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BRADFORD FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. NVANTED, a Head Mailer for the Free Gram mar School, at Bradford, in the County of York. He mutt have taken the Degree of Mailer of Arts in one of the Eng- Univcrfities, and be pertedly qualified to teach the Greek and Latin Languages. The Salary is One Hundred and Five Pounds per Amu. and Twenty-Five Pounds per Ann. for a Houk, exclu lee of Perquillies. AU Applications and Letters of Recommendation are defied to be lent to N. Jowctt, Efq. of Clock-hook, near Bradford, the Treafurer. er The !amnia - lion and EleCtion will take place at the Houk cif Mr. '1 bomas Duckitt, the Bull's Head Inn, is Bradford, on Thurfday thr 19th Day of September ihftant. • Bradford. Seyt. 6. 1803. On Saturday, Sept. to, will be publithed, cloicly printed, in three yob. s smo.enthelliiheel with Plates and a Map, price ass. boards, or rl, Is. the fuperior edition, TRAVELS from MOSCOW, through Pruffia, Germany, Switrezland, France, and England. By NICOLAI KARAMSIN. Tranflated from the German. •,' The Travels of Karamun arc thofe of an intelligent and enlightened Roan; and being the firft of his Countrymen who has ta►en a View of the Culloms, Manners, and Improvements in the Arts of this Country, cannot fail to be acceptable to the Eng lilh Reader. Printed for John Badcock, Paternofter.row. By whom will &only be publithed. Adolphe and Blanche; or Travellers in Switzerland; from the French of E. F. I.anticr, Author of Travels of Antenor, iu 3 yob. EAST INDIES. ISLAND or Ca r Lon.---The following letter from Colombo, dated the agth of January lall, contains the fubilance of the Proclamation iffued by the Hon. Mr. NORTH, on the breaking out of the difpute with the natives. Every propofition to conciliate has been made to the Court of Candy, and has been treated with dif damn, which clearly proved the intention of that Court to avoid any Rabic or reafonablo arrangement. An open ad of violence was therefore committed in the months of March and April, again inhabitants of Colombo, which canted our Government to complain and demand fataadion. Certain merchants of Pu telam, who had, under the faith of treaties, pur chafed, at a fair market in the Candian territories, Areka-Nut, to the quantity of 2g2 arnmonams, were defpoiled of it forcibly by a perfon in authority under the Candian Government at Cakanacooly. Although fo flagrant an outrage entitled us to make reprifals on the property of the fubjeds of the King of Candy within our Government, we abflained from any fuck meafure, and eves delayed making any remonftrance, till after a ferious and minute inveftigation of the cafe. We are affored that the fad was true, and that the Putelam merchants had not brought it on by any improper behaviour or difrefpeft to the laws of Candy, or the perfons in authority there. His Ex cellency Mr. NORTH hereupon forwarded a remon ftrance to the Candian Government, Rating the cafe as it happened. To this remonftrance an anfwer was returned early in the month of Odober, acknowledging the truth of our ftatement, and the juftice of our complaint, and promifing immediate reparation by the reftitution of the Areka-nut which had been feized, to the perfons to whom it belonged. Although we had a clear and pofitive right to infift on the delivery of the Paid Areka.nut to' the injured parties at Putekrn, at the expence of the King of Candy, we, for the fake of peace , waved that right, and the Putelam merchants returned, in confequence thereof, to C;. kanatooly. At that place they remained 35 days without fataf . hellion, and were at laft fent away with a declara tion, that, " if the feafon Ihould prove favourable , and they would return in January, they would receive a quantity of Areka-nut, equal to that of which they bad heea dcfpoiled." We received, at the fame time, a letter from the Court, informing us, that the Are ka-nut in queftion had been fold, but that an equal quantity Ihould be given to the (offerers in the courfe of one or two months. This conciliatory propofition has, on the zatts of January, been refuted by the firft Adigaare of Candy ; and another attempt made to delay the necefary reparation of the outrage com mitted on our people, until the time for active ope ration in the field fhould be pall. In the mean time preparations and affemblies of a menacing appear ance have been formed in various places on the Can. dian frontier, and ads of apparent hoftility, which the Minifter of Candy has not (erupted to avow, on pretences wholly unfounded. Under the circum thaws of aggravated injury and intuit, we have deter - mined to (end troops into the Candian territories to enforce our jun claim to full indemnification for the expence to which our Government has been put by the iniquity of the Court of Candy, and to exad fufficient fecwity again& the repetition of fimilar outrage. In this view, we have fubmitted to his Cimdiani Majefty articles of accommodation, fo moderate in their ()Ned, and fo beneficial in their principle, that it is prefumed he will immediately agree to them, as well for the fecurity *ibis own perfon and dignity, as for the tranquillity and happinefs of his fubjeas. In the mean time, aria orders have been given that the moll tend difcipline be ob(erved by the Britifb troops in the Candian territories; that the temples, piens, and rel igio n of the inhabitants be ref - poled ; and that the per as and property of all individuals not em ployed is arms againft the Bridal troops be proteded; that all fupplies which may be furnifised be regularly paid for; and that no diforder be allowed. And all thofe who inhabit the countries through which the armies may pars, are exhorted to afford them every affillance, to remain peaceable in their own habita tions, to continue their ordinary occupations without fcar or apprehenfioo, and to fubmit themfelves quietly to the authority of ow Commanders, who base espies directions to ?Toted them from injury sad oppretbon. By his Excellency's command, (Signed) K. ARAVTHISOT, Chief Secretary to Government. •By Order of the Council (Signed) IL P Afting Secretary to the Council A letter jun received from Ceylon, dated the 9th of February, fay., " The IA accounts received from the army ander Gen. Mscormst.t. were dated from Kattedenia, opon the Candian frontiers, when they were all in good health and Ipirits. They espettesl to crests the river Kaymelle on the morrow ~r next d•y, and eater the Candian territory. No accounts luve yet been received of the march of the detach. event of the army nada. Lieut. Col. B&A sir, from Tcifeomaka." LONDON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER B. • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK j psi Cent. Conk& 54 531/1-01d 5 per Cent. so °mutual, 71 if dif. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3PerC•Conf•s4 ItS4 Imp. 3 per Caw 531 3 par Call. 87f Etcbcquer Ellis mu. is. dif. India Stock, for money, t 6.5 Omni= 761 71 thE Ditto, for account, sod Englidt Ttacts z7l. teat India floods, *dirt Conf. for Asc. By advices from our eafiern pofieffions it appears that we are involved in a war with the King of CANDY in the Hand of Ceylon. Our troops have already taken the field, and by the lateft accounts had arrived at the Candean frontiers. This quarrel we hope will foon be adjutted, but Ihould hoftilities be continued, it is earnefily to be wifhed that the war may be lcfs expenfive and difatirous, than that car ried on lime years ago, againfr the fame Prince, by the Dutch Eaft India Company. The fecret expedition, which we mentioned a few days ago as on the eve of failing, failed on Tuefday. The land forces, as we expelled would be the cafe, are under the command of that able and experienced Officer General Moos,. They confift of his own brigade, viz. the 4th, or King's own Re giment, the 52d Light Infantry, the 59th, both, and Rifle Corps, amounting in all to 5000 men. The flotilla, which (leered a weedy courfe, is under the command of an Officer from whofe intrepidity every thiag may be expeeted, Sir S IDNEY S MITH ; b ut the chief command of the Squadron is entruilecl to the gallant and fuccefsful Lord KEITH. Cutiofity is on the rack to find out the deftination l of this expedition. One would think that its being a fecret fhould fatisfy fur the prefent, and it will fa tisfy the public, though the prints that hunt for no toriety, and, day after day, hazard conjeftures, which are falfified each fucceeding week, mull keep talking —perfuading themfelves that they will get credit for a fagacity to which they have no real claim.— The fyftem they follow is of fuch a nature, however, that it mutt in the end defeat itfelf—it is limply this : Hazard one conjefture to-day, another to-morrow, a third on the day following, trufting to chance to verify one or other of them, and lhould this happen then to boaft of prior information ; knowing that few will take the trouble to retrace their ftatements.— Another part of the fyilcm, when the fabricated ar ticle exhibits fucb evident malignity, as to call forth the reprobation of all honeft men, is to Rate in a fub fequent publication, that it was copied from another paper. We give the following paragraph as a (pea. men from the Morning Poll of this day : • In our Paper of yeamday we copied a paragraph of a very • improper nature from Tim Star,er the evening preceding, Rating • that the French asignati deigned In the moment of invatlon to • fct bre to their lodgings in London, ad to throw this city into • coofulion, lke. note &en& who are partifans and fupporters " of Bonaparte, we think capable of every enormity, u he him • felt is the chief robber mad ainalorer now in Europe; szainft • each Fraiclunco, gibe tbdo wb Ind arrived in England duce • the Peace, and ye now enteral sway, we thought, oo ilighdy a reading it, the paragraph was levelled; but the affertion, as againit the French esigrasts. meaning thereby the Rgyaiiift, is " one of the moft falfe sad cruel which could be invented: cruel, as it tends to make more painful the fituation of men already " o►erwhelmed with misfortunes." This is carrying the fyftem of deception maintained by calumny and falfehood to the utmolt extent that malevolence can devife. We faw for the &ft time the article alluded to, in that very paper which now dares to affert that it copied it from ins Smut. We can appeal to the public whether our columns were ever fullied by any fuch article 1 There is no room here for quibbling.—Let our calumniators point out the STAR that contained this libel. We beg pardqn of our readers for taking up a tingle line of our Paper in talking of ourfelves—it is not our cutlom, nor is it eafy to provoke us to in trude ourfelves on their notice. We leave fuch a praCtice to thole who, like the quacks in phyfic, would have the public confider an a,Fdavit as an infallible tett of the merit of their pretenfions. But to return— Having already obferved that the deftination of the expedition under General Moose is a fecret, we we (hall not attempt to penetrate the myftery. It may or may not be for Portugal, as one print Rates, or to deftroy the works carrying on at Cherbourg, as affirmed by another :—thefe are mere conjeftures, hazarded for the day, and to-morrow new ones will appear, but without any better foundation than a fancied coincidence with other rumours. That on which the firft mentioned ftatement is founded, is a letter from Lilian, received by the Fox cutter, which we here infect : " Lilbon. And! 9. • 71* Fox cotter arrived ►ere lail Sunday, and fails this even ing fur England. I nail ntyfclf of the opportunity to re quett that you will by to MINIM execute the orders fent by the Auckland packet, as I conceive: this country to be In very great danger of French musics. Fpeoc► troops are already In Spain, and our Am baster, FRZRE. at Madrid, is expelled every day on his way to England. It hems the Spaniards are determined to unite with France spina this country, and the Prince of Beams is able lutely fitting out his beet, refolval to quit Europe for his fetus menu in South America. The greateft eciafternation prevalh here, and I much fear the Brit& Faigtory will (lifer ccafulerably, bay ing few Ilipsbere, and sot one of war to prated them." From this letter it is wifely infcrrcd, that Spain has only hitherto maintained neutrality for the pur port of getting home its American treafure--and that Portugal of courfe is •ulnerable, and will be come the next theatre of French cy.alions and rapine —and, as a confequence of all this , Portugal being our Ally, the Secret Expedition is clawed for that country 1 Without pretending to decide on the corredners of the contents of the above letter, we (hall for the pre fent obferve that other letters of the fame date, re ceived by the Cam.: veffel, and from rerpedable mer cantile houfes at Li(bon, lista a dire& contrary language. The idea, however, is not new. It was fuggeßed, during the La war, that in a titre of exi gency the Portnguefe Government might remove itfelf bodily to its vkluable and eztenfive Colony in South America. An idea of this kind, praalcable in itfelf, when once Darted, may certainly Come time or other realized. But this is all that can, with any de gree of truth, be Rated at the prefent moment. — There is another rumour direaly in the teeth of this —that Spain is at this moment railing an army of 200,000 men men to maintain her independence. The fecond mentioned opinion, that the ferret ex-. peditioa is deflined for Cherbourg, refls on a kin. dred mode of reafoning to that which has fent it to Portugal. It mutt have fume objeft.—To dif trerz the enemy of courfe—and how can this be better done than by a coup do main where not ex petted ? Calais, Boulogne, &c. cannot be the dcf tination, for there we have a force already—Brett! No ; soot) men could do but little there—Where then ?—perhaps Cherbourg!! Such is their ready and conclufive mode of rearm ing I—lt is however highly probable that government 'have had information that a blow may be itruck,with aid in a part of high confequence to the French at the prefent moment ; and we believe, that in a very few days we (hall have to congratulte our country on a moll ufeful and brilliAnt atchievement. Lieutenant NicnoLsom, of the For cutter, from Rear-Admiral CAMPBELL'S fquadron, off Cadiz, on his voyage home, paired upwards of twenty fail of Spanifh South Sea men, from Buenos Ayres and other parts in South America, all richly laden, bound for Cadiz, Ferrol, Paffage, and other ports in Spain, that had there been a war, he does not doubt but his (hare of prize money alone would have amounted to I 00,0001. Yellerday morning, foon after eight o'clock, his Royal Highnefs the Duke of K e NT arrived at Windfor. His MAJESTY reviewed the Staffordfbire Militia in the Little Park, attended by the Dukes of Kier and Cam setpcs, Lord CATHCART, and a number of Mi. litary Officers. The Prioceffes AUGUSTA and A se act*, attended by Lady C. DAMS*, were in an open car riage. Her Maissrr, and the Princeffes ELlZallarm, MART ' and Sopilia, were on the Terrace, w h ere they had a fight of the review. Colonel SIIRYDCOUS mended ; the men performed their evolutions very much to the fatisfaaion of his Majefty, who compli mented the Officers and regilaent in general on their good (late of difcipline ; the ground was kept by a party of the 13th Light Dragoons ; the review was over about half pet eleven o clock ; after which the Royal Family went to the Earl of UXBRIDGeS to breakfell, attended by his Lordlitip and fuite. After wards the Prince(' Amnia*, with Lady C. Daunt, took an airing in the Great Park. CITY VOLUNTIZILIM.--AY a Meeting of the Officers of the different Volunteer Corps, in the City, on the 3 t II of Anna, it was agreed there thould be no other diftinQion than the number of each Regiment. In confequence they will all come ender the titl e o f Loyal London Volunteers. The numbers drawn by ballot were as follows: rft Liestenant-Comet limey (Comb!!!.) ad kali LUTE. 3d asonaiovou, (Guildhall.) 4th sth Taos. &arra, (Fairlapian Within.) 6th WIOLAN. ith Scow, (Portfoheo.) Bth Comtism. 9th CURTI/. toth Comae, Alf., a Corps of infantry, and three Troops of Cavalry. Qoss►'s ROY/11, ON. Cest.sa• VOLUNTIIILIA more gratifying fight was never prefented to a loyal and admiring people, than the appearance of this mot valuable Corps La Sunday, when they had the honour to be infpeeted on their parade ground, in the front of Sloane-greet, by their Colonel, Lord Ho 'Aar. They confilt of two battalions of goo men. Such has been their commendable perfeverance at drill lance they were fiat formed, and fuch the shill ties of their Lieutenant-Colonels, Roai son and Wu .- sow, in training them, that they yield the palm of excellence to no other Corps. It. is needlefs to fay, that his Lordlhip was pleated to exprefs the higheft fatisfaCtion at their Ready and foldier.like conduB. Of fuch Volunteer forces as tilde, Government need never regret the increafe to any amount. Not a man amongil them but burns with impatience to meet the I foe. The day was remarkably fine; and the crowd of fpeel.itors ;ambled on the occafion, departed with mutual congratulations on the pleafure they had re ceived from a fight fo truly interefting. CAMP lIPAIR ASHFORD, SUPT. 6.—There are be tween three and four hundred blackfrniths and car penters employed at Bremen Lees, to build barracks there. Yetterday Sir EDW. liwarcmaut.t., while (hooting on his own came, met with two men who were (oaring bares ; he fecured and lodged them in the firft public houfe he came to, till he could get them fent to gaol. They both belonged to the body of carpenters, who, on hearing that two of their comrades were confined, [truck their work, and pro ceeded in a body and refcued the men ; Sir Edward immediately repaired to the fpot, and read the Riot AR. One of the fellows was fo daring as to arike him. Sir Edward fent immediately for aififlance to General FORS'S, who commands here, when a de tachment of the Berkthire Militia was immediately difpatched, confifling of one Captain and fifty men, each provided with fix rounds of ball cartridge. Six of the ringleaders were (*cured, and brought to Atli ford, where they underwent an examination before Mr. MASISAL and other Joitices, who committed them to Canterbury GaoL The man who Rruck Sir Edward is not yet taken, but find fearch is making after him. It is (aid, Tome troops are immediately to be encamped at Bremen Lees, to prevent any future riots of the workarn ; they are to be fent from the camp here. Bremen Lees is half way between this place and I-lithe. COLCHESTER. SEPT. 7. This morning at fix o'clock, the Royal South Lin. cola, commanded by Colonel SHITHORP, marched from the barracks on their route to Ipfwich, where they are to remain for this night, and to-morrow to proceed to Bromfwell Camp, where they are to be brigaded with the '24th Infantry, and North York Militia, under the orders of Sir Eat Coorc—This movement has taken place at this advanced period of the fcafon, in confequence of the removal from the above Camp of three Regiments of the Line, who have marchedthence to receive their fecond battalions from the Army of Referve, and will mod probably be employed on more alive fervice.—Some hundreds of bricklayers and carpenters arc upon the road, for the enlarging and building barracks at WoodbriJge, and various other places on the Effez, Suffolk, and Nor folk coaft, in confequence of an Advertifement from the Barrack Office, for tsoo men; t zoo of whom, I learn, are aaually engaged, with protedions from being preffed, 11. ss. travelling expences, and ss. sod. per day wages, Sunday included. Rorx, REGIMEA'T OF WESTMINSTER VOLTJPA'7IERS. COMMANDED BY COLONEL ROBERTSON. It having been generally known that this was the day on which the Royal Regiment of Waminffer Volunteers were to hear a Sermon, and receive their Colours, an amazing croud of fpatators of all fixes and denominationvwas collated in the Rreets through which the regiment was to pars to St. Clement's Church, appointed for that ceremony ; St. Ann's, Soho, being at prefent under repair. Ezaaly at ten o'clock, the Regiment paraded in the King's Mews ; and at half after r I marched, in grand military array, along the Strand; the windows on each fide of which were Med with beautiful and well dreffed women, waving their handkerchiefs in appro bation of the conduit of thofe who, with loyal promp titnde, thus Rand forth in defence of their King and Conßitution at the prefent eventful period. In their way to St. Clement's Church, the Regi ment formed on both fides of Norfolk.fireet ; whence they marched into Church, the body of which they completely occupied. The galleries were refereed for the accommodation of filch perfons as were for tunate enough to obtain tickets of achniffion ; and never on any former occafion were they fo elegantly . or numeronfly attended. After the Volunteers were all feated in the church, the Colours, which are thofe that belonged to the former Corps of Royal Weßnaineer Volunteers, were unfurled on each fide of the Altar. Prayers were then read by the Rev. Dr. Lswasncs ; in the inter vals of which. Anthems from the 46th Pfalm.-.-" 7/0 Leapit ear deems and aide" and from the Oratorio of Judas Maccabees—" Swiste4 Am/ ens alarm." were fang, at which Come proferional Gentlemen, not in uniform. and feveral Gentlemen belonging to the Corps. afSfled ; after which a very appropriate and impreffive Sermon was preached by the Rev. Joann Curate of St. Ann's, Soho, and Chap lain to the Corps, from the ilth chapter of the fc cond book of Samuel and toth verfe, " Be of rat corr.'s : play the am* ow talk awl for the cifie, of err Loeb; aid the Law do that which to him famed tred l!"' When the fervice was over, the letters of the Mar quis of Tiros/tamp, Lord Lieutenant of the County, and that of the Srisast of the Houfe of Commons, together with the Thanks of the Houfe of Commons to the Volunteer and Yeomanry Corps, were read.— After which Colonel ROISIVIIOII delivered the Co lours to Mr. Jameson, who returned them to the Enfigns of the Regiment. This ceremony over, the regiment again paraded in Norfolk.fireet, with the exception of the grenadier company, who efeorted the Colours to the left and right with the music and drums, the regiment prefenting arms. They then marched, with colours flying, to the King's Mews : thence, after halting half an hour, they repaired to Hyde Park, where they went through their mama ores, preparatory to the infpation of the regiment by the Earl of HARRINGTON. which will take place as foon as the remainder of the arms, for which an or der has been given by the Marquis of Ts IT rt are delivered from the Tower. This fine Regiment is complete one thoufand and forty-three, and does infinite credit to the military talents, patriotic zeal, and aSduity of Colonel Ro- BIRTION, by whom it has been brought to loch a high Rate of diicipliae ar renders it fit for any fervice whatever. The day being uncommonly fine, awaited a pro digious concourfe of fpedators to the Park ; and, we are happy to add. that no accident whatever hap pened to detrad from the fplenclour of a (nee at all times exhilirating. but molt fupremely to at the Kt fent period. when all that malignity, cruelty, and violation of every honell and honourable prisciPler which marked the beginning of the French Revolu tion, fills the breatt of one tyrant at this advanced Rage of it, and is direded by him againa the peace and profperity of this country Yellerday evening General Sh Darn) Donnas re• moved his head-quarters from ch ataasn to the City of Canterbury. Yelterday morning Ole gad of Alma left town for 151:ight0u. coca that chat his 1 dal t a at fiat Sol. at 111 perk due t Pala' quire Ev more ; ~,ii. • ::, dal