Star.
London, England, 1818-09-10 00:00:00

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inom VIE CEYLON onzirrne ON Yrs. 14.
We are st;11 unable to gratify ourselves and readers
by announcing any decisive success against the Re-
bels in the Interior, which might give room to hope
for an immediate termination of the insurrection, but
the system pursued of harassing their leaders by
continual movements upon their haunts, we are per-
suaded cannot fail in the end to tire out both them
and their followers.

Our last Gazette left Lieutenant-Colorel Kelly at
Badulla ; he moved from that post on the gsth olt.
and after inspecting the post at Iliil Oya, which
commands the liambergam pass, and was therefore
chosen by Major M,Donald, proceeded on the 29th
to Velangashena, on the top of the Hapotale pass,
where he fuund Major M,Donald. As a large Kan-1
dyast force under a Chief of Sairregan, had beenl,
some time forming in the latter province, and was,
then daily expected in Ouva, Colonel Kelly and
Major M,Donald resolved on waiting its arrival at
Velangashena ; that force arrived on the 3d of Feb.l
and is reported to consist of a well-armed body of
SOO.Kandyans and 500 followers, whom it is intend-
ei to employ in conjunction with our troops in seek-
ing out the concealed heaps of grain, and hiding
places of the Rebels in Lower Ouva. While at Ve •
langashena, Colonel Kelly received reports from
Major Coxon, that, on the 23.1 of J tnuary, he had
surprised a party concealed in the jungle near his
post (Aliput), killed three, wounded several, and took
two prisoners.

On the 28th, the Ma:or sent out a detachment to
surprise a village in which arrows and balls were
reported to have been made for the use of the lasur-
gents, which completely succeeded, and from the in-
formation the prisoners taken gave on the 2Sth, he
detached two parties who surprised a haunt of Re-
bels, of whom 21 were killed and 15 wounded ; and•
among other prisoners taken were the family of a
principal rebel, who had been the active leader of the
attacks on our own convoys, between Bootle and
Aliput ; although much resistance was made, none
Irof our men were hurt.

Major Coxon speaks in the highest terms of the
bravery and conduct of native Lieutenant Sowele,
Ist Ceylon Regiment, who commanded one of the
parties, and he has in consequence been promoted to
the yank of Captain, which was vacant on the death,
in the field, of Captain Bonkus ; the other party was
under the command of a Serjeant of the 73d Regi-
ment ; but the treachery of his guides rendered the
efforts of his detachment less useful : the consequence
if the capture of the family of Weregodde Raterale,
the rebel leader above mentioned, has been his com-
ing in and reporting that all the followers of the
Pretender are wow), of the unsuccessful struggle, in
which their expectations have been so much dis-
appointed.
A post established at Mavelli, a pass over the
southern chain of Ouva mountains, was attacked by
large parties of rebels on the 3d current, when Lieu..
tenant Raymond, commanding there, made a sally
from his garrison, and drove them from hill to hill
for a considerable distance, without being able
,to
come up with them, hut suffering no loss.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hook moved from Madulla on
the Ist of February, with the view of scouring the
Weyeloova of Vl'allapane ; he an iced the same day
at Nindegamme, having crossed the Ouma Oya with
difficulty, in consequence of the depth and rapidity
of the torrent ; the only resist:w.ce from the enemy
was two miles beyond the river, when a flight of ar-
rows was shot, by which a private follower was,
wounded ; while at Nindegamme, Lieutenant-Colonel
Hook sent out parties to surprize some of the Insur-
gents in the neighbourhood, and being in grain, who
succeeded in the latter part, but from the badness of
the roads were too late to accomplish the former ob-
ject : on the 4th he moved from Nindegamme to the
Temple of Boodega or Bogodde Kande, near which
a report had been received that the Pretender had
been concealed in the Caves of Marangalle Kande:
on the march the party was attacked by a flight of
arrows, which was returned by musketry, and three
of the rebels were observed to fall.

On the sth, Lieutenant-Colonel 1-look sent out re-
connoitering parties to discover if any buildings were
to be seen, but none were visible on any side, nor
could they take any prisoners ; a co-operating party
of a corporal and fifteen men, sent from Badulla to
Bogodda, joined Lieutenant-Colonel Hook, and re-
potted having killed four men armed with arrows,
but had not discovered any traces of buildings; Cap-
tain Blankenberg arrived that day at Bogodda, pro-
ceeding from Badulla to his former command at Nin-
degant me, having perfectly recovered from the wound
he received on the 14th ultimo; the party he was
with had been shot at with arrows, and a follower
wounded ; next day Captain Blankenberg proceeded
to his post, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hook to Badulla,
from which the latter returned by Toopetty to Ma-
dulla on the Bth, having met with no resistance: all
the information obtained by Lieutenant-Colonel Book
'tended to evince the disposition of the people to be in
favour of the re-establishment of 'pod order, and that
they were only kept in opposition to Government by
fear of punishment from their Chiefs in rebellion.
We tegret to have to report a barbarous murder
committed near Bedulla, on Godiageddere Mohot:de,
senior, by the machinations of a Cousin of his own,
who had joined the Rebel Party ; the deceased was
enticed from his house into a retired spot, and there
killed, after vain endeavours by torture to induce
him to discover where his son then was, against
whom also their vengeance was directed ; the latter
is secure in the Fort of Badulla
Accounts received from Lieutenant-Colonel Cother
mention an irruption of the Rebels from Ouva into
Suffrgiam, for the purpose of obtaking grain ; on
his moving a party towards the places, however,
where they were reported to have been, they were
found to have retired, and in the other parts of the
country th• former state of quiet and obedience
invariably prevails.