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CEYLON. As this Island has lately occupied a considerable po rt io n of the public attention, a description of the reception of a British Embassy, sent some time since to the Court of Candy, may not be found uninter. estinz. (From PERC IV nt's Account of Ceylon.) But previous to any interview, it was found no easy matter to adjust the ceremonies of introduc tion. It had been customary for the Kings of Candy to demand prostration, and several other degrading tokens of submission, from the Ambassa. dors introduced to them. The Dutch Ambassadors had always submitted to be introduced into the capital blindfold, and to prostrate themselves before the Monarch. In a former war, when Trincomalee was taken by us from the Dutch, proposals were sent to the King, to assist him in expelling his enemies no 0 , the island, and to form a treaty of alliance with him. After the Envoy entrusted with this business had arrived at Candy, the King would not receive him standing ; and the Envoy, not having instrudions how to ad in such a case, declined the interview, till he could hear from Madras; by which means, so much time elapsed, that the objed of the embassy was, by intervening circumstances, entirely defeated, and the Envoy re turned without being presented. Even after the British had shown their power, by the capture of Colombo and the expulsion of the Dutch, the Can dian Monarch would not recede from his lofty pre tensions ; and Mr. Andrews, the British East India Company's chief civil servant, who was sent up _n mission to Candy shortly after we had taken pos session of the island, was obliged to kneel on be ing admitted to the royal presence. Nay, to such an extravagant pitch do the natives carry their ideas of the indiseensable nature of this royal prerogative, that when Trincomalee was, in the last war, taken by our Troops under General Stewart, and when the King was in consequence prevailed upon to send Ambassador to Madras, these persons very mo destly desired Lord Hobart to prostrate himself be- fore them, and to receive the King's letter on his knees. This request, however, his Lordship de_ dined to comply with ; but returned for answer, that as they were so much in the habit of kneeling, and so fond of prostration, a custom which his Courorymen never adopted, their best plan, to pre vent the omission of this essential ceremony, would be to prostrate themselves before him, .a ho held the supreme authority tlirc and this alternative, after they fund his Lordship would not submit to the other, they adually assented to. General Macdowal, understanding that this cere mony was expefted at his introdudi , ,n, previously informed his Majesty, by means of the Adigar, that he could tot on any account submit to it. The King made many objettioes to receiving him into his presence, unless he would consent first to prostrate himself, and then to remain kneeling during the royal audience. The General, however, positively refused compliance ; and informed the minister, that his Sovereign acknowledged the superiority of no potentate upon earth ; and that, sooner than de grade his Sovereign in the person of his representa tit e, he would return to Columbo without being presented. The King, not daring to come to an open breach with us, upon this waved his preroga tive ; but, in order to reconcile this derogation from his dignity to his own feelings, he informed the General, that it was his royal will to dispense, in his case, with the usual ceremonies required of Am bassadors at their introdudion, as the General came from his brother, the King of Great Britain, whose great power and strength he acknowledged to he far above that of the Dutch or the East India Corn. rany. This important matter having been adjusted in this manner, and the time appointed for the first audience being come, the Adigar, with a numerous attendance, lighted by a great blaze of torches (for audience is always given here by night) came to the edge of the river, to condua the General to the royal pres?.nce. The General, on his part, crossed the river in the boats which were in readiness, at tended by his Staff, and the Gentlemen belonging to the Embassy, with an escort, consisting of a Subal. tern and fifty Sepoys, He was then conduaed by the Adigar about a mile and a half, to the King's palace. The road thither was up a steep hill, with narrow crooked paths. The capital was surrounded by thick thorny hedges, with gates of the same, called by the natives caravetties. The caravetty nearest Candy has a rampart and breast.work, on which some of their artillery was occasionally mounted. The resistance which it could make to the approach of a regular army is, however, very trifling Candy is indebted for its principal fortifi cations to Nature. The way up to the thy was very fatiguing, and the escort was not a little incommoded by the crowd of natives who eagerly pressed to gaze at them. This circumstance, and the glare of the torches, prevented the General's retinue from having an ac corate view of the city. The Embassy on catering it passed through one long broad street to the palace. The houses, though low huts of themselves, appeared greatly elevated, from being built upon high tvels on each side of the street, which forms a kind of area below. At the further end of this street is a high wall, inclosing the gardens which belong to the palace. After a short turn here to the left, the palace appeared, standing on the right. In front of it was a High: of stone steps, and a vi_ randa, or balcony, in which a number of the King's guards, and several of the chief men in waiting, were stationed. After passing this, and descend. ing by another flight of steps, a large. square, sur rounded by a high wall, afforded a station for some more of the guards. At the opposi:e side stood a large arched gate-way leading into an inner court, where the King, and his principal officers of state, have their residence. In this inner division the King kept his own body -guards, wl►o were com. posed of Malays and . Malabars. These Troops are armed with swords, spears and shields ; and on them the King seems to place his chief dependence in the event of anv sudden commotion or a ~:,:m. On the right hand of this inner court stood an open arch, through which was the entrance to the hall of audience. This state room was a long vi randa, with alternate arches and pillars along its sides. From this struaure, as well as from the ap pearance of the roof and ceiling, it bore a consi derable resemblance to the aisle of a church. The pillars and arches were adorned with muslin flowers, and ornaments made of the plantain leaf, which had a very pretty e ft - M. At the further end of the hall, and under one of the larger arches, was placed a kind of platform or throne, covered with a car pet, and surrounded with steps. • Here the King sat in state. A small partition raised in front con. sealed his feet and the lower part of his body from view. Below the arches on each side of the hall, the courtiers were seen, some prostrate, others sir ting in silence and cross-legged, like a parcel of tailors on a shop-board. The General was led up with much ceremony and _gravity by the Adigar, and the next chief officer present, and placed along with the Adigar, on the uppermost step of the throne. Although the rest of the hall was well lighted, that part where the king sat was contrived to be Made more obscure than the rest, with a view of impressing a greater awe on those who approached him. He was in appearance a young man, very black, with a tight heard. He was by no means.so portly or well-looking- as the Adigar, and several other of the Officers around him. He was dressed in a robe of very fine muslin, embroidered with gold, fitted close at the breast with several folds drawn round• the waist, and flowing down from thence like a lady's gown. His arms were bare from the elbows downwards. On his fingers he wore a number of very broad rings, set with pre. cious stone; of different sorts, while a number of gold chains were suspended round his neck, over a stiff frilled piece of muslin, resembling a Queen Elizabeth's ruff. His head was covered with a tur ban of muslin spangled with gold, and surmounted by a crown of gold, an ornament by which he is distinguished from all the other Asiatic princes, who are prohibited by their religion from wearing this badge of royalty, and whose ornaments, when they use any, consist simply of a sprig or feather of precious stones. His waist was encircled with a rich sash, to which was suspended a short curved dagger or sabre, the handle richly ornamented, and the scabbard of gold fillagree work. In appearance his Majesty much resembled the figures we are ac.. customed to see of King Henry VIII. The Adi gar, from his superior size, might indeed be said to do so still more : very little difference in dress was discernible between him and his sovereign, except that the minister did not carry a crown; although his turban also was surmounted by something like a ducal coronet. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER RACES. TUESDAY, MAY 22. The Sol. Plate for 3 and 4yr olds. Two mile heats. Mr. R. L. Saville's br. f. Rosamond, 4 yrs old, B:.t. r Mr. Harris's b. c. 3 yrs old, 6st. Toll). 3 2 Mr. Holdsworth's Laudanum, 4 yrs old, Bst. 31b. - 2 j Sweepstakes of logs. each, for Hunters, gst. Four miles. Mr. Hawkes's ch. g. by King Fergus, out of Mortonia I. Mr. i)yott's b. m. by Poe Andrews - - 2 Mr. E. L. Lloyd's b. m. by Alexander - - 3 Mr. E. Hanson's b. g. Huby, by Huby - - 4 Mr. I. Field's br. in. by Buzzard - _ - S WEDNESDAY. The Maiden Plate of col. for Horses, &c, Four Mile Heats. Mr. Harris's b. c. Sir Rowland, 4-yr 7st. r2lb. 3 t Mr. Topham's b. m. by Delimi t 5 yrs old, Bst. 31b. 1 3 3 .Mr.Welburn's br. c. by Abbe Thuile, 4-yr. 7st. rzlb. 4 2 2 Mr. Lord's br. f. Rival, 4 yrs old, 7st. rolb. - 5 4 dr Sir W.Gerard's b. g. Laylack, 4 yrs old, 7st. tolb. 2dr Sweepstakes of togs. each, for all ages. Four miles. Mr. G. Hutton's ch. c. Saxoni, 4 yrs. old, 7st. tzlb. Sir W. W. Wyime's Ashton, 5 yrs old, Bst. 91b. Sir W: Gerard's b. c. by Star, 3 yrs. sst. tont. - 3 Mr. Smith's br. h. Citizen, aged, Bst. 121 b. 4 THURSfIAY. Sweepstakes of logs. each, for 3 yr. olds. One mile. Sir W. Gerard's b. c. by Star, dam by Slope, 6st. 31b - Mr. Lockley's br. f. by Telescope, 6st. - - - 2 Ld. Grosvenor's ch. c. by (oh') Bull, out of Dido, 6st. 31b. 3 Sir W. W. Wynne's b. 1. Nanette, by Buzzard, 6st. - 4 The &A. for all ages. Four mile heats. Sir W. W. Wynne's b. h. Ashton, yrs. old. Bst. 71b. r r M. R. L. Saville's Rosamond, 4 yrs. 7s. alb. - a 2 FERTILITY OF THE sOI L.—A six.acre field, the property of Mr. John Armstrong, of Carlisle, the two harvests before the last, produced the most astonishing crops of oats that ever rewarded the hand of industry ; in which there were noticed single stems that contained upwards of 500 in dividual grains of corn, where a single grain of seed was deposited, 2z healthy stems had sprung upl Last year the same piece of ground, from 3.4- bushels of seed, yielded a I I Carlisle bushels of clean well dressed barley, which, at 93. per bushel, sold for 491. 195.-2433 trusses of straw, at 2s. 6d. per score, realized Isl. 4.s.—amount 6 . 51. 35. It is still more remarkable, that during the whole period the land had neither manure, lime, nor any other stimulating substance applied to it. The above is a well authenticated account ; and a more abundant increase was perhaps never known. * PARIS, MAY i 6. THE First Naval and Military Special Commis sion that has pronounced any sentence, is that at Boulogne. Two Citizens, AV ES and MON I NGUON, employed in the Naval Department in the Port of Boulogne, have been conviCted of attempting to ap propriate to themselves several articles furnished to the Republic, and of having overcharged what had been furnished for the general Magazine ; they are both condemned to be placed in the pillory for six hours, and to ten years hard labour in the galleys. The Austrian Government, hitherto established at Gunzburgh, in Suabia, is now removed to Lin. dau, opposite to Constance, near the Swiss Fron tiers. The Military Staff of the provincial Regi ments is to reside in the same City : but it is not true that new Fortifications are to be erected ; neither the French nor the Helvetic Republic would suffer such offensive measures. A Power that for tifies itself meditates attacks.—(La Gazette de France.) Letters from Vienna state, that the ARCHDUKE CHARLES has lately had frequent and long confe rences with the Minister of the Foreign Depart ment, Count COB ENTZ FL, and that great adivity prevails in the Military Departments ; that Diplo matic Couriers are more numerous than ever, and that great attention is paid to the filling up of the Austrian Army. Upwards of 1,500 Dutch Fishermen now fol low their profession under Prussian Colours, with out any interruption on the part of the English, who dare not insult that Flag.—(Le Citoyen Fran cois.) - The first Ship of the Line, of 7+ guns, built in Antwerp, will be launched the first of June. It will be called La Corse. Another vessel of 14.0 guns, will afterwards Ix- built and ready to he launched before the first of 061ober. It will be called Napo leone. A third, of the same number of guns, will then be built in the same dock-yard, to be launched before the first of next January, and will be called the Emperor.—journal de Commerce.) The last ten thousand pairs of oars, of the forty thousand finished in the forest of Soignes, passed through Brussels on the Iz th inst. for the coast. They were under an escort of the gen d'arnies, as se veral disafFeded persons, English Emissaries, had twice in the last week attempted to burn them.— The Prefea has offered one hundred livres for the discovery of the incendiaries.—( La Gazette de France.) A rumour has been generally spread by English Emissaries in the Department of Mont Tonvere, that the Roman Catholics intended to murder all the Protestants; and, notwithstanding the absurdity of this rely)rt, it made a great impression upon the minds of the people. Ciitizen Pt ETSCH, the Pre sident of the General Consistorium of the Luthe rans, residing at Mentz, has therefore sent a Cir cular Letter to all the Ministers of the Protestants, inviting them to use their influence to prevent the consequences of such reports, disseminated by the Emissaries of a Nation that never was Christian, but entirely Merchants, ready as JUDAS to sell CHRIiT, or MAHnmeT.—(Gazette de France.) They write from Turin, that the new Fortifica tioui round Alexandria, in Piedmont, are continued without interruption, and will be finished in the course of the Summer. The City will then be one of the strongest in Europe, and may hold out, if plentifully supplied with prdvisions, for ten years, against an army of one million of Soldiers. General' CHASSELOUP inspeets the works, after having first laid the plan for them. They will cost, when com pleted, nine hundred thousand livres. This General has proposed new additions to Mantua, which, if carried into execution, will render that City im. pregnable. The FIRST Co/emu. has appointed six of the Custom-house Officers at Antwerp, Members of the Legion of Honour, for having dispersed a gang of Smugglers in attempting to introduce English goods on the territory of the Republic. The contraband goods seized by them on this occasion, amounted to 700,000 livres. On the loth inst. Government sent orders to all Generals, Members of the Tribunate, Senate, or of the Legislative Body, or other distinguished military charatters, either on missions, or residing in the Departments, to come immediately to Paris. Gene. ral LEFEVRE from Besanc)n, General Mot, IToR from Nancy, General Dux EM from Lyons, General CERBELLONI from Marseilles, and Gen. SEBASTI ANI from Honfleur, are already arrived. The Russian Emperor has distributed among 114 Priests, recommended by the Synod, golden crosses and violet velvet bonnets, as distinlions and rewards for their zeal and piety. At the Coronation of our Emperor, it is expea - ed that several hundred of our Clergymen, who have proved themselves Patriots a 3 well as Christians, will be nominated Members of the Legion of Honour. Several rich cargoes from Batavia have lately en tered the Texel, in ships under American and Danish colours. Considerable stir has been made in Jamaica, on ac count of a cargo of Negroes, who had been sentenced to banishment from the island of Tobago for rebel lious practices, and shipped on board a sloop, for the purpose of being sold to the Spaniards, having been brought to Jamaica, and there sold to the inhabitants, through the agency of one of the merchants of the City of Kingston. Sixteen of these rebels were iden tiied at the Barracks in Kingston, by General CAR MICHAEL, who at the same time prthiuced the do cuments of their trial and sentence at 'Tobago. The purchasers, on the quality of their newly acquired bargains being made known, were obliged to de. liver them up, when they were sent on board the prison -ship, to be transported off t h e Hand. Jr has been ascertained in the case of Dr. STEN. House, that the Gout, which it is generally admit ted proceeds from obstruftion, is cured by the steam of boiling water. This Gentleman, who is up wards of seventy years old, got rid of a violently severe attack of Gout in his hand, by holding it 4, 3 minutes over t h e steam o f a tureen o f h ot water; and upon smother occasion, was perle&ly re lieved from an attack in his foot, by suspending it during an hour over a pail full of boiling water. He recommends that the person having li e Gout in the head or stomach, be immersed as soon as pos sible in a hogshead of steam ; and that in all CiSt'S, the application be once or oftener repeated, to guard against a return of the disease. Yesterday a coachman in a gentleman's at the top of Gray's-inn-lane, where -he was only three weeks, was apprehended by several parish officers, charged with h av i ng married five young women, all n ow living. , He is an extr emely ordlnAry tellowolut 4.0 years of age. The last wife is about 18 years o f age, and he is only married to her about three m onths. He wen t by different names to them all. and p u blishni by WIL::TAM ARMIC&R SCa.IPPS, (of N'l'"'l"Street' G'°'.s"2l".-Sq"3"); At the ~.iuN.C)Fzict , N o . 1 1 z, Stramd 1.( ) N!)ON Printed EIJCHANAN NI.M I ((Allow-Street, Covent-Cardin! ; tor Ow Ethi;r, 4 , -"c r.d tratst be a oci rcste 6. ; where Advertiseme l t s , O r d ers f or inc E"Pers Letirrs ---- • To T. TAYLOR, Surgeon, No. 9, New i3ridge-str°l' London. t gao , SIR, Edinburgh, May a IN the 'Spring of 179+ I .was affii6ted 1 Venereal Complaint, which I treated with t o ence for five months; but was then obliged to aP?„ regular Physician, who put a temporary stop to !.`r knee of the Disease (by mercurial applications) t° time; but growing, in spite of all medicine and til e rs - , .itv•:` of the first . Gentlemen of the Faculty here , `'`lost •' t • worse for two years, I was reduced to a state allinel'eff t ot u: m i l e l c i l en e e t g a s , t u e a t n sa l: r i f lm r e o s h s i s n e , nab p neo a cds r o a e .; y e,r o h n icen d a. d c si l l e tiao s o, c .rei r to i : p bt t le i . e rt hn n a , Nvale Z hirl i en ng aadacti ryt t o t iirrno : at t r / a i ei r onctolor to thirty eating ulcers on my body, and nearly arts ey es c r y, i a z itl e edi allrived of sight.—l t would be voluminous to, or c case—sufficea l f a v a moreslong i dangerous, l o to o k s e a d ) b n e ; n t u oy r n e e . re imagined myself, beyond all hopes of recover?' l ie to 1 0 o i o e ir r i e eb n t; V an e i r yi iic o njd 1 ) 1, 4 ,7 n y deed, in my then condition, death was prefer",, a tion ~( c e more than miserable state. In this dreadful sit i ; ro viae,': ; I drag a mast miserable existence, till Divi ,,° ' ca se e,..,1 threw in my way a Newspaper containing c r •o th e h i no' Mr. B. of Plymouth—my friends read it, ° u p sent and procured some of your LEA K- E ovv , ` b ie PILLS, which, by using from time to time, , 3 1 5 1 crib''' s have long been, (after more than tour years , %„ e d; 3 „ 5. t0 distress), in as good a state of health as ever I eM. 1 , 1 1, bo b ' es' proof of this, I had a fine, thriving, healthy cn n i d 1) 4 , 0 '• me a few months ago. In gratitude to God,2„„ast y° L :O,,l of rendering my tellow-creatum service, l a publish this; and you may at any time Ic lcT ifirther wish to be satisfied of the truth of this, 1 :' -,,- culars*, to me or my friends, by letter or perse. , •• n one A s few cases for badness will ever eq ual_h l s T o e 'l o l 3 l :i;",e, a exceed it, I have from experience ever) the) `tail dread.. mankind, that in your LEAI(E's loos : co p sure, speedy, safe,. and radical cure, fo l gallcd a ,r. ful sage of the Venereal Disease, which " I . st'' FIRMEC m akinb * Insurmountable family reasons Pre vegt cr sons rc ' name and address public; but creditab les wanting information may also be referred toti,:i.b.ttrO. friends by Mrs. S. Clark, Ramsay-Garde ns, • rieta r ' ge r Prepared 'and Sold by the Sole i'roo so t T. TAYLOR, Member of the Royal College ° ' t stres." -t ' f . in London, at his house, No. New N/liere he will give Advice without a fee, 10 l', if ing these Pills, and w ill answer patients lett s - ..`3 _ ... s rt , „ paid, on the' same terms, observing in all ca ' inviolable secrecy, no person's name or CaSZ mentioned, but at their own particular requellt.,r ' _ prietor, during the course of more than t that he has had the conducting or an exteitsierer.,,:ol. above Medicine, and the practice arising ,1 ' • or 0 1- They are also sold by his Appoi ntment, nce of those lg at a distance, hY , „ t , South-bridge, Edinbure - h; Mr. Mactionald.,2,y_ ss; a •goN.v, to whom also Mr. T. refers for his ; Perfumer's, No. 3-.;, St. Alban's-street , ‘ Mr. • Robertson's Toy-shoo, No. 103, l .)Xtbrd-St s c t , Et le.. borough's, No. 7, Fiso-street-hil!, nearly. nurnent ; Mr. Steel's Bookseller, No. 1, ;;.; To .verthiil ; Canwell's, Dublin ; and by 0, every considerable town in Great-Britain Poxes of only 2s. 9,1. each, sealed - up witn oy t , directions, wnereby persons of ei th er Sex n selves with ease :ma secrec.y, 'ritain is scs i N. 13. Every 1;ox :iota i n Gre3t .1, the favour of , a. a with a Stamp, 'on which, by.,011.. si ,ners, is printe,l, at the Stamp-o is r e ,. 1. No 6,• New ltrid;,-street," to .iinaate c" all others are counterfeit. IRISTOL, Mmr zB. SATURDAY last, Joseph Burrows, of hrcds in Chtr , ihire, Was convicted in the mitigated P enAl of five pounds, and costs, far refusing tog ive , stamped receipt wile.) r quired, agreeably tV Ad of 43d of his preient Majesty. th' A few days since a publican was con Viele" t (- Public-office in Birmingham, in the pen.al t Y 201. for using unwholesome ingrediLc4S brewin; ale. Sunday, as a party of young men were playing cricket in the Parish of WAingham, Eti waf l , Kimble, aged 23, who was eagerly engaged to game, dropped down, anti expired immediate!). • ( Let th . ise who devote this sacred da) to sitn'la pleasures, take heed lest they tall. A melancholy circumstance occurred at St. Peter 's : near Droitwich, on Saturday sennight : A serv an j of Mr. Creswell, of that place, between eight an , le nine o'clock, hearing an unusual noise am on g cows in one of the out-buiidings adjacent to the hous entered the same, and taunt! an elderly wool ° 0 decent appearance hanging by a cord fastened t( c stable rack. Much terrified, and without presences , of mind to cut the cord, he ran to inform the I`.; wily : fortunately the nephew of Mr. Creswell v.. there, by whose humane and well_applied ex erri°n ; she was, with great difficulty, restored to life, tnougt apparently dead when cut down. She related, tilcea' she was on her return. to Wolverhampton, the of her residence; and on the road (about tw ° three miles from the above place), when almos t 6 " e o c hausted with fatigue and want, she had, for tl' e nle r, time, sought relief at the.house of an or&lit O r- ic a who, though the decency of her appearance affO r i o .. ample discrimination between the real ohjed c if ; e be id rity and a common vagrant, unfeelingly wi t ' l l - t hc the small pittance which would have aver te ' ‘ ' desperate aa, committed solely from the O r periencing similar 'inhumanity, had she re P e-a" solicitation of charity. SHIP NE/VS. Passed by—the Thames, Welsh, and the cOaliWrag, from St. Andero; GRAVESEND, MAY 2g. from s ern o a l ltod. Jamaica ri ere ; Niger, Linder, from H o nduras •• St. Fond); Mentor, Christie, Lively Smith, Alexander, Str.oo, y Second, Philips, and Three Brothers, Patrick, tf b O' dens, Holt, for T • onningen. —the Vrow Elizabeth, Meyer, and TthreuVsleYi9rircisrcsar' Eliza, _HARR IE D TO - On the zsth inst. at the Lord Advocate's, Grantor' , tr ia, Inas Kirkpatrick, Esq. eldest son of Sir lames KirklP Barr. to Miss Jane Sharpe, daughter of Charles Sharpe, of Haddorn. ,f At Stromness, Mr. William Strang, of the Islan day, to Miss Anne Geddes, eldest daughter of Mr. Geddes, Merchant in Stromness. DIED. On Tuesday the Bth inst. Menzies Baillie, Esq. . s„ master at Leith Fort. h is r , In April last, on board the Harriet Indianian, " •-• c i'Ll''' sage, from Bengal to England, Lieutenant Charles 0 Lz wti of His Majcsiy's 76th Regiment, son to the Kev• for Gordon, Alinister of Drainy. h D. 0 ' Lately, in America, the Rev. Charles Nis- o llege* more than eighteen years Prinsi lal of Dich D ,., ( s of W - Pennsylvisnia. and formerly one '. of the /sinn- -- • plia trose, in Scotland. q eeb 1 , r. On Saturday last, at Limehouse, Mrs. Sarah - of Ephraim Seehl, Esq. _.........i 5 „it_lcocg- •