an, -inconsideFa^l»- dfeJlanG&jfimii. >hef%JSdf.yAv,a,4wh'eT07,'protected vb^»;
his sacerd&tal habit,’ ;by. the^nfl&ence^of --his .«bpIpaBd-. perbap^it.ajkay&f
all,*by2hi&*&wn want.qf capacity an d .personal ^ sig n i^ g li^ ^ th e jtiy ja n t
had,hithertQ Considei'ed,him..as/,an object too contemptible-dor notice^nlittl%
imagining that tfhe- simple Thonghi, was .onqidayatopb®, in. TtheAbbndsj»Qf*
othersy^heapstrunient oflhis destruction.
■ A conspiracy was theiresult- of the discontents ■of- thetipeopley,‘-and. the.
misconduct of the prince; The principal.aetors’were'Shembuari ,Mindera-
gde. Praw,t;*he. Attawoon before mentioned,
degraded minister. These parsonages easily gained I he monks q w to their*
side* who*’ though.less willing to meddle in sta te „affairs, ihandexustomary;
with their order- in many*-countries, yet, being exasperated byjlfoebopefr
r irtnffiTnpt flherigiiy.a manifested for religion,.its rights and ministers,.gladly:
lent their aid to bring about a change, which, by.placing, Momien,.thqi&
illustrious disciple, on the tb s h e , promised to advanGe.tb^int^p^gfol the
church. Momien was accordingly tutored for the. part fee wa&^g^rcl, -and
nothing remained but to embrace a favourable moment $p*gxecute~the pro-,
jected revolution, ■
During Chenguza’s reign, military, operations se®0S todiayh’b eohrw h#^
suspended; whilst the neighbouringnations, the Chinese, the Siamese,
and Cassayers, had so recently experienced the power of the Birman arms,
that they felt no inclination to stand forth as aggressors. Repeated defeats
and severe penal laws, crushed the spirit of revolt among the Peguers, who
appeared to acquiesce in their subjugated state. The Anoupectoumeou,
or great western mountains, had not in the present dynasty been crossed
by an hostile army; the tranquillity of the empire, therefore, during the
* The present monarch, and younger brother of the deceased Shembuan.
six ye^4hw#M®gudabWdr,e%hfe^ciowh,) ..c'6tej)e'lishted,f}i‘rr some measure*,
IPp'Vl 1 i<fe*hid&OTe-'ss thiftw iVinlu>diK.ed.,imoiig tl)<£pi_®pl<} y.-PopuI mdii*
s^lSnfl'-dcYcXailmatech wliiclififhdct j,moife warlike
ptife|^^6utd',pfhhabl^<ha^e'’‘60^11^5^ iilf e i& p ^ d u fe ^ ^ a s te i^ ^
•«(»S^Afffiet'*' rira/t t drs > wermlilreadiness, fthewfiwjf(d^6ri'Un(ilt)%^ll ‘^tiB^6cGurred
hi'.the Sd?orithi»ti>,^'tinbdr, 17SI u(Wlktrgi&a had spue1 to Kcopt iluun, a
towh'-dfttthe banks ol "the* men. abohtalmi) irulcs bclOjW**\\ .b'to iclcbiate
a^hfgh'fesfiival'. As he* h§vfer ohserveH^dh^iiegidarbti'mes rd^^oiixg out,, or*
■ "retofnirig 1 to'‘^M*fet^itVc£te%'haj3f’ita^rtM'l^h^|^n^k%hinis]elf'l ,a,t; the
gaffes ’'WteSnS'least.^pg^hd'jrand1 atrthTOrs^wda^.M'tfaWc'Q is.deb&red? to‘ the*
multitude. Momiui'was secretly fnirns-liL tit with t lie &hoyif ’anUiCquipuiLtits
of Royalty :citas^peTSonaring' Gdienguza, and-,-attended, by; thetlqusliomary'
retinue;vhe^-appeared a t ' midnighf vbefojfetifhd gate e d f e ^ ^ e d o g a a ,, and
demanded'adniissiwhtf at first the wicket onIy>was opened byatliu.gu.tni-ion
doty';^whofSU^Weiih^treachery. from the unusual earaestjness ohtficjdbxej;
moWpfetsorns to entu, attempted to;ely?c the' dotn, and called, out treason.:
fesistanee,*hbWtVer,,fwas too dale; the cdntinol was tut>dotsnj) and flio*
gate thrown open'»^lthtfs& whd'Tadt.penet'rated^UiMiJiglifthe wicket. The
conspiratois being reinforced by<*a numbei ol&£imii,d-njon^lhat la) m
arhb'fl^cadeY profeeed-fe'dhif?» surround the '?pil4ceivcydi%h'jfWas an 'itself, .a
fo'rtificatiofifSbbihg encompassed hy a high iwall, defended by a* pgrapet,
and flaMed^by smalt bastions; each gale was*fu®thervp rp $ e c te d jljY o re
dfordhanfee. ©n %hb>first alarm, the Wodn.-gegSjai^pjijidipa^^ffite^^l’
state,* to'dk- Tefugewithin the inclosure of* theaipalaee-.' I luring; jhCjnight,-,.
the utmost terftr- and ’Confusion pres ailfelhtjffcoushout thc,afait)jf^’at,dayp
break, the number of ’conspirators beingtaUgmfe'uted,,an5’ajta%cfeffiasij made
bn one o f the palace, gates; which, wa& blo^nj^pqn,::; tlje.guar^ §^mande,d