The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

V ENICL.

The Concordia of Turin has the following -
" Venice is now defended by a force of 20,00 C I 1131:
1,000 pieces of cannon, and seven ships. The el (Fehr'',
of this force exceeds 3,000,000 a month, and thi
revenue of the city dues not exceed 200,000 livr 1:;•
to this time the expense has been met by forcer 1 117,i
but these resources will bo all exhausted by the ~en.:
this month. A deputation has left Venice to to al„
sistance in Italy ; in return for money they pre poseh,
give coupons of th,:, loan of 10,000,000 guaran teed
Lombardy and Venice."

TUSCANY.
Tranquillity prevails in Leghorn and Lucca, which
are still in the hands of the people. The Tilsetlii
patriots have announced their determination Ito Pl.
vent the re-occupation of Massa and Carrara ,by 14"
Duke of MODENA.

INSURRECTION IN cEyLari•
We have received the Overland Colombo 0. bier'''.
of August 18th.
The cause of this insurrection, which is so mewl!!
vaguely given in the Colombo Observer, seems- to h.,;
originated in a petition of the natives for a reidacu°

of various taxes:
" 'We have just learnt (says a letter dated iCornei
galle, 31st July) that Kornegalle was surrouni led and
attacked by 4,000 Kandians. The party mf Rid
resisted bravely—one had fallen and several Wer°
wounded in defending the Cutchery. We hope to
hear to-morrow that the reinforcement had r tacl3ed'e
and that the rebels are dispersed. A party of (ajt
subaltern, two sergeants, and 30 rank and file, hat I kilt
(5 r .m.) marched for Ambepusse. Immediateb
the engagement an express was sent to Kandy fi rem
inforcement, whom we expect this afternoon ; t"
whole country is in a revolution, still the people °P.
pear to be determined for an attack."
On the same day the fallowing proclamations Were
issued :
(From the Government Gazette ExtraordinsuB4 l)
..
" His Excellency the Right‘‘M o
Honourable the 11
8e
ting ihc
nor is pleased to direct that the following letter iiem,„„.,
Commandant at Kandy be published for general In—
mation.

" By his Excellency's command,
"J. EMERSON TENNENT, Colonial Seger 8074
" Colonial Secretary's Office, Colombo, July 31-9 .184".
"Kandy, 10, Pail 30th July, 048.
"My Lord,--I have the honour .t,o acquaint icgifit.lolll
the detachment of the Ceylon Rifles which I sent qtly
hence yesterday to protect Kornegalle, reached feewiff
just as the insurgents had entered, and were leloiro'
fired on by the mob. The detachment returned LlOO -10
and killed eight or nine, and took several prison er'l' ttbet
wounded are reported to be numerous. It 1473a1,.1, the
much mischief had been committed in deatoush",l,b„ri.
interior of some of the public buildings. The eiru (,)".
soners confined in the gaol were released by the se°
" Mr. Sims accompanied the detachment, and ret gdereu
much service. Lieutenant Annesley, who commOna"
reports the conduct of the men in the highest term 5.
" I have the honour, Bsc-,
" (Signed) T. A. DROUGHT, Lieut-Col, comma:l:lda;
or
" His Excellency the Viscount Torrington, Golerll
and Commander-in-Chief."
" In the name of her Majesty Victoria, of the Veitea
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen Defender
of the Faith.

" PROCLAMATION.
"By his Excellency the Right Honourable ViticoUll,
Torrington, Knight Grand Cross of the Order 01
Ernestine of Saxony, Governor and Command er-in-
Chief in and over the British Settlements and. Ter'
ritories in the Island of Ceylon, with the depends;ncies
thereof.
TOILRINOTON.
"Whereas information has been received that e, hod!,
of disaffected Kandyans, armed with guns, speartl, sou
other offensive weapons, have entered the town. of Rev;
negalle, and have attacked her Majesty's troops, an"
that they have proclaimed some person unknown t un
to be King of Kandy, calling upon the people to °be/
the orders of the said pretended king. And wheres,g,
it is necessary that the said rebellion should be prostPt,u
suppressed, and that the most energetic meatal
should be resorted to for the protection of her Majesty
loyal subjects, and the restoration of the public Pea?,
Now, therefore by virtue of the powers and autho%
in us vested, wo do hereby proclaim and declare let
district of Kornegalle to be in a disturbed state, and that
from and after the publication therein of this our Pr?.;
clamation, martial law shall be in force within the sal
district until further orders. And we do hereby ohT,
upon all her Majesty's loyal subjects to remain pesea!uifi
in their respective homes, and on no account to ih°4.
themselves to the said rebels; but to aid and assist "-;,i
Majesty's armed force in the suppression of the 5.1,010
rebellion. And we do hereby further proclaim and 1"`
known to all the well-disposed inhabitants of this W mod,
that we shall at all times be anxious to give the wl/en--
consideration to any representations made by theta '"f
us in an orderly and quiet manner, for the redress
any real or supposed grievance, and to make known 4"
her Majesty the wishes and feelings of her loyal aubjec
in respect thereof.
" Given at the queen's House at Colombo, this thirty'first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty"
eight.

" By his Excellency's command,
" J. EMERSON TENNENT,
" Colonial SenzetarY-
,

" God save the Queen 1"
We extract the following letters from the Ceylon
papers :
_ " KANDY, JULY 29.—A reort reached Kandy
day that Matelle had been taken barmed mob, an
y an
soon
all the respectable
inhabitants bad fled. This was re
confirmed by the arrival of Waring, who said theY we"
sacking the town when'he left. About ten o'clock
.1.05
night 100 of the 15th Regiment and 100 of the Rifles
marched out, and were to reach Motelle this morning
daybreak, under the command of Lillie. A report
brought in this morning that the rebels bad made nirc.°l
and got between the troops and Kandy, and were COml.ng
in sharp; all Kandy was of course in the greatestpossin.i:
excitement. All who had horses were ordered off 1,
yester;
different directions to gain intelligence, and another plug
of about thirty have been armed and marched up to t
Cutchery. Report has it that they have burnt down
Leech's Store at Ballecadua, and that Waring s u,st
and the Matelle Rest House have been gutted, also Oa':
they have visited most of the estates in that neighbour-

hoed.
" The Superintendent from Hunnasgiria (Duncan) has
been in this morning. He says a large party went there
last night, and after remaining some hours to cook, de-
parted without doing 2ny damage or offering violence to

any one.
" FIVE P. IL—Advice from Lillie is just received, dated
Matelle, noon. They have dispersed the rebels, and
taken forty prisoners, besides a great quantity of arms.
Matelle appears to have been sacked. 'Report says that
some Woman named Baker has been carried off by the

Kandians.
S AL.-4 have just learnt that an
" FOUR,
enfrom the seat of war. The Ida telle
the latest intelligeneto
have fled in all directions. The
goes off hour, so I scribble you a line with
express
insurgents apper
15th are returning, leaving the Rifles in possession of
.
the place. They said the latter made sad havoc amongst
the people, and went at them like tigers. Their new
King had a narrow escape. He had made the old War"
n•ape le Store his head quarters, and just got out of it as
our troops entered. Ile has fled in the direction 0'
Upper Dombera.
Matters in Koznegalle were quiet last night, and the
detachment of rifles would get out there early this more'
ing. Papers are being distributed to-day, proclaiming
the Kandian Province under martial law.
" Another account states that the people about Kerne'
galle have all risen and have taken possession of the
town. About thirty Rifles under Lieutenant Henderson
were sent down yesterday to try what they could do.
All the planters were to be sworn in as special con'
stables. It is said a Lumber of them, together with some
European soldiers, are to be ordered to Korneylle.
Just heard that some shots wore fired in the Dombere
Valley. All on the Ifewahette side quiet as yet. ,
" Numbers of armed natives are said to have collects
"
about five miles from Kaigalle.
" We understand that a meeting of the low country
Cinealese was to have taken place in the neighbourhood
of Wcllicato gaol this morning, for the purpose or under
the pretence of presenting another petition to the Queer',
The threatened demonstration, however, was not made.
--Examiner Extra, July 31.

The royal squadron, under the command of Capt:
Lord Adolphus Fitzelarenee, G.C.H., will leave Aber-
deen on the 25th inst. (yesterday), on the return of her
Majesty from Scotland, and the royal yacht is expected
to arrive at Cowes, where the squadron will proceed di-
rect on Thursday, the 28th inst.
DEATH FROM A FALL.—On Sunday evening,
about eight ,o'clock, while a girl about seventeen years
of age, named Margaret Sutherland, a servant at Causs-
wayside, was with some companions crossing Arthur
Seat upon the northern slope, she incautiously ventured
in the dark too near a precipice, and takipg a false step,
fell over the rocks, 40 or 40 Peer, by which she was so
severely injured that she died subsequently in the Royal
Infirmary.--Edinburgh Post. -