Star.
London, England, 1805-09-13 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

'WHE FOLLOWING INTERESTING LETTER, IS FROM
AN INTELLIGENT OFFICER, IN CEYLON.
" COLD man, MARCH 3.
" I am concerned to Rate, that a difpute has taken
place between the General and Court of Judicature.
It is determined to refer the matter to England.
The Puifne Judge (Lusatuoron) has already left
this, on the part of the Court ; and Major Hove, on
that of the General, is expelled to go in a few days ;
io that you ma very loon hear the particulars. It
is thought the Nand will be given over to the Corn.
parry. With refped to her war with the Candians.
our troops are aftive, but without much fuccefs. De-
tachments are conflantly going up the country and
returning. without doing more than deflroying a few
habitations near our territories. Lately, a detach.
ment, under the command of Capt. Joawsna, from
lilatacaloe, of about zoo bong, by tome millake in the
orders,.got up to Candia. w here he underflood he was
to be joined by others from different polls on the i (land;
after flaying there four or five day', his provilions
exhau"ed, and the expelled relief rot coming, he
•was obliged to retreat ; by this time, the whole Can-
dian force had collated round him, and nothing
but unexampled bravery could have flayed him from
being cut to pieces ; as it was, after delkroying their
ammunition, they came off with the lots of two Cub-
alterns, about a third of the detachment, and the
whole of their coolies and baggage. Another party
is just returned, who have been away about eight
days ; their intention, I believe, was to have left a
poll at Roennella, a place about thirty miles beyond
our prefent limits, but have returned without accom-
plifhing their purpofe. The Candians, on the other
hand, took a poll from us at Carom), fame of the
Ceylon regiment having deferted to the enemy; it
'was, however, very fuon retaken, and a number of
Malays and Gun-Lafcars, who were made pr Wooers
at the time of the maffacre at Candy, came over ; the
whole of them, ten in number, have pofitively fworn,
that Major DAVIE, the officer will commanded, and
who was fuppoftd to be killed at the time of the mall
facre, is alive ; that the King had made him feveral
prefents ; and, one rays, that he law him the day
previous to his joining us."
RETRACT OF A LITTER FROM PRINCE Or WALES'
ISLAND.
1$ We have Tome time fince been under ferious ap- '
prebenfions from the event of a dillurbance which
had taken place between the natives in the interior,
and is raid to have originated in a difpute refpeiling
.the privileges granted to the Englifb. Some fevere
fkir mat.. have been fought in the woods, with vari.
nil' fiecel., and much blood has been flied on the oc.
cation. Their differences have, however, been ac-
commodated by the interpofition ofone of the Native
Rajahs in the intend of the Company, without in-
'ctoovtlatnce to this ietdement, and we• hope train
tioillity is now eltablillicd on a permanent found.'
4ion. The grand embankment on the north coalt is
completed by the labours if the conviets from the
Prefidency ; and the ever- achmeht of the fea v hick
has lately dine incredible damage, is effeetially (lop-
ped. No more con. ;Os will he tranfported hither
from the Continent if India, for the (pace of three
years to vane, from al+ aorrehenlion that any greater
nrmbtr flea. endAtige• thi, infant fetticment, as they
niiyht one day have it in +heir power to Ain the re-
fractory Natives, in cafe of intimation or difeontent.
The treaty wish the King of Q2ida is finally con-
-eluded, and the trcalure horn the Pi-el-Wench in con-

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fideration'of the etalons made by that Prince, has
been tranfmitted to the Royal Treafury.
" A French privateer has been Peen cruizing off
this costa, (he appears to be a new velfel, of confider-
able force; has taken two or three native trading
veffels ; her name is laid to be l'Empereur, from the
Ifle of France. Some of our cruizers axe in purfuit
of her, and we hope to be able to give a better ac•
fount of her (min."