.action.took place, -which', eridedjSb little .ija £a*yoyr ofithe; advent-yrer, th^t
he tityew,,(himself into, the fort of A va; andjio longer able .to < keep the
fiqjd, prepared; to< act, as defensive part, relying .on the arrival .of succqurs
from (Siam, a quarter tbiwhich he had applied-with earngshsolicitatipn.C 1
r, i 3 1 h e s | s » f e a ^ u p i e d little.more, than, tt*o .month?,, fj&ia’.tbe
.middle of May, the datq.of A lompras (decease, .to the -end. o.fJyly.; sabogt.
which time, the engagement-happened that obliged Nuttoon to withdraw
from- the field, and' seek'security in the walls of Ava. ;-::
toY fe -h em ih sh ^ c lin a t^ j, the English settlementstqf
Indiarwere not,.at this’ juncture, in circumstances to revenge'the murder
of their servants, and exact re td b y tio n ffq ffjh e im u l^
Perhaps, also, they were not,ignorant, that a discussion of thgs onuses might
only produce useless explanations: a conjecture that is in some degree corroborated,
by there being no steps taken at any subsequent period, when
the British superiority in Asia had crushed all ji-ivali y, -t<) - yin < lieato the
national honour, and chastize the perpetrators Qf"the.cFu®l.tyjLh^nanfty,.
however, urged some interference in order to obtain the release of the few
survivors, who, on the destruction of Negrais, had been carried into captivity.
policy also rendered it expedient, to avoid an irreconcilable breach
with the Birmans,- as tending to give the French interests an ascendancy
ip that quarter, and enable them to gain a firmer footing, in a,country
whose maritime advantages,_.and contiguity to our possessions,- might
afford them opportunities hereafter to disturb our tranquillity, and. molest
our trade. ^
-Captain Alves, who in the proceeding year had conveyed Mr, Southby
to Negrais, and brought back news of the fate of the settlers, was selected
to return as the bearer of conciliatory letters, and presents to the Birman
sMncychjpfiom/Mi. HnI^Il4$|^.eimm wiPBui..d iml-Mi Pi^et c^seint#
of Madras.’ vDhes0e|^ess appear-t.b/hW&'he'-M -umdficcLm t«_i ms ol ,oh<.r-;
talion,1 rather tfcjnyjcsontSncnt ;• rhu fiber ition oirfhc Jmp,lishnn.uJ,tli,H?wefc
|arrie,dbiqtO' cgnfiifem en ^ :^ ^ ^ ^ risii^ |i^p -eq u est; uo‘,whibl»J,fksii e w as
adflgd,. thar.thc^ts^andjpioputAM bcl.mgju; to Mr fSVhneiiilJ» WiiJh*-
catctKbjjortlei’ol Aloinpiy. slipuld- borcsroied- Mi. Pi'got&s hitiaj* hb,\<(
&Y«Vdwentffaftfier;s,a^i^ti^atied-}bisi\ect1Uioii,,(hat theummltiuslw^ilie
-IpnglisJi'-settlerlisbquld'ib.ujb'roilgbt ...tf)ipudisfeni^n,li ;j.,^l'd(|^|si|ibi|4lf|iat was
little attended ^q^andfw hich the British go.vtrnmtnf'-ofilndi'Wievcr'im uif-
fgsted-f any inclination .to>"eufaijcco'1.,
’*Pui suant to his mstriy lion-*, jCaptuni 4Ivcs s yledfcfi rmB.M^has^onStliS
lOthof.Ma). 1700; instead of procccdiujg-dnLet toAegiais, hctsh^pcdbiis
gqujrse to t^jyjii^^CarniGobar,ffrq‘#«&^k^enty%let,t^ |y |s Dutch
ship tq^Gtjegory, the “Ajinenian,,who, ■ heidklthE oIIigo u/tabhav bundoi, oj
Ackawoon of Rangoon, acquainting him ol Jljis,missiinUeawng'.his
good offices with the Birman monarch, 10 pnooure the release ototjfej'
pnglisli,prisoners; -at the'$ame timli'pq^ffiating hun b)(taj prevent, ui^-u^lit
ajtjefe&i.as he conceited would b a ffto.sfc ,-agVefft'abfesC
On the 5th of June,tjGaptain Alve^reaehed t,E^amqnd, Island, byffde-
clinpffi,entering- the harbour of’Negrais u q t ^ jh ^ o u ld ^ s ^ e i f t ^ ^ ^ ^ s j ^ ^
tiOrMfthe 'na<tiivesJtowards!the English,-ewhich,, after, %e5recerif^cafa,Strqphe,
tn|n%AWas room-tb suspect. His d©ubts'beitjg*ran^bd«,‘ he sentian^Sffiqer,
up to\ Persaim, with a letter 'to Antony, the Portuguese- supuintendanh
who on receipt of it came down, as a mark of respect, to meet tliedTng®
lish; deputy, at a .chokey or guard house*,’ n c» Ntgrais.t, Ca'pfairu'ALVcs
dissembling his knowledge 'of the part. whichiAntohy!hadjkG^®in,etHe^lai!e
affairy r®gfeived;his/:;ylsjtQi; witfe. apparent fq(3rdiality,u|?^ls_t the oih^rit'odk.
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