The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-05 00:00:00

DISTURBANCES IN CEYLON.

A LETTER from Trincomalee, dated March I,'
says—" The.flames of civil disconi have broken
out amongst the petty Chiefs in.the interior of this
Island, An ancient dispute,,htts.,been revived be,.
tweet' :two of the principal fir /Dies (of Appa Anjee,
and Conga Row). The former invited the latter
to a sumptuous entertainment, in the midst of which,
on a given signal, a number of armed ruffians rushed
into the upaitments, for the purpose of Murdering
CooQA and his party ; COOGA, hoWever, escaped,
"and assembling his friends,. in his turn became the
assaiiant, and, after a long Conflieti.defeated At A,
killing about fifty of his followers, anti compelling
him ro seek safety in the mountains: l•

On Wednesday last.tl.e Mayor and Corporation
of the Borough of Portsmouth presented the Pillow.
ing Address to His 'Royal Highness the PRINCE
of WALES, at the house of Major-General WHITE.
L o , the Lieutenant-Governor :

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR ROVAL HIGHNESS,
4. Truly sensible of the high honour conferred on the Town
by your RoyarPresence, the Mayor and Aldermen beg per,'
mission' to approach your Royal Highness with their sincere
congratulations on your arrival.
Aelions more than words will convey the truest senti-
ments of loyalty and attachment; as Magistrates, therefore,
entrusted with the preservatiOn of the public peace, we'not
only consider it our duty, but highly gran fykig to otti,feelingsi
at this important crisis, to represent to you Royal Higliness,
that the greatest unanimity
jurisdiction,
most cheerful alacrity per-
vades every rank within this
" And we most humbly presume to solicit your Royal
Highness to convey to the King, your Royal father, the de-
termined resolution of every'lndividuat to sacrifice his lite
in'the defence of His Majesty's Person, Crown, and' Digni.
ty, and in the preservation of those blessings we enjoy under
the mildness of his Government, and the protedtlon of, our
glorious Constitution.
" If any thing can add to the present unanimous and heart•
felfeensations, it will be your Royal Highness's great con;
descension in having been a witness to the general zeal. •
"`Sanclioned, therefore, by the honour conferred on us by
your I Bustrious Brothers, we:presume to. request permission .
'of your Royal Highness to enrol yetis. Name among the -Bur- -
gesses of this ancient llorongh.".
His Royal Highness was pleased most graciously
to reply : .•
That,he 'must beg loovo to impress strongly on, their,.
mindS, that, he Should have been at any former period:much
the .Honour they Were now about to
cgoranttiitireodniti
h iarncc;ephtuinigthat he
was most sensibly so on this oe..
cas.on, whereon he had witnessed.a sight of the greatest Mag.'
ti rude (alluding to the appearance ()fate VOlUnteer Corps of
1700 men in the field) of loyal, attachment to the King his,
Father, in..the present momentous cootest, and assured
them it should ever be his MPS; strenuous.endeavonr td"pro..
mote the welfare and wishes, ot, theinhehitants of this an-
cient and respeCtable Borough and its_neighbon thood, atid re
quested .thein to place a tirm reliance on his giving a faithful
report on the earliest occasion to their'Kuag, of 'the' 'loyal( y
and attachment of the Borough of Portsinotith and its N
fluids." •
He then most .graciously. aceepted the Freedom of
time Borough.

The Subscription at Lloyd's, on Saturday nig t,
amounted to 20,2001. stock, aril 45,6001. iii cash,
Ladies' Subscription 5701.

It ''appears. that• a new plan for the arrangement
and distributiun of the Volunteer Corps is noyvA.,
det the consideration .of Government, and ik.s.xf,
Peaea to be speedily. promulgated to the 4.,ortis
Lint-tenants of Counties.

. .
One Thousand Volunteers in the City oflondonr;
part of 'the' Division commanded by Mr. :Relic*,
have separated from that .Divibion, and propperto
unite with the Finsbury
:Corps, offering the corns_
mandof the whole to Mr.' JOHN SmiTH, brother to
Lord CARRINGTON. .

On Friday the Sc. James's Volunteers, in conse.
quence of the Communication male to them the pre.
ceding evening by Lord ANIII E RA', came to a Re.
solution that unless Govrroinent would consider the
whole of this Corps as exempt from the operations
of the Defence Bill, &c. they would resign their
armst considering the distindions at present point.
ed out, as-repugnant to the spirit of loyalty and
terprize, manifested by every individual lance the
formation of the Corps. ~ •
The 6th Garrison Battalion is ottlered to embark
At Portsmouth, on board the Provide/ice Transport
for. Leith.
Lord KENYON has Made an e'er to Government
to raise some Companies of Infantry in the neigh..
bourhood of his Seat at Harmer, which' has been':
accepted.
WILLIAM READER, Esq. is eletled Lieutenant..
Colonel Commandant of Saint Andrew's, Holborn,
and Saint George the Martyr Volunteer Infantry.
The Lincoln Supplementary. Militia arc ipartrr.
ed in Lincoln,, under the command of die Earl of
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. . •

. - The Volunteeri at Lynn already' muster 600, and'`,
the Sea Fencibles 400:
The Earl of SHREWSBURY muiters nearly Zoo:
Cavalry among his own tei.ants.
On Wednesday, two Triitips (-11 the 4th Dragoons
arrived at Doncaster from-Yolk,
and on Thursday
they proceeded to Sheffield., • . , .., ,

Satin, after the opening" Of Bartholomew- rail,
Mr. EDWARDS, of Crane.court, Fleet-streetoinss..
log through it, was idtkekOhlotcs and balls to -thr
amount QI

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AT FIFL,j.
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XTILAS.TsOF'A AUG. 41.1
0‘ SINCE I Wrote to you -1/Btfirbi contiriaes
to ilass his time in wfitink:lo-Ileis !fiend, -MI I in
re:ading.-1-iis appetite kis failed him, and hr
chiefly ni,on coffee. I had an op,,oatunity
and conversing with him for' soMe.
lla applied chic mnrning to wie of the Cterg,`,in.ri.
who attends him, Mr. 1,).‘-t7 ree dr. ti I
him a tradesman to Make his —Mr. Jo .rr:t
BtiatillY, of this town,took inca.ure of him ai) Jur
half an hou ago. 1-I.t did not apde ir to he at 'a!l
agitated while Mr. Puttill' Wai coylot•,!(1. I
told the latter that he'desired the coffin t.) he a-strong
oak one plain and ,neat. 6 I reqa.:st,. S'r,' he all-
Jhat after I am. taken. d r.vo, I may be pit.
„into the coffin imm:idiately, with the app d 4 an
have on, and afterwards closety streWed r d put
into the hearse which will 13:! in 'Waiti.ng, e
the churchyard of Iltirgh ott S and there be in_.
terred in the evenii,g.'
" I.le declines ha vi;,,g arty ClergOnan atte,id
him to the plAce of execution ; but ii I heari
to make a short Address to the. speftitor'i," Who
may be assembled to•witness the last awful scene.''