at1 h ^ A g ^ t h S f r w j r M alays’ had deserted'; and o f their invariable atfadhmeW to tire
| British government.
‘ Deposition o f the Lascoryn arrived''from Candy: ®
Milihanage Joannes, ‘ o f thif||j|'ormed religion’, being d u ly jsw o rn , 'depcllfclp ‘ *fhat
fh e r 6th o f last month, he ttas sentjhjg’ong; with' tw e tv e^ ish e f 'X S cp r y n s^ by Sae
towmmajo.r to Candy ; that h e ” parsed atyNegpmbo,. Where doolies were put under
their charge; ..and that he arrived at Candy after a route o f about twelve days, arid that
the Lascotyns delivered up the doolies and other stores, which were under their ^largei'
to the English gentlemen.
A f te r remaining there three days, they Were ordered to return to Columbo with
twe lve doolies;, in eleven o f which were s i lk Europeans, and one' which contained
jg g ^ P lP I
These doolies, with twelve European soldiers, as an escort, passed- the river, and
■ stopped .upon the opposite side ; that the same day he heard .firing at Candy ; that a- great
many coolies, upon hearing the.firing, attempted to pass the river, bu't'tofere stopped
’lay "a".' M alay seniry'.'" ‘
Several Candians approached the place -where the doolies, and the sick 'w e re , and
fired- upon them, which Was returned b y the Europeans and twelve M a la y s 1 who
were posted there. T h e y fired till their ammunition was expended, When the Malays
jumped into the river, and the European officer who commanded the detachment
did ^ the same. H e does- not know '■ what became~ o f all the European •.stV.cier.i,. o f
whom he only saw. three . cross th e .r iv e r , and one killed b y the Candians. T h a t -
the Lascars, who served the cannon at that post," threw the cannon into tile river,
and passed' to Candy, and that he followed their example and escaped to C a n d y ;
that he does not know what became o f the sick who were in kite’', doolies.
H e went first to the "Mandore, where he had been before, but finding many
Candians there, he got into the palace, and remained in the court where the Malay
soldiers were. ‘ T h e firing continued until two o’ clock, when?: a white' M g ) was
hoisted from the palace, and the7 firing ceased. .;
T h a t Major D a v ie , the captain o f artillery, and an European M a la y ’ officer who
spoke Malay, and two or three Malay native officers,'went to the Adigar,' and returned
soon afterwards with an ola from the A d ig a r ,' which he himselL read, importing
th a t -the“ Whole might proceed to TmTeomalee without' receiving]any molestation,'and
that the sick should be taken'.fcarev/bf, and have medicine given to them until they
were Well, when they mightjs^ither go to Columbo, or stay at Candy/ ^
T h e garrison set' out on/fp jflay, with their arms and ammunition^ at five in the
evening, to Alungantotte^Where they remained all-night, exposed to a very heavy
rain, he the' deponent being withv them. *
O n Saturday morning Major D a v ie ordered a raft to be made to pass the r iv e r .'
Several Candians came and demanded Mootoo Sawm'y, who, they said, was not at Candy.
T h e y seized u pen him arid carried him off. Mootoo Sawmy -gave his'sword to Major '
P\ue,Atrh<_ Cm Divdfe«that i m a imn.eccs^’iS^tQijnaike.-rafts, as-next
ditV.-a.^inibeiwplaK ^ 's.vwJBt.auld b ^uracur.od, ,in w hicpyficv. .might A, .
lf wa^torOpdseii to *i«end*spme
person ^^r^yphgpriy^ijtffl £a§ten a^m td S ua^whrcffi t'acwTijnsht- pass: ..tKaShhe;, tKe
aeapnenhywani, ;iorssMhcWiyer.jj a1nd^astetm|ta|*jord;wt()u^.otlier sjde,'.1 after which
O r iaB B ie a . b u f whilephef was |dpwg#pta< Canrlian ®ut jthe cSrcuX/
,wMoa attc'nwmE.jhere'.camey aife^order,from,-the, Adigai.towMo,i-Da\ ie, tofjnake
t n Con’d \, n which; ^altc^j.'-tjrrte tirpe£»..tlKsy
md;jA k d ' - ^ l L j r i ^ g a n t p i t e w , i t h e r e . . i s j'ad: v i il agef'.palKjj Get antOtic,
a.^LfeGrd■ j>hicgk'J^iid w H l a l a y s ; a n d E w % r e | t h e
wnre, ordered tcy.spparwejj|[jom the .refegnd^nie^d^t^^and^^wht^Shey
all flMMcHTOiTi ^Vyi 11 Jt‘% h who. ireman^fvs3 M^&rfiDavi
j^TSpotj ^ttMjjards ail ^®(pnsop^f»were .taken, two ^ntwoj and delrVeredy-ifyer io
“ymdtinsi^ who, JopL. tj^ ’flJto^^irttjm^ffit~aii.ce au&cm .»ffihirV.lr.eads oil; ’that thew
:^K»Ww^S<SB6 hte was jraga stop ffi^nsjpr’der- of the
Admar/ ..'M^)G.j3awa -.arid ffientoiiiffiSnf1 artillery»wjtti the loiw Malay jpffirejs
who pjLfijujSljoWeuStherr CounU^i^fiy^weres’GartledSoff, .as supposes,ptpjthe
Adigar. The ^Bltf^^tdadijaagd-'^aatacs.) were not put to
jggjpt-. olj^^8au£^^uradni, w&pm|8jna saw, told htmsMiat -the, f$yo 'English’ officers
and. tlje _f o u L were^wjth the Adigal$£(W
. wDyk^^nrB^mensaw the two English o£M^^»n’d(was, told theji, were to be rail
ried to Hargaroonketti, \WbrMp^King-fWa!s>|k "In a d a B j to f ,tKat day the
whicn.-gie.Engjhs]i had le ft,. a’pd^oidcit3 > tKe" qannulr
to . be* ffired"^ \\ h liOuj^ral 1., as a mark o£ rejoicing. T
'T tw m S in g heard .aferwarn-i th^^me-kenolns. lasccfiyns, &0. , im g n t f ia rm ,4he
!>et untDmpJ'jj'.iay night, ap^capie |e Columppt’y-esterd^y even«*, ‘the Jufy.
BBSTakeh', Jd-bwjU^- Ijty*'iiijC- Ti;^®the imterpretationS^H; lyh’. Jorn-flle-arid’i'tlie' Mahak
moodclttemf?.
‘ ., fSigne^X" I, v* Robert Akbuth^ot, /!
7uly. iffirg > j Chief Secreta«,to Government! 1
^ 0 3'« ” - '
' 'Tfie puhlic mi.hd h a s ’heen in great anxiety ever sjn.c,e" j t ’>was(itoowh- \ljafc tHg Candians
hadjfjOnMEg 23d Jape, witS|ufe any jantice, ffioke the , trace;, fiwhjcn ' had
S H erto been'-hpehSipusl-y, observed on both sidiEand sui prised the/oiitpost, o f'fGer-
riagameitod Galle ..Gfederah. We. have since recerabd. the dreadful account,, of tfie?
massaqi e.. 0L, the Britisbltooops 4whicfSformed the gaYntpOplKf hCaptfe-Spon1 fne afith“
uhj, pfter they had evacuate^ that fort under a solemn, cap£b|ation that they should proceed
with-artns and ammunition, and^wi^OTfflrn'olfetktiOhjto Trmcomalee-^’ and also that
the Isifik should, be‘ taken care Sf, aiid|^^ried dpwn ' t& Golunibo after tneir’ recovery.
The details of this horrible event have' been related by'several natives, .eye witnesses’ 1811
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