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NAVAL NEWS.

iPLYMoUTII, APRIL 4;--Artived the Allror7,
and IViobe Frigates, fiom a Cruize ; and Betsey,
Captain HERNAMAN, with provisions, from Lime-
rick.

Sailed the Hind Revenue Cutter, Captain MUR.
R AY, for Portsmouth, having under Convoy the
Buire Transport, lately arrived from the Mediter-
ranean.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL_ S.—Arrived His Majes-
ty's Ships Pluto, Captain FORBES, from a Cruize,
and I,flexible, Captain BAYL EY, from Yarmouth
Roads, and is going to take in Troops for Foreign
Service.
The Eurydice Frigate has a Signal for the Coast
of Africa.
Sailed the Britannia, Ormond, for Varel M`ro-
tosh, for London ; Deadeler
del
for Llsineur ;
Fortuna Sloop, Redalle, for Stobaholm! mull
DEAL, APRIL 5.--His Majesty's Ships Floy,
Curlew, Locust, and Zephyr, came in from a Cruize
off Boulogne,

Tuesday evening last, while the above Ships were
utilizing off Calais, in company with the Chifonqer
they discovered about as.of the Enem
convoy of a Bri y's boats, under
g, proceeding to Boulogne, on which
they gave chace t on Coming near, our Vessels
gage, but the E‘erny vein
Close to the shore g so very
, they could not do them much
damage. A shot from the Fury carried away one
of their masts
what damage was done to their
bulls could not be perceived i but an unlucky shot
from the Brig killed one man on board the Autumn,
and wounded two others; the Chifonne had one
man killed and two wounded,
to the Downs—the Wnarch, Utrecht, Illustrious, Ve-
teran, Bracket, Lark, Champion, famaica, Curlew, 'Orestes,
Prosperous, Zephyr, Vesuvius, Meteor, Fury, jackall,
cult, and Mentor Store.silip.
YARMOUTH, APR IL s.—Arrived yesterday, the
Lark Packet, Captain DELL, with Mails and Pas-
sengers from Husum. She left Husum last, at which time the Auckland on Tuesday
/and Packet, Captain
Bitmag, was there.

....---............
The Lords of the Admiralty, in order ro
proteE!
the trade between Wales and the Wegtern.parts of
England, have ordered the Nereid, of 38 guns, 'to
cruize in and about Mpunt,s B.iy ; and. the P/over,
of t 8 guns, "kr. the Land's End, to intercept the Ni_pondeile, French Privateer. The Nimrod,
'eueull, of tB, and Vipe:'eutter nf 12, are to cruise
Hazard,and
rom IVlount's Bay. to the vand's End. The Resolu-
Ili" Revenue Cutter has received instruaions to
crutze under the orders of the Hazard; and the
aite, Dolphin, and Range?, ar-e ppointed n-
voys to the tra'de from PlyMouth,a Falmouth, and
Penzance, to Swanse4
••a'nd Milford. Orders have
likewis
o f somee been given to Admiral Lord GARDNER to
station his
nel Cruiz towards the entrance
of the British .Chan m

_„.,.
fortunatel
If the War i .............n
which we are engaged should un.
y last lone, we shall all have reason to
deplore what Mr. ApotNotoN falsely call, Eco-
710my. Our Navy will be completely ruined :
there are scarcely any new Ships laid down;
and the system of BI ,ckade is known to strain
and wear our Navy beyond any other Service. In
lord Spstvcsit's Admitiistration of the Naval De-
partment, a regular pin was laid, of building Ships
every year, so that a regular succe,siori,of Line-
of-Battle Ships was ensured to supply the place of
those which were condemned as unserviceable were
by ateident lost. That system has been changed, i
and this we are told is economical. 'We believe
it to be the geossest libel that ever was, uttered,
to say that the
yards are jobß. Sme c
oont-raas. for Ships of War in private
o i
the fihips. n tile Na"'
have been built in thesef yardnest S
s
ers of the Navy have always an 'lnpedor
r and the CoMmission...
to see
that the wood which is
-used is of the best.qn.dity.
It is true, that a COnttdd is sometimes made to
build these Ships with great expedition, in which
Case the wood will not be so well sea-oned as the
'Vessels built in the.-King's Yards, which are often
three or four times as long in building, but we will
venture to assert, that, with the same tint,- given,
there is no proof to be drawn from experience, that
the Private Yards do not Produce as fine Ships as
any of the-Public ones. .. We. wish. most heartily,
that both Mr. Ann t NOTON and Lord S.VINCENT.
Would 100 k to real Econcnty. The War into
which
we have been plunged, probably by the wavering
2414 timid Policy of Mr. ADDINGTON, will require
all our resources ; hut an Economy Which is only to
serve his time, to establish his Charaaer 33. an
Eonomst, and to leave empty Arsenals, and a shat.
feted and reduced Navy to his Successors may very
possibly effen the ruin of the Nation ! . `..
The high resped which attends-d the remains of.
Sir Wm. FAWCETT is a proof to what honours mers
may arrive tinder the auspicious influence of our
form of Government. Sir Wit.t.zAsi arose from a
-eery humble rank in Society, and ente-red into the
Army in the lensrprottiising way. Yet by atten-
tion to his duty and general
.proptiety of conduEt,
he raised himself into distinetion and affluence, and
bey e4l branches even of the RO YA I. FAIALLY testi.
fled their regard for his charaCier,
his funeral obsequies. by assisting in.
'
Yesterday morning the Bth Reg. of Loyal Lon-
don Volunteers, commanded by Lieut. COI: cAN"-
.:"'ic.er mustered at their head.quarter: at Drapers'-
rdenl, and marched. to the Rank Field, City Road,
4the inlpeCted by Col. HARNAGE, wherethey went
thtough their different 'manceuvres intiti4 to his_
sal'stattion : their firing,
.with the' exCeptiOn of
tilfte or twice, was equal to any Regulars.
The volunteers of Ayrshire have all Offered to go
°4 Pettnanent due
aS Present y for a month, viz, fourteen days
, and sixteen some time afterwaids.

CEYLON G.-!Zi!TTE, Sf2or. z 063-

GENERAL ORDERS.

BY THE GOVERNOR, SEPT. 7, 1803

" Lteur KEYT E, of the 5 tst Regiment, is appointed to
ad as Auditor of Military Accounts during the absence of
Captain POLLOCK.
"• Mr. W. E. CAMPBELL, Agent of ReVenue and Coin-
melte tor the District cat Chilaw.
" And Mr. IOHN DEANE, fudge of the Provincial Court
of Putilam, to have rank of Ensign till further orders."

GENERAL ORDERS.

UT THE GOVERNOR, SEPT. 13, 1803.

" CAPT. WM. POLLOCK, of
.His Majesty's first Regi-
ment, in Command of a Detachment from the Garrison of
Columbia, having, by a rapid succession of brilliant and im.
portant victories, driven the Grand Army of the Candians,
commanded by the King in person, out of the British Ter-
ritories, taken all their Artillery and their Royal Standard,
recovered from them many of the Malays and Gun- Lascars,
Who were made prisoners by treachery at Candy ; and finally,
seized the Magazines and Stores prepared by them at Rowa.
nelly, within their own limits.
" His Excellency, the Governor, is unable to express in
adequate terms, his lively sense of the great services rendered
to his Government by that distinguished Officer, and the
small, but heroic DetaChment which he commands.

" He requests him, however, to accept his Thanks, and
to communicate them to Capt. JoiiN BUCHAN, Of His Ma-
jesty's Ceylon Native Infantry, Capt. FREDERICK. HAN...
KEY, of His Majesty's 19th Regiment, and all the Officers
who have so nobly seconded his exertions; as well as to Mr.
JOHN OR R, Assistant-Surgeon of the Bengal Artillery, for
the signal service rendered by him in taking charge of the
Lascars whom we recovered from the Enemy.
" His Excellency .further desires Captain Pot.Lo ex to
assure the Non-commissioned Officers and Privates of his
high approbation of their spirited and exemplary conduct." -

The consequences of the glorious defence of Hangwelle,
on the Stir of this month, nave been still more important
than we had reason to expet.
The K INGOf CANDY was there in person, but retreat-
ed with-precipitation as ,sane as the firing began. In his
-flight he was overtaken by Leuxe RAL£HAMMY, Dessave.of
the four Corks, and the NIA HA 11 o uo-rr it or Chief
Secretary of- State, both of whose-heads, in the violence of
his indignation, he ordered to be immediately struck off, and
left their dead bodies unbur.ed, in a Ravine near the Roy-
berg. Nordid his cruelty stop here, fbr a number of carcases
which passed-down the river by Hangwelle, and since to the
great pass near this place, prove that the exeention of his.
own subjeds has been considerable and indiscriminate, —The
slaughter made at them by our Troops s great indeed, as
all the roads near Hangwelle are represented as.bAng strewed
with the slain, and our Coolies were employed in burying
them during the two days-subsequent to the battle.
On the gth, in the morning, Captain Poe Locx march.
ed forwardeaccompanied by. Captain HANK EY, Lieutenants
ME R ces and M`VzAca, of the Infantry, and J. \Volt s e zY,
of the Royal Artillery, with a Detachment of 8o Rank
and File Europeans,.and 70 Rank and File Sepoys, with
two small Cohorns, and a party of Bengal Gun-Lascars ;
and having driven.the Enemy from the strong Post of Kai,
loagille, where they were stationed in considerable twee,
under the command of the new Dessave of the Four Corles
(lately of Oova), passed the Royberg without opposition,
and halted for the night at Aloet- Ambulant, about six Eng-
lish miles from 'Hangwelle.
On the loth, Captain Po ',Loci: proceeded by the very
strong Post of Pana-juttia (which the Enemy had abandoned)
to Avisavella, and, passing the river, entered the Candian
Territory, at Sitawaka. About three miles beyond the last-
mentioned place, he drove the Candians from -a strong- Bat- •
tery, Appoola Pitty, where he passed. that night and the
next day, to give time to Captain Twin Boot! AN, of His Ma-
jesty's-Ceylon Native Infantry, who had passed with a detach-
ment from Negumbo, through the Aloetever, tiapittigam, and
Hina-Corles, to arrive at Alenegodde, on the opposite side of
the Calany Conga.
Captain By cH AN had performed his march with consi-
derable difficulty from the roads (which he overcame with
great judgment and perseverance), but with little opposition
from the Enemy or the Rebels ; near Moogorampitty he had
been attacked, but repulsed the assailants, killed three of
them, and took one prisoner.
While he was on his march a party of thirty-six Malays,.
(of those taken at Candy) came into him from- the Army of
the Second Adigar, who was proceeding from the Seven.
Corles to join the King at Ro%vanelly.
On the morning of the ezth, both detachments marched
forward, and that of Captain POLLOCK, at a place called
Organda, about five miles from Appoola Pitty, tell in with
the remains of the grand Army of the Candians, which had
been defeated at Hangwelle, reinforced by that which the
Second Adigar had brought from the Seven Corks. They
seemed determined to make an obstinate resistance, so much
so, that six and twenty of their men, including two Mohot-
tians, were slain in the Battery i • their whole Army then fled,.
and Captain Posuscx proceeded, with little more opposi-
tion, to Rowanelly, where he was joined by Captain Bu-
CHP+N.
That Village, the fnost commercial and populous in the
Kingdom of Candy, then fell into our hands, together with
Magazines and Stores of Artillery, Ammunition and provi-
sions which the King of Candy had been long preparing for
his late unfortunate Expedition, and a Palace which he had
caused to be erected there in a very elegant and sumptuous
stile, according to the Cingalese taste.
This Palace, together with eleven hundred houses, has
been burnt.

The Troops returned yesterday morning (t3th) to Sits-
waker. i
Our loss in all these affairs has been -exceedingly trifling,
viz.

At Hangwelle, on the 6th, r Private of the 65th wounded.
At Kalovagille, on the 9th, z European Soldiers wounded.
At Organda, on the izth, r Gun-Lascar wounded.
In Capt. Buchan's Detachment. t Lascar wounded.
We have recovered 6z Malays, and lio Gun-Lascars,
Bengal, and Madras.

ARTILLERY TAKEN AT HANGWELLE.
t 6-pounders, t 3-pounder, 120 English Firelocks, the Can-
dian Royal Standard, and a number;of Cingalese Guns.

COPY OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN WILLIAM
roLLoctt COMMANDING, THE DETACHMENT
ON THE XXPRDITION
.TO ROWANELLE, TO
CAPT. R. MOWBRAY, ACTING DEPUTY ADJU-
TANT-GENERAL, DATED AVISAVELLE, AjTH
SEPT. 1803.
" SIR,

" I HAVE the honour to report, for the informa-
tion of Major-General M?kcoo WALL, then I march-
ed yesterday morning with the detachment under
my command, for Rowanelle. I found the Enemy
posted at all the passes on the road, and very strong
batteries ereeted for their defence, from which they
were driven with considerable slaughter ; and I am
happy to say, with only the loss of one Gun-Lascar
Tindal wounded on our side. . On arriving at the.
Rowanelle River, we found the opposite Bank
lined with batteries and several pieces of cannon,
from which-the Enemy kept up a heavy fire Of round
and grape shot, .and a constant fire of musquetry ;
not being sufficiently acquainted with the state of
the River, to attempt fording it immediately, the
Detitchment were here obliged to halt a few mi-
nutes; when a ford was discovered, Capt. FlAtitEy
and Lieut. MERCER, with the Advance instantly
pushed over, and Capt. BUCHAN, with his Detach-
ment, appearing at this moment on the Enemy's
right flank,'they fled in all diretlitans.
" I have the honour to
_inclose a return of Ord.:
nance and Stores captured upon this occasion, all of
which I have brought off.—l haVe much pleasure
in reporting the
,ggod. behaviour of the whole
Detachment, and the obligations I am under to
Captain BUCHAN, for the effectual support he
afforded me, notwithstanding the great diffiAllties
he, had to encounter from, the extreme badness of the
t
road by which, he advanced on the North Bank of
the Calany Gunga. The two Detachments 01)k

theirltlarterl far tne night in the P;Oace, and .
t,is morning finding the Eneniy ho.,.!retrntett into
the interior tit their territory, I dr,icied the Palace
a, d village of Rowanelle to be blitnt; which was
completely done, and I returned here about eleven
o'clock. . ,
" I shall proceed to:lnorrow.to Fiangwelle, and
there await IVlajor General MAbooikrALL's It3ther
()Wets. •

. .
" I have the Honour to be,
" SIR,.
" Your obedient Servant,
W. POLLOCK.
" Captain stst Regiment."

A RETURN OF THE ORDNANCE STORES TAKEN AT

. .
ROWANELLE.
Three light 6-pounders, mounted on travelling carriages—a
light 3-pounder, ditto, ditto—z 41- inch mortars, with
beds-76 6... pounders flannel cartridges, with round shot,
fixed to wood bottoips-2o 3-pounder flannel cartridges,
with case shot.; fixed to wood bottoms—so 4 inch mortar
shells aso iron round shot from q to z-pounders,-3 6-
pounders spunges-3 6-pounder ladles-3 6-pounder wad-
hooks-2 3-pounder spunges-3 3-pounder ladles-3 3-
pounder wadhooks-57 6-pounder tubes-86 pot tfires-7o
hand grenades.

(Signed)! 1. WORSLE Y..
Lieut. Royal Regt. Art. and Commanding Artillery.
Some Camp Equipage and an Elephant were also taken:

" Accounts received from Maj. EvAms.and Capt:
BLACKALL inform us, that the Distritts of Puttang
and Chilaw are restored to perfea tranquillity.
" The Candians have also entirely evacuated .the
Distria of Galle, and the inhabitants of the vit.'
lagea lately occupied by them have returned sd ef.
lethally to their duty, that they have invited the
Renters to come back,,among them, and continue
colleaing their rents.
" The first Adigar has -retreated from the pis-
trift of Matura, which is nearly reduced to obedi.
ence, and the, regular communication is again esta-
blished with Tangalle. Hambangtotte, it is sup-
posed,has not been evacuated.

" No mails have arrived from Manar since the
28th ult. but measures have been taken to open
the communication and re.establish the Tappal sta-
tions."

CEYLON GAZETTE, SLPT.2c, 1803.

" The hopes expressed in our last, of Ham.
bangtotte being still in our possession, have been
retlized. Ensign RIDDLE was ordered to march
there from Tangalle, on the loth, and arrived on
the I Ith, without opposition. The Garrison, con.
sisting of about 6o invalid Malays, under the corn.
mand of Ensign. PR ENDERGAST, had been in a state
of blockade since the 23d ult. upon the land side,
although a vessel moored in the harbour afforded a
secure retreat by sea in case of necessity.
" During the blockade, Ensign PR ENDERGAST
made several sortie's, which were attended with
uniform success, drove the Enemy from their ad.
vanced batteries, and took from them seven Cin.
•
galese guns, without any loss on our side.
" On the 9th instant•he received a reinforcement
of a Corporal and eight men of the Royal Artillery
from His Majesty's frigate Wilhebniwa, bound, for
Galle and Colombo, but which had put into Ham.
bangtotte Road."

FROM. THE
SUPPLEMENT to the MADRAS GdiETTE,OcT ;40503.

GENERAL ORDERS,

BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST NOBLE THE GOVERNOR

GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

Fort William. Sept. 15, 1803.

" The Governor General in Council, under the strongest
Impressions of public gratitude, notifies to the A.rtny his un-
feigned admiration of the distinguished conduct of the ,Forces
employed under the personal command of His Excellency
General LAKE, in the galipt and successful assault of the
strong Fort of Ally Ghur, on the 4th instant.
" The Proposals of Surrender offered by the Commander
in Chief to the Garrison, immediately after the retreat of Mr.
PER non's Forces, afford the most convincing proof that the
humanity of the British character is intimately conne&ed
with that spirit of alacrity and valour which marked the
Commander in Chief's judicious resohltions to meet the obt
stinacy tat the Enemy, by an immediate assault of the place.
" The judgment and energy manifested by the Commander
in .Chief, .in the Plan of the Attack, corresponded with the
intrepidiq, spirit, anti perseverance of his brave Officers and
Soldiers, in executing the orders of their able and gallant Ge-
neral ; and the glorious result of the assault has considerably
augmented the reputation of the British Name, and the ho-
nour of the British Arms in India.

" The Governor• General in Council is pleased to dire&
the Commander in Chief to express the particular and most
distinguished approbation with which His Excellency in
Council has viewed the courage, firmness, and ability, dis-
played by the Honourable; Lieut. Col. MoN sox in le:aiing
the attacks under circumstances of the utmost degree of
difficulty and danger. A strong sense of the interests of the
public service, and a desire to witness a continuance of the
glorious success of the British arms in India, render the Go-
vernor General in Council sincerely anxious that this ex-
cellent Officer (repeatedly distinguished by his conduct in
various exigencies of the service) may speedily be enabled to
resume the command of his gallant Corps, and to augment
his claims upon the gratitude and applause of his Country.
" The c3overnor General in Council also directs the Com-
mander in Chief to signify to Lieut. Colonel BROWNS, of
the ist Battalion 4th Regiment Native Infantry, and to all
the Officers of that Battalion, that Ills Excellency in Council
entertains the highest sense of their meritorious exertions,
and warmly approves their honourable services.
" The Governor General in Council also desires that his
' partichlar approbation may be signified to MajOr WI. zoo,
of the 76th Regiment, to Captain Su trro N, of the
and also to Lieutenant-Colonel HORStORD, Captains Ro-
aLarsow and GREENE.

" Lt Is with the greatest satisfaaion that the Governor
General in Council expresses his applause of the bravery,
discipline, and steadiness of the men of His Majesty's 76th
Regiment, and of the Corps of Artillery, as well as of all
the soldiers who were employed on this brilliant service.
" The loss of Captain Cameron, Lieutenants Fleming,
Browne, Campbell, St. Aubin, and Turtori, is deplored by
the Governor General in Council ; theirCountryi.their Friends,
and their King, will however receive Consolation. fur that loss,
in reflecting upon rite glory. of their achievements, and upon
the public advantage of their illustiioug example.
" The Governor General in Council d reaa the Commander
in Chief to signify to Mt.Luc rzi the approbation with
Which His Excellency in Council has remarked the services
rendered by that Gentleman to the cause of his native 'Coun-
try, in the, spirited exertion of British 'courage' and-public
zeal. It. is highly satistaaory to His Excellency in coun-
cil to observe this meritorious example of a just attention to
the du'y whietrevery British subjea owes to the British
Government in India. The Governor. General in Council
yvillnot fail to reward the services of Mr. LucAx in such
manner 4 shall be recommended by the' ComMander in
Chief. ' . .

" The.G-overnor General in Council re)ies with confidence
on the approved character of this 'Artily, and of the Corn_
wander. in Chief, that their unabated magnanimity, skill,
and perseirerance will ne,attended with a continuance.of suc-
cess, proportionate to the justice of our cause, and to the su-
periority of our arms.
" ilv command of His Excellency the Most Noble the Go-
vernoi GePeral in Council.

" L. HOOK,
" Sec. to Govern. Mill. Depart."

The next Convoy for the Baltic, is appointed to
tail from. Hull about the zoth instant.