The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-02-08
IE OF THE CONVENTION.
CALCUTTA, SEPT. ]

His Burmah Masesty, the King Of
Ava, departed this lite on the 9Th of
June, 1919, at very advanced age, and
after reign of eight and thirty sue
cessive years.
The Prince Regent, grandson of the
late King of Ava, succeeded him, and as.
cended the throne on the 9th, and on
the 9TH the remains of the deceased king
(attended by his successors, with the
Princes of iauonoo, Prone, and others.
as chief mourners,) were with solemn
ceremony and grandeur, placed on the
funeral pile, composed OF sandal-wood,
and various other odoriferous combus-
tibles. The torch was applied to this by
the hands of the Princes, and the mourn-
ers occasionally poured out costly oils on
the fuel until the corpse was totally con.
sumed when the ashes were carefully
collected together pu, in an urn and de-
posted in a Royal Ceme,ry, as relic for
the future venera,ion of Ills dec assd
Najesty's descendants and rela ives.
After performing til. solemn functions
of chief mourner, & closing the funer-
al rites of his deceased predecessor, his
Msjestys next care was to direct his at.
teution towards the security Of his do.
minions, 10 prevent the least commo,ion,
and to preserve the tranquility and vel
fare OF his subjects to effect which it
was thought necessary for him TO adopt
immediate arbitrary measures. Having
abundant re ason t. fear his cum bycfber,
the Prince of Tsuonuo, (whose daring
and violent spirit led HIM to form the
design of seizing on The throne. his
Mejesry ordered him to be arrested, to-
gether with the whole of his children,
grand. children, and the res, Ct his family,
and on the 10th they svere PIT nfo red
bags or 5aekf and sbra1vn into THE SEA .! =
an honorable mode Of death reserved BY
the laws and customs of the country, for
The ryai descendants ony :!
The Prince Prone, the uncle Of his
present Majesty, who was leagued in the
reasonable confederscy, was also appte.
hendsd; and The King after s@tuyng
lin, and ermbisg BIS b0aes on the rack
committed him to closs COR hncment
where it is said be was strangiea on the'
I2th.
On the 9Th the Prince Lehegain, whose
eldest brother Mohenirg, is he present
son in aw of the vice roy of Rangoon,
was also executed as one Of the eonspira-
tors On the Sth one OF the Prime
Ministers, together with the Governor Of
the Western Provinces, Alioanw Don,
were punished with death for the same
crime.
The number of the principal person.
ages attached to the cause and interests
of the late unhappy Princes, who suffered
death for their attachments to them, it is
said to be about fourteen hundred, and il
is confidently believed that from ten to
fifteen thousand men Of the lowest clais,
have shared the same fate
The property of the Prince Tauonoo,
which has been by the ROYAL authority
con6scated, subsequent to bis death be
mounted in gold, silver diamonds, jew
els, and other valuable articles, to about
one million and four hundred thosuand
ricals Of lowered silver, equal to one
million eight hundred and forty eight
thousand Sicca Rupees The properly
of the Prince OF Prone, which is sup
posed to have been considerably more in
value than thar of The Prince of Tauo-
moo has been also confiscated tho by an
order of the King, it is promised to be
distributed among his Majesty's army
whose fidelity has enabled him to carry
his bloody purposes INFO execution
The present Sovereign OF Burmah, is
represented to be about five and thirty
years of age, of a mild disposition !; tenn
perate in many respects Ju.t 10 all ct
mott liberal mind, and possessing ma
ny other good qualifications. which en-.
dear him to the bosoms Of his subjects,
who esteem him to adora,lon !!