Star.
London, England, 1804-04-05 00:00:00

CEYLON, UPTEMBEE 7.

The Gazette of this date contains orders from the
Governor in Chief, dunking Captain B of the
gth regiment, for the recovery of the important
Province of blatant ham the Candians, and for
bringing back the inhabitants to their duty ; and
thanking Lieutenant Berm for his gallant defence
of Hangwelle, which, we underhand, was a poR of
the utmoß importance.
Another moit important part of this day's Gazette
is the following intelligence :
Yeaerday morning at ten o'clock, the poR of
Hangwelle was attacked by the grand army of the
Candians, fuppofed to be commanded by the King
in perQsn.

" The combat lulled for about two hours, and
ended in the complete repulfe of the enemy, with
vary confiderable (laughter.
a We have taken a royal Candian flandard, two
Englifh bpounders, about too Rand of Englifh mut:
kets, various boxes of ammunition, round and grape,
the Creefe and fad of a Malay of high rank, and
many accoutrements.

" But ow moll important acquifition has been the
recovery of our Bengal and Madras Lafears, taken
at Candy, to the number of more than too. Many
of thofe unfortunate men had been flaughtered by our
artillery, at t►e beginning of the anion, having been
forced to ferve the Candean guns. One man only
on our fide (Frafer, of the sill) has been wounded
on this oc-carton by a (pear in the thigh.
" Captain W. PoLLoca, of his Majefty's sift Re-
giment, who commanded in this glorious affair, gives
the highell commendation to the Officers and men
who ferved under him.
.1 As the Candeans have loft the Artillery and the
Laker:, on whom they placed their chief dependance,

and as a reinforcement was fent op to Hangwelle IA

night, under the command of Captain FILIDIRICt
Hawaii*. of his Majeity's 19th Regt. we may hope

for the moll beveficial eonfequences from this event.
Previous to this attack two others had been made
on thc poll of Hangwelle, nn •he 3d and 4rh of this
month, and repelled with great vigour by Lieut.
MIRCIIIt, whi •"en commanded ; the fecund was at-
tended with conftderable bloodfhed on the part of the
enemy.

N Accounts from I\t‘tora continue (till extremely
favourable. The head quarters of the Candians at
Dindpittia, in that difiriet, were forced by Captain
lls•ves, on the 29th ult. and nothing but the pre-

cipitate retreat of the enemy on that, and feveri
other otcations, prevented the greaten Laughter ol
them.

" Tranquillity is again returning fo fall in thai

Province. that Captain Jesus Snore. of his Ma-
jelly's sat regiment, who was detached to pundit

die rebellious inhabitants of Bellingham. found that

populous village rellored to perfea quiet, and was
able to mania the eaccoOoo of bis orders to the de

flruelion of the boats and houfes of the moll culpable
among them, who had been driven from the place,
where he was received with every teflimony of fub•
million and refpee.
The enemy has been completely driven from the
neighbourhood of Chilow, which place they bad
again attacked with great force, by the exertions of
Capt. Roe. BLACIIALL, and Enfign WHITE, of the
ft, who commanded feparate detachments, and
arrived there fuccavely on the 3oth and 3111 ult.
to the relief of the brave, but (mall garrifon of Se•
poys and invalid Malays, which had held out with
furpriling perfeverance under the coedit& of Mr. W.
E. CAMPBELL, the agent of Revenue, and Mr. J.
DUNZ, the Provincial Judge."

saprausga 14.

The Governor returns thanks to Captain W. Pot.-
Loc a, of the stft regiment, who commanded a de-
tachment from Colombo, and by a fuccetGon of ra-
pid and important victories, drove the grand army
of the Candians, commanded by the Xing in perfon,
out of the Britint territories, took all their artillery.
and tho royal ftandard, move:* many Malays sad
Lafcars made prifoners by treachery at Candy,' and
finally feized the magazines and Asia of the enemy.
The Gazette then gives the following oitial
,
patCia under the neaps at

The conrequenees of the gloriosa &foam at Rag-
welle, on the 6th ofthis moody have been am mars
important than we had resdko to Gape&
The Km) of CANDI was them fa what bat re•
treated with precipitation as Comm the Ih*lopian.
In his Bight he was overtaken by Labs Ut&imy.
Deffave of the Four Caries, and the Mho Iftehotdarr.
or Chief Secretary of State, both of what heads, in
theviolenceof his indignatioa,be ordered immediately
to be ftruck of, anti kft theirdsadloodia mar the Roy-

berg. Nor did his cruelty bp here ; for a number
of caravans which pal Ted down the river by Hang.
went, and fine to the Great Pats near this place,
prove that the execdtion‘of his own fubjeas has been
confiderable and indifcrimiaate. The (laughter made

of them by our troops was great indeed, as all the
roads near Hangwelle are reprefented as being Brew-
ed with the fain, and our coolies were employed in
burying them during the two days fubfequent to the
battle.

On the nth in the morning, Captain Pottoce
marched forward, accompanied by Capt. Ham Kay,
Lieutenants Meats& and M'Vea it, of the infantry,
and Woastar, of the Royal Artillery, with a de-
tachment of 8o rank and file European% and 7o rank
and file Sepoys, with two (mall coholfis and a party
of Bengal gun Lafcars, and having driven the enemy
from the fbeag Raft of Kalloepuille, where they were
Rationed in confiderable force under the command
of the new Deffave of the four Corks (lately of
Oova), paffed the Royberg without oppofition. and
halted for the night at Alecto/ambulant, about fix
Engin miles from Hangwelle.
On the loth, Captain Pottoca proceeded by the
very ftrong poft of Pocia-jutta (which the enemy had
abandoned) to Avifavella. and paifing the river en-
tered the Candian territory at Sitawaka. About three
miles beyond the lag mentioned place, be drove the
Candians from a ftrong battery at Appoola.pitty,
where he paired that night and the next day, to give
time to Captain Jona Beeman, of his Majefl?s Cep
lon Native Infantry, who bad paired with a detach-
ment from Negumbo through the Alocteer, Happit.
tigam, and Hina Corks, to arrive at bfamagedda on
the oppolite fide of the Catany Conga.
Captain BUCHAN had performed his touch with
confiderabls difficulty from the Roads (which he
overcame with great judgment and perfeverance)
but with little oppofition from the enemy or the re-
bels ; neariMoogotampelly he had been attacked. but
repulfed the afailants, killed three of them, and took
one prifoner.
While he was on his march. a party of thirty fix
Malays, (of thofe taken at Candy) came into him
from the Army of the fecond Adigaar, who was
proceeding from the Seven Corks, to join the King
at Rowanelly.
On the morning of the 12th, both detachments
marched forward, and that of Captain Pottoce, at
a place called Organda. about five miles from At.-
poola-Pitty, fell in with the remains of the grand
Army of the Candians. which had been defeated at
Hangwelle, reinforced by that which the fecond Adi.
gaar had brought from the (even Corks. They feemed
determined to make an obilittate refinance, fo much
fo, that twenty fix of their men, including two`Mo-
hottars, were (lain in the battery. Their whole army
then fled, and Captain Pozsoca proceeded with
little more oppotizion to Rowanelly. where he was
joined by Captain Bu C ea.
That village, the mon commercial and populous
in the kingdom of Candy, then fell into our hands,
together with magazines a.id !lore* of artillery, am-
munition and provilivns, which the King of Candy
had been long preparing for his late unfortunate ex•
pedition, and a palace which he had ordered to be
crcfled in a very fumptuous flyle.
This palace, together with t too honks, has been
burned.

The troops returned yefterday, the t 3th Septem-
ber to Sitawaka. Our loft has been in all there af-
fairs, from that at Hangwelle oo the totht to the nth
inclefive. taus woatidsct.

We have reenvered 62 Malays, and 150 gun Isl
ears. _ _ -

ARTILLUT TAM 4 AT HANGICILLIN.
2 Ga pounolera,
I 3-ditto,
120 EngMk &clocks,
The Can/ an royal tlandard,
A number of Unsaid's guns.

Government received advice yellerday, from the
Dutch coati, which, we underfland, lead them to
gaped that the attempt to invade our (bores will not
be deferred beyond another week. This information
is Paid to have been fent by Sir SIDNEY Sucre, who
is arrived at Yarmouth from the Dutch coaft. Our
letters from Dover alfo continue to fpeak of the com-
plete Rate of the enemy's preparations ; and we hope
ere long that theinfolent menace of the enemy will
• now very &only be fet at reit: • Some firing was heard
on Tuefday, on the Kentilh coat, fuppofod to have
proceeded from Boulogne, and to 'have been occati.
mud by Come of our cruizers' endeavouring to an.
nor thegacenf: boats paffing along Chore to that port. •