The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-23 00:00:00

ECO CEYLON iNTELL IC4ENCE. PIIOCIAMATTON. By his Excellency Liente:mnt •General Sir R. Brown ",, Bart. nn , .! En" , t 17. and Cross attic most honour- a 1,1 ., military order of Cie Bath, (Lvernor and Com mander in Chief in ;And over the British settlements eSul territories in the island of Ceylon, with the de -1 ntletteiea theroto. k Signed) ROBT. BROWN RIG G. His Etcollency the G►vernor has issued orders to, the officers commanding his Majesty's threes to punish all persons acting, aiding, or in any manner assisting, in the rebellion which now exists within the provinces of Howahette and Doombera, and has broken out in the taost violent and daring - attacks upon His Majesty's threes, according to martial law, either by death or otherwise, as to them shall seem right and expedient, Cr the punishment and suppression of all rebels in their several districts, of which all his Majesty's subjects are hereby required to take notice. Given at Candy, this 18th day of February, 1818. By His Excellency's command, (Signed) GEO. LUSIGNAN, Sec. for Candy I'ro►inces. God save tbae King ! Notwithstanding the general appearance, subniission, and tranquillity, which we are assured continues in the country surrounding Badulla and the provinces of Wel hose, Bintenne, and great part of Wallapana, the flame of rebellion has, within the last week, broken out in Cue provinces of Hewahctte and Doombera ; in the Cornier, as fur as our information goes, in consequence of an irruption into it from the west of Wallapana, on tile night a the 1 eth current, of a body of rebels, who carried off forcibly the Rata Mahatinego of the province. As soon as the report of this outrage reached head quarters on the ISth, a force was detached to Han grankette (a central position in Hewaketty,) under Capt. Glenholmc, of the 73d regiment, who, the first night he 'established himself there, was attacked by a large rabble, and fired on from all sides, but succeeded in driving them off, with the loss of a man killed and three wounded on the side of the rebels, and no wasualty on ours ; Capt. Glenholme next day sent a patrol to wards Materale, which fell in with a Lascorecu and a Cooly, who had escaped from the Insurgents; by whom ! tiiey had been stopped while bringing the post from Eadulla, which they had taken from them : Caffee who was with them was knocked down with bludgeons and afterwards killed. This event is the more. to be regretted, as the detail of Major M'Donald's proceed lags in Ouva, which has been ascertained to have been in the packet, is for the present. out of our reach : all that is known is, that (as we have before stated) every thing was quiet about Badulla, and that the native armed force of Saffregam was actively .employed in Lower Oliva. Cap. Glenholme was not molested the next night, and moved on the 15th to open u communication with Gonegamme ; that last had been reinforced by a party sent from Candy, commanded by Capt. Kettlewell, Royal Artillery, vim from thence proceeded to Kim bulg,antotte, a ferry on the Mahavillagunga, leading from lloombera into Iletv:letty ; from that place on the 16th instant, an escort was sent with ammunition and provisions to Panels, under the command of Lieut. klingstou, 83d, regt. which was attacked by a nume rous assemblage of rebels near Appahewar; and the 'firing kept up for near an hour on both skies; the loss of the rebels is not known, as they were bid in jungle ; on our sides 3 European privates were wounded. Cart. Glenholme has, at the date of our last accounts, re turned to Hangrankette without meeting any opposition on his road. The same horde of insurgents at Appalie- Aare hail, on the 14th inst. made an attack on a party escorting provisions into Panella, on which occasion we regret to state, that Lieut. Sloper, 2d Ceylon regiment, :was severely wounded by a musket ball which is lodged in his•elbow ; and a sergeant of 2d Ceylon also, who is since dead. There having been several reports of an attack threatened on Doombera, a reinforcement had •been sent Rome time Lack there, and on the first ac count of the•likclihuod of insurrection in that province, Captain Strace was sent forward with an additional force. No accounts have been received of his forec, or any other military force, having met with opposition ; but as a convoy oT bullocks, without escort, was plun dered near Hunwelle,•it was deemed expedient, on the ISth current, to detach a further force under Brevet- Major Heat, 83d regiment, on the same road. Tt appears by late intelligence from the Weq that It is not true that an embargo was laid on the shipping at Porto Rico, in consequence of the capture of Pensacola by the American troops, as a matter of precaution by the Spanish Governor; but it turns out to have been imposed owing to an unexpected attack from the Patriots, against whom a vigorous defence was to be made, 'and the militia of the island had been called out to do duty, in case of need. The embargo, we understand, zomincnced on the 10th of June, and was to le continued six weeks. There were about six or eight American - trading ships detained with those of Other nations. TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER E.IBT INDIES. [Front the A:;4;;.? Mi, tor of Fob. 111 Camp. Oothar. esd:Tan, I am now able to send you the particulars .t.• Major Ulaike'a aßair with the Pinuurled, in the fell:owing extract from General Unitas is- Lacd you will sae it :las be.n no trittiiig business, and in wlint emteiiipt our l'indaree eneuticx arc now hckl. The order is datinl the 2otti—iasned . . . ••The Cu,) ii niter in-chieffeels it incumbent to puldidc to the arr iy, the cietaiLs of an attack mule by Major Clarke, with the Oth regi incut of MlE:al Native Cavuliy. on the remains of the united Pin c!aree hurtles of litirreem Khan and \i'assul 'Mohamed, early in the morning of the 13th of January. •"1 . 11: tibility with which this affair was conducted. is no less eon. !pia:cons from the detai!s heti/re his Excellency, than from the bril liant results which crowned it. _ . _ " it appears that Major ClPrke, after several hours' march, same within a spurt distance of the position in which belied ascertained that the enemy were testin g '; bat as this was still dining the night, the Akor, with excellent judgment. resolvtd to defer the attack until there should be light enough to allow the discipline of his troops its full advantage : and he accordingly remained for three hours in the vicinity of the enemy without being discovered. " At 5 o'clock, the sth cavalry moved forward in two columns of half squadrons. taking the l'intlarecs completely by sutprir,e, and routed them with the lour of nearly 1,000 killed. The pursuit was kept-up for many miles with great effect, and the regiment then re turned to Lieut.—Colonel Adain.is camp, after-going a dist-met:W . 6o miles in 13 hours. " Such &Tided smoress could only have resulted from a hitppy combination of steady th,cipline and pasevering gallantry ; qualm.; for which the sth Native Cavalry bus always st oo d eminently conspi cuous. " The Commander-in-Chief desires that Major Clarke, Captain Kennedy. and ever) , officer and soldier engaged, will ac,:ept lusac knowledgments and thanks for Weir seedous anti successful exertiees on the present occasion." There have.been several other orders issued sincel wrote, but nil of minor importance and interest to you. You shall now have the best part of then). On Tuesday there came einem order of the .16th, directing the transLe of his Majesty's 67th erg. from Bengal to the division of the Bombay army under Sir W. Kcir. On the same day, one of the 17th, directing a new corps of frontier lio:se to be raised -for iinniedetie service. The strength, establishment, slice ances, &c. to be in 'all respect tie' same as in the other corps of Rohilla horse. Captain Sneyd, of the Ist native cavalry, to command, and his brother, Lieutenant Seeyd. of his Majesty's nth dragoons, to be Adjutant. In the tame order, what is of rather more interest, the Ist and 3d brigades of cavalry ire reported to be broken up from that date, and all btaffiappointinents connected therewith to cease ac cordingly; and yesterday Ca; it all Fitzgerald. of the 6th cavalry, wie, in orders, es Preston-Interpretor, end Extra Aide-de-Comp to the Com mander-in-Chief titan the "ali January. This. 1 think. is the sum and substance of his Lordship's orde.ri. New fur the other news of camp. On theteth we heard that the Peisliwa. with his whole army, had been gallantly beaten off, by about 5500!' the Bombay tinny. lie made several attacks upon them., but in all was repulsed. Our loss was considerable, and among these several officers are included. One ofour guns had got disabled and unmanageable, this the Peishwa is reported to have carried oft' on an elephant. We look forward with certainty to the army breaking up about the end of the month. It is not likely to be, howev.e, till the efilter arrives with the treaty with Holkar, and he is yet about five marches from us. All the troops, it is said, are to go into cantonment, excepting two or three batta lions which go down to General Marshall, with the battering train. The nth, 13th, 24th, and t Sth, ate talked of for this duty. Twenty guns are on the way from Share Ghur •for the service, and the fives to be taken arc said to be Itaighur end Sager, both of them hill forts ard strong, but the former especially to. They talk of introducing appointments •by•brevet into the army; and all the °liken arc in high spirits, and full of the advantages of which it will be productive. Ilia Lordship is said to have found much difficulty its rewarding merit on many occasions, and can only do it, by gut inj a staff appointment, which removes anian from the very situation in which lie has niade himself conspicuous, and in which he is perhaps most calculated to shine. Captain Fitzgerald is an instance. Sir J. 31alcolm is said to have been consulted on the subject, and to have given it his decided approbation, and the mea sure is.reported to have gone ho:sie far the consideration of the Di rection. highly recommended by the Gcvernor General. It will have one great advantage, that of affording an opportunity for young and active men to fund commands. A Court martial sat ye; erday on a private of the European regi ment, who shot a corporal of the same corps the day before; the poor man died in the course of the day. The ball had paused through the lungs; therrisoner was tried tur mutiny, and found guilty, and is expected to be shot to-morrew ; he had been reprimanded on pa rade by his officer, and threatened to he putished : on going hetne he loaded his piece, with the determination of shooting the officer ; three different times he went to his tent, but luckily did not find him ; the corporal came before him, and told him lie was ordered to put him in confinement ; he lowered his piece, and without the least appearance of passioe, fired at the poor man. On the Bth of January fir inhabitants of Calcutta were gratified by the uiost unothificent spectacle of the kind ever witnessed in that c.::tntry. The ;!rst linmf.battle ship buil. on that river was committed to the waves from the Dock-yard of Messrs. Kyds and Co. at Kidderpore, amidst the acclama tions of some thousands of Europeans and natives. In honour of the Go.vertior.Leneral, she ie•named the Hastings. After the launch, spacious rooms were opened in the Dockyard, fur the accommodation of a very 'microns and respectable assembly of Ladies: and GI 'gime'', invited to partake of the lift pier:ided by the conguittecut management, at which the Viee.President presided. Many -.vinyls applicable to the occasion were drank, and the day passedin chi...lfni conviviali ty. The following a-e the dinictions of the Hastings:— Ft. In. Length on the Gun Deck 176 8 Breadth tor Measurement Burden in tons This ship carries on the lower gon.ticek twecty•eiglut 3Y pounders; on the main ditto, thirty 18.poiniders; on the quarter.deck and forecastle, eighteen 12-pounders; and•ou the poop, six42-pounders. In a late Calcutta paper, we perceive a description of the great gun which was taken by the British iu the tort of Agra, heu it -surrender' to Lord Lake, in October, 1803. It is called a one Mourand fire hundred truss pounder, and weighs one thousand and forty.nine hundred. line prize agents at Cal. cotta value the metal t1:111:0 at 100,000 rupees. It was in• tended to have fin warded it to England, and with that s t ; . o , i t was, after wrist labour, got down as tar as the hank of the firer Jllllllls, but no 6041 could be f o u n d su ffi c i ent f or ; to •afe conveyance to Calcutta. At the last Quarter Sessions for the county of Sussex, some demur was made ou the plTSMlltiltimi of the Coroner's ituarter ly account, in whirl' he hail computed his distance loom, as a ell as to, the places at is mill lie had held and charged for the whole P111:01fier or miles wit and in. 'the bill was, however, allowed, under the authority of an opution. which the present Attutiii- —General had given of the ram...— Sergeant Frere has gkPll a Similar opinion ; and the allow ance has been made is Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex, and various other counties. Ara. CS MEE MG OF WWI CARrivalcurs .FWENDS. Tnesday a meeting was held at the Horns tavern, Ken- Hingioa, of the fiieilds of ratlical reform, and its advocate Major Cartwright." At 0 o'clock about 400 persons sat down to dinner, the Hon. Dunglas Kinn:l4llla the chair. After (limier the find teams werc—" The People, the 'oily source of legitimate power ;" "The King and eutivtitution, and a p•peedy recovery to both " A real representation of the Peoplo.in Parliament, by which both the Kiug nod nation may be freed from the uvorpatiou of a Jibroughtuorigerhig oligaielly." Mr. Esinnaird rose to-propose as a toast, a *tame whirl) was intimately eminected with retinsti. The company aaunld ah • ticipat e that h e alluded to hint who laud so long cud so cause. It advocated that ease. It was scarcely n ecessary to mime him, hail fallen to manifest so long and so consistent .4 support of tier public eons*. It was, however, his misfortun e to state s that that life which had lbeell spent in the service of the contr. try, was now attack' il by indisposition. The win thy M a j or hail sent a letter, containing a statement of his sentimentr, whirl' lie wee only able to alga, laid this letter was occompa• nied by a note Iron" the physician. [l:Jere Mr, Ku wa i t d read a letter from Major Cartwright. It expressed his re:_ gret at nut being able to attend the meeting, and requested that Mr. Cleary might be permitted to read a paper contain lug what he wished to address to the meeting. Ile also read a note from Sir Christopher Pegge, which staled that the Major's indisposition pruceeded bone ob.tracted lion, but iutimated that hie recovery might be expect e d i n a few days.] Mr. Kitinaird then proceeded to remark, that t h e titl e of the Major to the appiohatitiu of the friends of reform was enhanced by his having been made the object of malignant obese and misrepresentation. Among his eallititni. ators, u professional geuttemon, nut unknown to these who composed Ilea meeting, lied charged him with making big !Amulet's, and proposing little nostrums. In both Houses of Purl amen[ it was u.iserted that annual Path/intents were iiiihni.wo to oar history ; and yet, in the lei:only published manifesto of the patty that made this assertion, it was ad untied that Parliaments had been sessional, and that there had often been several Parliaments even iu the course of one year: But it Was eingular, that he who proposed radical re form should he the person accused of applying little nostrums to the constitution. :flea spark 110Ctotai who wish to patch up the 'want* of a petient might justly lie charged with deal ing in nostrums, but such inefficient applieistiosis never were proposed by the wise physician who was desirous of pro ducing a radical cure. After an eulogy ou 3lajor Certivaiglit, Mr. Kinnaird concluded with proposing the following toast : "The venerable. Major Cartwrlght, the father of idiom, and may lie live to see a death-blow given to corruption." Mr. Cleary stated, that be h a d seen M a j or C artwr i g h t i n the mar • vale., then stated ins most anxious w ish to attend the meeting; but us that was bine:legible, lie had sent an ad dress in manuscript, which be (Mr.ttleary) hoped the rota. patty would permit him to read. The atomise' ipt,-which Wad of considerable length, was now read by Mr. Cleary. It hisistial on the necessity of radical reform, and recommended the introduction of a bill fair that object into Parliament by Sir Francis rurdett. Something tangible, ma which the pub lic mind could lie Sued, was wanting. When Collar was killed, the speech of 7ilark Antony over his body had - little effect, till he spoke to the people of the will of Cmsar. lie the like manner, if Sir Francis Burdett should brine lee ward a bill, ;111 object would be distinctly presented to the consideration of the public, and there would soon be a ge neral cry of "The Bill—the Bill—Burdett's Bill. We will have Burdett's Ball." The address concluded with proposing the following sentiment to be drank by the company as 4 toast :—" Take your choice, a civil government or a military ; iu ether words, Ili:idea's Bill or Castlereaglee bayonet." This being drank, the next toast was,—" Sit Francis Bur dett and the Reforineis of England." Sir Francis Burdett believed that, after the able speech which had been delivered irons the chair, in every word of which, and iii partimilar in the approbation bestowed on Ma Major, he COIICUI red and, eller the discourse which had just been read to Weill by Mr. Cleary, it would not be necessary for him to say much on the object of the meeting. At the same time he thought he should fit in showing that respect which he considered due to gentlt men who drank the toast just given from the chair with so much kind approbation, if he did not take this opportunity of saying a few words. With respect to the purpose for which they had that day assembled, Le should only observe,dialitconibined, both on public and private grounds, every thing most gratifying to his feelings.— He never felt snore interest in any paid:: ineetingthati isithe pre sent ;and forMajorCartwright, his charactervhad been too long and too intimately known to all present, to render it necessaty for hint to descant on Iris merits. On that occasion, however, it could not be superfluous to notice the unfounded asper sions which had beets cast on that venerable character, and he that respect the worthy chairman had relieved him from much of tin task which he should otherwise have regal del as im posed upon hint. But there was one topic which had been left untouched, which lie thought ought not to be omitted. Since it was foinid that Major Cartwiiglit's life was spotless, that his honour and integrity could not be questioned, and that he was 'listings:idled for all those sirlues which resider a man estimable in Ilse eyes of others, it had been given out byleis adversaries, who were also the adversauies of reform. that his faculties had failed him, and that he was in fact become an old woman. How far this was from the truth the paper which had now been just read would snake to show. That able exposition of Isis opinions was not the production of a man who could be regarded iii his dotage, or who deperved Ilse epithets which had been applied to him. The anther of that paper Was now tastedvancing to eighty yea' a of age, and he wrote with a force and spirit ulliCII might induce those who heard it rather to suppose that it cantr from the pen of one who had not reached twenty. lie should be happy ho see young men maisifeat an equal degree of merge in the ranee of liberty. Unfortunately but too many young men of the prrAPIII day were imps...o:4-d with old w apish feats, which were disgraceful to Memorises. sinsl Juju' suits to the public., as they antlered them to withhold those efforts which its the cause of frersloin were particularly due from youth to the totally. But the Major was attacked by various dry of persons, and chiefly by those who boasted of bclun ; ing to a party—a term which, jit must be aeknowleilg eil, seemed very properly adopted by persons who claimed to take fore part what was due to the whole. Wherlier the Alajor's views were too extensive, ton liberal, or too lipid, his opponents had not endeavoured to demonstrate by any thing like argument; but, whatever opinion might be held upon