residence, near Massagong. 
CHRONICLE, 
émbassador, andithe sepoys of the 
corps of Bengal volunteers, cou- 
pesing his excellency’s honorary 
guard, at the house assigned for his 
An afs 
fray ensued, and both parties re- 
sorted to arms. - 
_ At the commencement of the dis- 
turbance, his excellency the ambas- 
sador, with his nephew, Aga Hoos. 
sain, and his attendants, descended 
into the court, for the purpose of 
- quelling the tumult; and while his 
excellency was exerting his endea- 
yours with the utmost degree of hu- 
manity and firmness for that purpose, 
he received a wound from a musket, 
which instantly proved mortal. His 
excellency’s uephew was severely 
wounded in several places. Four 
of the ambassador’s servants were 
killed, and five more wounded.--- 
Tranquillity, however, was speedily 
restored, and medical assistance was 
immediately procured tor the reliet 
ot the surviving sufferers. 
The most active and judicious ex- 
ertions were successfully employed 
by the acting president at Bombay, 
J. iH. Cherry, Esq. and by the civil 
and military officers under his au- 
thority, for the purpose of restoring 
order, and of tranquillizing the 
minds of the attendants and follow- 
_ ers of the deceased ambassador, as 
well as securing the means of bring- 
_ ing to justice the perpetrators of 
‘this atrocious act. 
A court of enquiry has accordingly 
_ been instituted at Bombay, for the 
nen 
purpose of investigating the causes 
of this disastrous calamity ; the result 
of which has been so far satisfactory, 
as clearly to prove its having result- 
ed from accident. An embassy has 
been dispatched to the court of Per- 
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sia, with the condolence of the Bri- 
tish government in India on the me- 
lancholy event. And the body of 
his excellency was interred with all 
the rites of his religion, and every 
mark of honour, both civil and mili- 
tary, which could be bestowed upon 
Kid} -w 
The special commission for the 
trial of Col. Despard and his partizans 
was opened this day, before Lord 
Ellenborough, and Sirs A. ‘Thomp- 
son, S. Le Blanc, A. Chambre, and 
J. W. Rose. The commission be-) 
ing read, the noblemen and gentle- 
men who composed the grand jury 
were called over and sworn. 
Lord Ellenborough, as president 
of the commission, immediately ad- 
dressed the jury, in a charge of the 
most eloquent composition, explain- 
ing the heads of the Jaw of treason, 
and also the nature, frame, and cir- 
cumstances of the indictment, and 
the proof requisiteto support it. 
When the jury retired, twenty-one 
witnesses were sworn, one of which, 
named ‘* Connolly,” was admitted 
king’s evidence. In the evening the 
grand jury returned a true bill for 
high treason, against E. M. Despard, 
W. Lander, A. Graham, Tl’. Brough- 
ton, T. Phillips, D. Tindall, J- 
Doyle, J. S. Wratten, J. Wood, J- 
Francis, T. Newman, S. Smith, and 
J. Macnamara.—No bill was found 
against Winterbottom ; and C. Pen- 
drill, being ill, was left in Newgate. 
At the request of Col. Despard, 
Serjeant Best and Mr. Gurney were 
appointed as his counsel*. 
25th. This morning an alarming 
fire broke out in a warehouse at 
Ashton junction wharf, near Bir- 
mingham, which ina short time con- 
sumed the building, together with a 
very 
* For a minute account of this interesting trial, vide the appendix to this vol. where 
it is minutely set forth. 
