no small pains' to fcoQvince him that he was guiltless. After a short -real1
4ence at Persaim, Captain Alvies received a very friendly letter from
Mungai-Narrataw, $ relation -of the royal family, « id nested with- the
office of Maywoôn, or Viceroy of Pegue, inviting him to Rangoon ; desiring
him at the same time to bring.with him the presents intended for the King.
This mvitation Câptaia Alves thought it prudent to'accept ; and on the
5th of August arrived at Rangoon, where, he was received with «sufficient
politeness h y dfae Viceroy, and made .acquainted with the. «rebellion of
Nuitoon, and the deranged state t f 'puffiic Sfffifrs at «hé c âpM i
Mr. Robertson, and the soldiers who had escaped the massacre at
Negrais, were at Rangoon when Captain Alves arrived, and/though udder
restraint, werefry no means treated with harshness. Captain, Alves solicited
their discharge from the Viceroy; who, though he could not grant
the request without -special authority from th e fKing,-yet consented that
Mr. Robertsonshould accompany Captain Alves back to Persaim; and
added, that there was littfc déübt of procuring'a gênerai reteaSëf In the
course of this communication, the Viceroy gave Captain Alves solemn
assurances that Gregory' the Armenian, by his misrepTesentations- and
artifice, was the principal instigator o f the tragical scene at Negrais;
and that Laveeae, who was in league with Gregory, was-Ae perscm to
whom the execution of the act had been committed; intimating also
that he through the intrigues of these men, had incurred thé
displeasure of the King, on account of his manifest attachmenr to the
English nation.
Captain Alves continued at Rangoon no longer than was necessary : he
left it on the âth of August, the Maywoon having previously received
from .him the presents intended for the Birman monarch. An officer
fielonging to llucp-prch inWk csurfrrifkc^.panied. »Captain* Alves? haekHc|‘
Persaim:«.
Alvssi^kpeefelhgtto '-rdc^e’i &’■ summons* to attend th&S 0 dfeis‘
feet, was maki«^ prepaiMion’fo iS t'ijlf^ y y '.-w h e h G f^ lo r^ lli^A rm e nian
returned* front '■Moh&Mtrooi;«whither fie*“®® ^© ’Gee%'d^wiih^tl1[wdxpe-
ditioh dn'i-rbcdipt« o f .»the letter wtiffeft'from'
GarMeobav. His ‘»z'easl' on* this !itidSiis®h>'wasf*pfomptedl sby'*a* 'd‘esbe',]60'
prevent, if possibly any amichM'e^ari'fngetriefits1 ot, in ease^he^sMuM fail’
in- that 'view,'vtto make hmfseiP of^ersohaf' eon^qu&tfGefWhfetteft^the«
o'sten’srhle»mediator -and* ihstruhieirt-ow^ofeeiliatiQfrf' j jBI
• '",®’h i4 ^ '^M ^ if if e lI ^® ^ J f>the expected tf$i'$8#T>i m aiJtfioii</ed i_,on&
from the Bri6isiig#v1efmehYpNatrtdsge'e'2P.raw directed Gr,egt>ryttd'^turilito
Persaim, and dispatched along with'him a BirmahSofficef JaS'itfeh.eareivof
an order ‘toCaptain Alves, commanding ihimfi’i'toirep’a ir fa th%' royljl ffre^
sence. In ’the translation^Which -Gregory, -as>'iiitoferdte#,‘-deH^-rudttf)
Captain Alves, the crafty Armenian intrbdu£ad«pass,igcs ‘ifavout lLle i tb
himself, attributing* the obtainnieht ofiiiany'attentiph;'ito;tiii®fiidfeSGqssioh".-
these interpolations were fabricated, as theJmp’erihbinandat.edidf«noJ evCrf
mention the-name o f Gregory.
The terms in which theiroyal order was expressed,„encouraged Captain
Alves to undertake the journey; he Accordingly Jeff 'Persaim pfrithp^gd
of August, accompanied by Antonio the dRortuguet^> Gregory^a^dstwa
Birman officers. "The unsettled state of the oquntey«^h|eofed>‘rl|imi to
several unpleasant intcnuptions; his. boat, during the 'tourso .of .the
Vdyagei Was frequently searched, With .the excjpse^t[^ki&.g^f|g||iti'aband
commodities, and many articles were carried aw^U^eKjvariQuai^pdt1"
lent pretences.