The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-08 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN

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A letter upon this subject, whiet is &tea on the.
15th of April lasts communicates the following par-
ticulars
Affairs in the interim have taken a very gleamy
turn since I last wrote to you ; the whole of the
Candies' countries, will) the exception of the four
Cordes, is in open rebellion; they are all round
Candy, and not an escort moves oat without losing
some men ; the communication between this place
and Candy was for a short time cut off;. but it is now
open, at least open to the troops, for the Tassels are I
all conveyed by an escort. The communication be.
tweets Candy and Badula is not open, and the posts
that were formed between these places have lately
been withdrawn in consequence of the number of
men lost in keeping it open. The Tassels are no*
conveyed by Ihnbanlotte, and from thence are re-
gular ;mite to Badula. Many men have been lost ;
Lieutenant Steiger is the only officer killed ; he was
shot dead by a musket ball. Major de Litre went
from Trincomalee to Kernieel, in the seven Cordes.
with a large detachment, and was severely wounded
hy.a ball, which broke to pieces his right arm, clpse
to his shoulder he now lies at Keinigal; and so
dangerously ill, that he cannot be moved ; however,
the accounts last received are rather favourable: he
had four Europeans killed and four dangerously
wounded, besides several natives wounded. By the
report, we hear he, had. actually to fight his way
through thousands of armed Candler's. You will
riot be surprised to hear that treachery has been dis-
covered in the whole of the Chiefs and head men,
except Motleugodde, the, first Adigar. These have
been at the bottom of the whole business from the
beginning. Elleapolle, who was supposed to be our
friend, is the chief rebel, and is in close confinement
in Csorly, as well as some other headsmen ; but many
of great influence have made their escape and joined
the Rebels. It is now acknowledged by the Gover-
nor that they were deceived, and that there is no
such man as Doug-Jame. The Pretender is a priest,
but only acting for some of the othei Chiefs. Aline
1,500 Seapoys are arrived from the coast, and 5,000
Corlies are on their way ; the latter are to be formed
into three corps exactly on the same footing as the
Coolie corps was in the former war. But we have
not yet troops enough. The Csodions are now be.
come so brave and so etasperated easiest our Go.
vernmeut, and their plans are so well laid, that it
will require a very large force and very great re-
sources to regain even military possession of the
country. By accounts yesterday received, it appears
that at Candy,v least, many of the houses were set
on fire on the night of the sth, and on the troops
assembling they were fired upon on every side from
the hills, the Candians actually iiiing inro the town.
Such is the state of affairs at present. The plan of
destroying all the grain and fruit trees in the neigh-
bourhood of Badula seems to have been completely
carried into effect. It is, however, a dreadful mea-
sure to be obliged to resort to in a country which in
the best of times does not produce nearly food
enough for its own inhabitants. We are at a loss to
know where our Government will find 'he enormous
sums of money that will be requisite to carry on
such a system of warfare; and what benefit can be
derived from keeping possession of a country, ell
the inhabitants of which, high and low, are :o
en-
raged against us ? We suppose some enquiry will
lake place in England, as to the measures which
have led to this melancholy state of things on this
isl and."

on his Royal Highness witl
to of her PA AJEST/ill!!vegt4i;
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