The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-24 00:00:00

f.Cti CEYLON INTELLIGEN‘E. PRC)CL 4 MATION. his Excellency Lie.rtenant•Generrl Sir II:Brown -;• •,. Burt. uu3 Knight Grand Cross of the most honour -,, military oiler of the Bath, Governor and Coin wander in Chief in and over the British settlentents ft 1,1 territories in the island of Ceylon, with the de thcrcto. (Sigmccl) ROBT. BROWNRIGG. His Excellency the Governor has orders to 11,1 officers commanding his M:tiesty's forces to punish persons acting, ai:ling, or at:y tuann,:r assisting, is the rebellion which now exists within the provinces Hcwshette awl Dontubera, and has broker out bi the most violent and daring attw:'ss upon His Majesty's frees, according to martial law, either by death or otherwise, oil to theta shall no.n right and expedient, for the punishment and stippress:on of all rebels in dlcir several districts, w!:;;Ja all his Majesty's subjects arc hereby required to ta'.(e. notice. (,i> to at Candy, this 18th day of Fcbruary, 1818. By His Excellency's command, (Signed) GEO. LUSIGNAN, - six. for Candy I'ruvinecs. God save the King ! Ne• otwithstandin the general appearance, submissitm,' mid truraptillity, u t hieh we arc assured continues in the country surrourelin,,e• Butlulla awl the provinces of Wel fosse, Bintenm, and great part of \Vallapana, the flame of rebellion has, within the last week, broken out in the provinces of newel:ate and Doombera; in the forme:, as•far us our infbramtion goes, in consequence of an irruption into it from the west of Wallapanu, on the night of the I t'th current, of a bendy of rebels, who carried off forcibly the Rata :Ilahatmego of the province. As soon as the report of this outrage reached head quarters on the 13th, a ftwee was detached to Han wninkette (a central position in flewakctty,) under Capt. Glenholme, of the 73d regiment, who, the first Night he established himself there, was attacked by n large rabble, and fired on from all sides, but succeeded in driving them off, with the loss of a man killed and three woutuded on the side of the:rebels, and no casualty on oust; Capt. Glenholme.next day sent a patrol to wer& blatcrale, whichAll.in with a Laseoreen aria a Who had escaped from the Insurgents; by whom i s eey had Leen stopped wkile bringing the post from :Ziadalla, which tile) , had taken from tl.cm : a Coffee who was with them was knocked down with bludgeons vtl afterwards killed. This event is the more to be r, , grettcd, as the detail of Major M'Donald's proceed :ngs in .Ouva, which has been aseertained to have been :, the- packet,-is-for the present. out of our rtaich : all that-is known is, that (as wn have before stated) every thine. was quiet about Dadulla, and that the native armed .' force of Sadregarn was actively employed .in Lower Oliva. Cap. Glenholme was not molested the ne7t night, •nnd moved on the 13th to open a communication with 4;0:leg:mole ; that last had born reinforced by a party sent from Candy, commanded by Capt. Kettlewell, _Royal Artillery., • who from thence procecdei to Kim bulgantotte, a ferry on the Mahavillagunga, leading from Doombera into Hew...betty ; from that place on the 16th instant; an:escort was sent With ammunition and provisions to PanAls, under the comma of Lieut. Hingston, 83d, refit;:: which was attacked y a nume rous assemblage of 'rebels near ApAdfr e, and the tiring ktiVt. up for near an hour on both *r . s; the loss of the rebels is not known, as they werp hiCittijongle : on our sides 3 European :privates were wounded. ('apt. Glenholme has, at the -dlteiorcur last accountl•pc turned to Hangrankette lithout meeting any oppositidii on his road. The same*horde of insurgents at Appahe a‘are had, on the 14tlr inst. made an attack on a party escorting provisions into Panella, on which occasion we regret to state, that' Lieut. Sloper, 52d Ceylon regiment, was severely wounded by aomusket ball which is lodged in his elbow; and a sergeant of '2d Ceylon also, who is since dead. There having been several retorts of an attack threatened on Doombera, a reinforcement bact been sent some time back there, and on the first ac count of the likelihood of insurrection in that province, Captain Strace was sent fOrward with an additional forte. No accounts have been received of his force, or Ay other military force, having met with opposition; but as a convoy of bullocks, without escort, was plun dered near Hanwelle, it was • deemed expedient, on the lgth current, to detach a further force under Breltet- Major Heat, 8.3 d regiment, on the same road. ; • It appears by late intelligence froin thcillest that it is not true that an embargo was laid on the shippiag 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 Pluriots, against whom a vigorous defence was to be made, and the militia of the island bad been railed out to do duty, in case of need. The embargo, we understand, commenced on the 10th of June, and was to : e continued six weeks. There were about six or eight American trading skirs detained with those of tiller nations. THE NATIONAL RESISTER EAST INDIES. [From the Asiatic Mirror of Feb. a 1.1 Cony, Ooe;tar. 23d lan. I am now able to send yon the particulars c•t Major I:lall.e's atfair with the Pinilarces, in the followiag extram front I;encnd Ord.rs Li m.d yesterday, and you will sm i Chas been no trifling lin juess, and in what contenpt orr Pindanxt v 1 c uries are nor ha.. The order is doted the 2otit—is‘uol ad : The Commander in-ch ief fn.?, it incumb cnt to publish tOtheartnYs the dealt of an auack made by Major Cliirke, with the sth rail. went of Bengal Native Cavahy, on the remains of the united Pin darec hordes of Kurreein khan and Wa.sittl Alohatned, early in the morning of the 13th is...trinuary. ••'Yhe ability with whiali this afriir was conducted. i+ no less con- Apicnovis from the details• before his Excelltmey, than front the bril liant results which crownod•it. _ _ It ay.pears that Nlajor Clarke. after several hours' march. came within a short (Ih-tenets of the position in which lie had ascertained that the vneray were resting ; bet as this was still • during the night, the Major. with excAltot jr.derinent. resolved to deter the attack until there shintlethe light ccou,;ll to allow the disefeline of his troops its full advantage; he sccord.lay romained fur - three hours in the viciality et the 01i:env without being ells:ewe/ed. 6' At 5 o'clock. the sth cavalry moved forward ititwo misrules of half bquudrort , ;, taleing•the l'inderees completely by suiprise, and routed them with the loss of nearly •i.olio killed. The pursuit was •kept sip fo: many %Mks with great effect. and the regiment then re turned to Lieut.—Colonel Adams's Gawp, alter going a distance of Cio ini!es in IS hours. _ _ Snell decided Ptl LTC'S i could only have resulted from a Fappy cleiMinatlon of stem!) difeipline and petsevering gallantry ; tmulatea Mr which tae 3tli Native Cavalry has always stood eminently eanspi ction.:. The Coma ander.in-Cltief desires that Nlajor Clarke, raptain Kennedy, sill every ailicer and soldier engagtll, will accept his tie knowlesiguter.l4 anti thanks fur tom zealous anti successtitl exertion: on the present omoion." Tactic have hero several other orders issued since I wrote, but 911 Of minor importance and interest to you. You shall now have the hest part of tier. On 'Tuesday there cameout an order utthe 16th, &main:. the transfer of bis Alajesty's fl7th reg. from Bengal t, the t'dviAoti 7 of the • Bombay artily under Sir W. keir. On the sante day., one of the 17th, di%titing a new corps of frontier.larse to be ruistxl ter immediate Krviize. The siren4th, establishment, allowances. &e. to be in all mpecs the same :is in the other corps of hove. Csiptain of the Ist native eAvehiy, to command, and his brother, Lieisti:: - ..mt Saved, of 1.13 let ‘ iesty's Bth dragoons. to be Adjutant. In the seine order, what is of rasher loom imeiiest, the Ist and Stl brigades df eavAy n:e reported so be broken up from that d a te, and all Stntral) pOint:i ,- .1.1cs cotir.rzted therewith to erase cording' j k; yesurday Cv.putin Tits ;crab'. of the 141. eav-dri, was in orders, s Tertian Interptetur, and 8..0ra Aide-de-Camp to the Com mander-in-CI:14 from the Tut Jatusry. This, I think, is the sum and s.thstat.ec of his Locdship's orders. Now fur the other news of _ _ _ An the 20th we heat! that the Pvishwa, with his whale army. had been galhuatly beatnt ol; by about 550 or 1113 Bombay army. Ile made several attaeks upon titer,. but in all was repulsed. Our loss was considerable. and among thcs3 several officers arc included. One ofour guns had got disabled and unmanageable, this theTeishwa reported to kav3 carried off on an elephant. We look.forward with cc: tat3ty to the army breaking up about the end of the month. It is not likely to 133. howe:,:r MI the cheer arrives with the treaty with liolkar, and Eels yct abouti Eve marches from us. All the LEOUpS, it is said, are to co into vtiltonrnents, exczpting two or three bouil lons which go eosin to Oeneral Marshall, with the battering train. The Bth, 13th, 24th, and 25. h. are taikel of for this duty. Twenty guns ale on the way from Share Ghur Cie the service, and the forts to be taken a:a said to b 3 itatghtir entl•Cagur, both of them hill forts and strong, but the fenner especially s% They talk of intro:lacing a.'64lllstsicats by brevet into the army and all Cie Wile:as hign spirits, ar.4 full of the advantages of which it will ha proluc!ive. .44is 12orlship is said to lave. tbund much dilficalty is rewarding merit on many occasions, and can only do it, by girinj a stall appointment, which removes a m a n f rom th e very situation in which lie hat made himself conspicuous, and in winch he is pc: paps roost eat -misted to shine. Captain Fitzgerald is an incence. Eir J. Malcolm is sail to reeve been consulted on the sul.vect, and to hare giveu it his doci&s: approbation, and the mea ' sure is rermtel to have gone home thr the consideration of the Di ration, highly recommenlel by the Governor General. have l one great advantage, that of ealbrding as opportunity fur young and active omen to hold commands. A Court martial sat ycstenlay'6i> M a private of the European regi ment. who shot a corporal of the same corps the day before • the yon' man died in the course of the day. The ball hail passtd . throu!: the lungs ; the prisoner was tried tor mutiny, and found g uilty, lan: is expected to be shot to-morrow he had been reprimanded oa rade by his officer, and threa t ene d to be punished on gain , * home he loaded his piece, with the determination of shiritint, the z io ef, three different tiniel he went to hie tent. but luckily did not find him; the eorppral came before him, and told hirii he was ordered to put him in couifinealent ; he lowered his piece, and without the least app.:cm:co of passion, find at the pear man.' 4 I. Oi the Stlftf January the inhabitants of CalEnta were ttlistliied by the moist inagnielcent spectacle of %Plum' ever iv i‘rkssed in that emintry. The first line-of-battle ship built on tba river was committed to tliAm AVes from the Duck-yard of .IThssrs. Kyds and Ca. #t Kklilerpoi e, amidst the acclama tions of some thousands of Europeans and natives. In honour of the Governor-General, she .istitseied Ate Hastings. Atter the launch, spacious 'rooms were tiptoe+ in . the Docksyard, for the accommodation of a very tunnel-sus and reNpectotle ' assembly of Ladies and Gentlemen, invited to partake of the tlffin providegl.by the committee of management, at which the Nuice . -Preatlent ,presided. Many toasts applicable W the oceasiou were drank, and the day passed in cher. ful cooviviali - ty. ,The following are the slimensidus of the Hastings:— Ft. In. tehrch on the Gun 1% g al I>A th tor Measure:m.lg g Burden in tons 1%5 0 This ship carries on the lower gun..cleek twenty-eight . 311- . pounders ; on the main ditto, thirty 18-pounders; on the alnarter-deek and forecastle, eighteen 12-putinders; and ou the poop, six 42-pounders. In a latu Calcutta paper, we perceive a description .of the great gun which was taken by the British in the tort of Agra, when it surrended to Lord Lake, in October, 1803. It is called a cue thousand fire hundred brass pounder, and weighs one .lionsand and thrt)-nine hundred. 'l' he prize agents at Cal cotta value the metal alone at 10 , .:,000 rupees. It was in tended to 114 rsr r dad it to England, and wNs that view it was, after we:ll.l4lmm., cot down as 14r.. the rank of the river Janina, but no boat could he fuawl sutlic;ent for its -afe conveyance to Calcutta. A t the h i t Quarter Sendons for the cowry of Siveex.some demur was mule on the preseutaiion the Coronet's quarter. ly acconnt, in which lie had computed his distant e from, as Nell ae to, the glares at winch lie had held iu tui•urons, and charge., fur the whole pittaitier of miles out and in. The hill nas, hem. ver,allinved, under the ant horny of no opinion nide!' the pre? ent Alto, ney—Guivral had given of the case._ Sergeant Fie.e has given n similar opinion ; and the alto %n -once has been made iu Middlasev, Surrey, Sasses, and various other counties. i0..r(1. =MM.: We MAJOR G4RTIVRIGIITB FRIENDS. Tnesday a meeting was held at the Home tavern,lien ningicni. the (lieu& of raJicrl reform, and its advoedte Dlojor Curio right." . . lit 4 o'clock nlsont 400 persons Mit down to dinner, the Hun. linorjesic.innuird in dlie chair. After dinner the tir.t ttotsis wt•re—" The People, the only soot ee of legitith.tte power;' " The filite nod roohlitotion, and a speedy recovery to bo►h ;" " A real repo eseadottue o f the People in Parliament, by which hoth the Bing and nation way he freed fru•u the .toottkpattutt 01 a Burttoutungethq; oli;;arcl►} ." 1.1,. Kinuaird rine to Nolte ws as a toast, a name which w ;, s intimately connected wills irfortn. The compaity would au. definite that he alluded to bins who hail so long and so ably advocated that anise. It was scarcely neresscry to name betanise there was no other Englishman to abase lot it had fallen Its utauiti hi so long and so • consistent a support of the publie rest?. It wits, however, his 'Mellott one to state. that that life .whi eh had been spent in the s 1 rs teesuf the Croon try.,.WAS now aitaekt 'flie worthy Nlajor had Stott a letter, containing a statement .of Isis sr iiiiiitenb ia h h a , I, h e 14:raettly.able to sign, and tills letter was .li*Coiiipa. stied by a note limn Site physician. [Here Alf. Kinstuird lead a letter from Major Cartwright. It exist. spell his re. grr I at not being able In intend the meeting, and requested that NI r. Cleary snight be ptrunited to rr ad u piper euntaiii• jug what lie w Alert to astiltelss to the meeting. Ile also read IlOilt 60311 Sir Christopher Pegge, oils slated that The Major's indisposition proceeded flung obstructed pet virtr tion, bat intimater! that his ttt'UVer) ought be expected in a few days.] Dlr.dl.innaird setrii procceried to lemaik, that the title of tire Nitwit to Ilse apno ow I lust•est . the friends elf usurer Was enhanced by hes iiiivlll"; been made the object of inaligoassi abuse and tnisreprest Among his stuns, a prolessiostal gentleman, not miknort o to those wh o 11141 ineeting, had tha Teti hog, %%tilt iNuk hag hi e wonders, ;rod proposing little tutu 'this. lit both HOUStil of Vali atheist it was lOstriPti that 4111 , 1141 wire 1111Allowil so our Is:slory and yet, in the se/4.1;11y published uauitislo tit the patty INA mane this assertion * it a ds aa usisted that Pat Isainent• had byes met tint ILrn had often hives, se v era l Pm ti s sisit oh evert its the course of sue it Hr. But it it at singular, chat 111. alw 101411,(0.eil radical re . form shoehl be tlie person areisseil tit ap;,lynl;litt nostrim ' Iho coalst it ot h ril , The quit k doctor), who rt!sil to paid' up Ike health of a patient ought justly be ttlarach will deak tug in Elnillunis, bat such niellierent applicatious n et r t . titre proposed by the wise. physician who %rat desirous of pro .. during a radical twice. Afire an eulogy on Majoi Cat t wright, Mr. Kintiaird cunclatled weds proposing the triton; ing toast " The venerable Major Cartwright, the lathes of iclOria, and may lie live to see a ilsoitli-blow given to corruption. 4 Mr. Cleary stated, 'hat he bail seen illajer Car:vri ight in the user g, oho then stated his most anxicos wish to AU( ad the meeting; but as that was impossible, he bad sear air jr ;. dress in mottuscript, which he (Mr. Cleary) hoped the com pany would permit him to read. The mantiNctipt, %%Inch eas of coo•iderable length, was now read ,by Mr. Cleary. 1: insisted on the necessity of radical reform, and roeu nnht . nt i e d the introduction of a hill fur that inject into Parliament by Sir Francis Burdett. Something tam:tide, on which the pa b• sic mind could be fixed, was want:lig. When C12643* was killed, the speech of Mark Antuny over his body had littte effect, till he spoke to the people of ere will uf C.esar. the like manner, it Sir Francis Burdett should Wins( lot ward a bill, all object would be distinctly presented to the consideration of the public, and there would soon be a ge netal cry of " The lidl—the Rill—Burdett's Bill. will have Burdett's Bill." The address concluded with proposing the following sentiment to he drank by the compastv as a toast:—"'fake your choice, a civil government or a military despotism ; its other words, Burdett's 11111 or Castlereagh 's bayonet." This being drank, the next toast was,—" Sir Fraucis Bur dett and the Reformers of Eli;land." Sir Francis Burdett believed that, after the able speech whir's lord keen delivered from the chair, in every word of which, and in particular iu the approbation bestowed on the Major, he concurred; and, after the discourse which had just been read to them by Mr. Cleary, it would not be isecessary for him to say lo on the object of the meeting. At the same time he thought he slismli fail in showing tlias respect which he considered due to gentlemen who drank the toast just given from the chair with so tench kind approbation, if fro did not take this opportunity of saying a few words. With respect to the purpose for e.hieli they had that day assembled, lie should only observe, that it renithiueil, hoth on public and pm ivate grounds, every thing most gratifyiug to his levitates. — He never frit more interest in any ii il,l c ateeting bait the p re sent ;and for lissjor Cart wrigle. his charaetcr hail been too long and too intimately .known to all present, to render it necessary for him to descant on his merits. Cis that ocaasion, hue ever, it could not lie Sllperfltiolis to notice IJie unfounded asper sions w hich had been cast un that venerable character, ant) in that respect the worthy chairman had telieved him from intact* of the task which he sleuth, otherwise hare regarded as itu• posed upon hint. But there was one topic which bad betel lei untouched, which he thought ought not to he mewed. Since it was totted that Major Cartwiight's life miss spotless, that his honour and integrity could not be questioned, rad ,St Ile was distinguished fur all these virtues which render a man estimable iu the eyes of others, it had been given out by his adversaries, who were also the adversaries of refuses. that his faculties bad failed• hula, and that lie was in fact become av ohl woman. How. far this , wan from the truth the palter which had now betas jnst read wreak' slather to show. 'flat aisle etxposiiion of his opinions was. nut the. producliun of a Man whom could he regarded iu his dotage, or who deserved the epithets which had been applied to him. The author of that peeper was now fast advancing to eighty years lot age, and he wrote with a force cud spirit which ow:lit iu Isl , e thole who heard it rallies to rt,pose that it came fr he pen of one who had loot reached twenty. He should be happy to see cuing men matures' as sepal degree of (Array in the ir:StiSe mit hoes Main lunette% bet too many young men or the present day were impel-esii %%lilt old womaiti•li fears, weiels were digsdisgsatetul Its theiliselres, anti injut isms to the piddle, as they tottered than to withheld those slot is which its the cause lit' freedom were partirulasly slue fi malt to the rot tiny. But the Major was allot ke,l 1.1 %atoms dr' of person% anti chiefly o. l'aise oho limi•ted of belooging to a patty—a lent, Willett. it :mist be ark %%%%% %ledg ed, seemed very properly adopted try persons woo claimed to take fur 4 part whet was doe to Ilse whole. W het her the Majai 'is views were too csletisive, too liberal, to too mad, hit opponents hadrout entleavom ed to demosistrate by any thing like argument; bat, whatever opinion might be held upon