The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-08 00:00:00

28 days.

PADSTOW, OCT. s.—Came in the Speedwell, —, from
Limerick to London, with her sails split, bowsprit gone, and
much strained in her upper works; Mary, Kempshorne, from
Neath to St. Ives, leaky and top-mast carried away.
LtvE.aPoot, OCT. 6.—The Ruby, Whitey, from hence ,to
Newry, is totally lost in Dundrum Bay.—Arrived the James
Munroe, Watkinson, from New York ; sailed 10th Sept.
Cowes, OCT. 7.—Sailed this morning from Jack in the
Basket, a transport, name unknown, with convicts, for New
South Wales.

PENZANCE, OCT. s.—Put back by stress of weather, the
Lord Collingwood, Fudge, for Malaga.

CEYLON.

The following is an Extract from a Private
Letter from Ceylon, dated 15th April, 1818 :
"Affairs in the interim have taken a very gloomy turn
since I last wrote to you ; the whole of the Candian countries,
with the exception of the four Corles, is in open rebel-
lion; they' are all ronnd Candy, and not an escort moves
out without !rising some men ; the communication between
this place and Candy was for a short time cut off; but it
is now open, at least open to the troops, for the Tassals
are all conveyed by an escort. The communication between
Candy and Badula is not open, and the posts that were
formed between these places have lately been withdrawn, in
consequence of the number o' men lust in keeping it open.
The Tassals are now conveyed by Hanbanlottee, and from
thence are regular posts to Badula. Many men have beet,
'lost: Lieut. Stutzar is the only officer killed ; be was shot
dead by a musket hall. Major de Latre went from Trinco-
malee to Kernigal, in the Seven Corks, with a large detach-
ment, and was severely wounded by a ball, 'which broke to
pieces his right arm, close to his shoulder ; lie now lies at
Kernigal, arid-so dangerously ill, that he cannot be mowed;
however, the accounts last received are lather favourable:
be had four Europeans killed, and four dangerously wounded,
besides several natives wounded. By the report we hear he
had actually to fight his way through thousands of armed
Carol ans.

" You will not be surprised to hear that treachery has
been discovered in the whole of the Chiefs and head men,
except Motleugodd, the first Adigar. These have been at
the bottom of the whole business from the beginning.—
Elleapolle, who was supposed to be our friend, is the chief
rebel, and is in close confinement in Candy, as well as some
other headsmen ; hut many of great influence have made
their escape and joined the rebels. It is now acknowledged
by the Governor that they were deceived, and that there
►s no such man as Dong-Jame. The Pretender is a priest,
but only acting for some of the other chiefs. About 1,500
sepoys are arrived from the coast, and 5,00 n corlies are on
their way ; the latter are to be formed into three corps,
exactly on the same footing as the Coolie corps was in the
former war. But' we have not vet troops enough. The
Candians are now become so brave and so exasperated
against our Government, and their plans are so well laid,
that it will require a very large force and very great re-
sources to regain even military possession of the country,—
By accounts yesterday received it appears, -that at Candy. at
least, many of the houses were set on fire on the night of
the sth, and on the troops assembling, they were fired upon
on every side Ethos the hills, the Candians actually firing into
the town. Such is the state of affairs at present. The plan of
destroying all the grain and fruit-trees in the neighbourhood
of Badula, seems to have beets completely carried into effect.
It is, however, a dreadful measure to he obliged to resort to
in a country which in the best of times dues not produce
nearly food enough for its own inhabitants. We are at a loss
to know where our Government will find the enormous sums
of money that will he requisite to carry on such a system of
warfare ; and what benefit can be derived from: keeping pos-
session of a country, all the inhabitants of which,, high and
low, are so enraged against us. We suppose some inquiry
will take place in England, as to the measures which have led
to this melancholy state of things on this island. 7

PRICE OF MlLK.—During the late dry weather,
an Irish milkman was asked why the price of that
article was so high ? '" By my soul, madam,"
said PAT to his customer, " I believe it is altoge-
ther owing to the scarcity of water !" •
The LADY MAYORESS has issued cards for a
grand ball and supper to be given to the Members
of the Corporation of London, and their families,
at the Mansion House, on the 22d of this month.
The LORD MAYOR will entertain his Royal High-
ness the Duke of YORK, with a select party, to
dinner on the same day.
A neat marble tablet has been placed in the Rut -
land Chapel, in Sr. George's Chapel, Windsor, by
the Officers of the Royal horse Guards (Blue), to
the memory of Major PACKS of that regiment,
who fell at the battle of Waterloo.
The Pagoda Bridge over the Canal in St.
James's Park is in a state of rapid decay. It is,
we understand, to be succeeded by a cast-iron
bridge, now preparing at Woolwich.
The remains of the late Mrs. BOSCOWEN, of St.
Peter's Cottage; in the isle of Thanet, were in.
'erred, a few days ago, in-the family vault of St.
Peter's Church. Upwards of two thousand persons
attended the funeral. •

Sir RICHARD BROOKE bae, this year, abolished
the barbarous custom of the mob annually baiting
bull and a bear, at Halton, and gave them, in•
stead, a handsome silver cup, to be run for by
horses, and inferior prizes for poney races. On
this occasion, the top of Halton Castle, and its
sloping sides, resembled, from the race-course,
a well-filled amphitheatre of Ladies and Gentle-
men, assembled from miles round.

Yesterday, William Barry was charged at Bow.
street with forcing his way over Waterloo-bridge,
with a number of others, without paying the toll,
and was convicted in the penalty of. 40s.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—WiIIiaru Basson, groom to
W. Arnold, Esq. Soho-square, with the servant
of another Gentleman in the neighbourhood, took
out their masters' horses to exercise them on
Tuesday evening; the men had been drinking,
they were seen racing at full speed upon the road ;
when they arrived opposite the Green Man, on
Finchley-common, Basson's foot slipped from the
stirrup, and he was thrown•upon the ground with
much violence. Dr. Blenheim, who resides in
that neighbourhood, was called to his assistance.
The back part of his skull was much fractured,
and his left side was bruised in a dreadful manner;
the unfortunate man was quite insensible, and ex-
pired almost immediately.