The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-14 00:00:00

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,' kit?. 13.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the
'rth Bell, from Demerara; Daphne, Appleby, from Cal-
entta; Brothers, Fulbestes, from Greenock.
thlie°,,Ri,l"°"ll, Ocr. 13.—Remain, his Majesty's ships
el, - - '4., Prartaa';iphigenia, Phaeton, Satellite, and Rosario.;
dee Stlrri, for New South Wales; Lord Suffield and 'lron-
th:Zi) fops'
India; and many others, outward-bound.=-Sailed
Hope Rees, for Bilboa,
Pt.
?opt Irsl°olll, OCT. 12.—Put in the-Margaret, for Leghorn;
tai )nth, BlYth, for Trinidad—both from London, and re-
illitfl:— wind-bound. A. large ship passed up Channel this
eria,r,
ra_ktesan-:cinf,osrupposed to be an American, with loss of main-
el°P,mast.—Arrived the Deux Freres, from St.
Itstn, •
IN!
401 ad—likht, Ocr. 12..--pat in several outward-bound vessels
alts, -.L'lrtrs .
e winds •
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le-41,1, asEys OCT. 10.--The vessel that put into Powey
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adon s the Speedwell, of Sunderland, from Swansea to
itab,
cheite-r.tGATts 0et.13. ante In about 20 sail of vessels for
tewue
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Coqm_ °CT, 13.—Arrived last night the Nile, Scott, for
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op
oo
litV Orl OCT. 12.—Arrived the Lorenzo,
---, from
teal,, -.rto
t' ' 4431 Maria, . Hilt, from Savannah; and Ainswcll,
_
mitri, ti
h”to Boston.
ItItt"" "Av.", OCT. 10.--The Auckland packet, Capt.
ft", Wa;:efrriv" this mornisig -with a mail and passengeir,s,
Ilkitfi the
mail 41. kod the Gower packet sailed tills ve:ii;
0...
4414, from tii.beret').---Put back the John and Mary, AI ;
"---:vived damage to her stern.—Arrived also the Hamoadze.,
akild
the
_ with stores front Plymouth for Pcntbroke Ducklar ,7
Pere., 0
b. Irle, Pr from lreland.
:Ct. )1 • • open, '
I with the
"sail ,tut --- he Mansfield packet has just arrived
w...
t. 91 with ,PI asseogers from Waterford ; and the Freeliug will
i',"'laft"e mail ther .to on its arrival here friary? Loudon
.11,41140h-.1n1;"--BRe in a i.tn I sueP.lo ri and Mary, and I nion, for
Y trausn . ee, Richards, for Chepstow, and Industry
'or',
luadiog at the Pock-yard fur Woolwich.

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411-:„ tr5"PAt.
----1-17---rv.—A Clergyman in the
k
livi,'lllY (4. Essex has lately resigned two valuable
of eg ixIIO the hands of his Diocesan, the 131 i .
ernir,"4,l)otsl, alleging, that he could not conscii
tiih,:ustY hold them any longer, dissenting..frtoinie
th,,Y rttticles contained in the Litot W.? 0t,..n
Lowl.t,ll nf England. The I3ishop, kno ‘iaigl
*taiii:h"ll the circumstances of tbe Clergym .
tile , e reduced by the loss of his livings,
in
l't l'ar"ls()lttest and most friendly mariner, beflOroe
rtiittlltl accept the resignations, etidea"l".". tot
rti,,n. ve his scruples, and to prevail upon him
vi' his livings, but without effect.
Vsidt3,ll""Yfhe Archduke MA X IMILTAN anti suite
(4.1.(4-.leir respects to the Part,:,:c ItHGENT
Ison ti,„.
be ,• U, ---•
ti,e
1: fxrctichike MAXIMILIAN of Austria,, under
i,a
(:,, I4vellirig names of Counnt ItoyELLARA,(Terie. I.
II colt liAtt'rcx, Colonel Baron Wontia, Nl:jc).l
i.4I4ILINICRR, :and Laron SCHWEIGHART HAUPI.I
441P‘i ), 4i' (1 suitr:, were to leave the Clarendon
,4a1.1.1_11i.s day, on a tour through Ireland, Wales,
Ii„"'; !rid England.
114 ` itdith, Captain Duncan, with 11, atid
14asititia Captain Muirtiead, with 10 fish,
qtr arrived 41.rivecl its Leith Roads, front Davis'„
76
lie :;!' They left the country in about lat.
ti lof August. From the favourable state
iti,coe weather at that time, it is supposed
. the
to
Procver ships would have the opportunity
eel
north.
titl'sql."l ilustivEss Yesterday the LORD MAYOR
tech rai C"I'I of Aldermen at Guildhall.—Se,ven-
Li-oral '
Orphan Stock
R 4, I. isand two hundred pounds
t t 1 awo off and annihilated, and the Chamber-
tesp):v4.B directed to give the usual notice to the
Tile tilve parties to attend and be paid the same.
%tied efultontary Precepts were ordered to be is-
-4,4 b°: the ensuilig Lord Mayor's Day.—Seven-
tert•, "of gold, weighing about 2350 ounces,
ti 'vvor
cln. 11 to as foreign, previous to exporta-
.l ttut
""livt .144 IN TH E FLEET PRISON,—On the Jury
tl'i4ll lilt !hir verdict of Wilful Murder last
t 'lg. i
thro a ost John Dairy, for killing James
"ttuo. °(1. tile Coroner made out the warrant of
2)„/ "toent .it•PI eY win ' Is, however, understood., that
ecr remain in the strong room In the
t/i •I "'a the.
C liuni, , -, commencement of the Oldißailey
b,4234 to; " Will then be removed by Habeas
-'44(les, I\;tvfthte, to take loia trial for the said

FOR THE SUN.

WAR IN CEYLON.

MR. EDlTOR,—Finding that we are unhappily
involved in a war with the native .Cingalese,
which, if protracted, may lead to very serious
consequences ; as whatever good policy there
might have been in availing ourselves of the dis-
content of the natives at the tyranny of their late
Sovereign, yet to have once taken possession of
the territory, and to be afterwards compelled to
abandon it, any lay the foundation of further
very important consequences to our former undis-
puted possession of the coast. It may not,therefore,
be amiss to state what, in the writer's humble opi-
nion,ought to have been done in the firsr instance
and what may possibly still be effected by the
adoption of certain measures best calculated to
obtain the object in view.
Before the dOminion of the interior• had been
perfectly settled, it would have appeared to the
writer
,altogether 'inadvisable to withdraw any
• poftion of the European troops stationed there,
whereas the establishment was reduced from 5 to
3000 men. If the former were a larger• force than
appeared necessary for the retention of the Island,
the unemploled troops might have been occupied,
jointly with the natives, in cutting practicable
roads through the country, clearing away the al-
most impenetrable jungles, and, in short, in doing
whatever might tend to render (ha interior coun-
try more accessible to European force.

As matters now stand, With a lurking enemy
always harassing our troops from behind trees
and bushes, which'conceal them from view, and
who may, if not timely prevented, find employ-
ment for a larger body of men than we have to
oppose to them, the sole methods to be adopted
seem to be the clearing away such impediments
by fire, or the more dilatory mode of Ore axe and
other such like instruments, and rendering the
country as open as circumstances permit, not
omitting what, as stated before, ought to have
been done in the first instance, the making roads
practicable for artillery, wherever possession was
obtained of a certain district. The next measure
should be to mark all your proceedings with strict
justice, not attempered by a too lenient policy ;
let it be sbewn by. proper manifestoei, intelligible
to the natives, that you obtained possession of
that country at their own particular solicitation,
to rid them of the most atrocious tyrant that ever
ruled a state with despotic sway ; let those ma-
nifestoes contain a short narrative of the cruelty
and oppression exercised by that Sovereign, and
the circumstances which compelled his principal
subjects to call for the British protection ; they
should likewise enumerate the benefits derived
from such protection, and the trouble, expence,
and risks incurred by us on that account. Such
manifestoes should further express your determi-
nation to-preserve by arms what.yott have obtain-
ed, and ought to keep—not only for your own
benefit, but that of the country at large; they
should state likewise the resolution of the Govern-
ment to put down the existing unprovoked rebel-
lion, and punish with unmitigated severity all
offenders against the public peace, offering high
retea►ds for the apprehension of the Chiefs, and
lesser ones for every one taken in arms, dead or
alive.

These measures, accompanied with rewards to
those Who remained in obedience to your Gover►►-
metit, and assisted in discovering the traitors,
would, if I
ant not greatly mistaken, soon restore
this beautiful and valuable Island to peace, and
place us in absolute and uncontrouled possession
of all its territory and all its advantaL7cs ; whereas
proceeding, as by the last accounts front that
country we appear to do, subjecting our troops
to unmerited toils and dangers from an enemy
who never appears in sight, but destroys your
troops from behind bushes and jungles, in►pene-
trable to all hut natives, we may go on tor ever
re infecta, and the possession of an Island calcu-
lated, by its soil and situation, to bring with it
the greatest advantages, not only be rendered un-
productive, but absolutely ruinous to the mother
country.

Lucius.

THE MARKETS, &c.

CORN-EXCHANGE, OCT. 14.--The Wheat Trade
was exceedingly heavy this morning, and although
higher prices were asked, scarce a sale could be
made, and nearly the whole of the Wheat left
unsold on Monday was undisposed of at the close
of this day's market. Barley was not so brisk in
sale as on Monday, and that day's prices could not
be obtained even for the finest qualities ; Oats are
Is. per quarter lower, having had large arrivals
from abroad since Monday ; in Beans and Pease
there is no alteration.