The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-15 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

IXTRACT OF A LETTeIt, DATED GellllltAL WIL-
LEsLf Y's CAMP, DEC. 1, 1803.
41 My former Latter gave you the principal
events of our victory. The vomiter of the Enemy
killed and wounded is much greater than was at
first supposed ; there is reason to believe that they
amount to near sOOO men."

Ceylon dixene, Decoder 2, dot.

Lieutenant MAURLCI O'CONNELL, Of His Ma.
jesty's slat Regiment, commanding at Puffin,
made on the 3oth ult. an incursion into the Candian
territory in the neighbourhood ►►f' that Fort,' at the
head of 6o Sepoys and Invalid Malays; laid waste a
considerable extent of country ; burned and brought
away a very great quantity of grain and areka nuts,
which the inhabitants had been for some time.col.
leaing there for the use of the Candisn Government;
and destroyed the provision of salt which they had
!Sid in for the consumption of two or three years ;
the loss of the last.mtntioned article is irreparable
to them while at wai with us. The whole of this
Expedition was condufted with a degree of judg.
ment, secrecy, and vigour, highly creditable to
Lieutenant O'CONNELL, and the brave Troops un.
dcr his command.

Captain ROSIRT BLACKALLI of His MajeSty'S
Sift ikegituent, commanding at Ncgumbo, returned
yesterday from an incursion into the Seven Costes.
He had reached Netty Polly Gardens, the ohjeti of
his march, with little opposition, exceptint from
the flooded Mlle of the Country but the Stores
which had been collated there had, for . the most
part, been carried away. Barracks for a great num.
bet of men were, I. ,wever, burned, together with
the residence of the DisaAwe, who had fled to Can.
dy-on the approach of our Troops. WM. BOYD, El.
is appointed Superintendant of the Pearl Fishery.--.
NICHOLAS SAUKARSZ, Esq. is appointed Vice.
Thasurer to Government.

Circular Letters from the Rectifiers of Spirits,
and Brewers, were yesterday exhibited in every
part of the Town, among the several Publicans.—
Those from the former announced a farther rise of
is. 6d. per gallon upon Gin, and those from the
latter, a rise of 1 ts. per barrel upon Porter,
amounting to 11. 131. per butt, which will produce
a rise upon Porter, fr►►m this day, of from pi. to
6d. per pot. We do not profess to know whether
the maltase in the price of the different ingredients
used in the making of Porter is such as to justify
this measure I but we know, that when a Aiminution
took place in the price of these articles it was not
followed by a corresponding fall in the price of
Porter. _

Mr. T. Hoye has completed his alterations and
improvements in his magnificent house in Mans-
field.street. A considerable addition has been made
to his curious colle4ion of Egyptian vases, urns,
cstonze figures, &c. His colledion of statues is
• estinwed at 60,0001. The entrance to the house
and the i ll have also received many expensive im.
provements. This superb house, we understand,
will be opened r)o the t sth of February, with a
grand masquerade.
Ties Tit BATR E.-1s numerous audience attended
the representation of The Recruiting Officer last
night at Drury.lane Theatre, The pare of .Sylvia
was performed by Mill PUNC AN. but not with any
degree of excellence that will add to the i;Tutation
which she has acquired in other charaners. She
was highly spirited, but rather too coarse. ,Jer
figure appeared in masculine attire rather stout than
elegant. She introduced a stanza, to the rune of
Alley Croaker, which she-sung with great effeet, and
which was encored. BA It R r mat e is by no means na.
turally light and airy enough for Captain Haw, but
he made the part respeflable. BANN MS a did not hit
of the part of Cattalo Brazen well; he was rather
negligent than impudent. PALM PR was not naive
enough in Srojeant .It!ite. DO v.+ TON, COLL INI,
and MaTtttrwa, male Bullock, Pearmain, and dittle.
.fret sufficiently conspicuous. This Comedy is so
strongly marked by the licentiousness of the time
at which it was written, that if the dialogue is 'not
cleared of its gross allusions, it ought, notwith.
standing all its humour and variety, to be banished
from the stage.
The Young Reitiut, who is in all respells playful,
lately hesitated in 4ving. on the stage when he was
to perform Richard.YOUNG, the chief Liverpool
Actor, told him the stags was waiting, and urged
him to appear. The boy declared, that unless
YOUNG would bend his back, that he might have
sue jment at leat.frog, he would not appear. After
sour demur at this whimsical request, and sortie
useless remonstrance, YOUNG was obliged to sub.
mit ; and the little fellow then went upon the stage,
and performed the pan with admirable spirit.
Miss DUNCAN seems resolved to enter into a
spirited competition with Mrs., JORDAN, by singing
last night one of the airs in which the latter was
particularly successful.
The title of the new Farce forthcoming at
Drury. Lane Theatre is to he Aferrimovy. Many
persons may, perhaps, consider the subject as too
raekeehote for an Entertainment.
We hear it from the best authority, that no mete
licences are in future to he granted for the import
of Geneva, or other spirits, from Holland and Francs,
into the Islands of Guernsey, &c. us has hitherto
been allowed since the commencement of the War,

S'UN.OFFICE,

HALE' PAST TWO O'CLCCK.

Ws stop the Press to stare, that by the Ham.
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Largb 11.1ai1 whicharrivetl this morning, we receiveJ
the following important article of intelligence

CONITAIITI NOP'. Oct.l3.—Gneral SIMS,
the French Ambassador at this Court, received his
Passports on the 6'h, and left this place on the
12th for Paris, in consecinence of the refusal of the
Porte to acknowledge BoNAkltTa Emperor of the
French,