeifif and
iustrunlcnt ofccsfeuuion 'IstftVsHiidWmd.t thewinfcftabeiased'Mi. Hojk, who1
comhirindcd altei thetjcp(Stun supplied
tfie^^qcrJ^sth pfoviMons imd> soP(|iSMh<,WfoHi or ff\ t&htftidi ul irm-squets,
that!ih%l|4^ a !k u t p uns.rf)siiasi#fJ^ifflt(^lftsAllt|est\A^jTO!*A''f>cisilasiie<h‘tllat
th<#Englisl*>\ ert?'a> dcstgMfi^ hhll dant^frAiv
ItI(lianWeri4mry(^rst'bv4raiid,?myd(|a,h c ifia lf^ i^?A^|tnr^mLdiHtLd' the
-5p'rt^.Qcvofi..siiinlfi3^c(fc hbi^upiftl^^ionij^aM.oml y; waidPt a: ftp
mt jjged' v r f J u m lit^fe*ftp’t i i f r s ; sftb-j e <’ l JVh‘had
y & c e j t t l l y - d t h e tnstiiHjfc$ol. t[fetficfalftpOCtin5bftfUNl)l!?su$^PoIfife
alsdj added, that thoA Ihyeiriwtyio[*f5$fcg<ijh-J^pFA tip
vt<WBiE5\ieh‘. by whi®l^tihb<YoyaIrbvenue‘'Waf^ffia'hd'ed>' >fihcset aidiStrafeitts',
desned clk'cfr;' and* thferc is'’hut tdrfrmuWWca'.oTi to'flunk (SlnYsoihc pw^
s ocatiori. fifftf hccm gncen$ thbiigh perhaps oi 11 tv ml rt,Hu”djl'ahfH est? ntfl)
fidf^^ffioienfc''' to wkrfSht a s t epb Udj ustefiabfe* hyr&iifeteiw ^ -.hd rfem, ihM
dfwhbsh'
.i^*■^h®?^^{olH^f'a.;, after gfbffirmh^-from?
; pr.^pnOe. rgquirddt ini the ^Soubhern pi&y'i^cfsy ho' fifir’lii s 'eljlp^fson, NfuW
itb govern MCmehaboo during hiSb’i^'enoe-'; aridfaftended'^b^
hi& s^eO'n^’sonjfShembuaiti PraW,.hn!ditfeS' female pdti ^ h is " fuinif^' imi-
ceed-Sdtons'hisiexpeditiOHitto' Takoy;’ 4-Sea pdrabh:t|j;e’ehster ri cohsftw^fie
guljjh of Martaban, which* hadheeri wrested,from th^feiShie^e?by the5 Birmans
Many Pcguers' had taken refuge there from the persecution they'
■experienced in the districts of Dalla, Rangoon, Pegue, and Talfi|$meou.
Encouraged by the first successes of the insurgents, and secretly instigated
by the Siamese, the Birman commandant threw off his allegiance, and1
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