 | 1847 - 648 pages
...and British authorities, which produced a wasting and destructive war. The plunder of some Mahommedan merchants proceeding from the Coast into the interior...was completely deserted, and there they proclaimed Mutu Samy, King of Kandy and the interior. A treaty was then entered into with him as ;in independent... | |
 | 1847 - 644 pages
...and British authorities, which produced a wasting and destructive war. The plunder of some Mahommedan merchants proceeding from the Coast into the interior...not give, and, accordingly, early in 1803, General Maedowall and Colonel Barbut were ordered to advance on Kandy from Colombo and Trincomalee respectively.... | |
 | 1847 - 1262 pages
...and British authorities, which produced a wasting and destructive war. The plunder of some Mahommedan merchants proceeding from the Coast into the interior was made the ground of deinanding satisfaction by the authorities at Colombo. This the Kandian Court would not give, and,... | |
 | William Knighton - 1855 - 700 pages
...coffee, and cardamoms added to the exports of the island. It was in 1766 that the first English emhassy from Madras arrived at Kandy, Mr. Pybus being the...satisfaction by the authorities at Colombo. This the Eandian court would not give ; and accordingly, early in 1803, General Macdowall and Colonel Barbut... | |
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King nor Talawe would agree, and the negociations accordingly ended in no important result. In 1802, however, a difference arose between the Kandian and British authorities, which produced a wasting and destructive war. The plunder of some Mohammedan... 