Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society . dat Colombo on April 6. Letter A. Extract from a letter written by His Excellency the Governor of Ceylonat the camp situated on this side of the river Mahawillegange,in the kingdom of Candia, dated February 17,1765,to the Ministry at Colombo. Then since this course of arms has been successful on all sides, andthereby the kingdom of Can&ia is conquered so fortunately and withsuch a trifling loss, and brought to the Companys service, so that itmust supplicate for peace and receive it as a gift from us, and we, inthe first place, attribu
Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society . dat Colombo on April 6. Letter A. Extract from a letter written by His Excellency the Governor of Ceylonat the camp situated on this side of the river Mahawillegange,in the kingdom of Candia, dated February 17,1765,to the Ministry at Colombo. Then since this course of arms has been successful on all sides, andthereby the kingdom of Can&ia is conquered so fortunately and withsuch a trifling loss, and brought to the Companys service, so that itmust supplicate for peace and receive it as a gift from us, and we, inthe first place, attribute it wholly to the particular help and blessing ofGod Almighty, and as therefore all honour, praise, and thanksgivingbelong to Him, so may it please you to make this known to thevenerable consistory of the church, and to request the brother ministerson the following Sunday, in public, to praise and thank God, the Lord,for the assistance and special favour which He has thus far granted tous, and also to be mindful of us further in our prayers, & No. ^] van ecks kandyan expedition. 51 Letter B. Extract from a letter from * a certain Principal Servant of the Honourable Company, written from Colombo to Mature,under date April 6, 1765. Notwithstanding that Colonel Febers Company has been recom-mended to take over the command in Kandia from the CommandantMr. Rein, while His Honour should come to serve here, in order totake over for a time the chief administration of this Island, togetherwith the Commandant at Jaffanapatam, Mr. Mooyaart,f yet the above-named Colonel arrived here this afternoon, but what .the reason ofthis may be I cannot yet know, perhaps later on. Letter C. Extract from a letter dated April 10,1765, from and to as above. I wrote to you in my previous letter that the reason was unknownto me why Colonel Feber, upon the letter of the Political Councilhere, which he had received at Catagampelle (a field station betweenGonewille and Wisenawe), did not betake h
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