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EnRATA.--In Mr.-Ilirch'sLetter, Jtily 3R. " Urlderthe wigrine:a of Vatrillailen,7 VacOnators. " I pretend to no higher evidorce," legc eminence. - MAILS. ARRIVE - D-1 Dublin. DuE-1 Cadiz,.l Lisbon, 1 Gnerngey, COUS 011 I Jersey. PRICE OF STOCKS nt,s.Das AT TWELVE O'CLOCK{. .56 f Red. THE SUN. WAS TW:EItE FALSUM AUDtiAT ? LON D 6 FRID'AY,'JULY.24, 181 5621 Government have recei vett D ispatch es. from Lord WELLINGfoy; dated at Nava, theist inst. The . • enemy's rear-guard was,. at that time; at Ruccht, retreating towards Tordesiklas. His Lord S -hip had sent General D'IIRBAN to alarm the. enemy's ilank, and he had compelled the French to abandon Toro and Zamora. Gen. D'URBAN had re-crossed the Douro upon the appearance of General' FOY with a superior force. In Estremadura the enemy had advanced to Santa Martha, and cutoff a body of Spanish cavalry ; but our troops had come up with their rear at Azeuchel, and drove them through that place to Usage, with loss. This morning a lieligoland Mail arrived, but it, brings no news from the North. Although we have, upon, all occasions, been anxious not to•express ourselves-, °I-A° encourage in.others; expectations respecting the operations in the Peninsula,' which might ultimately prove too sanguine, yet we cannot contemplate the preent state of affairs in Spain without indulging an ardent hope that the period of the deliverance . of that country may soon' be expected. Lord WELLINGTON, as we stated yesterday, is rapidly ad vancing in• a north-east direction, and the Enemy is as rapidly retreating before him.— The French .have evacuated Gallicia and the As turias, and we know from some of our late, Ga zetteS, that they are not safe even in Biscay. There it every reason to hope, that a very sides able force will speedily be. organized in the Northern provinces of Spain; if there is not We shall bt mpSt severely disappointed indeed., The only - apprehension 'which - -,we entertained was that SouLT would have been able to . collect such a force as General HILL would-not have. been able to contend against, and that by threatening the Southern part of Portugal, he would have prevented Lord WELLINGTON from penetrating into Spain. These apprehensions were, how ever, ill-founded. SOULT has not ventured to advance, or fo make any attempt upon General HILL'S- position. It is impossible, to give too much praise to Government for "the prompti tude . and secrecy with - which . so large a force has been collected and landed in Catalonia.— Such a force, co-operating with the brave, numzrous, and active Catalonians, will, we trust, be sufficient to recover that province from the hands' Of the French. At all events, it will give full employment to the French troops in that nuarter, .and prevent any reinforcements from be ing sent to SquLT. Under all these circumstances we certainly do look forward -to a glorious ter , minhtion of the Campaign. A-report was .eir enlated this morning that Madrid was taken ; we coulil not trace the report to any authentic source, but we think the . evacuation of Madrid an event very likely indeed to happen, if MAR.- ' 'MONT should continue his retreat much farther to the Eastward. The extra ship Ewing arrived in Bengal the 9th o January last. The - Roya Charlotte, Neptune, • Arniston,- and Coutts,.. (outward-bound) were Off 7 Trinidad, on the lig). of February last. - • The Cubist - ream (outward-bound) arrived at St. Baena the 3d - June last. The extra ship Lark.n, (also outward .bound) arrives at St. Helena on the 19tIriNitty last. She left the •ships for Coast and .Bay and llornhay, which sailed with her from England, in lat. 9. 40. N. long. 19. 14. W. on the 10th of the_month preceding, all well. The Providence, Botany Bay ship, from China, ar'Tived kt the Cape of Good. Hope, the 24th April last. • The. Thames outward bound, having sprung her bowsprit, put into the Cape of - Good Hope the Bth May last, but was expected, to get it re paired, and to sail for Bencoolen on the 10th of the some month. The Right lion. C. LoNG was, on Monday last, elected -a .Trustee of the British Museum, in tut room of the late Bishop of ELY. The Connt D'Es-raniGuEs, whose inhuniatl murder we- announced on Wednesday, %vas as dis tinguished fo? his amiable character in private life. as hr was for the superiority of his talents and the extent of his infortnatian. He lived in habits' of friendship with some of the mo:st distinguished —characters in this country, by whom he is most sincerely lamented, NAVAL NEWS.. DEAL, JULY 23. 7 .4rrivtd, last night after post the following t ast . rndiamen Hope, Taunton Castle, Princess Amelia., Canibridge, James Sibbald, Sir frilliain PulOney, 6eneral Stuart, Ocean, Minerva, Flzriesto4,. Detaynes, Maitland, and General Hewitt, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Phaeton, and are sailed for the Rider: FO - Lt R,o 61: oc K Arrived his Majesty's ship Media; with upwardstof sixty sail of Janiaicamen nrider convoy, and, art also gone fOr the"lZiver. The'ontWard-bound sailed, but wereabliged to put back by contrary winds. FALMOUTH, JULY 21;---There is a report that _ . the Fdxhound, aryl ved• here yesterday from a cruize, brought intelligence of the taking of Madrid by the Spaniards,-and which was kept secret . by the Captain: We believe the report to be unfounded. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 23.—Passed by his Majes, ty's ships Thalia and Reindeer, with the Jamaica flee} for the Downs. About Sorlo of the eon , ' voy lrave stopped at Spithead. Sailed last night his Majesty's ship illutine for the Downs. HELIGOLAND MAIL. HELIGOLAND, JULY 17.--Three of the five boats dispatched yesterday, under the connruiud of Lieut. MALONE, of the Osprey sloop of war, in case of a French lugger privateer which was seen about seven leagues from the island, reached her after great exertion about four P.M. and im mediately proceeded, to hoard her, in which, only two,succeeded, the third having fallen . astern in consequence of aivound received by the coxswain. The Osprey'S boat made the first attempt, in which she met with a determined resistance, hav ing lost, in making the approach, two men killed, and four wounded, by the 'fire from•the privateer, which was - fully prepared for the conflict. Un daunted I • by this circumstance, the remaining nine or ten men of the Osprey's boat rushed on uoard, . _ and being immediately seconded by the boat from the - sloop of war, after a severe struggle, in which the -- sloop of war had, one man killed, and two wounded, carried the vessel. The privateer was found to carry 14 guns, six of which were mounted, with a crew of from 30 to 40 men, a much superior force to that by which she was captured. Her crew fought reso lutely, but completely tarnished their valour, by their treacherous conduct in firing up the batch-, way at our men, after they carried the deck.— She lost several men ,killed and wounded, and among them her Commander, who, as we,are in formed, had - his' Skull cleft with a sabre by one of the 08pre'y's crew, :whom he had wounded, in the knee, as the boat approached, and who, notwith standing his wound, was among the first Who boarded. THE •THEATRE.-Last night a new Col edy in three acts, was represented at the „Haymarket Theatre, underthe title of , The Fortune Hunters. The characters who give the drama its name are Ranter (ioN.Xs), a- versatile adventurer, and Miss Fritter (Mrs. WiLmmas), ihe sister of' a foppish intruderin fashionable circles, 'who is anxious to _ secure a subsistence by marriage - with some wealthy:dupe, Ranter induces her to believe that • he is- a man of fortune, and she deceives him in the same manner. At -length the deception is discovered, and she entraps herself in an union with a footman, disguised in the 'dress of a Coln nel " Ranier, more - fortunate, 'marries a vain and wealthy Old 6qUette.- Another part of the plot, if plot it may be called; relates to a thoughtless, but good-hearted son, and an angry but lenient father. The former marries a young lady, whom he met by accident, ana With whom he'falls in love while in a state of ebriety, and who is equal ly captivated by.him, notwithstandingthe delicate . predicament in which he appears. The father, being well acquainted with the merit of thd young `lady and her possessions, of course yeadily, assents to the nnion, and the piece concludes. This drama is ascribed -to a young Gentlenian, whose nameis - said to be llnwLe-r. It hears indeed the'marks of a veryjaVenile writor. Nothing 'can . be more im probable than the manner in which the characters - are intmduced to each other—a manner, indeed', -- utterly inconsistent with the present state of so ciety, and indeed any other. This iMprobability, however, is' so often tolerated 'on the Stage in , modern compositions, that it might be deemed churlish indeed...to - make tiny strong objeetiOns to the piece on that ground. • There is a continued attempt at Sarcastic allusions to the times in the - . dialogue, and a few of them_ were not without point and humour. Among these' was an evident reference to a-celebrated Amateur Actor. The Play was well 'sustained by MA,rr HEWS in thse.. footman; particularly in the drunken scene,. by JONES, and by Mrs.sGßovE. V;ENT also was re spectable hr the thoughtless Son. BETTERiON had so disgusting a character to perfOrm, - that 'he alfpeared to disadvantage; and indeed he is best fitted for the serious and sentimental. The piece was not very favourably received, but, was by-no • means absolutely condemned. - A 'few weeks ago, in the parish of Xirkconnel - , / near Sanquhar, there` was found in a partridge nest, a young partridge, with two distinct bills, three eves, one of which wasin the centre of 'the head, four wings, and four legs. The young bird was alive When found, but cis since dead.. It is now in the-'possession of Mr. Thomson,,surgeOn, in Sanquhar, who has.preserved it as a curiosity. SPAN INTZIMSTING I.i;TTERS F nom °Tilt AhMY. SALAMANCA, JUNE 26.—1 was in this beauti ful town -four years ago with Sir John I'vloorA army, and on entering it at - this time 1 was shock ed to see the change. f 'All the convent-3, and magni ficent colleges, with most of the noble public build ings, with the nunneries, destroyed. I however had the most heartfelt pleasure, and my national pride was gratified to the utmost by the rewption we got on marching in—a reception so different frora'what the army met when matching in with Sir John ,Moore ; it was then civility from tire in habitants; but it was but cold civility and polite= ass, and the haughty Spanish - character was seen in every thing. A residence of three years of the. French among them has ;wrought- a wonderful change. You . cannot conceii'e any thing equal-to the exultation -of the inhabitants of all classes,, on our marching into town. The whole town came out to meet the Earl of Wellington, they folhiwed him every where—the women, of, all ranks and ages, followed. and hugged the General, and those whom they considered as the. General Officers. Our army was placed by the Earl of Welling ton in an 'admirable position, which, had the ene, my fortunately attacked,. we must have annihilated their army ; he coaxed them -to fight=alLwed them first to take one village and-then another, but it would nbt do, they would not. come on, to the great moTtification of our officers and men, who foresaw a complete victory. But the ground; though strong, made our people Suffer much: without tents or hilts-, on the ridges of hills very bare, they were exposed. to cold damp nights, and a burning sun in the day—there was neither wood nor water within miles of them, and for the first thirty-six hours, not a man tasted a Morsel : —however the good nature of the inhabitants did all they could ; men, women, and children were einployed incessantly in carrying out to then logs of wood and pitchers of-Water. ;" and those who had it, brought them out wine, spirits, breath and cheese. In the town; when they saw-our wounded brought in, they crowded to the hospital, carry ing their beds to our men, bringing them shirts, and in some instances wine, and honey-cakes, the women dressing, and washing their wounds._ In short, they said-they would do any thing, give all they had to us, if we would keep time French from them." • SALAMANCA, JuNg" 29.--As the capture of the strong fort here was, by Earl Wellington, assign ed to the 6th division, we remained in this beau tiful city, now, alas left in ruins by these mo dern Goths, the Freuch. It is the Oxford of this part of the world--had twenty colleges and twenty convents, besides nunneries, churches, and many magnificent public buildings. -assure you; fine as the city is, our situation was not the most pleasant ; the villains in the convent of St, Vincent wantonly fired shot and shells into the town, which killed several of the poor inhabitants ; a shell came through the, house 'I lodged in, and burst in the•cellar. On , the 26th the fort surrendered ; the villains were marched out, almost all drunk ; and the Portu guese and British Vfoops had the greatest difficulty to keep the town's-people from tearing them to pieces. In the afternoon all the bells ,rung a merry peal---at night there was a'general illumi nation, and all the first families gave balls.—Yes terday morning, when Earl Wellington came in from camp, was ushered in with ringing of bells. In a short time the Municipality and Magistrates, the Heads of the Colleges, and the Ecclesiastical Body of the Dioceses, eacii`went separately with addresses of congratulation to the Palace where he lodged'. At eleven o'clock., a grand 7'e Dewm was performed in the Cathedral, with a full band of vocal and instrumental performerS, and all the Ecclesiastical Body attending to perform the mu sic.. The Municipalities and the Heads of the Col legts, attended, his L.4rdship thither, as well as Generals Alliens and O'Lawler,. Don Julian, Don Carlos; and a very long retinue of Spanish Officers an Grandees, Marshal Beresford and suite, with the Marquis Ajacio, and' many Portuguese Wo blemen and Officers. Earl Wellington Was besides more immediately attended by Sir Thomas Grahap, the Hero of Barossa 5 his Serene High ness the Prince of Orange, the Marquis of Wor cester, the Earl of March, Lord Clinton, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Charles Manners Lord William Russell, Lord James Hay, Sir Stapleton Cotton,' Sir William Lambert, Baron C, Alten, Baron Low, Baron A. Alten, Honourable Gene ral Cole, Honourable General Packenhain, Ho nourable Major. Stanhope, General-Hope, and an. immense suite of Officers. At the great gate of the^ Cathedral his Lordship was received by the Ecclesiastical Body, superbly dressed in their • robes ; tifey conducted his Lordship and suite into the'Sanctum . the cathedral was filled witlr Offi cers, with inhabitants, and ladies. The crowd which was collected to see his Lordship come out. was immense ; it included not only the inhabi tants of Salamanca, bat vt all the neighbourihg towns, all pointing to the Duke der Rodrigo. In the evening there was a most' splendid ball, graced by the attendance' of his Lordship and the flower Of the English Nubility; with the Prinee , of Orange." • Early on Sunday morning., seven Frenchmen, who were cOmmitted to jail of Edinburgl3 on suspicion of forgery, effected their escape. In the course-of-the moriiing ; one of them :was re taken. The allusiOn .to the " Irish House " iu the statement respecting the failure of KENSINGTON and Co. was quite erroneous. The balance Of that highly-respectable house was trifling indeed, considering the, magnitude of their concern ; it was, iu', fact, under 2,500/, as they keep their large account. with the Bank of Ei4and: The Diamond Rock, in Martinique,. has split open, and is burping in two places. the 10th instant ahorse belonging to a gen feman of Milborne St. 'Andrew's,:attacked by•seYeral swarms of bees, at , Dewlish, While fas tened by the bridle . to- a gate: Two or three peo ple, attempting to rescue "him Were stung blind, bitt they at length set him free, and lie went Off `like avid thing r the infuriated insects vursued him, and - he became entangled and fell, and in short time expired - with the most reading groans. CORONLTt'S INQIIEST An inquest wi3 hOct yesterday at. the WIL : t I Hart, Barnes-terrace, ht.fore Ca.tilLES SEN:vtr;i:;:, Esq. Coroner for the county,' after a view Gf bodies of the Count and Countess and of Lawrence, who murdvi•edihetn; - Susannah Black, the first' depose:l; that on the `,32d of Yuly instant, she by the Countess, about eight o'clock in t;10 lug, to take some books, Bw. to the carri:lgc the door,;. that'she followed the Countess to the door, and saw Lawrence near the - carriage with his face to the door; and ordered him to open th,'' carriage door for her/mistress, instead of 'he walked into the house, and as he passed lien mistress a pistol was firetl, but she did not knoor who had discharged it. That she saw the Count on the stairs, and Lawrence going up the stairs did not sec any thing in his hand. Slle afterwards saw .Lawrence coining .down the the stairs with a pistol in his right hand , - and his .left hand behind him, but could no t . see whether he had any filing f in it or not; that she a•aninto the garden alarmed, and ° 3 her return into the house by the - hall; she went to the front door, and saw her mistress lying on ti' c ground In the footpath Of the street near the cat" riage. That she called for assistanee,.and that another servant, and the coachman,' David filch ditch, came to her, and they took the Cou:,tess into ,the home., There was alreat deal of , blood about her, but she was alive, though speechlesi - Mr:Ball; a surgeon, was Sent for, -who attende d immediately ; but her mistress died in a few minutes after he came. That ahout three weZ:b 3 ago, one day when the Count was Ascot , while she ; was with the Countess in her bed" room, they heard a loud. report; and she rai l down stairs, thinking it was a rap at the door, ht l finding no one there, .she called'Laxi-rence, 1 ) 4 no one answered; she then returned up stairs : tb Countess met her at the door of the bed-roorni and said it was the report of a pistol. The wit' DeS3 ran up stairs to. the, Count's room, and, uti coaling to the door, saw some smoke issue fro' s it, and saw Lawrence in the room. She aoLcj, him what he was doing ; and he answered, • thing. She then Went to her mistress, and told her Lawrence ,had fired off a pistol. The Cot."'" tess went upstairs, and the witness followed lic r ' and heard her talk to Lawrence very coolly, b ut ~ could not tell what she said, as she spoke i'retl e ` j •or Italian ; but the Countess told her afterward' , that he said he had been handling the pistol, 39t1 it went .off. 'When Lawrence came to the kitche" , she asked him how he dared, to Meddle with 11 i' master's pistols in his absence ; and he answereth it went off by chance as he WAS handling it. Slit, never knew of any quarrel or anger between ti gt ' Count and Lawrence 7 • said Lawrence was a sol le man ; but latterly had been more passionate tbau before. Yesterday morning the wind having blni the parlour-door to with a great noise, the Con n spoke rather sharply to Lawrence, - thinking h e had banged it to, and would wake his niistre' Lawrence had lived i,n the, family about ibr ee t months. Believed the dagger produced to.b 11E master's, .having many limes seen it hanging his room. Elizabeth Ashton - , another servant to tile CotO t and Countess, deposed, that when the Collide ° came first down, stairs, she: was standing at t" street.4loor to wait on her mistress. The riage was at the door. filer mistreaas passed her' and went towards the carriage—the Count . ( 1 1 corning down stairs. Witness heard the report a pistol, was steamed by it, and said sb.e 10 5 , - .• dead woman ; turned round, and said,—" renee, Lawrence !" when looking up, . she s' ll as Lawrence coining. down stairs with a pistol "'" one hand, and a dagger in the other ; she ed out, and ran into the street, crying " Murder !"—Went over to the public-house tv give an alarm, and on her return found her tress lying on the foot-path of the street, n`' 4. the carriage, and being so affected that she fou r ` she could not give auy assistance, stye went ao'-r t David llebditch, the coachman to the 09111 ,,, e and Countess, deposed, that he received from Lawrence to have tVearriage ready yes te dcy morning,. the 22d a. .tuly, at five minutes be fore eight,--that he at the door, with the o ' . ; riage, before the clock struck eight,—that as 56° , 1 as he came there, Lawrence came to the COac"; opened the door, and put into the coach a'tin filled with oil,. that he then went into the hotis e ' e and soon afterwards returned ; that when 11 ' Countess came down, and was nroceeding to carriage, Lawrence went into the house, and sol after he passed his-mistress, the report of a piL t° e was heard ; that the Countess asked him coachman) , what Was the matter, and he answe r ; ed, it was from the insete of the house; that in a le % minutes afterwards, as he was sitting 00 his h os. b e : fore the door of the house, be saw Lawrence conila' downthe stairs, and With a sharp instrument he be in his band, which the witness believedto be a 'l a g: ger, strike it into the shoulder of the Cowit---11'es saw the dagger enter his shoulder—that Lawr e % : then passed the Count; andproteeded toward s street door--- - -that he (the coachman) got Pff ink box as quick as he could ; and as he was towards his Master-, the Countess passed him,. g°,- ing, towards the carriage ; -and on turning ro fel' d`!i to follow her, lie saw . her staggering, and she exclaiming, it was Lawrence, it was Lawre" cc a' - , 'saw blood about her, and some on the gro an ... but could not then tell exactly what part it CA fie from ; .(;id not see Lawrence afterwards, but sr about three minutes more-heard report of ano th , pistol, which appeared to conic from up stairs ; v et „soon after the Count came to the r , and 131 0 :4 ran oat left coat sleeve; left him ther e, ' i ` l' r , went to assist tlie Countess into-the house ; oast e'jt aeon coming and desiririg,her to be stripped, out of rooni to look after his Master, and found IP:, sitting on tile bed in his o L wri room, in dreclini':-; posture, with his feet on the floor; was then a ll e hat speechless 5 at the same time saw Lawrt ll '' ‘ a lying on his face on the floor, appareHOY de,3 with some biped near his mouth 5 MraKlug' ilt surgeon, then came, and desired.. the Count ru!g e ij be stripped ; witness assisted to do sc.), an d i !„3 bin] while they got a spunge and same wat er, " l ai l washed the wound aft w of that ent‘aw,aY , N a va s drove carriage to town. Believed Laavreace sober ; he spoke very correct to,him (the