cultivated to their sum.nfft|;$nterspërsed iftfifly v illage^ rivulets, <uuâ<icattle-f'7'Vf,ejrtroddett
f^ t^ ia% ^ p^ ^ jj-ec tioB S*; fruitful valhes, with .grèves a f arek’a, aaoca|jjc§oha»nut’, limfesi
eiahgeSf.plantain, pumplemose trees.; with fine y'illages;-.\and fields o f paddy and ô tfe ?
gram).,; Hfie gadfly-, fields well .watfesed ’ b y the* -Streams rushing dowm-Hrdfli'ltheamoufe
tains : altogether- formingsuch striding scenery as is Seldom/ beheld, it W e marched into
Candy on the) .e'y^bing’oR -that-stïShr an'd-’foù&d.it .w h o lly deserted.^ th e-K in g ! having,
removed", ail the ■ treasurepf roTn“ : thè: palace;;: and.tthe inhabitants,, from their houses.
T h e palace, * when '«ré entered it, was jpartialhyorbn. j i r e . It {isfran'fimmenseipinlj o f
building, and perhaps',inferior only; ttri Serdngkpatarru T h e town is - ab o u t1 tw.o miles
long ; m " consists o P p r e principal- sffieet, terminated .bye^hë'pàlaqe: at the uppejS^feahV.
there are also many lesser ist-reetsi branching offdat both'"sides, -b u f 'o f ho great lèn g& L
T h e htiuses-are-ohiefly o f mud, and raised abovè the- le v e l.o f the street about five feet..
Y o u ascend b y steps. A few of the houses at the upper end of- the- streetv'arè;
tiled and whitewashed. T h e palace is built o f a kind o f cheenam os^|lment£ p è i -
feerty 'white, with std-ne' gateways' t it/visdfffsqua'rfe- o f îmtfiense exïen#,r*‘ôîîê,§^M i‘b 'f
which» ls 'n ew and not y eC finished. In- rrhe ’c en te r 'is a sm3H&slplu-e -
c em k r y ; whichmeontains the tombs- o f their-' ahêieMé- km g s^ fpC d r rd y . 0 É c e -
contains a great number o f rooms, the walls' o f which are painted . in “the niôst
grotesque-ha amnep, and covered with a multitude oh:ïns'fefiptioï^-®,M arif'J'o ^ t f ? ^ â %
are covered witElinmense pier glasses o f 'abolit 7 feet h ÿ ^ ’'^rrfeîjg‘ r ^ ^ * i l% rf}g â îtî
t ic -ngaîéifef brass »of. Buddou, in a sitting posture, with tw o ■ -mâlicî^ offc^StvSft.
f e e t . 1 T h e riv e r o f Candy is a noble one? !>and 'swarmin^vÊïh ft®, as thh'^Ring
would nefeer'a llow-th em td- he' molested, W e j4 aw - fiv e heîiB^ûl^mflk-’ I r ld ^ l l e é f
i r l -the pala ce,-which-was noticed us a v e r y exHS&rdinSSf th 1 ng. ’'^Wfe^are4f fo $ ^ n £
«camped about-two miles from «the capitM on'thls* =»ïde 'iB^rfvS-s^ând' (M q a ê l5 Haight
has been detatched -with the Malay regiment for the purpose^hW'é^iafêî&^^it^Ss-’^aÜd,
-a„successor- to* the throne. A s the K in g hadJrefhovéd a ll; B is^ ré f^ îre 'h e fo j^ Stfr
arrival, we have not got any -prize -money.”
W h ile the army were employed at Candy, attacks were brade on different parts
-of our settlements b y detached bodies of-th e Candians. O u r troops, however,- without
any regard to the disproportion tof 'numbers, continually attacked them, and1 Were as
constantly successful-. 1
General Macdowal, during his stay at Gandy, attempted- to. p rocure an interview
w ith the King;' in the hopes-of settling' all differences ; but, after a time and place, o f
meeting.: being appointed, the -King' pretended sickness,- as; an excuse for not mak'ino-
his appearance. H e calculated,- indeed; not - without j-ust grounds, on '-tfe'-climal.e
soon ridding him o f an enemy whom he was unable to expel by fo r c e . The. result
sufficiently shews, what we. might: have ' previously bCèn convinced o f from the ex-
-periencèiof- the Dutch , that an , attempt to retain possession !hfy the interior o f Ceylon
with European troops, must. ever.be: attended with fatal., consequences’., d
V A f te r a residence o f about as month at Cel-umbo, General- Macdowal and several
o f the other officers .were compelled b y a severe attack o f the jungle- fever T o ’^return
to Columbo. T h e General took with him the 5.1st regiment who were getr
ing extremely s ickly, and also Colonel Ramsey’s native regiment. T h e grenadier 'and
l gut 1 -rniz-ffW* flfep.atbbed tp.Jfi^ovQake,
m V regiment. . undgJ^
'tàe-if’fùhmand i b,.^, E g lljB g <1 j -Æ- f f iÿ i^ 6 ,B lac,e - H
1 Previous, t.o: the departure of, Genei il Macdowal for C olumbo, various measures had
been- taken to secure . isin^iicst % 2I?î
Sm t '1. ----p w ,h -teed le & 1 jn1 jjTillway
MmnlhÆr^poW ^ ^ ^ s ta b fe fa e '& a t
tion o f these IwoJ-ks was to k< ep 'up the communication with our principal settlements
T h e y were o f v e ry cqnsiderablè. strength from their position;
was garrisoned by ajul natives.
G overnor North..'.had, during, our , successes .been concerting means to procure a
permanent peace , with the Candians. t W h en I left Columbo in M a y ' .18oo, there
H g that,city two Candian princes who- had.taken refuge there. T h e y had both-
pretensions, to the crown, o f C a n d y ; but o f the grounds and ju stice ; o f their claims
I am ignorant. W h ile I remained on the island, these men; w,ere' not 'encouraged
in their pretensions to the c row n , -although I believe they received pecuniary assista;
ce,, and .command over the-.nativ s in some o f the neighbouring districts from-
our Governor. T h e refractory disposition o f ’the reigning K in g o f Candy, even after
ith^-captjife qC hi^.jGajtital,5 ,at, leu^h,wnduoed
the -thrones,, wa^kfivîis^coHgfnliedi‘jïi^îÿ th f^l% dKM g i} (3ÿ|i‘§ ^ ^
%lj|t ^®te#st 'rathug -awaltftto}0pMati«(i% d^rdme ^d^h^iuhmatej.^thanidttepigt^. to
KwæS-feyI ’;anfla^dm&daf ,the md^'^alaab^q^pj^ji,1^ - 'Vi1.!
'Æ r^m ^ feA r r -^ iih ^ ^ y io T !. GazetteMBtèenteiLaifiatturiiags » B M a ia n c § ^ y ^ e réje^ta,
r- i ' t
“ -The Governor has |S;-<i|ÿ , M ay 8th, returned to the-government house at Hc ik -
■ ,,rioi-p from Dambadinia,.-where he had been on, ;a v is it to the ceded provinces lately-
conquered.' O n Monday he .( ntered Columbo under a salute o f ' .. .19^ guns. ' Tehe
streets were, lined from the D e lft gate-to the .government house. His E x ce llen c y arrived
at Dambadinia, the -chief place o f tlfesfei& y acquired pivjv-inces o f the. Seven corles-,, on
'the first o f M a y ; were spacious bungaloes were; ercGtcd for him, his suite,, and
esebrt. same day the Governor was ^gited on b y all the head men, who
.declared .their satisfaction at the change o f gOTCOimcnt' -Lhat fin d taken place, ■ and
promised fidelity'.and G d ' ' our gracious Sovereign. O n the, 3d. ol May
Pelime Talavoe,' the ch ief Adiga-r o f Candy, taking/adv-jintag« o f the truce subsisting
between' the two. po.wera, ' came to- gajt S i s ' rtfsperis’ to the Governor, and held a-
Tong conference with liim. N ext d'ayri'thel A ligar’s visit ivas returned Bj Mr A r -
buthnbt,' the secretary to government, who remained a long time1 on affairs respect-
inm the gôvêriilîient o f the country',', .‘and, in which the Adtgar was to ha ve a high
authority, and rèta;in his situation. A truce has been established between j lie Gan-
ctiaiïs and. us,, and we are in hopes those conferences- may ést'ab'lrih peace. O h . t'A