The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-04 00:00:00

(No. I.X XXVI.)

P im1602 vid 18)4, by the Rev.lrllilAM tit F,IISRT):
i.ouptan, Mint, 4ee.r? Orme, tint! Prown,
Among the titrnierous publications to ybiell ati
opportunity of visiting France has recent); open-
ed a waY',—innong the few int'elligent and the inautr
absurd effusions to which a race to Paris and back
as4ain has given rise, the Reverend Mr. SiiEP-
EIERD'S Paris,"' its it is facetionsiii called; is one,
and certainly not of the flintier species. This

literary, and for aught we can discover, patriotic
apostle, seems to be imbued with a laudable zeal
for travelling to the French capital whenever
opportunity offers, and with a truly amiable do-
mestic or uxorious propensity for taking Mrs.
SHEPHERD and a sung party of equally curious
and intelligent Gossips with him, so that lie
may be able to write an account of his pet'egrina.-,
tions comfortably, and tell the world not only
all he has teen and knows (which is in truth
little enough), but also all that " the ladies" have
done; how they spent their time ; where they
called ; what they said to him ; what he shewed
them; and a number of other matters of similar
importance. Now, all these things, we have no
doubt, were vastly agreeable to the Reverend
'WILLIAM SHEPHERD, to Mrs. SHEPHERD, to
Miss R. and Mr. B. R." (it might as well be
filled up Mr. B. E. A. R. for any interest the
Gentleman excites in these annals) it is really in-
conceivAle that any person possessed of common
sense should be so. vain and egotistical as• to ima-
gine that such rubbish could he entertaining to the
Public; Indeed, Mr. SHEPHERD'S self-conse-
quence strongly reminds us of that of a humbler
Church Dignitary----P.P.Clerk of the Parish,whose
important acts are honourably recorded in' the
British Classics,

But it is time to leave.preliminaries, and turn
to the.: labours of our divine TOutist. These are
eetlicate4 to Roscoe., Esq. as the result
of a love of Literature and the Arts imbibed
under his instructions, and of observations made
during the intervals of Peace, " the obtaining of
which was ever the object of his (Mr. Rosco E's)
political exertions."—To be sure the Rev. IV:A.
SHEPHERD does not tarry to say of how different a
peace from that which was ever the object of his
friend's'exertions ! This might have marred the

"compliment.
After the Dedication comes Preface, in which
Mr.-S. pays a singularly
,bad compliment to • his
Intimates, who, it seems, were prone to beg the
loan of his M.SS., to avoid which, he says, he re-
sorted to the expedient of publication, that they
might buy or want, a sly example of the efficacy
of which mode of dealing with admiring visitants,
was set him by " an honest Quaker who resided in
the back settlements of America, and who finding
himself,absolutely eaten up (we quote Mr. SLIEP-
HERD'S own words)—absolutely eaten up by
transient passengers" set up the DiM Cow, after
which, if he did not make any. profit, he enjoyed
the comforts of a quiet house." I It I I.

Let us now have a look at the Reverend Gen-
tleman's Dun :row.

Being resolved to have a peep at " the spoils of
vanquished Italy" in the Louvre, for Mr. S. is ,me •
of those patriotic politicians, who waste no words
of reprobation on the atroci~►us. viii>iny from
which such collections accrued, " after a fit

discussion of the most convenient mode of tra
veiling," and a ludicrously pompous determina-
tion im Atli conclave that '' it would be a mat-
ter of the utmost importance to avoid the delay
and risk incident to—(what think you, gentle
Reader.)---the removal qf luggage from one vehicle
to another," Mr. SHEPHERD and his compasions
" hired a stout and roomy carriage at five shil-
lings per day." In this machine, ore 'Tuesday
morning, the Isth of June, immediately. after
I?reakfust, they took their departure from Gate-
acre'' and we are favoured with very delectable
notices of those strange places called Coventry
and St. Albans, and the unknown Regions which
surround them.

'ln defiance of the perils which abound in this
terra incognita, our Travellers, however, reach a
City of the name of London, in perfect safety,
and without performivg any remarkable exploit,
save that of dislodging a tremendous party of
Smokers and Punch Drinkers" at St.

In London, a more rare and extraordinary ads
venture befel our Knight Errant, and When we
transcribe it-, it will he seen that though in many
particulars resembling the Capital of England,
the London visited by Mr. SAEPITtRD, trust have
been entirely another place, or the reverend Gen-
tleman must hare taken the travellers licence to
a, extent, not at all becoming in it person of his

The Secretary of Cititen arro, the Minister
of the French Repabiic granted the, necessary
passports gratis, rind in the most polite rnaliner--,
but no such civility and liberality was to he found
in the Ministers of a King ! From his (Orro's)

'house, srh-5 Mr. 811EPITERD, we went t Lord
I.lAwicgsl;trit4r's(nice. Itl Dowhing-str-se, Uric

met Withyt reception very•different frOin that wit
the bail experienced talon the A...sots.ot the Greqt
On My requesting one of the p..ople in
. _
.4...aiting in the Auriehattiher, to itifortri-me tb
xvliont:'! •ruitt make application fur a passport-
to"' enable me to go to France, the Jai k•in-
oGice.,'(whO.,- .4,iy the bye,' '‘W‘its no higher its
degree.,a.han porter)., mtpstireil me with hi,:
eve from;„top to toe,: r.,td then. said-7f' Where -
is yotn. letter ,of recommendation ?"--" Letter
of recionmendation said I, a. good deal sitr•-.•
;.•
prized, I: did not, icnoty that any such document
was necOs'ary."—•" Sir, you can have no pass-
port %without one."—‘‘ And pray, str, whose re-
commendation must 1 procure ?"—" You ninst
bring a letter front sonic Banker (layia4
mighty.stfess'opon the penultimate Word), " bocci
some .r4h
,wan."—" Can I
,spea'k to Lard
HaNVlSEstthßy's Secretary." No, Sir, he is not
in the office."—Finding that I could not penetrate
beyond the threshold of the Treastft.y; %without
stronger interest, than my business and city address;
• 1 made
, an ungracious retreat; itiWartllyi, and I
believe audibly, milledicting the . new privilege,
which the wealthy seemed to have lately acquired,
the privileße of judging who were to be permitted
to take a journey to Paris."
Such is the account Mr. S. gives of his appli- •
cation at the Foreign-Office, of which we take np-,
on ourselves to believe just abort as lunch as that
the 'Treasury which stands in %.v:-.(s by
him found in Downii?g7sbt',et. As f.,r ungrn-,,
cious retreat we give !inn 101 l credit for ;
surely nothing could he more ungracious' in a
Clergyman than to go out uttering curses (or, o.s he
pleases to phrase it, " maledieting") against pr-4
sons who were conscientiously discharging a great
public duty, and of Whom lie knew nothing hut
through the medium of a" Porter', whom he bad
insolted by his impertineucies. _
We would not, however, dwell on this point;
were we not incensed by the systematic attempts
of this person to libel the (401."-ernment of his
native Com,try by the basest comparisons and
falsest accusations. At page 116, he tells a story
of his bribing a Secretary of TALLEYRAND's with.
a Louis d'or to•hasten his passports, in present-
hug which,lie most.mendacionsly assured him that
" we had occasioned the office much trouble,
which in England we were always obliged to
acknowledge in a pecuniary way." For our
parts,. we cannot conceive how any Briton thirst
otter such a calumnious falsehood,
,or could sci
vilely disparage his Country. Were we to ask
for revenge for this crime, it should be in no other
way than that the otfender.should inalce a similar
office to the Secretary of a British Minister, and
if he was not soinnliy kicked for his effrontery',
we would-give him his passport gratis, to go anti
lie to any French Clerk that would believe
It is tar front our intention to go with this*
trilling person front London to Dover, taking;
views of Dartford, Rochester, Chatham, Canter!.
truly, the Thames, &c. &c. ; nor to enter into hiS
little arrangements about money, &C. all of %which
he minutely details ; nor• indeed shall .We pay
much regard to his hicubrations in -France, whicFl
consist of such. comitiou-ilace 'accounts of tallied'
here, looking there, driOng one post, tiding ano-
titer, getting supper for the ladies, being cold or'
hot, having good beds or bad, and all.ether.suci.
momentous particulars, that to say mare about
them than that they were fitter for the MS. diary-
than'for the Dun Con', would be Most unpar-
Amiably to treat our Readers as the Reverend.
William Shepherd has treated his.
ThiS gentleman contrived to see most of thepub
lic shows which every body Secs in)'iris. With.
a due share of holdness,.l:e pushed himself into
some places
.by calling himself an Eliglishnian,
whether deserving of that name ornot 7 and where
this Would not answer, be did not hesitate to em-
ploy even. more sturdy affirmations; witness the
pious fraud by which lie induced a centinci (page
66), to permit him .to enter the National Library,
My good friend," said he, 'f d ern a man of
Leiters," and the idiot, ignorant, imiliscerning•
centind-, st,iffered the Rev..-- to pass.
Were ,we ioclined to. expend further re.markS
upon this silly book, which is Tremarkahle for no-
thing hut for shallow, meagre, and tedious descrip,
lions ortl.te. most frivolous Matters, it would only
he to dwell on other' points offenSive to British.
feelings, and disgraceful to the Author. We.
would reprobate his. incessant attempts to de,
grade his own Country, as where he eulogises
one of lltionaparte's guard for refosing a don
cenr, and saws, that a British grenadier would.
have drowned all sense of the impropriety of dis-
obeying his orders in a pot of ale—as where he
loosely condemns our mode of •Criminal
as where he refuses to inspect a mad-house, telling
the Keeper he can sec madmen enough its his own.
Country—as where he says, the proceedings of tile
National Institute are as tiresome as thOse of the
Royal Society of Londou—as where lie tapes noon
himself to ettudemn Lard Nelson's attack upon
Boulogne front inspecting the peer in a' walk
while -his supper was preparing ; and imminerit-
ble oilier examples of the same detestable spirit
which, though, we ablinr it at home, we could
wilt were confined to our own Shores, rather
than carried abroad tu'render its contemptible in
the eyes'of other nat ions.
117 e have :tlistoine4 from saying tiny thing ort
Mr. Shepherd's unfortunate attack upon a Ft.encii
Journal for hodealvaluing Buonaparte's passion lot'
'That admirable publication, the Quar-
terly Review, has so severely handled the Reverend
Gentleman on this score, shewing that What he
said was in the Paper was not in it, &c.-,--that in-
'dependently of Our apprehenSionin following the
track of so powerful a cinnhatant, we should be
withheld by our compassionate feelings from -
striking a man so theadtnlifitoo7ed as he has been
by their blow, •

•
Of :Air. Shepherd we therefore- now take our
leave, recommending to him ro travel aboot Gete-
aeees, and Write Tours to Liverpool, which will
he fully as entertaining and instructive,- nod f,,r,
less a'nnivVing than Trips to Patis. \Ate further
mo,t,earneAtly adviseltint, never inure to depart
from MS. diaries and ytablish, alias 5,..t up Dull
Cows; like the honest Awericur: Quaker in the.
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LONDON GA'',l?:l-I'E ENTIZAOItb.INRY.

~lucusT 3, 1813.

• COLONIAL DEP:3 11.TNIENT.
7-Thu.9d:4-street, August 2, ISI3.
‘.ll. biTatcli, of rAliels the followit is a Copy, as day
recf..iverl from Lit•iienanf-General Sir It. BrMenrigz, K. 13.
• dated Kandy, 9.5t1. rebroqry, ISIS, addres.tted to Earl Ila-
thursi, One Of his Males! y's Principal Secretaries of Staie.
11;•itish kand, Fe?,. 25, .18i 5.
IVr Lor.ii—ror sOITIC (13V4 to the
Alatc a the la-AT dispatch whicti I l,ad the honour
to adtl:•ss to y'onrLoidil,ip, Elnillian affdirs,
a t I.6th Januniy, tici C;rcumstance occurred of
sufficient consequence to be 'reported to your
Lordsl'p-, the several cliviSions of the inva;ling
force briiig'imvtly in snavetirent,

parieg to move.
ty,,,q found, that great -And-•appa=
I.ently insionv.notAlediffirollies would occur_ in
yrovisioning_the troops, on so many root s, with
our scatty 'means of conveyatt:7e. and I deter-
Mined in con-idin'eno" rin- a modification of the
jtlan, This 'alteration consisted" chiefly in dis-
liosing the tnari.h:of the troop; in such a manner,
'that the.lst and !2d dii:isions, the 3d and 4th, the.
tit it and 7di should arrive on the same line, and,
at certain convenient voints, unite' together;
an
arrangeteent which, I am happy to say,bi-ronglit
The supply'ng of the army within Our I'm:ails, and
)aid the ground-worts of a successful Progress to-
-tennis t!,. several assigned places of destination
alitive the hirs.
Oa the ism of February I learnt by a letter of
the ;Nth January from .!'tint Hook, that the
44stdiVision, ender 'the command of matt Officer,
'had reached Ganeteynni, situate at the foot of the
"Balani mountains, and on the great road leading
Ihriigh•tk pass or Gravet of that nalite toward's
the city of Kandy.
Lietitimant O'Conhell, with the 42d &vision;
was close in he I ear, advancing to the sanie
cpoitit'front which MajorTfook was then to diverge
to the left towards Wcywode, 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 origi-
nally expected from,lMadras.
No serious opposition was Made to the advance
of these divisions. The firstklikar of the K'hq.4.
\M. Kandy, by name ikialligodde, brother to the
Des§aVe of the Three Korles, who had previously
come over to' the nritish territory, and himself
Dessave of the Four Korles,. kept hoi-ering in
front of Major Hook's march, with some fol-
lowers, but had intimated, both to Major, Hook
nnd Ni. D'Oyley, that he was desirous to join
the British standard, and was only prevented from
doing so by his lippreliension for the fate of his
family, who were under the King's power, in the
'capital, fruit whose liberation or escape he expect-
ect soon as the troops should advance sufficient-
ly near to Kandy to iodate the King to retire
from that place : hefurther gave it to• be under-
stood, that although he was. c:-,ligcd -to keep tip
the appearance of firing, ltewould do no harm ;
and in all these points. although his assurances
epold not in ptudence be fully -zonfided in at the
time, he afterw6rds kept his word.
In the evening of this day (the Ist of Febritary)
I left Colombo to join the army, and proceeded
by the route of Avissahavelle (usually called Sitta-
ivaltka)` and through the three and four Korles to-
iVards Lieutenant-Colonel O'Ccnnell's eantp at
Ganitev one. While at. Korn oonagodde, on the
Ist of February, a letter front the Lieut.Xolonel,
dated at G.aniteynne; on. the 2d informed, that
the advance of that division, under Major Moffatt,
of the Ist Ceylon regiment, 'riving been (Jewelled
to support a, patrole which was 'conceived to lie in
dahger, had advanced so near the fortified post
eommand§, the laini fats, that it was
&meal adviseable to utiack it ; and it had been

carri.cd, after a trilling opposition.
At Attypittya, on tie 4th, Y received Major
'Hook's report, ciatt-d from Gerigamme the pre-
ceding day, apprit.ing me that he had taken pos-
session of that 5-trong po,ition and the fit•ighbour-
-.tog hill. tort cif Galgedettili, %Vitt; hardly any re-
R.PI4 tIU IO,S.
On the qtlt I reached Ganiteynnc, cohere it be-
came necessary to halt for some days, to giyelime
for the concentration of the divisions advancing
ft orn''rrincontalce and the East side- of Nandian
territory. Lieutenant-Colonel O'Connell was td-
camped here, and Major Moffatt posted lit Ante-
itoopoora, one mile and a hail beyond the pass,
it-(1 h ftec comatunicatiun open between the two

torp3.
Here the Adiar Alolligodde, by_ a message
-through Mr. D'OiLitv, requested permission- to
himself with the banners and recdr(lg of
the four Korles, of which be is De%;save, having
received intimation of th' e:cape of his tamily
from Kandy:- My ton Sent being signified to him,
)le, On the 8-th February, mite 41116 comp in state,
attended by a number of Chiefs of the four Kor-
les, who had not previously appeared; and for-
ti ally -gave up tht. insignia and records Of his Des-
"y
-ire into the hands Mr. D'Oyley, whom 1 had
deputed as Commissioner on the part of the Bri-
tish Government to confer with hint.
Learning by reports from Majo.rKePy; cant
3nanding the •3d`diyision, and proceeding through
the province of Safrratrant and ()oral), towards the
•iniulgasirthil Pass, that he could he sufficiently
advaneed •to support a 'forward aline:ltem On (14
part of Lieutenant-Colonel O'Connei and Maur
nook's divi,,ion&, I, on the 10th, directed Lieut.-
-c„i(); O'Connell to 'ascend the Pass, and oc-
cur major Molfa!t's, his
raciiment a tittle mh-anee; a,„l On the evell:rig
of the !awe day, • I -jointd the cainp.at Attie-

1)41(1;i0Ori). , ,
The Adijiar Chepairwea, Who but toijowed ntv
progress ki:VireYtrne, Proposed to, take
a different roate front ttrerice ; being ittosish-
.!d with an,est:Ort of alsgit proc,e,kci
e;T, the 111011nt7tins, by a roftd to the right,.
tleadiug
provinte Ondinoora, the inhah,tants of
I.;:itit he wa n
s..tesirotti to cooitnnirate with.
Late the eve.iting oi th, flit a Yeport was
-brought to %Ir. D'Ovlev, that a division of tit!:
,_Britisit troops, s:lppoted tt') be thl.t Commanded by
had,renclied rihtttigaStOtte, a letry
otitis' gt.cat river e:ollel:l,lahavillig,-,lnga, ati()i:t t!trec
taitei ;tom iti.andy that the Kioz Nita

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titrittcd the capital', .and that 'the delebees•
awa her ferry, of the same river, abo4an
'etitnil distance from the eity, :were abandoned.
patroic, dent forward durin;z, the night, un-
derjfie command tit Marzir lirownrigg, reached
6,oharoolui early iu the morning, :"..,a(1 fording the
river, RsceVtained the truth of the it in
its paPt!. liatter.o Of great extent were
erected here; 'reaching truth the ctiMfirsorr place of
crossing for a "considerahle distance albng, the op-
posite bank, and commanding the ford hut were
entiiely destitute of either iiien or gunl;,. hideous
oh tiers of the Kin'so • r-senin t here presented
themselves, in the remains Of poor wretches stuck
up 00 poles On both sides of the river, seven of
which ere full in view at the. ferry, and the
whole number counted in that neighbourhood was

nineteen.
Major Moffitt, with the advance of the 21 di-
vis►on, being a It: miles ►n front of the general
ent•ntopp►,ent, was, by Major Brow►:rign, on his
retail) •It the pat role, directed to proceed r for-
ward to Gonaroelha, iu consequence of my grders

to that effect:
On leArniug the foregoing particulars, 1, on the.
ili•phteheti Major ‘Villerman, Deputy Quay-
terrnaster-Grncral, towards Kauity, with ittstrue-

(ions to. prevent the pussibility.of Injury to per-
snits or property, by prohilming the entry of the
it•oops witroin the gates of the city, otherwise
than as ruards, under such disposition as ithojor
Vitliermart might indge advisable.
Mr: D'Ovlev, ‘vhil.load accompanied the patrole
the preceding evening, and remained at- Gonaroo-
ha tontii joined by :Major Molfatt's detachment,
with which, before the arrival of Major Willer-
Mon, he had `advanced to‘the city, which mos
found entirely deserted tot inhabitantq, and strip-
ped of all propel ty empty chests, huskers, find
mats', there the only things found, except some
feiv articles of furniture, not portable enough, nor

sufficient value to be -removed.
The detachment encatt►ped without the gates.
On the 13til in the morning, 1 left• the pabition
at Amenonipoora with Lielit.-Colotte.lo'Counell's
division, which I caused to-halt at a convenient
place on the hitherside of the river, 'proceeding
myself to the King's granary, between Gotta-
rooha and the town, «•here I passed the night,,
and oil the following day entered Kandy with my
persthial suit, and fixed my head-quartets in the
Palace.
19 the mean time,l had learnt by reports from
"Major Hook, that he had been induced twadvance,
in prosecution of a plan formed witit• Captt►in .1)e
llusscl►e; %vim, with- his detachment,-had ascend-
(.tl the Jahoewre Gravet,'and was in communi-
cation :with the first division, at-a short distance
to the; left. . _

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InfOrmatiOn tvliiich those Officers had received,
rendered it prithable that the King was about
Tofiv, and that the only remaining hope of seettr-
ing was by a, rapid and secret movement' of
'those two corps.
was apprised by Major telly. that he hail,
after a feint resistance- by the, enemy, 1-messed
himself of the batteries commanding the Idalgas-
inha Pass, and ascended the mountains. A sub.
serpent:letter of the 13th, announced the tut ther
progress Of this division as far as Maturate, and
by one, dated in the afternoon of the sarae day,
at Maugala Dubbada Ganeure, one :lay's; march
Haugeraukette, received by ate on the 14th, soon,
after reaching the Foliate, .1
was informed of Ma-
jor Kelly having seized (together with a great
deal of treasure) a inimber of women and child:.
ren,whom he considered to be of the King's fa-
mily ; but this idea was afterwards found to be
erroneous, though several of the women proved
to be related and allied to p'ersouS of the King's
retinue. Tl,e treasure is ;clotted to consist of
silver coins of different descriptions, household
implement s, and ornaments of silver, to
_the
ii-right of abOut JOGollts.
No rep-ort has been received of Major Mackay's
approach, wit it the sth division, front Trinco-
malee, but I calculated with confidence that he
mast be within two or three day's march.
had learnt '.by reports front Major-General
Jackson, that notwithstanding the most zealous
and anxious exertions on his part, the movement
of the fith division had been retarded much be-
yond the appointed time, ‘by onavoidable and in-
surmountable difficulties in the means of carriage,
and conceiving that the strength and disposition
of the troops already in the lel6l Would prove sof-
ficient to accomplish the objects' of the campaign,
I addressed Gen: Jackson on the 15th inst. coon-
termanding the march of the 6th division, and
the return of any portion of it that alight be on
the march.
It resulted front this situation of the, trobps,
that the King, who was:known to be in the Des-
sevany of DOmbera, with a small nttniber of ad-
herents, was so environed, as tatender.his escape
extremely difficult, and if he did succeed in gut-
ting through the pass leading to his last place of
refuge, the mountains of Binteni, Captain An 7
detson, of the igtli regiment, commanding the
7th division froth I.lattiealoa, ivould arrive at that
point, with every prnbabiti.ty of intercepting hint.
I now made it claim on the Adikar of , Eheyla-
pola; for the perforftiance of'his promise to raise
the people of these provinces, so as to prevent•the
King's escape, and to ascertain the precise place
of Isis retreat, to which a detachment might be
'enti to malie.him prisoner.
This task the Adikar undertook with al•actity
and confidence, offering to proceed to DOnibera
person ; dispositions were made for the pro-
posed purpose, by preparing a detachment to ac-
Company the Adikar, and dispatching another to:
torn) a, chain of military communication with Ma-
jor Kelly's torte at Haugcraultettc.‘
Every thing being thus prepared, the Aclikar
set out tor Doatbcra on the I6th, preceded by the
detachment under the command of 'Lieutenant
Mylius, of the Ist Ceylon regiment, and:accom-
panied by lir. D'Oyley, who, on his arrival at
lia'kkeytugala, in .the forenoon of die same day,
found the detachment already there, and learnt
that they bad fallen in with a patty of the King's
people, and, after a sitar!) resistance, but without
loss 0!1 0" side, hail killed three, and wounded
one,. and captured anusnber of persons, two of
whoth were near relations of the King, and men
of leading consequence, and, almost till were re-
bated or allied to him.
'ibis account, dated the 16th, reached ate on

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the . and the :same-thy ihe prisoners were
sent in ivhen cotiferred with, they clamed with
earnestness.their connection with the East India
Corapany'sJ3byernment.7';ie principal rnan,
by
name Nintal,Sa‘Vney, made A merit of having re 7
ceiVed preSents and marks of distinction from rise
Gentlemen in itifthority under the Presidency of
Madras.. Being- asked is to the hing's hiding
Plate, and the force he had along with him, he
said it was several days since he had seen him ; he
was then in Dombera ; he could not say if he
continued in the same place, but if not, be could
only, go to liintenine; that his Court was in a
great mea,tne dissolved, and that there were no
principal Sirdars or Chiefs remaining %tit') him.
Thbse communications were by no means made in
the tone of 'a willing informer, but appear to
have been trite. The dispersion of the COin:t we
had every reason Co believe, as on that and on the
following day, several Navakars (as they are
called) or relations of .the King, surrendered

th.rmselres. . .
In !-,0 !'qtr also ns reg`ircledo-the is:ing's phiee of
retreat, the account of the prisoner -a4reed with
the daily reports received from Mr. D'Oyley, %.%-ho
represeoted liiiii to be kill in'Dombera, but did
not venture to metfli himself or me that. be,comld

succeed in at o►►ce cutting him of fron► escaping
to the mountains. His letter of the 18th stated,
that the King had fled fro►:► his last known place
(It 'halting., and that the inhabitants of two villages
had appeared, and promised to co-operate in search-
inkg for him. The latest report thatiNir. tYOylcy
could then comm►tnicate was, that the King was
co►rcealed in a forest about a league ilnd a half

troni Fildinva, and he had sent a detachment to

endeavour to intercept hitit.
• On the 19th in the morning., I bad the satiFsfae.
tion to know, by a letter front Mr. D'Oyley of
the saute date, that the King %vas in onr.hands 1

he had keen surrounded the preceding evening in
theprechicts of Medda Mahn. Nuwern (the place
from whence lie Was rniorted to have fled) by the
people of Dombera, in conjunction with some
armed Kandians, sent by Elicylapola.Adikar, and
*taken prisoner, with [woof his wives,- in the house
of an Aratidiy or subordinate. Headmaifj, at a
place called Gallehewatte, abort a mile beyond
Medda Malta Nowera. His two remaining wives
and his mother were known to be at Fonwcylle.,
a short distance off, and being sent for,'with con-
veyances and an escort, were brought to Minya.
lu since learnt, that the few Malabar at-
tendants remaining with the King, made some re-
sistance, and wonnded one of the assailants, on
which the party retired a.few paces, and fired up,-
oti the house, that the King then. came oat and
delivered himself-tip. it further appears, that his
prisoners bOund 11:.:n and reviled him, and, I fear,
plundered him of smite articles of value.
A 3 no regular troops or any British Officer was
present, it was imposSible to give full relief; such
of the clothes as .cnild be recovered were re-
turned. The Adikar claims; and .with seeming
justice, cowsideiing the sentiments he must en-
teroin towards the King, some merit in having,
by strict orders, saved his life; and -great-proba-
bility arises, from
,what did pass, that nothing
less their high authority could have induced them
spare'him. In another view, this is one of the
many facts which concur to show, that the feel-
ings of the people towards hitn (exemplified in
this his favourite province) to he, When divested.
of-the terrors of tyrannical power, no other than
those of hatred and contempt.
Besides the property taken by Major Kelly,
further captures to a considerable antow-it have
been made, and information has been'yeftived of
many places where more treasure is hid.
In a military point of view, the resistance, and
consequently the danger, has' been comparatively
trifling, but it would he the highest injustice. to
estimate, by the iiiade-o4nate opportnnities which
have presented Themselves, what might have been
achieved, if the occasion had calIN.l fOrth the ftill
exertions of the troops. Of fatigue and hardship
of weather, .they have had considerable trials,
the roads being -indescribably ragged, With fre-
yient interrnptions, both of. moinitaiiii and. Mo=
rass,' and every difficulty, that marching can
pos4ibly adthit. These, liowever, with the dis-
piriting addition of •freqnerit rain, only served
display their ardour, which no obstacle,
no discoinagements could subdue. But that for
which. Vhold myself principally indebted to the
army whiCh I have hall the•honourand good for-
tune to command in this undertaking is, their or-
derly-behaviour, and abstaining from all acts of
plunder, violence, and irregularity. They have
iu conseqnence been every where received ,by the
chiefs and inhabitants •with unfeigned welcome,
assisted with supplies and means of carriage, and
their camp frequented by all classes 'of the na-
tives, with- entraordinary freedom and familiarity.
Vont. Lordship wili reailily perceive the Happy ten-.
dewy of this kind of befit:via:tr., in encouraging and
propagating Thal cOnfidenee, 'on the part of the in-
habitants of these provinces, in the jastice and. mo-•
derat ion Of his Niajesty's Government., toul the pro:-
tecticin nfliiartus,whicir served to,inviteand attach
them to the cause in which they were engaged, altd
led, under Providence, to a conquest, the attempting
of which has in former instances proved so fatal,
its to leave terrific lessons' of caution and forbear-
ance to Mitre invaders ; an enterprize which,
have no hesitation in saying, could not, with any
common prudence, have been entered upon,
cepc with The most credible -ttssurances of the con—
curring vvishes of the Chiefs and people, nor
could ever have been brought to it successful issue
without their acquiescence and aid. •
The 111'111y tuts enjoyed in a very surprising de-
Vee the blessings of health. Our returns of sick
are much below the somber winich might he .exh
reefed in the same force, stationed in any of the
garrisons Of the colony.
I :AM 110 W occupied in returning to their former
stations such parts of the troops its will not be re-
quired to remain for the maintenance of the Bri.
tish Government in the interibr.
I am not let prepared to present to Your Lord-
ship any connected view of the complicated and
'important considerations, of a political 8/1:(1.60
nature, witiell arise out of this great change':
these I shall therefore reserve for a separate Dis-
patch, and conclude the. present with soliciting
your 1,61.4161110 do 'me the honour of presenting
to his ROyal Hi-linesslthe -Prince Regent -tliitx-
rression of my humble congratulations in being

, .
2 CO'
• , ,
enabled. by, the speedy and happy issue °,',.-„ 00
reign, ending' with the imparalleleirguo" '-grorial
orif not loerrig a sitigle.life, to tender for. Ills oil
ighness's acceptance. the dirties Of liellsv4s
ir.rdirstriotis hardy race of people, and t ri'fir
sum of a territory linimtifidly endolved.,,',:of 1
total gifts, and requiring only the bless",';orit*
just. 99yernment, and an equitable adulill.'s;; tile'
of justice,- and the indulgent care till(' cti
trance of a humane and gracious Prince. tqlre6
1 consider tilt circumstances which loveo ire
place to be of so Much national interest ' 11 0
portance, as .to warrant my entrusting °lie 'on
the care of .a confidential Stafi Officcr.„ ,j'Yial't4
Major 11noWnnigg, Deputy Adjutant-t,e-erf (le
this ati:)y, will therefirre have the 110"°6f:erfect,
livening this dispatch, and as lie has 4 : sbor"
knowledge of all the occurrences of °Li' f.„,03'
campaign, -he iS enabled'to afford • such 1 '-011j6
tion as your Lordship may be pleased t' cc:
.14
-Of him. • or sul"'
lie r
Will he chted with tlre‘ banner coectd
'
and Of Kandy, to he kid, with my urost recT'
ss di
ful duty, at tbe feet-of his Royal Ilig"
P;ince Regent . .

x 6.5
17.'ZSOLVENT DEBTORS' COUNT, —ti-
rite release Of 111 r. Ili.irton,
I.3encit
5.i0, .
'
prison, ,wl-14 opposed by a cre
ri.,,„ the
0„„c,
.0
ditor
~,,,,
count of the prisonet'-'s having made over,t I,llool'
of his house in' Welbeck-stret to his I nirAct
after lie had becorne a prisoner: such c" lb?,
being to the injury of his getterßl creitit(4,s',4ll.ol
prisoner, in lif defence, Proved that the '''' • •eltf
i 0" ii
had put in a distress for a debt arising °l' i h'e' 51A
and was paid its amount by the p rod oce (1.;11,01
arising therefroni. 'file le.ise, he- 41'3(7 di,' I'4
was of no value ; hecause fie 11.. id rePelt,,e6ol. hi'lf;
to sell it wilhout success, although °II" rl5 '-''
, ,wa., ,
.../
licen asked for it. 'rite hoilse was 3Ete..-1 naitl:
for.a.smt:dler rent than he (the pOS('"r,'‘.l73s 311.
The..,l:t4e nrit thinkin, that , h.'s, fro(' rigtie.:;
re
'flexed to this 'transaction, discharged thie,jiitio."..
R... Chapman was Opposed for, witb ,' lis crelt ,
the scheduleOf his effects deliveied t°, ; 1,1,51111',,
tors, two houses which were stay t°,l!rocia:•',l'°i,e
perry, NOs. 2f-1 and 21 , Peacock-lauet‘d',4l.o4l,
Butts. The prisonet wit sworn, Ittl(% -i; l'Clier
had no.inte.ret whatever in the hotis,e-:tie 0 ill 11
is
ington, they were his wife's who hau 1. 'OO ti
r. lio
own right froth an aunt, named SPei;etetigt lie sift'
cross-examination, he acknOwledge" ",sse(l';,,te
read the will, by %,-hich lii3 wife' o!' niori',',
pi.Npery i it was also found that hi,535 0151,.e.
took placejtist at the hoc this will'', in 'sair
The prisoner's discharge -was
.refusea,c
rope; 0
cplence of his concealment of the univeot 'leep
John Tell \vas opposedfor a col)ce:e itliii bole.
part of his. effectg. . A bill of eseltattliot of 1,01
given by the prisoner to a spirit "'ee Yill° oti'
name of Molt, ill piyinent for wait
duel'
passed it to another party, at wi'''tsti:iutuligl
sutler was in custody.- Through,, it, 4ri'v ill'
of the opposing party heilig INV. o°.,ssty a,b(),,ec,
first received the bill, and not the Pit iciii 3(100
rested the.' prisoner; and whose surisouer to be
withdrawn, the Judge ordered the it)),,tstilleottle(
discharged from this oppOsitior'.' toils °1
held over for a hea.r; the o'')- I" , err
.ng, on ,V3-' to
-tireditors. '
' hfield, ,0,0
John Hurst, n public;rl in "ma, troll' „on'
posed by a Mr. Iltlettso, a spirit.delner.'ees 1'1,',,t1.4i
he had obtained, at ready rooneY 1/1:,141 oro !`ii",,,itic
'fay of spiriis, and had them deliveivto liis
risitig
of at, 'execution having been Put.rbnot '4lCl),tbalr'
from the Golden-lane BrtoverY, "'I% 1 al'Y "I"
Mr. Mats of his being inVolred '1 igf
bat be ' he
rassments. ' Jieti ' not (
Mr. Harst,..on...being s•ntorn, w-.-,.e ho 0.
at all apprised of this.execution ; 1;0 be itio% of
least idea of it,' believing hilnscif nroPlictolaluf
credit with the brevrery, to the Pr ii
,i, tbt
which he had hilt a few days hefi'etl,e, 13'erolio.
INoney ; neither was be at his IT As t 1.11,, o'ls
spirits of Mr. Metts were delivere:sl espeCtil t,,,13e13
not exist ,any proof of debtsMr.-1-111r5t tated,
to (IV
seiXttre of hi property for the be ‘v
3ietts,
be made his bargain with Mr• tis VI:
for .1- l--
charged fron) cut.toilV• ' ~,,,osCili ellAti i.
Mr. Gongh's discharge scan °l"ratia 01'11, ovoi.i,
till" gone ',by different lonics
fact vos
,_t
err pi,
thronghout the kingdom : thc denial °1,4, aoo°1;
1ed,..,,ed, hot accompattied
dolent intention ; the objeetiuu„,.e long D '
WWI `.l. VJ.i' VI:. 13elle
and Old. prisoner remanded to tu
tf'.'s4'
Prison. L-------"-'-----, (~,,- to," ;soot
--_--
uto .--1 nd. iv
. that ...troo
The Jur/ • SAL ate V 0..- yawed 4- iberetr
on the hotly of a youn,; n'an
~ ii to nit:otruP 00
who was shot limn a' window
.Ic.ar tliat_.`erdiety
lnw's house, ligli. way housesii3O. 1 tite,ir 1.. pt
Satinday mowing, de-termitic
i:lea' friffat,io,l.ll:o
Tuesday evening ; and retlit a the 1 .010 L,f
t ~ T, e ter{ tot
against young Jerruol,'t"3`ost Mrs. -iajog
gun ; and Wilful Murder ag'v,e ~,- for 3 I/
04
mother-in-law. -of the cleeea., u
L., C''-hei/
~, t,- -oe
abetting. • '
convicted
3, sot e
Jahn abetting.
, capitally __ ic 109 ,ife. 41
I Ise ' !for ' oce
Assizes for ravishing Abiga- lie( te
__.,,,sno , Sell
reprieved,
.and is to be ria' ! CeiVeU /
death. oi
.
waF the only prisoner wil°-. - le
Et' ,41-,'"

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buibilllF,‘; it pabli•slted I),' •Cr• A' .",j'', where 11(05c
at the StyN..()Frfcg,2, Stra,11:001 DC. •
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