438 , Appendix. 
from the enemy, and restored to perfect obedience and tranquillity, and the in- 
crease of our force, by the recovery of the Malays, will enable me to send a 
small body of troops to protect the nrothern districts, of the situation of which we 
have had no information for these last three weeks, as the passage of the mall has 
been intercepted. — Two hundred of the 34th regiment have been sent to Trinco- 
malee by the Madras government, and will soon be relieved by two hundred and 
fifty of the 10th; and Lord Wellesley has destined the battalion of Bengal Volun- 
teers for this island. I have the honour to be, &c. 
F. North. 
The Ceylon Gazette, of Sept. 28, conveyed the pleasing information of the 
re-opening of the communication between Colombo and Manaar ; by which intelli- 
gence had been received that the Candians had invaded the province of Batta- 
colo. An c,\pedition was undertaken on the 3d September, against the insurgents, 
consisting of a part of the garrison, under the command of J. Smitz, Esq. a civil 
officer. They proceeded to Mamoene, where they killed eight of the insurgents and 
dispersed the rest. 
Our government now felt itself strong enough to retaliate on the Candians. 
TTie village of Hangwelle, the most populous and commercial in the kingdom of 
Candy, was taken by Captain Pollock. In it were found magazines of artillery, 
ammunition, and provisions, which the King of Candy had been long preparing for 
his attack on our settlements. He had also fitted up here a palace in a very sump- 
tuotis style. 
Such are the most authentic particulars of the late war in Ceylon. As I ob- 
served at the commencement of this account, it would be improper to hazard any 
©bservations on the policy or impolicy of our measures, without the fullest infor- 
mation. Our government will no doubt profit by the experience they have had 
of the character as well as the country of the Candians, to take due precautions 
against a repetition of such calamities. 
