Star.
London, England, 1815-08-03 00:00:00

LONDON.

THURSDAY. AUGUST 9, 1815.
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Yesterday, after the STAR was at press, Dispatches
were received from General BROWNRiOR, the Govern
nor of Ceylon,.aonouncing the defeat and capture of
the tiNG of CANDY, the native Capital of the Island,
the substance of which WAS announced in the following

GOVERNMENT BULLETIN z.
" DOWNING-S'IREEr, AUGUST 2.

" Dispatches have this day been received from
Lieutenant-General Sir R. Baowtaawch dated Candy,
in Ceylon, the 25th February, 1815. Oa the Ist Feb-
ruary,after overcoming great difficulties, principally
in provisioning the troops of the first and second
divisions finder the command of Majm Hoox and
Lieutenant-Colonel O'Coxsecr., reached the loot of
the Balain Mountains, on the great read leading to
the City of Candy. The post commanding the pass
through the mountains was taken on the 2J,
after .a stifling opposition, and on the 3.1 a
Fort still further in advance, was taken possession of
by the the lit division, without loss on the 10th, and
the , army again moved forward, reached the
great river of Mubavilliganga, three miles distant
from Candy, when it was first learnt that the King
and his adherents had abandoned his capital, and.
the defences which had been erected to , prevent the
passage of the river.
" On the 18th Sir R. BROWNRIGO joined the ad.
vanes of the army, and on the following day entered
the City of Candy and fixed his head-quaiters in 'the,
'Palace.

•, On the 19th the King was surrounded by the
people of Dombera, the.province into which he fled :1
and after some resistance was, together with two of.
his wives, taken prisoner.

"Sir R. BROWNitioa speaks most highly of the con-
duct and discipline of all the troops engaged in the
operations."

Major Baowinuso, who brought the Dispatches, is
the son of the General, and was the bearer of the
Royal Standard, Sceptre, and Sword of State, with
three smaller Standards, taken on this occasion.—
These trophies were conveyed to Carlton House, and
presented to the PRINCII
Our chief knowledge of The city of Candy is derived
from the embassy of Gineral MAODOWALL,dOpUteti by
Governor NOM' in the• year 18001 but the informs-

dss is very &receive.. the Aminciaciot and his suite
*aft been admitted by tote' light. It consists of
a long straggling street; on the declivitf of a hill,
about two miles long, with lesser streets branching
Lai. During General Mactrowargs audience, the
ionrtiets Were seen below arches on each ski:. of r):e
half, some sitting cross-legge d i n si I enoe, some ptostra te.
During the conference, which lasted three hours.
rose.water was frequently sprinkled round frost cu-
riously wrought Vessels of gold ; and rrlumes were
handed about on salvers of gold and silver fillagree-
work. To one proposal made on this Occasion, vit.
that leave might be given to make a road, and to open
a eommunitatidn from Trincomalee to Colurpbo
through the territories of the King a little north of
Candy, he peremptorily refused. to accede ; but he
expressed .his decided aversion front any intercourse
or connection existing between his subjects and the
Europeans; ptofessing at the same time a desire to
Jive on amicable terms with the British, whose power
he acknowledged to be far superior tc, that of the
Dutch. On January Slit, 1803, General Islacdowal
began his march with a considerable force into the
Candian territory, and on the 20th of February, alto-
encountering many difficulties, arrivvd at Candy.
The K:ng and his chief Adigar precipitately with.
drew, after having set fire to the palace and the teiti•
pies. The British troops soon extingu;slied the tire,
and melt possemion of the city. Although the Can-.
Idians soon afterwards app:ared in considerable force,
they were (prickly dispersed after a dreadful slaughter.
Before the British General lift Candy, he adopted
various measures to secure his new conquests. After
some time, viz. in June, 1803, when it was thought
,tranquillity was established, and in the midst of a
truce, Candy was attacked by the natives under the
command of the first Adigar ; and the commanding
officer, whose troops were become unfit ;or duty by
the sickness that prevailed among them, was under a
necessity of capitulating, and of evacuating the fort,
under a solemn stipirlation that the garrison shoed
be allowed to proceed, with arms and ammunition,
and without molestation, to Trincomalee, and that
the sick should also be taken care of. In defiance
of this agreement, atter the commanding officer left
the fort, all the English soldiers who accompanied
hint were treaclnrously murdered. Shortly after this
tnassacre, the King at Candy, finding that the &hish
force on the island was weak, determined to attack
our lons on the coast ; but all his efforts were in-
effectual; and the British settlements were soon re-
stored to security. Candy, or 'Candi, lies in the
centre of the country, 80 anileidistant from Colombo,
and *bast 160 miles from Trincomalee. N. lat. 7. 18.
E. long. 80. 46.

Last night the Paris Papers of Saturday and Sun-
day, and this morning those of Monday, reached us.
The King and his Ministers have made the neces-
eery arrangements for summoning the Eltetoral Col-
leges, with a view to a new Chamber of Repre*enta-
tives. No punishment will probably be inflicted on.
the Traitors denounced in- the King's Ordunnance
of last week. All seem to have escaped.
LABEDOYERI4 not the least guilty of the whole per-
haps, has taken shelter at ltiom in the Auvergne,
where his fellow-traitor EXCILMANS has posted him-
self with 2400 troops, in all likelihood to form a 'ur-
chin to which the disaffected may resort from all
quarters. 'Monsieur CAHNOT is about to snort off the
fumes of his revolutionary debauch in Switzerland,
where he will of course remain unmolested until the
re-appearance of BONAPARTE from St. Helena.
The Prpssian and Scotch troops elounil Paris are
busy assisting the inhabitants to gather in their hat.
vests. Were BONAPARTE'S soldiers ever accustomed
to such peaceful labours ?
One of the Paris Papers contradicts the report of
Davousr's arrival at Paris he too, we suppose, has
Made off, to'assist once more in deposing his lawful
Sovereign. •
It is grate,' stated that the French army is re-or-
ganizing. For what purpose we would ask ? The
taste of the French Princes must be peculiar toalitm-
selves dike? can suffer any cowardly ruffian to-mount
guard over them, who first deserted them and then
their own chosen leader at Waterloo, to idle tune 61
Sauve cut pest. Of those celebrated volrizeur: the
gentle SOULT and the supple NRY, we hear nothing :
they are also, we suppose, 41 smoothing their wrinkled
fronts" in tile Swiss mountains, with CARNOT.

Frankfort Papers to the 26th ult. reached us this
morning: they supply us with little or no intellig.l.ce
of interest. The Bavarians, we lind, have quietly
set ile:naives down in Frahce : their cantonments
extend from the Marne to the Seine.

At the PRINCeS Council on Tuesday, Viscount
Cuirrwron, as Clerk of the Council, presented to die
PROWS REGENT a new Great Seal tit England,
which is of silver, about eight or nine inches over,
of a round Corm, representing the KING an hone-
back on one side, and on the other side his MAMTV
in 'his robes, seated on his throne, surrounded by
his Ministers and Attendant: of State. At the
close of the Council the-MOUT delivered it to the
LORD CHANCELLOR, RS the Lord Keeper of the Great
Seal of England. Atter which the seal that has been
used as a temporary instrument, and was of brass,
since the Great Seal of England was stolen about
twelve years ago from the LORD CHANCELLOR'S house,
was destroyed in the presence of the Council by obli-
terating all the impressions on it.
The Duke of Gtoucitarrsa, and his sister the
;Princess SOPHIA, visited the Lyceum Theatre last
nisht, to see the new Opera of Illy.dinst