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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. X. 



It may at the same time be expedient that you should explicitly under- 

 stand that our proposition goes to putting the Dutch Settlements in 

 question completely under His Britannic Majesty's protection and 

 control, the troops to be stationed for that purpose to be either 

 British or selected from amongst those now in your service, according 

 to the disposition we may think it most advisable to make, under the 

 impression of existing circumstances. 



Our President's letter of the 7th July contains the stipulations we 

 feel ourselves at liberty to enter into concerning the settlements 

 remaining under your Government, as well as our determination with 

 respect to the line of conduct that will be pursued, in the event of 

 your persevering in your resolution of the 15th August. 



Any further explanation you may require will be given by Major 

 Agnew, who possesses our full confidence, and who is authorised by us 

 to settle the mode of carrying the proposed arrangement into 

 execution. 



To the Governor or Commandant of the Fort of Jaffnapatnam, 

 and its Dependencies. 



Sir, — The important Forts of Trincomalee, Ostenburg, and Bat- 

 ticaloa having surrendered to the Army of his Britannic Majesty, the 

 undersigned, Commanding-in-Chief the troops of His Majesty on the 

 Island of Ceylon, demands of you to surrender the Fort of Jaffna- 

 patnam and its dependencies under your command to the King, my 

 Master. The officers and troops of the garrison, if it is their wish, 

 will be immediately received into the pay of Great Britain with the 

 rank they now hold. Their private property as well as that of all 

 the inhabitants will be secured to them, and every reasonable indul- 

 gence which you can require on their behalf will be granted. It must 

 be evident to you that your resistance cannot long preserve the Fort 

 under your command, when you are apprised of the possessions which 

 the English have already acquired on this Island for their preservation 

 against our common enemy and of the British power in India. If 

 therefore your refusal to surrender on the very favourable condition 

 I have now the honour to offer, obliges me to erect batteries against 

 the place (the guns for that purpose and the remainder of the army 

 being on their march from Point Pedro to join), no terms will 

 hereafter be granted, and if you are permitted to surrender it must be 

 at discretion. 



We have, &c, 



Fort St. George, 

 September 22, 1795. 



HOBART. 



C. Saunders. 



E. H. Fallofield. 



Headquarter of the British Army near 

 Jaffnapatnam, September 28, 1795. 



