The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-09 00:00:00

Froni 'tie LONDON GAZETTE; April 7, i 864..

Doeivn;ng-Sirtet., April 3, i Bo¢.

A Dispatch, of ihiCh the following is act y; wx9
thii day received by the Right Hon:. Lord Hobart;
one of Hii Majesty's Principf Secretaries of Site',l
from the. lion: Frederick North, Governor of Hii
Majesty's Posiessioni-iil the Island of Ceylon :"•—•

Lord Hobart, &c. &c. &c. else of His Majeity's
Priacipai Secretpriei of State, London.

MY LORD,
It has pleased God to bless -.the exertions of our
small Force with the Most eXtriordinary success.
Not more. than eight dayS ago, the King of Candy;
at the head of the. most nuriierous foree which he
could colleft in his doMinions; burat into these Set-
tlements at'Sitawaca; and attacked the petty For,:
tress, of Hangwelle, at , the distance of eighteen
English miles from this City, which was defended
by a small Garriion of fifty Eurnt'cans, one hCin.l.
dred and sixty Sepoys, and seventeen Gun Lascars,
on the-3d, 4th, and .6th of this nfonth,
Of these aetions, the last was by far the most
bloody and decisive. After a combat of an hour
and a half, the Candians were defeated with great
slaughter, their guns taken, together with Ate.,
Royal Standard, and niore than one hundred and
twentyßengal and MadrasLascarS,who had been Made
prisonera at Candy, and compelled to work at the
Candian.guns, were brought back again to our ser-
vice. The King fled at the beginning of
,the ac.
tion, and was followed by Leuke, Dessaire of the
Four Corks, and by the iVlaha Mohottiar, or Chief '
Secretary of State, both of -Whose heads he.ordered
immediately to be struck off.
A reinforcement was sent up on the night aftei
the battle," consisting of fifty Europeans, and eighty
Sepoy.s,' under Captain Hankey, to join Captain.
Pollock, who had commanded coo that.day, the ill
health of Lieutenant Mercer, who hurl-hitherto de.
fended the place with great vigour and judgment;
having rendered it necessary to relieve him" from
that
,fatiguing command. Captain Pollock marched -
forwartktowardi the Candian frontier, on the morn:
jog 'of the 9th, and, afler overcoming all orpOsi...
tion, arrived, on the minning of the. i 3,1 t, at Ito.
vanelly, on the Calmly Garga, in the Candian ter.,
ritory, where the King had formed his principal,
Magazine. Captain
,Buchan (who had proeeded
with a detachment froM Negumho, through Elle
Hina and"the Hapittigam C4.noes) arrived there, at
the same.time, ,tin the other side of the ; the-
Enemy fled; the stores fell into our hands, and
have been brought away, and the Town, with the
King's new Palace there, entirely burnt.
The details of these important occurrences are
given at full le.ngth in the enclosed Gaiettes. The
Distriels of Galla and Matura, of Chilow and Put_
lam, are also deliveted 'from the Fa:emy, and re.
stored to perfel obedience and traoqui:lity, and.
the increase of our force, by the 'recovery of- the
Malays, will enable. me to send a small hotly of •
Troops to Manaar, to protect the Northern Diia-
t rifts, of the situation of which we have had no in:
formation for these last thee weeks, as the passage
of the Mail has been intercepted.
Tw:o hundred of the 31. th Regiment have been
sent to Trincomak by the Madras Government, and
will soon be re'ieved by two hundred acrd fluty of
the toth ; and Lord Wellesley has destined the Bat.
talion of Bengal Volunteers for this Island.
I have the honour to bt., &c,
FRED. NORTH.
P.-S. Since I concluded my letter, I have, re-
ceived intelligenee from Ensign Pendergast; com-
manding at Hambangtotte, that he had been block-
aded in that new 'Colony from the z3d ult. to the
9th, of this month, .bur had beat off the, Enemy,
and that His Majesty's Ship Wilhehnina had touched
there with the Royal Artillery from Trincotnale,
destined for this side of "_the bland, .and left eight
men there. - F. N..

A Return of the Ordnance Stores taken at Rovianeller.
3 Light Six-pounders, mounted on Travelling-carriages.
.Light Three-pOunder, mounted on ditto.
2 Four and Three-quarter-inch
.Mortars, with Reds.
76 Six-pounder Flannel-cartridges, with Routid-shot, fixed
to Wood,bottoms.
co Three-pound Flannel-cartridges, with Case-shot, fined
to Wood-bottoms.
50 Four-inch Five.eightbs Mortar.shells..
150 Iron Round-shot, taint One-and-halt to two Pounds.
3 Six-pounder Sponges.
3 Six-pounder Ladles.
/ 3 Sixpounder Wadhooks.'
z Three-pounder Sponges-.
3 Three-pounder Ladles.
3 Three-pounder Wadhooks.
. .
57 Six-pounder Tubes.
68 Portfires.
70 Hand-Grenades.
(Signed) . 0R S EY,
Lent. Royal Reg. Artillery,
and commanding A rtil.
Some Camp.etjuipage, and an Elephant were also
taken, .•,

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IVar,Office, 44pril 7; 18(4.

RANK OF COMMANDANTS,
TO r AK.%,FLAGS WREN TRE UNDERNI.Z,VTIONED VOLUN.
CORPS ARE FORMED INTO RAAA:.IONS, AND As.
37.-"MI3I.ED' AT THCIR. RESPECTIVE ALARM POSTS:

LieutenantXolnnel Prescot—The.Claphaut Legion; Wands-.
worih Gentlemen And Yeomanry Cavalry ; BatferSea Vo
lunteer Infantry ; Battersea, Benwell, and, Wey.mouth
Volunteer Infantry;
.CarnberW•ell Volunteer Infantry;
Streatham Volunteer Infantry; and Tooting Volunteer
Lniantry.
Major !erning, with the Rank of Lieutenant-Colonel—Rich-
mond Gentleinen and Yeomanry Cavalry ; IVinibledort
Gentlemetit and Yeomanry Cavalry ; Ham and Petersham
Volunteer Infantry ; Kew Volunteer Infantry ; Rioturfond
Volunteer Infantry; Royal It oeliampton Putney, and
Mortlake Volunteer Infantry ; ‘Vandswortit Volunteet-1 n-
fano). ; and Wimbledon. Volunteer. Infantry.
Captain Ogle, with the Rank of Lieutenant-Colonel—Egham
arid Godley. Gentlemen and Yeomanry. Cavalry ; Chgtsey
and Thorpe Volunteer Infantry ; Egham Volunteer Infan-
try ; • South Elmbridge Volunteer Infantry ; Kingston Vo-
lunreer Infantry ; Walton-upon-• 1 harms Volunteer haat-
tty, ; and Wej bridge Volunteer Infantry.
Major RobittsOn,: wuh the Rank of Lientenapt-Calenel—