Star.
London, England, 1805-11-14 00:00:00

SHAW, MAYOR-
The Tirfk and an Efpeeial Court held on Wedoefday the t3th
Daj of November, and .in the 46th Year of the Reign
of George the Third. of the United 'Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, King, Re.
Refolved unsnimouily,
"THAT the Thanks of this Court be given to the
Right Hon. PtTllt PRICIAItD, Efq. late Lord Mayor of
this City, for the honourable and dignified manner in which he
has difcharged the feveral duties of that high and important dikes
for his able, (erred and impartial adminiftration of juftiee; for his
fedulous attention to preferve the rights of the City, and the liber.
ties of his fellow-citizens ; for his liberal and munificent hdpitality,
and for the very handfome regard sod politenefs which be has at
all times paid to the Members of this Court.

EAST INDIES.

CEYLON.

WOODTHORPE.

Cotmoso Fes. 27.—The Candians, after hover-
ing for a confiderable time in all direaions on our
frontiers, have at /aft entered our country. On the
Bth of February, they crolfed the Kaymellee River,
at Allogolla, and penetrated a fmall way into the
Hinn and Happitigam Conies, with the intention, as
they gave out. of attacking the port of Moogorant-
Tilly. Enfign Bova, of the Caffree Corps, who com-
manded there, went out to difperfe them, and, with
a (mall force of thirty Natives, drove them back into
the Seven Codes.

Soon after this event, Lieut. CHRISM, of the Ca-
valry, who was Rationed with his (mall troop at
Hangwelle, having croffed the Caluna Gangs, with
the Cavalry, and one Subaltern, and fifty Infantry,
and paired the Poogodde, along the limits of the
Plena Cork, arrived at Moogorampilly, and croffing
the Kaymellee, defiroyed many batteries, drove away
all the Candians, who were affembled in great num-
bers within a range of twelve miles from the place
where he eroded the River, and having burned their
magazines, returned with one man only wounded.
'lbis irruption was followed, on the tsth, by one
commanded by Captain Bt. ACKAL t , who left Negumbo
with 3o Europeans. and so Natives; and, being
Mjoined by the cavalry, and so Native Infantry, at
oogorampilly, patted the Kaymellee, at Giriooly,
and detaching Lieutenant PARR ha to the N. W. with
one half of the detachment, marched to the EaR
ward, with the intention of attacking the head-quar-
ters of the Candians, at Galgamowa, in the four
Corks. He met with fome renitence at Belligalle ;
but. having overcome it, heard that the enemy had
Bed in all direaions ; and, having defiroyed their
magazines, returned to Moogoranspilly, and thence
to Negumbo. with no cafualty, but two coolies
wounded and two horfes killed : he was loon after
joined by Lieutenant PARRS!, who had fucceeded
equally well in driving the enemy from the neigh-
bourhood of our territories. Since thefe expeditions,
the Candians have not appeared on our frontier,
from Putland to Galle. They, however, entered
with a great force at the fame time. on the rflth of
this month, into the Matura Diaria, near Catoone,
and into the Mahagampattoo.
In the latter diftria, Capt. ARTHUR Joxasrow, as
loon as he heard of their approach, under the com-
mand of the Deffave of Ouva, fet out from Ham.
bangtottro with a force confiding of so Sepoys and
about 3o invalid Malays, at eight in the evening, and
furprifed one of the advanced parties, after a march
of eight miles. He found the enemy's camp, how.
ever, apprifed of his intention, but attacked them
immediately with his fmall force, defeated them, and
obliged them to fit, after a long refiftance and a con-
fiderable lots of lives. The Deffave of Ouva was
nearly taken; a brats one pounder fell iuto our
bands; and, had the age and fatigue of the brave
Malay veterans allowed it, the purfuit would have
been more fatal to the Candians than the battle
Cape Joules row was himfelf nearly killed by a Can-
dian, but fared by the fpirited and timely fuccour of
the Sub-AtEllant Engineer RILEY.
A reinforcement of Europeans, which has gone to
Hambangtotte fince this brilliant and decifive aaion,
will, it is hoped, fecure that valuable difiria.
The attack of the other branch of the Candian
forces, which entered the Matura under the
command of the firft Adigar, and relation of the
King, was, at firft, more fuccefsful.
They furprifed the fort of Catoone, and took pof-
feffion of it; but Capt. BRADISH, who was proceed-
ing for Matura to that place, with a detachment of
forty fix Europeans and eighty-two natives, on hear-
ing that unpleafant intelligence. hafiened his march,
And found the place evacuated, on his arrival; but
a cohorn, with fome ammunition, and eighty bags of
rice which had been lodged there, were carried off
by the enemy.

'He fucceeiled, however, in overtaking Tome par-
ties of Candians, in the neighbourhood, of whom
many were killed by his detachment, and twenty-
eight Madras Artillery Lafcars, one Bengal Volun-
teer, and eight Malays, of thofe taken at Candy,
came over to him.

There fuccelfes, as well as the judicious meafures
taken by Colonel Vise cur, for the protelion of the
dillrias of Galle and Matura, have obliged the
enemy to retire in all diredions from the touthern
provinces, where they hem to have intended their
principal attack.
They have alfo entered the Wanny, near Pannen-
famme, but a force has been fent from Jaffanapatam,
ully fufficient, with that already Rationed at Manar
and Moletivo, to repel them ; and the garrifons of
Trincomalee and Batticalao, being fully adequate to
the defence of thole difiriets, we may fairly hope, that
this defperate effort of the Candian Government will
be fruftrated.

COLOMBO, APRIL 3, 1805.
CIVIL APPOINTMENTS.

The Hon. George Melville Leflie, to be a Masher of the Court
of Mice of the Peace, for the &flat% of Columho.
John George Kerby, Efq. to be Delany Part:after and Garrifon
Storekeeper, at Trincomalee.
Alexander Johnlton, Efq. to be Agent of Revenue and Com-
Mem, for the diftrid of Trincomalee.

Wail= Racine Campbell, Efq. to be Agent of Revenue and
Coatatcree, for the diftriEt of &Weals°.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The following are the particulais of the capture of
• French brig la Guftave :
lis Majelly's fhip CAROM/Uri Captain PETER RAl-
arrived in Madras Roads the 7th April, ac-
ipanied by her prize the French privateer la Guf-
e, of so guns. t zo men. Captain Ramat fell
with la Guitave off Sadras, on the sth April; on
ring
herfelf chafed by his Majefiy's (hip, the psi.
'atter flood to the Northward, firing her Rai chaee

gins With tome ereft, as 16e carried away two ist the
CAROLINE'S yard arms, and tome of the running
rigging, and damaged the fails confiderably. The
chase continued to the northward of Pulicat, when
the Camases fuperiority of failing brought her
nearly alonkfide of the privateer, and after receiving
feveral shot in her hull, the (truck the tri-coloured flag
to his Majelty's chip. La Guflave is a handfome
veffel, brig-rigged, and well manned ; flue had made
but one capture during her cruife, the fkip Ann,
Captain Gilson, at Soffoo.
SAMUEL Maw rim Efq. the EMI India Company's
Refideat at Buffora, arrived from thence, at Bombay,
on the loth of April lag.
On the toth of May arrived in the river Ganges,
the Danifh (hip Cecilia, Capt. J. C. MUNSTER, from
Manilla, which flie left the yth of March.—Paffenger
Captain HILLISSEN. When Ilse failed from thence,
there were no rails of war at Manilla, except a few
gun boats ; they were in expeetation of a galoon ar-
riving Ihortly from Acapulco ; and they had not re-
ceived any recent news from Europe.

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