The National Register.
London, England, 1818-06-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL IttGlSTrlt'

for a post,) are very to isolable. With the exce;,tion of a
parti•l attack made on a convoy proceeding on the 18th to-
%souls hladulla from Wattemetile, by Whirls a pioneer was
wounded, every thing Was quiet on that read & and Lieu-
tenant Colonel Hook mentions with mach satistaction that'
he is assisted fry the people of Machina in procuring Olas
to cover the buildings erecting there. and in reaping and
bringing in paddy from lands belonging to the rebels in
arms, a hick they pointed out themselves. On the nd,
Nem pilaw Colonel: Hook, in concert with Capt. P'iastr, made
an incursion towards Yatomaito nod Oodoornarlit, as well in
expectation of finding" snore rebel headmen concealed, as to
explore an mikounn trace of country. Patettcriant Colonel
Hop* detached a party dotter Captain Cootie, of the 73d, hi
veered by one rout, n site he went by another ;and both
were found very rugged' and rocky, and the jungle very
etose. thud parties joined at the village Ootlootrindo
about nine o'clock, bovisig met with no opposition; it nos
perfectly deserted ; anti, 33 the Maliottale was a principal
rebel, hishouse was burnt, with a great deal of paddy, ahiieh
could nut be tarried away ; the other houses were left stand-
ing, with a notice they wots4d share the same fate, unless the
inhabitants came in on their return by another route; some
shuts were fired; and in return the party killed a Humber of
huffaloes grazhig about, as a ravishment on the inhabitants of
the village, who were justly siwptetedof being the persons in
aims. Captain Fraser separated fifth Lent. Cul. llook,and
both parties returned to their respcetire posts, baring sus,
tamed uo itijury.
Pm the Suffragan Province, which !orders on Onva, where
a considerable observing force is stationed, Lieut. Col. Cu-
Met meets with the readiest assistance. front the chiefs and
:net I ye& ; an armed party of Canilians, under the command of
is chief, Ekorelfigedde N dame, had moved front that province
to Onva, to join oils fc&ce.
Notwithstanding the absence of many of the principal
chiefs from the capital, on (hits-, the feast of the Atom Sala,
or presentation of the fist fe oils, was celebrated with (Inc
aolesimit; on the 25th, gtith, 27th, and 28th of January. On
the first evening, the officers of the royal store and the tem-
ple proceeded in state front the square before the palace to
the villages belonging to government, from which the first
paddy was to be brought, The procession in returning on
the in the evening, was met by the 241 Ariihar, and the
chiefs in Candy, at sonic distance from the town, and by
them accompanied to the hialigana, or principal temple,
where the usual distribetion to the different temples was
made. On the 27th, inch morning, his Excellency received
the portion formerly laid before the King, consisting of new
rice and a selection of all the vat ions vegetable productions
of the country ; the eerenitoy eioscd the 28th, in the inn
by a rfiseharge of ginjales.
The hospital returns still continue to evince the excellent
state of health whi-h the troops enjoy, her Providence, to
the surprise and disappointment of the insurgents.