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

qui, es."

The 3.000,0°01. received frotn France to indctanify
the 11ritish claimants for their losses through the cacti-
:maces of the French Government, will remain un-
touched till the next Session, when an Act of Apitro-
',dein,' i$ to be passed.
The Board for the investigittion, of the claims of
Britimli subjects on the Government et* FraTlCe, which
has been established at Paris ainec fire rear 1814, is
now transferrcl ti, I.entlon. 7be cnnutti..thaterCoe.
thy. !;,),:5,.; Pdrligractit Suo.t %, Lida was lat2c.•
,titc .I.ruivralyodice.

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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, uthieh 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
iseey 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 curies 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'dviAoti7of 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
date, and all Stntral) pOint:i,-.1.1cs cotir.rzted therewith to erase
cording' jk; 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 man from the
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
lone great advantage, that of ealbrding as opportunity fur young and
active omen to hold commands.

A Court martial sat ycstenlay'6i>Ma 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 guilty, lan:
is expected to be shot to-morrow he had been reprimanded oa
rade by his officer, and threatened to be punished on gain,* home
he loaded his piece, with the determination of shiritint, the zioef,
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.

At the hit 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 of
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 iiiiiitenbia
h ha, I, he 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 who
11141 ineeting, had tha Teti hog, %%tilt iNuk hag hie
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 ads aa-
usisted
that Pat Isainent• had byes met tint ILrn
had often hives, several Pm tissisit 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 coalstitothril, 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 net rt. 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 roeunnht.ntied
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