The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-22 00:00:00

711 E tri AR' IN CEYLO?

FROM THI CEYLON GOVERNMENT CAZZTTrp
JULY 13, 1803.
THE public mind has been in great anxiety ever,
since it was known that. the Candians, on the.l.3a
ult. had, without any notice, broken the truce Which
had hitherto been religionsly observed on both sides,
and surprized the outposts of Giriegarnme and Gal'
legiddere.
We have since received the dreadful intelligenee
of the massacre of the British Troops which form.
ed the Garrison of Candy, upon the 26th ult. after
they had evacuated that Fort, under a solemn Capitt''
lation that they should proceed with arms and alo'
munition, and without molestation, to Trincomalee
and also, that the sick should be taken care of, and
carried down to Colombo after their recovery.
The details. of this horrible event have been re'
laced by several natives, eyewitnesses of it, as alre
by a Corporal of the 19th, who was left for dead '-
the massacre, but who found means to escape in•tl,lB
night-time to Fort Macdowall, where he gave we
intelligence to Capt. MADGE, of the r9fh Regitnenr;
commanding the Post, who having sustained a. lieg •
for three days, resolved very judiciously to brio;
off his Garrison to Trincomalee, which he has et
feCted, notwithstanding the constant fire of the Csf'"
dians on his.sinall force, until he fell in with a str°l
detachment of Malays, commanded by Lieutena''
HosicissoN, escorting dooleys to Candy, when flee
Candians fled.
•
This, and many other proofs of the inability of
the Candiahs to oppose the progress of any colleted
European or Malay torce, however inconsiderall',
render it difficult to account for the embarrass
o
ments which could induce the Garrison of CandY,ch
submit to any infradion of the Capitulation winto
they had made, and to ileliver up their arms fs,'
the orders .of the Adigaar, which, it appea'ro
they did ; and that, on their return unarmed the
Candy, the British SoldierS were separated fr°lll;,fr
Malays, and all inhumanly butchered, with the "04
ception of Major DAVIT, Captain HusastaisE'fs'ibe
the Bengal Artillery, and Captain RUMLEX;°I
Mal at
The following is a list of Officers who "ve
re
Candy when the last return was received
Bengal Artillery—Capt. HUMPHREYS. g.
His Majesty's 19th Regiment—Lieut. 131. r ot,
•isEY, Lieut. RYNZ, Lieut. PLENDERLEATHP
tej
MACLAINE, Ensign SMITH, (}carter-fila'
BROWNE, Assistant-Surgeon HopE.
SISt FOOE--LiCUt. ORMSRY.
Malay Regiment—Major Mays E, Capt.
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LEY, Lieut. MERCER, Ensigns BARRY, GAtYr.'
FANTHCNIE, Garrison Surgeon HOLLOWAY. joy
Of these, it appears from the reports, .that
tenants BLAKENEY and PLFNDERLEATH werecluars
ed on the z3d, and that EnsignGAUPIL amid
ter-master BROWNE had died previous to rl'e rDa
sacre. with
Captain BLACKH AL L, of the etst Regin'en march
co Europeans and so Sconys, was ordered t'Ll vat l'
from Colombo to relieve the small garrison I°' by, I
badenia, which had been attacked for ten days
numerous body of Candians. ;dr'
sac v ropfoux.4.4 wi, h 1<"`" .
one man of the 5 ISt, whose ardour to attack,rneliC
Candians on the opposite side of the I(3i)eahe
River, made him attempt to swim across, "",1
was carried away by the stream, and dtownen!
An attempt was made to surprize the, tiec°,nclir'oace,
gaar, by sending a party in the night to Ineajca 0'
where he was-stationed ; but upon the A1)11:ti°to the
it, he escaped with all his people, and fleu )-a for
Jungle. The huts amid bungalos • cons trueto ems,
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their accommodation, were burned by our So o.
a Gas
The following Orders by His Excellencyvolo
vernor are published by his desire to the fr
serving in Ceylon
tta
G. 0. BY THE GOVERNOR. or;
Oppressed as the Governor is by grief and intlivatj6.l;q‘na
atrocious aCt of perfidy and cruelty lately cominitteoTc,l
dy, lie has sincere satisfaction at Apticing the 40'41
successful conduct of the Garrisons of Fort Maeda'',
Dambadenia. to giro
• He requests Capt. F. nw .114 AnoE, of His MajestY'st9ol the
girnent to accept his thanks for his gallant dereoL,ehich
torrner Fortress, and tor the judicious manner in ‘N"
A"
b tie Arought
desires to exIS off his Gatri so
press to Ca n.
a ...co. P
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O p
i of His
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iEnsign perfect api'r"ereU pd
the vigour and activity with which he coaduc3~'t{ tt`t~l`lt;cb
1. E, his high sense of ;the st,irrt'vtraota.
they de:end:At this Post under eircuinstanceS of Cl''
distress.
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ZOOr'iero
The LORD MitYoit yesterday held 1,, Al('-o
Common Council at ; present "C-600'4
men, Mr. Recorder, the Sheriffs, Mr. ter et
Serjeant, other City Officers, and tile gKed
ece
of the Commons. t
After the Proceedings of the last CO°rtn
ed•
read (by the Clerk of the Court) and coefi o 111 j
y
The Commission of Sewers was reld'd o'iVe
Principal Clerk to Mr. Town Clerk), an
to be sealed with the City's Seal. nle o
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rpri
A Petition prepared by the City's parkas.
Officer to the Honourable House of Comnl('' taiatls
ing leave to bring in a Bill to atnend Os. eia V.:11f; •
the powers of an Ad passed last Sessions fer
!lament, for establishing a' tree Marker „, re'
sale of Coals, within the City of London, w:criV`g
eb
agreed to, and ordered to he fairly tr 5,1 to he
signed by the Town Clerk and present,e. j by
House of Commons by the Sheriff's, attenoc
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City Reinembrancer, forthwith. tni
Aide The Court, on the Motion of Mr. t rise
SKINNER, unanimously agreed to permit
e
bakes
Guildhall for the draw :Lig of the intend`he
5' •
peare Gallery Lottery, RE> 0
The Court appointed Mr. WM. JoHN jois• • 0
,Governor of Bride Well and Betlitein H 'sP
03„tio°ces
Mr. SAMUEL DIXON gave notice ot;ithie C0i0;
Thanks to Admiral Cortawaws, and 0
under his cotnmand, for their servioeS ) pert 0
their station off Brest Harbour fur so long a of
The Court resoived, after some
person not having ken admitted to
ee,o 1)) ose
te
his City two years, except entitled thet'o
ony
vitude or patrimony, shall be eieeted at 40
the "`
or appointment of emolurnent in .soon
Court, or of any Committee or Cul/11!"
Cc, to
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by them. sder
The price of bread was yesterday titioteur
continued at 8-id. the quartern loaf Wi
7d, household.