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cErzoiv. • ~.. , I . ~~ ._ GOVERNMENT c ;SZE. I"EE EX fRAORDTATARY. Motu,tv, Manta ii, 111i5. (Coucipkil trim our Paper of lirsterday.) •' British Head.qu.mitrs. liandy, March 2. 'CLA NIATII)N. " At a Convention held on the 2d day of March in the year. , f Christ 1815, and the•Cingalese ye..r! I at the I'4l tee is the, city of Kandy, between los Exceleney I,i'isinesouit-General Robert Brown aovernor and Comm3nder in Chief in and aver the British Set.leincrits• and Territories in the island of C-ylon, AC • 'IV' in the name and on the behalf of Niajestv Goorgt the Third , King, and his Royal gli }Uness * George Prince of Wales, Regent, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on the one part, and the Adikars, Dessave% and other principal Chiefs of the Kandian provinces on behalf of the inhabitants, and in presence of the Mokntales, Coraals, Vidaans, and other subordinate Headmen front the several provinces and of the people then and there assembled on the . other part, it is agreed and established as follows : " Ist. That the cruelties and oppressions of the Malabar Ruler in the arbitrary and unjust infliction of bodily tortures and the pains of death, without trial, and sometimes without any accusation, or the possibility of a crime, and in the general contempt and contravention of •all Civil Rights, have become flagrant, enormous, and intolerable, the acts and maxims of his Government being equally and en tirely devoid of that justice which should secure the • safety of his subjects, and of that good faith which might obtain a beneficial intercourse with the neigh bouring settlements. • " 2d. That the Ralah Sri Wikreme Rajah Sinha, by the habitual violation of the chief and most sacred duties of a Sovereign, has forfeited ail claims to that title or the powers annexed to the same, and is de elared,fallen and deposed from the office of King— his family and relatives, whether in the ascending, descending, or collateral line, and whether by affi laity or are also for ever excluded from the Throne—and all claim and tide of the Malabar race to the darniiiion of the Kaudian Provinces is abo lished and extinguished. 66 SI That all male persons being or pretending to be relations of the late Rajah Sri Wikrtme Rajah Shiba, either by affiirty or blood.'aod whetirer in the ascending, descending, or coliateral line, are hereby declared enemies to t h e Government of the Beattie° Provinces, and excluded and' prohibited from en tering those . provinces on key pretence whatever, without written permission 1.:3-"that purpose, by the authority of the British Go;efument. under the pains and penalties of Menial Law, which is hereby declared to be in force for that purr ; and all male - persons of the Mal :bar cast noes expelled from the said provinces, .ere under the same penalties prbhi• bited fi,trn retuning, except with tx.e permission before menLioned. " 4th. The Dominion of the Kandi in l'rtivinces is vested in the Sovereign of the British Lr,.pire, and to .re exercised ihmugh the Governors or Lieutenant Gorki noes of Ceylon, for the time being, and their accredited Agents, saving to . the Adigars, Do:.saves, Mohottales, Coraals, Vidaans, and all minx Chief mid subordinate native Headmen, lawfully appointed by authority of the British Government, the rights, privileges. and powers of their respective olkes, and to all classes of the people, the safety of their persona and property, with their civil rights and immunities, according to the law:, institutions, and customs, es tablished and in force anoiligst them. " sth. The rel;gion of Boodho professed by the Chiefs and inhabitants ut these provinces is declared inviolable, and its rites, ministers, and places of wor ship are to.be maintained and protected. " 6th. Every species of bodily torture, and all mu tilation of limb, member, or organ, are prohibited and aboli,shat "7th. No sentence of (loath can be carried into sucution against any inhabitant except by the written warrant of eke British Governor or,Lieutenant Go vemor for the time Ling, founded on a repot t of the caw mad; to hint through the accredited Agent or Agents of the Government, resident in the interior, in whose presence all tii,.ls tut capital offences are to tar place. 6 ' Bth. Suhject to tl.:ete conditions, the administra tion of Civil and Criniiii_d Justice and Police over the Kaintian inhabitants of the said provinces, is to be exercised according to established forms, and by the ordinary authorities, saving always the inherlot rig:it of Goverinwnt to redress grievances and reform anuses us all instances whatever, particular or gene ral,.where such interposition shall becomenecessary. " 9th. Over .111 other persotis, civil or military, re sid;,,g in or resorting to these provinces, not being K.:not:His, Civil and Criminal Justice, together with •fullcr, shall, until the pleasure of Ins Majesty's Go verument in El.ghind may be otherwise declared, be atooinistescd in nian.,:ta fdlossiog t . "Js.. All persons, noj, being commissioned ei non-. Corrunissiotied military officers, soldiers, or followers of the ..rmy usually ba I I halite to military discipline, shall be subjtct to the magistracy of the accredited . a;;eot or awaits of ttat Britidi Government, io ‘ all c...e; exevot cha-gei of raursley s which shall be tried by speci. , l commitsijas to be issued trots time to time , by tire Governor for that purpose, Provided always as tci such cllarges o: wader wherein . any British ' aubjezt may brtfelemlant. who might be tried,for the. same by the laws of the United KingdOth of Gr e at iiAtti and Iteiand, ua force for the trial of offences committed by British subjects in foreign parts, no sisal British subject shall be tried onany charge of ' murder alleged to haire been perpetrateci in the Kan dun provinces, otherwise than by virtue of such laws of the- United Kingdom. • • " . 24.1. Comniiirsioned or non-commissioned military officers, soldiers, or fullowers Of. ahe artily. usually ' held amenable to military discipline, shell, in all civil and eritninA easel wherein they may be defendants, bt liable to the laws,.regulations, and customs of war, • iviervit4 to the Goserai.r and CornmancLr in Chief; in all cities failing udder this ninth ankle, unli. inked right of review over every proceeding, civil or military, had is ! virtue tbereot, and reserving also . fuil power to make sueh*particular provisions, cOn formatuy to the general %irk of the said Article, as - may he found necessary to carry its priiicipll • int o fall itlect. • 66 10th. Provided always, that the operation of the several preciding chaffs %harlot be eontravened by 1 the provisions of any temporary or partial proclama teen published during the advance of the army, which provisions, in so far as incompatible-with the sai f pre ceding articles, are hereby repealed. lith. The ►oyal *dues and revenues of the Kan diem provinces are to be managed and collect-4 for his Ma jesty's use 'and the support of the ,Proyincial Establishment, according to lawful custom, and un der the direction and superintendence of the accredi ted agent or agents of the British Government. " 12th. His Excellency the Governor will* adopt provisionally, and recommend to the confirmaeon of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on bohalt of his Majesty, such dispositions in fa vour of the trade of these provinces as may facilit itc the export of their products, and improve the vturrb, whether in money or in salt, clothes, or other com modities, useful and desirable to the inhabitants of the Candian country.—Gou save the King ! " By his Excellency's command, (Signed) " JAhleS SUTHERLAND * Dep. Sec." In addition to the official document which we have th►s day to make public from the head-quarters in Kandy, we prrsu.►de ourselves that a few further par ticulars, with which we have been favoured from good authority, will not prove unacceptable to cm Readers. We shall present the communication in it 4 own 'w,,; - ds : The political and civil arrangements consequent on the great change which has been effected here, were interrupted for tight days by the absence of Mr. D'Oyley iii attendance upon the King, during which period no conference of any moment took place. On his return the communications with the Chiefs were , renewed, and yesterday was at length appointed for a convention of tie contracting parties. " Ot the Treaty you will be enabled to judge, as it will be publiihed. It comprises, though in a very summary way, the heads of a Constitution carefully adapted to the wishes of the Chiefs and people, and with a more particular degree of ageniion to some prejudices, the indulgence of which was plainly nn derstond to be a sine qua non of their voluntary sub mission to an European Power. 66 The preservation of the religion of Bondhn was the first. The other, hardly inferior in their estima tion, was the recognition and continuance of their lo cal institutions. I say nothing of their laws, because I should tied it bard to point nut what they are.— Customs, however, they have, and established grada tions of authority, and even known forms of justice, though the latter for a long period has bean nut of use. A general re-establishment of all the is the basis of the civil and jadicial articles of the Treaty. 1 4 Early in the afternoon preparations were made for holding the conference iu the great Hall of Au dience in the Palace ; but the Governor declined using the aujoining-room, where the Kioig usually sat on occasions of ceremony, and chose to be placed within die Hall, at the NTer end, with hie back to the dour of that room, which was divided uff by a screen. 4 , The troops c >mpcning the garrison of Kandy, with the corps (Al Ceylon Light - Dragoons, and the addition of Major Kelly's *division, now here on its march to Columbo,,yeturning to Point de Galle, were drawn up at three o'clock in the great square befort the Palace, where they remained while Ow and principal Chiefs passed, and apart formed a IMIC to the door of the Hall. la, late Adigar, who has declined ()G.; ficial etapiay, preferring to•vema,t. in re.ireni.nt, soliciting only the title of " the F;._110 of the tish Government," entered first and alone. He was received with p irticular marks of favour and kind. ness by his Excellency, and seated in a chair on his right hand. • Molligodde, acting on the occasion as first Adi.. gar, then came forward, loading in the Dessaves of provinces and other principal Chiefs, about twenty in number. The Governor rose up to receive them, and (with Eheylepolo) continued standing through. out the conference. " A scene nu less novel and intere 'at was here presented in the state and costume ut the &Indian Court, with An English Governor presiding, and the Kill lined on both sides with British Officers. 48 The conference began with complimentary en. quiries on the part of the Chiefs, which were gra ciously answered by the Governor, and mutual enquiries made. His Excellency then thanked the Dessaves for the attention strewn to the troops, in their various routes through the country .towards the capital ; which gave occasiunt' the Chiefs to observe, that they considered them as protectors ; and that by the arrival of his Excellency and the army, they bad been rescued froni tyranny and oppression. 41 The Governor observed, be was gratified in having been the means of their deliverance. He assured them of full protection, in their persons, their property, and all their rigliii; and added, that while he had the honour of holding the Administration in tyke Island, it won't be his study to make them experience the b;essings of his Majesty's benign Go veronica t. " It was then intimated to the Chiefs, that a paper had been 'prepared. expressive of the principle! ' which the participation of his Majesty's GovernMent was offered.to their acceptance, and that it was about to be read, which they requested might be dune. • G , The Treaty was their read in English by-Mr. Sutherland, Deputy Secretary to Government, and afterwards in Cingalese by the Modenar of his Ex cellency's Gate, Abraham de Srram. 'This impor tant document was listened to with profound and respectful attention by the Chiefs ; and it was pleas ing to observe in their looks a marked e:cpression of ' cordial assent, which was immediately declared with great earnestness. . 4 His Excellency's part of the conference was Communicated to Mr. D'Oyly, and by him to Mol. ligodie, Adigar, who deliiered it aloud to the andi. ence. A chief . of venerable and commanding aspect was the organ of the assembly, whose person and countenance were equllly striking. His figure, the tallest press t, was erect and portly. A high and proMinent Sorehead, a lull eye, and a strong expres sion of natural vivacity, tempered with the gravity of advanced age, marked by a long, full and graceful 14 hits beard, and Ihe whole 'combined with his rich state dress, formed a subject tin a portrait truly wor thy of an able hand. His name was Millnawa, Des save Of,Godakla. Ile was a great favourite of 'th'e King, and remained with him till iclate period.— This Cbief Collected the sentimeets•of the assembly, • I "generally in silence, but.arith occasional etplanatiOn, and delivered them to the Kdigar with the concur. , rence ot the rest. 14 Ithe)leptila, though not ostensibly engaged in the confereoce, took a matk...icl interest in every part c,l* it. His carriage was d4tingnished by - a courtly address, politeness, and ease t and he was evidently regarded tly the assembled Chiefs with a high degree of dekrence and respect.' " After the treaty was read in Cingalese, the Adigar Mnlligodde and the other Chiefs proceeded to the great door ot the hall, where the Mohottales,! Curaals, Vidaans, •anl other zithordinate Headmen from tLe different provinces, were att•mding, with a ereat concourse oldie inhabitants ; and the Headmen being called on by the Adigar to range themselves in order according to their respective districts, the treaty WAS again read by the Modeliar in Cingalese; at the conclusion of which the British ftig was hoisted for the first time, and a royal sante fo OM the cannon :If :he city, announced his Majesty George the Third Sovereign of the whole island of Ceyiuu. “ Data Kandy, 3d March, IS t 5." PRUSSIA EXTRACTS FROM TIIE GAZETTES OF !Intim '2oth Jus r.—The Minister of War a•tnnuneen a iionxion of len golden FrOtrio., (.bout £9O sterling), sent to hint by an unknown Patriot for the relief of the wounded, lu the chricir !Little 4. Wa'til.)o. under the command of Field- Maralial Prince ot Wahlwatit. • The Lathe', Presi.lents of the Society for the Relief of Wound ed Soldiers, are publicly called on to %%aid their succours 4 0 Lou vain, where the hospitals art muck crowded; the slightly wound ed are dispersed in the country al o ng the Rhine, white they meet with every assistance and attention. Ith Jut offers 2000 dollars for the relief of any sus reepeetable families, who may have met the misfortune to lose their chtet supporters by the death of haw* iu the hard fought battles, from the 14th to tile 19th June.- tith Ju LT.—At Liege, all have contriisuted ; the poorezt their mites, to the react* of the wounded Prussian Soldiers tarried there: the conscript', the two first days, was 11,0/0 tr anks.— Wine, lint, and linen, were also furnished in abundance; and all the Physicians an I:turgeons of the place gave their We's oat ice. Subscriptions are opet:cel at Berlin fur the 'chef ul the wound ' td at Louvain, and A. tiounted to ality.t £5OO. Air. Schirmer also acids 500 dollars cullectcJ, to head guar. ers. 11411 I v LY.—A Subscription of eight days, of about £l5O, was sent from Berlin to Jr . C orike at heatkuarters. 18th Iv tv.—A P fau is proposed at Berlin by the Princess Wilhelm of Prussia, sat:cloned by the approbation of the King. for the great and salutary object of relief to the sufferers in batik, of 1814, 14, awl 15: in which the Clergy are caUed on to use all their extrth,res :e the cause of a so just c:aim, of pa triotism and humanity. The Plan is,. tetelay or moodily distribution of ell lases. of a small sum, to raise and coustitute a suitable fund for good awl highly tieserv.ti purpo.se. 15th v.—The Ladies of Aix-la-Chapelle have formed a So ciety for the cmtribution of money and of nezessaries, fur the relief and support of wounded Soldiers. It is expected that the numerous, wealthy, and well disposed Snciety oa Friends, in Great Britain and Irelaw', will come for ts ..rd with the expression of a Christian and cl.eritab:e !I.:Eng of ttnuiatie compassion ft r the poor Widows and Fathertet. Cud .!:en of chow who have fallen in the late deoructive cniitests for t.l.e I:froce• of their country, and in support o! Proper:y,Vrtier, I.aw, and tkeligion. 1 Ins is in no winter to support, ptovoke. Jr encourage the unr.bnstian and Wittman contests of copi;:,,y; unwise policy. or bad anibnion, which have so huts ssuatzt.!, afflicted, and disgraced all civilized But opt. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, AUGUST 3. General Labedoyere was at Auvergne - when he re- 1 ceived information of the Royal Ordinance respecting him. Embarrassed doubtless .*s to the con.:l net which he should pursue, he resolved to come Cu Paris,• where he hoped probably to find more means than eli:!. here of eldding research and the execution of the me sores of which he was the object. He left Riom on day last, threw liimselt into a diligence goig to Paris, took a disguise and a fall: 114111 e, and arrived in this manner on Tuesday evening, in the' capital. He lodged temporarily at the !loose of a female friendi of his wife, where he was yeaer day dis,.overed and arrested at six o'clock in the evening. C , nducted to the Prefecture of the Police, he underwent, it is said, a first examination. It is believed that he will be' given over to a council of war. Oa the 2'2,1 of June, 1815, he spoke as follows in the Chamber of Peers : 44 I demand that traitors I;liall be judged and punish. ed in such a manner as shall frighten those who would imitate their example; that their names be rendered infamous; that their houses be pulled down; their families proscribed ; and that they shall never be allowed to set their feet again upon French ground. We will no: have any traitors among its !" 'file Siturs Boulay (de la Meurthe), General Pire, and Felix Lepelletier, have been arrested. Lis said drat the first will be conducted to his residence under the Surveillance of the Police, out of Paris, and that the second is to give his word of honour to qut the kingdom within five days, and that the third will be escorted to the frontiers. General Lamarque is to be considered a prisoner, and to remain at the disposal of Gnvernfnent. Gene ral Drouot is also a prisoner. • He has written a long letter to the King, full of expressions of repentance, and very affecting. • General Drouet (Count d'Erlon) very unexpectedly abandoned his corps to avoid the execution of the or• donnance of the King. General Lefebvre Desnouettes left the cantonment which he occupied as a partizan in Berry, on the 31st ultimo, and it is not known what route tie has taken. He had made a feint of putting himself at the head of some detachments of cavalry, but he disappeared all at unce, without guides or attendants, after having disguised himself. He had charged one of his do mestics to take his horses andequi pagc into thecountry. They write from Tours, that Gencral Bitty t t peered a hew evenings since. General Vandamme has also taken fl'. it : and it is evident, that the corps to which the ttiAiLive Gene rals belonged, have not shewn any disposition to sus. tain their rebellion. The cities of Nismes and of Montpellier continued to be violently agitated 911 the 29th of July. During the late divaders, ten houses were demo. fished : the country I o ise of General Merle was burnt, and two other hons:s v:ete pillaged. The local police saved till.. by putting s eat s on t h e d oors , in order to cause the ft to be rtipected. The men of colour. whom Bonaparte had caused to be organized info tree corps and companies in the department of the G;ionde, have become tar the most part banditti, under tue name of partizans, an.d fol• tow the trade of rubbet: They have caused distur. bances, and exercised violence at Reole and its ea.. virnns. Yesterday evening a column of Austrian troops, infantry and cavalry, amounting to several thousand melt, arrived in Paris. They write from Replies, that a Prussia* introit showed itself at Chateaubourg, four leagues from that city, and then immediately retired. The Archduke herdinand tottitnands the Austrian troops 4t Chatite sur.Loire. Prince Cobourg those at Nevers and its environs. This morning, the officer* of the 4th legion of the National Guards went in full uniform to visit Genet a! Dessolle, by whom they were very welt received. I; is said, that the other legions will go in their turn to renew to their General the assurances of the gut spirit whic.ll animates them. We are assured that the Members of the No. , Chamber of aputie - s will receive no s ditty nor iit• demnity fur cat expence of their journey or att..:.-1 ance. This arrangement cannot fail to add to respectabiiity tA . the Chamber. Numerous patroles of ail , ed troops, both infant! y and cavalry, traverse, dutit the night, tl:e ditletete. quarters of the clpital. A National Gu ill was with a ninsket-slwt on Monday, while crossing the Com t-la-Ituine several of his corn: ades. It being night it could nut be 2SCCTtAtileti . precisely whence his dew h proceeded. Two Parisian fed:rates. convicted of sedition; shouts in the garden nt the Thuillerie..i, and of having struck and wounded s , tme National Guards, Weenesd I last co! . .;:mtied to sib. ritte:ths' naent, and ezpenc.., proctss. We learn from 'igen, that a number of deserters have collected in the mountains and forests of the Lot and Garonne to form bands of brigands. They Are pursued. The Prefect of the Nievre has arresiv.l veral agitators who were endeavouring to excite the people ag.i.ist the Austrian troops. The. Prdec; of Paris has, it is said, intreated the government to take upon itself the burthrn of ,matn. raining the Allied troops, the city being no longer able to provide for the espences which their presence renders nect!si.try. On a representation being made to the Prince of Saxe-Cohour4, 530 muskets were sent to the Na. tional Guard of N. vers. We are assured that the Duke of Orleans had a long conference with the Emperor of Russia, which has already produced the most happy effect for the inhabitants of the country. The Duke D'Estissac is named President of the College of Compeigne, in the root; of that oi Cler. moat ; apd M. De Kergelay has Tinted the Presi. dency of Compeigne for that of Clermont. M. Couvret is named Secretary General of the Prefecture of the Seine and Ate.rne. To-d.ly at one o'clock, the Officers of the Swiss trnoi s, and many ~they I i thici followed the King, and rein4ined reviewed with the different corps. The litmiteur cont4ins the cnnv...triLion between Sir J4tnes Lath 4,1 d Vice-Ad:tura' Count deVaugirAud, tOr nuint4itting S.:vrrergitty of the island of nique, ate. for Louis XVIII. , LIMOUES, JULY so, Our town is encumbercd with French troops and artillery. materid is iu a very goods ate : tr .to -port iicn,cs are, 11 , s‘t ever, wanting, the canno t : ano c.tiavins being chiefly drawn by oxen. Part of the troops wear the white cockade, another I ot thr tri-colour cockade, and others none at all. 4r:ostrai. V.intlattoine was seen yesterday on the roid, in 4 1 , -A Gie.tt want of discipline and insuoordinatioi: previa in the French 41:my t the :host absurd d:s c.ourse is constantly tleato atlioniA thrIll: the OftWut: and soldit-rs treat the country people as if they them ed themselves in an enemy's country. BOUM:MAUR. JULY SO. The Mayor of this City has csuied the following Notlce to be pn'olished : • s The Lieutenant-General commanding the 11th military Jivlcittt., fu hi. general order of yestriday, thus expresses h , n• self : • I recommend to all the sold,ery, to live in goad end:: standing with tile citizens, sad espec,ally with the Natitins Guards; fidelity to the King and love of cuuntry shoul..l an.te Prrnehmen " f beMayor, therefore, seizes this opportunity of inviting El fellow •citizens to peace and union. • A part (lithe army was m's• led by unworthy Chieftn whom the Government is us pursuit of and whom the law will punish. 'lie King, that King so just will not hear of error being punished like crime; and tbutigli citizens have repulsed trout them traitors and relieh, will the, shut their arms against warriors now drawn up under the ban ners at the nation t Will they be more severe than the King I " 110 Mayor earnestly requests all c.tiaens to treat the stil. diers as before the return of tyranny ; they are all teenchmen, subjects of the King ; they are en bis pay, and commanded Chiefs whose in:entious are not duttlittul. Every quarrel am/ disorder must be repr;:ssed by the laws ; aul the civil and mib tary adthorities knnw that it is their duty to put a period to anar chy, and to punish . very i..fri.meinetit of pubke order, and of the safety of pee sons and property." GENERAL STMT.—ORDER 01? THE DAY. " }lotuses, July 29. Marshal the Prince of Echmuhl, Commander In Chief c the Army of the Loire and of the eyrennees s hastens to mak known, by this order, the line of detnarcation traced between th. French army and the Allied Troops, according to the note .es. to tho War Secretary by the Ministers of the tour powers., what tenor is as tollows " 1 he lute art !temarcation shall be the Leire to the m•uth the Allier; thence along the Allier, to the frontier of the d. ran meta of the Lozere ; thence along the frontier of the departnit. of the Losere which separates it trotq that of the Ardeche ; a : along the frontier of the department of the Ardethe to the moor • of the Ardeche in the Rhone; and lastly, Jong the ►shone to c mouth in the Medtterran=•an. he French army will occupy ill territory comprised in this line. " Note—lt is well understood that the tine of demarcrio shall be the Loire, Irons its mouth in the sea to the mouth t. the Allier. General and superior Miters, and others In command,*:, take strict care that, on no protest, the line of demarcation t: inirusged."--Hrsd-quaners, bourses, idly 27. - rah. Journal der Debat: has an article from deatix, containing a Proclamation by the Duke Ginclie to the inhabitants of that CRT, expressive sentiments of esteem to the inhabitants, *ur that devotedness to the Royal Cause. M. to Count Etienne de llamas Crux was expec:e. in that city on the 31st ult. lie would pre c ede Duke de Bourbon by one day. The i•iluib:;• , .its re Coved with the most lively satisfaction, as Comm in dant of the City and of the Department of the GI rondo, IV, le Marshal de Camp ergot, who won't: not participate in the oppressive measures exercised by General Clausel. COURIRR EXTRAORDINARY, FRIDAY MORNING. They *rite from Genoa, that from the heights 01 that port, a fleet of SO sail i 4 going from the Levan! if ='~~ '`