The National Register. — London, England, 1815-08-06 00:00:00

590 Icon flonaparte.—Thursday evening a Messenger left town with dispatches for Lord Keith, at Plymouth, relating to the treasures to be pursued on the at ival of the Northumberland, with Admiral Sir G. Cockburn, for Bonaparte. The'arrival of the Northumberland may be expected this day.—lt is pro bable that this Northumberland will leave the English shore to-dav, to convey Bonaparte to his destination, which is posi tiVeiv asserted to be St. Br:tem.—Mr. lbbotson is appointed Assistant. Commissary to the Island of St. Helena. The following arrangements respecting Buonaparte are _ _ _ handed about in the upper circles, in MS. but upon what authority we know not:----" lle is to have one servant, and Iris own cook ; he may consult any physician that hap pens to touch at the island , all his letters to be open ed bti• the Governor; he is not to be landed till a house is fully prepared for his reception ; he is to he permitted to exercise himself in any field spot of which the island will admit, but is constantly to be attended by an officer and two orderly men, who are to shoot him if he attempts to make his escape, and is beyond the reach of their hanth; he is only to be allowed such a sum of money as he may want for common occasions; and finally, tire French Government is to be wholly at the expence of supporting him." LONDON GAZETTE EATRJORDINJRY. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1813. COLONIAL DEPARTMENT.—Dow NI NG STREET, AUG. 2. A Dispatch, of which the following is a Copy, was this day received from Lieutenant General Sir R. Bt own, ieg, K. B. dated Kandy, Vith of February, 1815, addressed to Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. British Head•quarters, Kandy. Feb. '25, 1813. Lotn,--For some days subsequent to the date of the last di,patch which I had the honour to address to your Lord ••ship, on Kandian affairs, dated 16th January, no circum stance occurred of sufficient consequence to be reported to vour Lordship, the several divisions of the invading force bring partly in movement, and partly preparing to move. It was found. however, that great and apparently iusur mount:6le difficulties would occur in provisioning the troops on so many routes, with our scanty means of conveyance, and determined in consequence on a modification of the plats. This alteration consisted chiefly in disposing the march of the troops in such a manner, that the Ist and 2d divisions, the 3(1 and the 6th and 7th, should arrive on the same line, and, at certain convenient points, unite to gether; an arrangement, which, I am happy to say, brought the supplying of the airily within our means, and laid .the ground-wotk of a successful progress towards the several as signed places of destination above the hills. Ott the st cf February learnt by a letter of the SOth of January frotn Major Hook, that the Ist division, under the command of that °dicer, had reached Ganeteynni, situate at the foot of the Balani Mountains, and on the great road leading through the Pass or Gravet of that name towards the tits of Kandy. Lieutenant O'Connell, with the 2d division, was close in ,the rear, advancing to the same point from which Major Hook was then to .diverge to the left towards Weywode, in the Seven Korles, to co-operate with Captain de Bussche, already in that 'quarter, with a small force, formed to supply the absence of the auxiliary corps - grigihally expected from Madras. No ser. visions. advance of these di of Kandy, by name Three Korles, who teriitoiy, and him- - 4.1 olli g,otid, Jhad prey imic oppofititi was f taie to the a The 11 ..., • ~. (lie King c ide, t,4. -. 4 :a 2),f. the .01 . el mit .7 , ' 10. : . • , . , 1 1 , Itiltot i ~:_k.. 0.41 'Bl taw s TII E NATIONAL REGISTER. F self Dessave of the Four Korles, kept hovering in front. of Major Hook's march, with some followers, bu• had inti mated, both to Major Honk and Mr. D'Oyley, that he was desirous to join the British standard, and was only prevented from doing so by his apprehension for the fate of his family, who were ender the King's power, in the capital, but whole liberation or escape he 'expected as soon as the troops should advance sufficiently near to Kandy to induce the King to re tire from that place: be further gave it to be understood, that although he was obliged to keep up the appearance of firing, he would do no harm; and in all these points, although his assurances could not in prudence he fully confided in at the time, he afiet wards faithfully kept his word. In the evening of this day (the Ist of February) I left Co lombo to join the army, and proceeded by the route ref Avissahuvelle (usually called Sittawakka) and through the three and four Kotles towards Lientenant-Colonel O'Connell's camp at Ganeteyame. While at Kouroonagodde, on the Ist of February, a letter from the Lieutenant-Colonel, dated at Ganeteyanc, on the •ied, informed, that the advance of that division, under Major Moffatt, of the first Ces lon regiment, having been detached to support a patrole which was con ceived to be in danger, and advanced so near the fortified post which commands the Balani Pass, that it was deemed advisable to attack it; and it had been carried, after a trifling opposition. At Attypittva, on the 4th, I received Major Hook's re port, dated from Gerigamme the preceding day, apprizing me that he had taken possession of that strong position and the neighbouring hill fort of Galgederah, with hardly auy resistance, and no loss. On the 6th I reached Ganiteynne, where it became ne cessary to halt for some days, to give time for the concentra tion of the divisions advancing from Trincomalee and the east side of the kandian territory. Lieut.• Colonel O'Connell was encamped here, and Major Moffatt posted at Amenoo poora, one mile and a half beyond the Pass, and a free com munication open between the two vorps. • Here the Adikar Molligodde, by a message through M i r. D'Oyley, requested permission to surrender himself with the banners and records of the four Korles, of which he is Des save, having received intimation of the escape of his family from Kandy. My consent being signified to him, he, on the Bth February, came into camp in state, attended by a num ber of Chiefs of the four Kor•les, who had not previously ap• peared, and formally gave up the insignia and records of his Dessave into the hands of Mr. D'Oyley, whom I had deputed as Commissioner on the part of the British Government to confer with him. Learning by reports from Majot Kelly, commanding the 3d division, and prOceeding through the province of Saffia • gam and Ourah, towards the Indulgasinha Pass, that he could be sufficiently advanced to support a forward movement on the part of Lieut.-Colonel O'Connell and Major Honk's di visions, I, on the 10th, directed Lieut.-Colonel O'Connell to ascend the Pass, and occupy Major Moffatt's position, sending 'his detachment a little in advance ; and on the evening of the same day, I joined the camp at A menoopoora. The Adikar Chevlapola, who had followed my progress all far as (aniteynne, proposed to take a different route from thence ; and being furnished with au escott of about fifty men, proceeded up the mountains, by a road to the right, leading into the province of Oudinoora, the iubabitauts of which he was desirous to communicate with. Late in the evening of the 1 l th, a report was brought to Mr. D'Oyley, that a divisipn of the British troops. sup posed to be that commanded by Major Hook, had reached Kattogastate, a fury of the great river called Mahavilt- AUG. 6. he l's st at at it. D- .cl )g e- -1g id ty e• le li ). r. e e •