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De guromeee frigate hes arrlied at Plymentify i: ar from Lisbon, with several sick and Officers on board, from our gallant army in 114iteiniula, We have not learnt if the MUM& has brought any additional despatches front WKLLINGTOY, but we have received by this ce the following ihteresting intelligence its th e Atm " 114 SALAMANCA, JUNE ti we came here oh the 18th, MARMONT leaving i St Place to Og, and fortifying a convent, where he tion men, under a Colonel r the convent coma the bridge, eo that our fine fellows had to owner Tormes, which they did at two places, w ound the other below the bridge. , a / ids in this beautiful tows four years age w i t h Sitionw Moose's army, and on entering it at e l i s ion I was shocked to see the change. All the i ... ve ns, and magnificent colleges, with most of the obit public buildings, with the nunneries destroyed. 1 floret had the most heartfelt pleasure, and my wind pride was gratified to the utmost by the re- *et we got on marching in—a reception so dif. :1 {cost from what the army met when marching in i ' with Air Jona MOORS: it was then civility from . inhabitants, but it was but cold civility and po- 1 , lastm, and the haughty Spanish character was seen livery thing. A residence of three years of the , Meth among them has wrought a wonderful doge. You cannot conceive any thing equal to de exultation Of the inhabitants, of all classes, an ' or matching into town. The whole town came I out to meet the Earl of WELLINGTON, they followed i hint every where—the women, of all ranks and ages, followed and hugged the General and those whom ' they considered as the General Officers. In two days accounts arrived that the French army had re turned ; all were (unless our division) turned out, end have been drawn np in lnre opposite to them, until today, when we learn that the French scampered of, after having lost a considerable number of men. 's Our army was placed •by the Earl of WELLING• ton in an admirable position, which, had the enemy fortunately attacked, we must have annihilated their army; be coaxed them to fight—allowed them int to tale one village and then another, but it weekhrot de, they would not come on, to the great naificaticn of our officers and men, who foresaw a compkte victory. But the ground, though strong, tram people suffer much, without tents or huts, m the ridges of hills very bare, they were exposed %cold damp nights, and a burning sun in the day— tere was neither wood nor water within miles of emend for the first 36 hours not a man tasted a boxid:—however the good nature of the inhabi-, law did all they could, men, women, and children • We employed incessantly in carrying out to them hisof wood and pitchers of water ; and those who , lad it, brought them out wine, spirits, bread, and chem. In the town, when they saw our wounded knight in, they crowded to the hospital, carrying their beds to our men, bringing them shirts, and in ant instances wine, honey cakes ' the women dressing ad washing their wounds. In short, they said they told+) any thing, to give all they had to us, if we told keep the French from them. , " You will have a Gazette account of General Cuasoa's gallant and judicious attack on the for-' tiled convent here. This, with General SLADE'S fine affair wi .. , cavalry in the Alantejo, is the conver sation . .. army .o I. SALAMANCA, JUNE 29. N As the rapture of the strong fort here war, by -Earl WELLINGTON, assigned to the 6th division, we:. remained in this beautiful city, now. alas, left in ruins by these modern Goths, the French. " It is the Oxford of this part of the world, had twenty colleges, and twznty convents, besides nun -I'''esi churches and many magnificent public build -1°8a• Insure you, fine as the city is, our situation was I ° et tilt most pleas a nt : t h e v ill a i ns i n t h e convent o f S t . , Vincent wantonly fired shot and shells into the town, elicit killed several of the poor inha.bitants; a shell `lee through the house I lodged in and burst in the te lbr• On the 2Gth the fort surrendered, the villains v fle marched out almost all drunk, and the Portu !'el.e and British troops had the greatest difficulty to tett) the town's people from tearing them to pieces.— li the afternoon all the bells rang a merry peal, at ii;ia there was a g eneral illumination, and all the ire f an'll T es gave balls. Yesterday morning, when I NEttiso . ron came in from camp, was ushered 7 with ringing of beils. In a short rime the Mu • I Il eiPality and Magistrates, the I leads of the Colleges, led the Ecclesiastical body of the Diocees, each went !Mutely with addresses of congratulation to the pa iart where lie lortged. At 11 o'clock a grand 7i ' : 411 ! Was performed in the Cathedral, with a full "ado( vocal and instrumental performers, and all me Ecclesiastical body attending to perform the mu- The - • • • Municipalities, and the Heads of Colleges, al laided- his Lordship thither, as well 41 Generale THE LATE DREADitt titikbEkt At Aunt4l and otiaritit, on JULIA r, fkiii tains, and a very long retinue of Spanish Officers and Grandees, Marshal Bzurartatn and suite; with the Marquis AJACIO ant many Portuguese Noblemen and Officers; Earl Wituarsurnw was besides more immediately attended by Bit Thomas, GRAHAM, the Hero of Barossa ; his Serene Highnesi the PluNce of ORANGE, the Marquis of WoßcEsran; the Earl of MARCH, Lord CLINTON, Lord FITZROY SGMERSET, Lord CHARLES MANNERS, Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, Lord Jiturs HAY, Sir STAPLETAN COTTON, Sir W. LAM3ERI Baron C. ALTEN, Baron Low, Baron A. ALTEN, Honourable General Cora, Honourable Ge neral PACKENHAM, Honourable Major STANHOPE, General HOPE, and an immense suite of Officers. —At the great gate of the Cathedral his Lord ship was received by the Ecclesiastical Body, au. pertly dressed in their robes; they conducted his Lordship and suite into the Sanctum ; the Cathedral was filled with Officers, with Inhabitants, and Ladies. The crowd which was collected to see his Lordship conic out was immense ; it included not only the in• habitants of Salamanca but of all the neighbouring towns, all pointing to the Duke de Rodrigo. In the evening there was a most splendid ball, graced by the attendance of his Lordship and the flower of the English Nobility, with the Prince of Orange. , 4 Earl WELLINGTON set cut after the French under MARMONT, by the Madrid road, on the 29th June." BARNES, IN SURRY, Yesterday, a few minutes before one o'clock, the QOEEN, Princesses ELIZABETH and MAaY, arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor. They were sore after visited by the Dukes of YORK, CLARevca, and SUSSEX, Ladies CHATHAM, DUNGANNON, ELY, At six o'clock, the QUEEN and PRINCESSES went to Carlton House, to dine with the PRINCE REGENT. The Duke and Duchess of BUCCLEUGH. and their sister the Countess of HOME, have arrived at Ardros san, in Ayrshire, L;eutenant-General FT ECLOP took leave of the Duke of YORK, at his Levee, on Tuesday, prevZotts to his setting off for Bombay, to take upon him the Go. sternorsh:p of that place, in the room of Sir S. ACHMIT Y. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK had returned from his trip to the coast of Barbary, having succeeded in the thject which he had in view. Monday, there was a grand meeting of all the prin cipal Spaniards residing in the metropolis, at the house of Count FERNAN NUNEZ, the Spanish Ambas sador, in Spring Gardens. They took the oaths of obedience to the new Constitution adopted by the Car tes, and those'whose avocations can permit them, ar immediately to proceel from this country t) Sp tin. RMANKAELE COINcIDENCEL -••• JUNE 17, 'SI?, Great Britain rescinded the Orders in Council ! The Congress of the United States decided oil war with Great Britain !— JUNE 20—The Aine) ican (;e -neral BLoosirtaLoit from the Head-quartets at New York, anztnunces to the troops war against Greitt. Britain !—I3oNAPAttrz, from the Head-quarters of the French Grand Army at Gumbinnon, issues his Fir Bulletin and Declaration of War against Russia ! Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the Hugh Inglis, of P.!00 tons, Captain Wu.t.ttim, HAY, was taken up for Ben- gal and China. The undermentioned ships arrived off Weymouth on Tuesday last, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Puirrox, and were reft standing up Channel—sailed from St. Helena the 24th May, viz. General Stuart, Cambridge, James Sibbald, Sir William Pul teney, Htuldart, Devaynes, Ocean, Maitland country chip, Ge neral Hewett country ship—from Bengal, sailed from dunce dre 14th February. Minerva and Harleston—from Bencnolen. Taunton Castle, Princess Amelia, Hope—left Cli:na the Sd of March, and arrived at St. Helena the 23d of May. The coachman drove to town to fetch the dours and the lawyer who were gener.illy employed by the Count, and to convey the melancholy tidings to the house of the deceabed, in Queen Ann-strect Wcst, where a crowd of people were collected dining the whole of the day. Dr. Chavernac, of Cerrard-street, the surgeon, and Mr. Trickey, the sol citor, both the intimate friends of the deceased, went post haste to Barnes•terrace. The papers, jewels, and other effects of the Count and Countess, were put under seal in their presence, and' that of a Magistrate, and several respectable neigh bours. A Coroner's Inquest is to take place this day !at Barnes, on the three bodies. No cause is yet known for the atrocious act which has deprived of life two persons who, by their talents, know ; , ilge, amiable manners, and powerful connec tions, ranke3 very high in society. The Count D'Antraigues was a man of a coh•ssal stature and most imposing countenance, only .53 years old, and his Lady was aged 52. Mr. Vansittart, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the particular friend of the Count, was informed of the lamentable event early yesterday ; and Lord Sidmouth commissioned Mr. Brooks, of the Alien- Office, to take, jointly with Count La Chatre, the I ,Commissary of his Majesty Louis XVIII. the proper, measures to secure the papers and property of the deceased, who had been formerly Commissary of his Most Christian Majesty in Italy, and lately, and his death, a secret agent and correspondent of the Emyeror of Russia. The Count D'Antraigues was a person who has eminently distinguished himself in the troublessvhich have convulsed Europe for the last two and twenty years. 'ln 1;89 he made himself conspicuous by his activity in favour of the Revolution ; but during the tyranny of Robespierre he emigrated to Germany, and was employed in the service of Russia. At Venice, in 1797, he was arrested by Bernadotte at the order of Bonaparte, who pretended to have dis covered in his portfolio, all the particulars of the plot upon which •the,lBth of Fructidor was founded. The Count made his escape from the Citadel of Milan after he was confined, and was afterwards em ployed in the diplomatic mission of Russia, at the Court of Dresden. In 1806 be was sent to England with credentials from the Emperor of Russia, who had granted him a pension, and placed great dependance upon his services. lie brought Inters The Union, RANttx, parted from the fleet soon after they sailed from St. Helens. By the George, Captain WALKER, letters were yesterday received from Malta, to the 16th of June, which state, that the expedition which had sailed, had safely arrived at Majorca, where they were to be joined by 4000 Spanish troops, and proceed direct for the coast of Catalonia. This expedition is to be fol lowed by another, to consist of 3500 British, and an equal number of Sicilian troops, to proceed from Si. cily immediately, Arflowing the track of the former. Early on Sunday morning, seven Frenchmen, who were committed to the tolbooth of Edinburgh, on suspicion of forgery, effected their escape. In the course of the morning, one of them was retaken. Another of the men hurt by the blowing up of the powder mill near Roslin, is since dead. Felling colliery 'has been explored as far as the crane, at the head of the inclined plane; and the bo dies of 35 of the sufferers have been found. LYCEUM 'rnzaTnr.—An Opera in three acts, was produced last night, under the title of Rich and Poor, altered, as expressed in the Play Bills, fo ni Mr. Lawn's play of the East Indian, which was brought out at Drury•lane Theatre, a few years since. In the plot there was no feature of novelty. A rich uncle arrives from die East Ipclies, and passes himself for a poor man ; he applies fo his nephew, a rich dissipa ted man of fashion, for succour and is refused ; he then applies to his niece, a poor widow, who is dis tressed, to relieve him. He then tells her that he only did it to try her generosity, and informs her of his real afineni circumstances; she in return reconciles him to her brother, from whom he had just experienced the utmost contumelf. There is also an under-plot, which was very interesting ; his daughter who /led from India with her lover, he finds under the prdtec tion of his niece. The characters were admirably sustained by the several performers, especially by Fasvcrrv, who was the rich East Indian, and by Miss KELLY, who was the daughter. KNIGHT, in a drunken scene, was very diverting. Mrs. &mow acquit ted herself uncommonly well in the c h aracter of a talkative old Maid- The Pieee was given out for a second representation with long and loud plaudits, and we have no doubt, will prove a favounte with the tows. of 110 WM. Pecoinmendation noes the iwrigallik. Lord Grenville = and afterwards paid his court sue. , 1 cessfully to Ministers i for be received letters a daft , . 46 iesteidAi', exchnityfr: in oft geconct E dition ] • niaation, and vet* Considerable sutra Wert lavished and dii the spur of the occasion, laid before our Readers such details of thi s h orr id t r ansact i on at h a d reached by Government, for services Which he and his coal- Inters undertook to manages us, and we now lament to say that the particulars as we eiteiday stated them, a t e b ut too correct . The The following eircumstanees, in io exttaordin' ut survived only unfortunate Count D'ANTRAIQUIS case, may be worth relating. The Count, it sp. teen thinutes after th e p o i gnar d entere d hi s body."' pears, always kept a brace of pistols hanging loaded The Count D'Ant ra i gues w as a very eminent in his bed-roan; and a small dirk. About a month ago the Countess and the servants heard the repots, political Character, fdrintrly a Deputy of the Nobility of a pistol up stairs, and *ere in consequence greed, of Vivarais to t h e S ta te s G enera l, aut h or o f man y eloquent tracts, an d h a d marr ied t h e celebrated alarmed ; when one of the litter, a female, went up stairs, and looked into her master's rooms it was Singer and Actress of the Royal Academy of Music full of smoke, and she screamed out ; on its clearing at Paris, Madame St. Huberti : he was murdered yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, alo ng w ith his away she saw Lorenzo standing, who told her nothing was the matter, he had only fired off one of his may. Lady, its their summer residence, at Barnes Terrace, ter 's pistols. It after wards appeared he had fired it by one of their servants, , :ntied Lorenzo, a Pied- i nto the wainscot ; it was loaded with ball, and the montese, aged 25 years, who had been only a few bullet from the pistol is yet to be seen. months in their service, and whotn they had no reasoh There is no reason whatever*, believe that Lo. to suspect of such a diabolical design. ! tens° was insane. Only about ten minutes previous Both the Count and Countess D'Antraigues were to his committing this deed of blood, he went over preparing to come to town, as they usually did every to an adjoining public-house and took a glass of gin; Wednesday. The Count had an appointment ( as •he had lived only three months in the family, and we understand) with his particular friend, Mt. Can.. report says, was to be dis Charged in a few days. ning, to tneet him at ten o'clock, and had actually 1 taken his papers in hisliat, and p r oceeded down the ' staircase from his bed-room, his lady, who went be fore, being at the door waiting, and calling for the servant to open the carriage. Lorenzo, at that mo ment, took from the bed of his master a pistol and a most superb Turkish poniard, which the Count , D'Antraigues had brought with him from Constan tinople. He discharged the pistol at his master at six paces distance on the staircase, and missed him, the ball passing between the Count and the Countess. The murderer seeing the ball had not taken effect, 'took to the poniard, and stabbed his master in the shoulder. Though the blow was mortal, the Count had still stiro;th cnch to walk up to his room.— The servant then ran to the Countess, who was shriek ing, and plunged in the most furious manner the poniard into her breast. She fell and died- instanly, without any groans, saying only, Lorenzo, Lorenzu! It appears that the Count died as soon as be had re•entered his room, from_ an effusion of the blood in his chest. The murderer, bewildered and frantic, alter his feroci o us tired, came to the room where his master was lying, and seizing on another of the four pistols which the Count had constantly for his protec tion at his bedside with the poniaid, tinder a presen timent that one day or another his life would be at tempted, discharged the contents in his mouth, and shattered h s head in the most dreadful manner. He died on the spot, and fell by the side cf lis master. The alarm was given by'the coachman, w:.O was standing at the door, and the other servants. Two professional men came instantly, but no assistance could avail. The home was besmeared with blood, and presented a most shocking spectacle, the three corpses being extended in such a small space. CORONER'S INQUEST. STAR OFFICE, THREE O'CIACt, This day the Coroner's Inquest metaled at the Public-house on Barnes Common, nearly opposite the house where the Count and Countess D'Am. TRAIGUES lived. The Jury, after inspecting the'imV gled bodies as they lay on the floor, and which exhi. bited a horrible spectacle, returned to the public-house s when, after examining the witnesses, whose evidence agreed in every particular with the above detaOs s and deliberating a few minutes, they returned a ver dict of Felo de se against the atrocious murderer and suicide. His body will of cothse be buried in a cross r under tlte directions of the Coroner. The verdict nn the bodies of the Count and Coun tess, declared, that they fell by the murderous blow of an Italian Assassin, named Lorento Skill. An immense crowd was collected At Barnes to ♦iew the horrid spectacle. Ml l 4l. INTELLIGRNCE. PALMOVIU, JULY 20. Arrived his Majesty's ship FoXiWM% from cruize ; and t'oe Diana packet, with a mail from Ca. diz (up yesterday), in 12 days.— Arrived off this port the Peter Julian, from Curacoae—Sailed that Marlborough packet, for Lisbon ; Princess Mary pat• ket, for Gibraltar and Malta; and the Princess Ame. lia packet, for the Leewafd Islands, all with mails. • PLYMOUTH, JULY sr. • Sailed yesterday the Bm'acs, of 9a guns, - for the Brest station ; and the ORMUZ, 418 gtms, der French privateer, that was seen to capture a brig a the Start. Went int 6 the Sound the Arming, of 98 guns. Th#Scterox, of 74 guns, which has been un der orders for the Mediterranean, sailed from Caw. sand Bay today, Arrived the MELPOMENE, of 96 guns, from Lisbon. The Haucom 4 came front thy Wand and Main to Han - male to refit. The WANDERER sloop of war left the Tagus the same day as the Munster:a, having under her con. voy a fleet for England. Arrived the Swan ' Sns master, from Port Mahon ; was captured 14thinstanr, in lat. 41. 30. lam. 14.30. by a French privateer, of 14 guns, 18-pounders, and two long 114-poundeis, and 100 men—after plunderinf the Swan of several articles, she was given up. Ihe privateer had pre: vionsly captured three English ships, also a Spaohe ship, from Monte Video for London. PORTSMOUTH, JULY at. Arrived his Majesty's ships Pam= CAROMS, SA§ DOMINGO, ClRilly ANT, and LINNET. from a cruize.—Wiad N.W. DEAL, RTLY Sailed this morning the remainder if the home: waral-bound List-Indiarien for the Sot, t1:-.west. GRAVESEND, JULT fa . None of the East-Indiamen have passed.—Arrived the Atlantic, WiYAL:R ; and the Cyrus, Bota.wear, from the South Seas. YARMOUTH, JULY 2t. Yesterday arrived l'Eole, French privateer, of /6 guns, taken by boarding by three boats from the LEVERET OSPREY, and bEITOMART, near the mouth of the El b e. The resistance was obstinate, and the conflict was sanguinary. Our loss *as throe kille4 . and ten wounded. That of the enemy was moo than equal. The Captain of the privateer was dui - • perately weunded, and was brought on shore in state that scarcely affords a hope of recovery. Great' merit is due to the spirit end bravery displayed in the attack on this privateer, u she was destined for the Baltic, where from her superior sailipg and the resa lute spirit of her crew, she must Nye done great • mischief.—One melancholy observation forces itself on the mind of those who have seen this prize. The reward is miserably disproportioned to the danger in curred and the gallantry displayed in these expedi- • tions. The ezpences attending the condemnation of such a vessel would amount to at least as much u the value : no claim, therefore, will probably be made ; and the head-money for the captured =s will be very inconsiderable. The file of * Bride sailor is become a serious object at a time wins d ie Continent is pouring its forests into the sea is against us. Letters have been received from the PllOllll gate, Captain Maxima, which satled from Pores. month, with a convoy, on the 3d of April last, stating her arrival at Qciebee, after a los / passer. all * die 16th of May. Tbe convoy met with a violent sale on the Beaks - and them were nation with , in the River mast in her with convoy the Awe date. mks of Newfoundland, and the most at dispersed, very few reach' og their dank the Pall& The latter bedlam as Aso Bt. Lawrenu—had reeeired mast dos r *tom u 4 would sea few the Dowse. f r omiciugb•cda *al dos web eiier