Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-27
A KoyaI Burmese Murderer.

Further Intelligence from Maudalsy states
that great conateroation prevails thcre IN consc'
quenco of the royal murders. The victims
numbered eighty six. The details OF the affair
are said TO be horrible. British Interference Is
hoped for By the people to prevent further
bloodshed. And this is the nofc probable, as
two claimants to the ;hrorc are pensioners OF
the British government.
The King of Buraah has for sometime cher.
shed deep hcsity against certain Of bis 10:
bes, especially against Princes Thoues ard
Mekera. The kiug himself ia 40 orthodox and
devoted Buddhist, and IS largely uader the In.
hucnce of ecclesiastical advisers. Hc ls CT an
extremely jealous a15 secretIvc disposition, and
fer somo months past nc seems 10 have cher
ished the belief that the princes 10 question
we're plotting against him. finally, summon
ipg bis privy c1u9cil, WhlcG consists CT tour
persons kloTl as AtTGEEOcns, be l,li Deiorc
than bis suspc!ors aud demanded that they
end their whoia households should be executed.
As tho will Ct the rIouarch in Burmah Is su'
nrsme. the order vas given and the massacre
took place. The Two princes ard eighty six CT
their rcstigc5 we're sail Immediately. Inc
details CT the osssac!v aIc described as horrible
10 the lxtTeUe.
The Esther ci tbs rr:soat Ning of Burnlab.
Thee Beg, died on the !;h OF September last.
though the fso: CT / is death was kept s2crat
for some TINA till Theo BlS could eststlii!
himself Of The capital, Msudalay. TIE 6itua
tioa Tas by 30 means assuring, 80 macy pre-.
tenders we're there to tie croW5, among them
the ey kin., GvertEroWa IN 1875, the elder
gops of tho dead monarch, his ncphrWs, child
rem OF his b;cther aad heir Eho Was assasslnaL.
ed 10 1867, end two rebel princes who had lied
to India, but aHa:ed occasion to rclurn and
renew their rebellion. IRo OF Ih2o'blWs
brothers, Gresdi1g ss:as1!lat!2n, h:i 10 ito
British residence st ManIalay, the1ce made
their wsy to RaDgcon, and tiuaIly with thilr
suite were taken to Calcutta, where they src
now living, pensioners in modes. way oG the
In dian government. The other royal prime
Co. less Fortunate, 10 the number OF about
twenty Eve, were heavily ironcd hand
and foot and placed ia prison, being re-
LEASED Only for few hours, Thcn, un'
der slroug guard. they were taken to tho
palace, ghero the dead King lsy in state, to
make obeisauce to the corpse and furnish each
a lock of hair, with which before burial its
hands and legs were to be tied. The new
Kings accession vas regarded with pleasure
and hope By The Foreigners. lie had for some
years been ths pupil Of an Eoelish missionary
he selected as his premier Burmese noble who
had visited Paris and Lordou; ho sigua!ized
bis bis assumption Of power BY abolishiug tho
custom which c7mp2ed all, ogca European
representatives, to removc their shoes on en-
teiiag Inc royal pras:oc,, and il was reported
tha. no clu1d.d 10 visit Europe 10 see for
himself The wonders Of Occidental civilization.
Though Thee B,w caa:eruci to custom. 10
marrying lis Owl half ki5;er, lunor credited
hin with the inteotiou OF doirg away, once
for all, with tue conncctico between the crown
and the pricsthooi- although kaogoon paper
attributed this ualzpec:ed z :a !or d!s:staollsh'
meut 60. to the tcachicS5 OF Mr.. Gladstone,
but to rage at the discovery that lor long
tiuc past the priests had been siealips 'wo iat
pigs day from the roya! sty. tu7tner astels
NAV throw light on his reasons fer numbering
the members of the royal family.