The Sun. — London, England, 1812-07-23 00:00:00

sins, Which Sou l t now f ec li th a t h e bads by a • very precarious tenure. The preparations at Ba.- 4 0 z, of provisions, and the means 'of transport, Were such, as indicated that the allied- troops Would quickly move to a considerable distance from that city. It was also reported there, that accounts had been received 'from Castile, of Lord Wellington having approached Zamora ; and that the F tenc h garrison of the . two forts of S alam a nca had already surrendered. r. Old Castile, the principal seat of the great operations of the armies, now beholds its deli verers with the most joyful feelings. The pro found and well:meditated views of this celebrated E ngnsuman whose military talents have been the rock ou which the audacious. plans of the infa.- , thous Corsican have split, are gradually unfold , i ng ; and every step which he advances, gives connection and extension to his conitined opera ! tions. . Letters from Ciudad Rodrigo, of the 23d, describe the enthusiasm, and almost intoxication °f joy with which the people, particularly in Sala manca, every . where received their deliverers. — The patriots now begin to breathe -again ; the traitors had partly fled, and others of them shut lip in the 'forts, were cursing themselves. at the . Prospect of that fate which would be the reward of their infamy. • Galicia, hitherto the sport of circumstances, had begun_to throw off the inactivity which till now had deceived it of weight in the balance of events. Th e poli c y o f Castanos, the - zeal of an- 7 tocildes, th - e decided measures of the- Superior Junta, the determination of the Consulado of Corunna to advance' a million of reals for the Public service, had all contributed to terminate frivolous diSputes, and to restore to reason- the Reads of the rich Corporations, who, though ' aware that religion must perish with their coun try, still raise the cry or religion, leaving the country to perish. The loyal Galicians are march- Ing towards Castile, to co-operate in the salva tiOn of the Peninsula : they are led by Santocildes, ' l 'horn they,repose confidence. The junction of th e ** Gal army with Lord Wellington, and with tae 7th, which is distributed over various dis tricts, will furnish a mass of force, capable.of destroying the army which bears the vain title of the Army of Portugal. The Engtish Cabinet spares no means to give aklitional extent to the - efforts in the Peninsula, and to assist the wise plans' of the British Ge,- teral. Commodore Ponbain "has approached the coast of Galicia ; and another 15siglish expedi tion will soon appear at - a point where it is little ilexpected. a The Asturias, so often invaded, will soon be if they. are not so already. Accounts from . • ‘'orunna, of the 15th, mention, that Barcena had 4.otlted the enemy in Pola, pith :the loss of 700 tr im ; and indicate, that the country, was on the Point of being evacuated. - The Biscayan Provinces PFe panting fir an op-, Portunity to, co-operate for the national indepen dence• The ocean will - soon present them with The means; and theo the inhabitants, united to t he brave Guerillas of those diszricts, will acce lerate the extermination of the tyrant's legions. Navarre, and part of Arrag•on, under the pro •tection of the immortal Mina; will always present a rampart against the euern7. Low! Wellington, amidst his plans, cannot have forgotten, that there is there one of the bravest Spanish warriors, capable 6f following up, and putting in practice, Whatever may be. beneficial to the country which e defends with such heroism _ The -Earipecinado, 'Duran, Villa-Campo, and O ther act:ye Chiefs, who traverse the dther- divi 3lon of Arragon, the rovince of Soria, Alcarria, and the territory hf Cuenca . , form additional rams , ications. of the extensive plan which is now in txechtican ; and each of tihnn, in the post assigned t° him, will teach the enemy: that the period of -vengeance is now-arrived. b The t -brave Malec°, Medico . , and other : cele rapartisans- of La Mancha, the province of Madrid, Avila, - &c. are watching the partialMoVe- Incnts of the` enemy, to, cut off their cbmmuni cations, their supplies, their convoys ; and thus to assist in the execution of the combined whole. The Andalusias, anxious to shake off the yoke, found their .hopes - -of liberation ,in approaching events and and in theimniediate co-operation of Hill; Morillo, and Ballasteros. Circumstances Fill soon furnish ap 'opportunity. to the brave t roops of this latter Chief, to assist effectually in the liberation of the Andalus'ias. Murcia, which makes so many efforts in defence of the country; will not, let slip t opportunity 11 °W presented by fortune : and. if s o me fatality,do ' ~tl ° t pursue the weight its movements may - z u e 04' Considerable in the balance of exist " Ing events. In Catalonia, the greater the cruelties and bar . harities which the enemy have perpetrated, the :/nore. the flame of patriotism is enkindled, and the desire of vengeance glows in the breasts of the natives. The t valour of the loyal Catalonians, di . rected by General Lacy, and assisted probably at this moment by the troopsJ'rom Majorca, and the expedition of our allies-directed to the same- prin eipality, promises the most happy results. , Capra, JULY 2.—The-British Government, as • appears from a note transmitted lw the Ambassa dor Count de Fernan-Nunez; has engaged to clothe, arm, and' equip the Spanish regiment of . Hussars of Ferdinand VII. consisting of 600 men. Yesterday morning the house of Messrs. Ken sitgtons',- . bankers, in Lombard-street, stopped Payment. The shock experienced in the city by event, if we may judge from apparent ef fects, is greater than any that has yet been felt. Durin g the forenoon there was a considerable crowd 41sembled before the house, which v, as entirely closed, and inaccessible to visitors of every de .cription. Nineteen Provincial Banks, including se ven hi Scotland, drew upon this firm. It is re- Ported that a very eminent Irish House has 'a' balance of between one and two hundred thou sand, pounds in their hands, and several Stock exchange accounts are also locked up by this sus- Pension. The scene of - atixiety,buStle, and.con fnsiOn, in Bartholomew-lane, has not been equal , led for many years. At the opening of the market, °lrmium, for some time, was an absolute drug, and when at last buyers were found, it was done at 1; the dose, 'it rose, however THE TITEATRE. LYCEUM. A Musical Drama, written by Mr. LEwts,. d'entleman well known in the literary was last night represented at this Theatre, under the title of Rich•alid Poor. CHA I RACTERS Lod Listless Mr. OXBERRY. Modish ,. . Mr. l'vsr. • , niters ' Mr. - FAwcErr. 1 Walsingham ' Mr. PENSON. Beauchamp ' Mr. Houri. Frank Mr. KNIGIIT. Squeez'em - Mr. l'E , LEY: Friponeau Mr. WuwiTtEß. • '. Sparkle Mr. nsuEn.. Lady. Clara Modish M r -;.01 1 -GER. Mrs. Ormond Miss GRIGLIETTI. Mi,is Chattel - al! Mrs. HAuf.owE Zorayda • Miss KELLY . . Mrs. Secret ' Mrs. Bi t AND. The scene lies in the Metropolis. - ' • , . . , FABLE. . . Mr. Rivers, having impaired his fortune in his youth by a round of extravagance, seeks to repair it in India, where, under the assumed name of Moth mer, lie amasses an immense prOperty. The piece commences at the period of his return to his na tive country, with the intention of enriching his relatives with the fruits of his industry—his only daughter, Zorayda, having eloped from him -with Colonel Beauchamp., - who had 'gained admittance into his house', under the assumed name of Dori mont.—Beauchamp, who, some time before he be came- acquainted with Zorayda; 'had separated from' hiS wife, a woman whose dreadful temper hadi for three years ; made his hateful, on his arrival ii‘London with the fair runaway, oaces her under the protection of Lady Clara Modish, an affected, dissipatedwoinan of quality, who is mar ried to a relation of Mr. Rivers.---Rlvers,_ before he disposes of his property, is determined to dis cover the -real character of:his relatives ; for thiS purpose he calls on Mr. Modish, and, having feigned extreme distress, requests . pecuniary as sistar!ce, is treated with contempt. Ile next applies to MrS.' Ormond, the sister of Modish,wbo, though in extreme want .herself, stretches forth the hand of charity to him. • He - re Wards her no ble-minded conduct by rendering her immediately independent. 'Charmed With the benevolence of his disposition, Mrs. Ormond, who is acquainted with the story of Beauchamp and Zorayda, the latter of whom has been introduced to her as Miss Mandeville, employs her new-found relation -to wait on the young lady at Mr. Modish's, to pro pose a, Union between her and Beauchamp, provid ed the report of his wife's death be well-found&l ; hut, on the other hand; if that should not be the truth, to advise her immediate return to her friends in India. By mistake, Rivers encounters Miss Chatterall, a wholesale vender of scandal, whom he conceives to be the supposed Miss Mandeville, and imparts to her his commission—the equivoque consequent on this blunder, forms one of the most laughable scenes in the Opera. Just as Ri vers is on the point of quitting the room, Beau champ, the destroyer of his peace, enters. •He itfi mediately concludes 'that his daughter has been, utterly t deserted, for the purpose of fOrming a connection with Miss Mandeville, and he detert mines to challenge' Beauchamp. The latter, how ever, having rescued Mrs. Ormond front the vio lence of- Lord Listless, is, in revenge, quested at the suit of his Lordship. Rivers, who has heard from Mrs.-Ormond, that his character is austained by any crime, except the seduction of Zorayda; procures his release by paying the debt, still fully determined to make him answer for his abandon ed crfrinct. While he is intent on revenge, his daughter, veiled, is introduced to him, by Mrs. Ormond, as the Miss Mandeville,. whom he Was commissioned 'to negiaciate with in the' morning. He proceeds to paint the dreadful feelings to which her father mns . tbe a prey, and implores her to return to him before his hatred becomes rooted. Suddenly .she discovers herself, and, overcame by her tears and . intreaties, he pardons here . Beau champ; who has received certain intelligence of the death of his wife, makes the antende hOnourable„, by.giving his hand to Zorayda, and a general re conciliation takes place. _ We have given an -acconnt-of the fable of this piece, though it was by HO means unknown-to us,, and is probably in the recollection of many of our Readers. The play was-brought forward some years ago at Drury-lane ,Theatre, for the benefit of Mrs. Jortnar, and-was then `entitled The East Indian, and though it was l we.helieve, represented again; yet it ,appears with_an air. Of novelty, hav ing been so little known to, the Public in general. Our Readers will perceive, from the foregoing sketch of the fable, that it bears, in some respects ; strong resemblance to The School for Scandal, .particularly in the return of a wealthy Gentleman from the East Indies, ivho assumes the. mask of poverty in order to ascertain the true character of his relations. But the plot altogether differs so much from the admirable Comedy which we have men tioned, and there are also so many characters of a different nature, that it would be severe indeed to charge Mr. LEWIS with plagiarism. The Opera is altogether very interesting, and many parts of it are highly entertaining. There is much inge nious equivoqUe, the sentiments ,in general are striking and impressive, and the . dietion is neat, - spirited, and often elegant. There are some sen timents expressed in a very pointed manner, though they cannot be considered ak— new, and some strokes of humour .well-conceived, and tersely expressed. In one respect the piece is certainly liable to objection in, point Of morals, for the violation of chastity, in the elopement of a young lady with a marriftd man, is not stigma tised sufficiently, nor are, the parties 15rought to, such severe sufferings as,' in point of poetical justice, ought to be the result of such ,conduct. — , - It is also to be observed, that instead. of the. bit ter remorse which ought to arise from such an ac tion, the parties console themselves with the hope that the wife will die, and that' then, according to the notion of Lucy, in The Beggar's Opera, the mistress will be made " an 'tallest wonza - n."— Such, indeed,. is the catastrophe of,this Opera, and therefore the guilty parties at length are re warded for their mistonduct. It will boeasy, we conceive, for the author to soften this objection, by rendering, the parties more unhappy from self reproach, and the agonies of conirition. On the other hand, it may be said that this misconduct 'excites so much uneasiness in the relatiAs of the offending parties, that minds inclined to Virtue may be induced to adhere to her precepts in order tip prevent those who. are dear to them from suffer ing by their errors. - - But here- again it may be said, that in cases like thti present, the innocent suffer as well as the guilty. However, the play, as We have said, has a strong interest, and -it is relieved by passages of a very diverting nature.--- The acting was altogether such as, to render full justice to the piece, and make it come home to -the feelings of the audience. If we had not witnessed the great ,merit of FAWCETT in Job Thornbetry, we should have been more surprised at the excellent manner in which he performed the Father last night ; it was a truly affective repre sentation of parental tenderness, indignation, and .manly spirit.' - Miss KELLY, in the daughter, dis played correspondent merit, and will doubtless considerably raise her reputation as an actress.— OXBERRY, KNIGHT, Mrs. URGER, MrS. HARLOWE, Mrs. BLAND, and Miss GRIGLIETTI, for whom, however, an apology-was made by Mr. RAYMOND, on account of a cold Which she was suffering, •and HonN and PYNE, alSo deserve praise for their vocal - exertions. The Music, partly selected and partly composed by HORN.,.. is througout very , plea Sing. The piece experienced the warmest ap probation, and is likely to become very- popular. DREADFUL MURDER. We yesterday informed the public, 'of the horrid event which had happened at Barnes, Surrey ' • and the following are the circumstances which are stated to'have attended this atrocious deed. The Count D'Antraigues, a very eminent poli tical character, formerly a Deputy of the Nobility of Vivarais to. ,the States General, author of many eloquent tracts, who had married the. cele brated Singer and Actress of the Royal Academy of Music at Parrs,. Madame-St. Huberti, was mur -dered yesterday miorning; _at :seven o'clock, along with his Lady, in their summer -residenee, at Barnes-terrace, by. one of their servants, named LoreniO, a Piedmontese, aged 25 years, who had been only a few months in their service, and whom they had no reason to suspect of such . a. diabolical design._ Both the Count and Countess D'Antraigues were preparing to come to ; town, as they usually did every 'Wednesday. / The Count had an ap pointment .(as we understand) With his particular friend, Mr. Canning, to 'meet him at ten o'clock„' -and had actually taken his papers in his hat, and pro ceeded down the staircase from his bed-room, his lady, who went before, being at the door w dting; and calling _for the servant to. open the carriage. Lorenzo, at that moment, 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 Constantinople. He dis charged the pistol at his master at six paces dis tance on the staircase, and missed him, the ball passing between the Count and the Countess. The murderer seeing the ball had not taken ef fect, took 'to the poniard, and stabbed his master in the shoulder. • Though the bloW was mortal, the Count had still strength enough to walk up to his room. The servant then ran to the Countess, who was .shrieking, sand plunged in the most fu .iloits manner ,the poniard into her breast. She fell and died instantly, without any groans, say ing only, Lorenzo, Lorenzo! It appears that the. Count died as soon as he had re-entered his room, - from an effusion of the blood in his chest. The murderer, bewildered and fran tic after his ferocious deed, came to the room , where his master was lying, and seizing on ano ther of the four .pistols, which the Count.had con stantly for his protection at his bedside, with the poniard; under a presentiment that one day or another his life would be attempted, discharged the contents in his mouth, and shattered his head in the most dreadful manner.- He died on the spot, and, fell by the side of his Master. - The alarm was given by the coachman, who was standing at the door, and the other servants. Two profes4ional men came instantly, but no assistance could avail. The house was bestheared with blood, anti presented a mos.i, shocking spectacle; the three corpses - being extended in such-a small space. The coachman drove to town to -fetch the doctor and the lawyer who were generally employed by the Count, and to convey the melancholy tidings to the house of the deceased, in Queen Ann-street, West, where...a crowd of people were collected, during the whole of the day, Doctor Chavernac, of Gerrard-street, , the surgeon, and M. Trickey,, the solicitor, both the intimate friends of-the de ceased, went post haste to Barnes-terrace. The papers; jewels, and other effects of the Count and Conatess, were put under, seal in their presence, and that of a Magistrate, and several respectable neighbours. 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 lift two persons who, by their talents, knowledge, amiable manners, and powerful ; connexions, ranked , very high 'in society. The• Count D'Antraignes,Ntas a man of a colossal- stature and mostimposing countenance, AS. years :old, and his lady was aged 52. ; Mr. Vansittart,; the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the particular friend of .the Count, way in-. formed - of the lamentable "event early yesterday ; and Lord 'Sidmouth commissioned Mr... Brooks, of the Alien-Office, to take, jointly _with Count La Chatre, the Commissary of his Majesty Louis.. XVIII. the proper measures to secure the papers and property of the deceased, who had been for merly Commissary -of his Most Christian Majesty in,ltaly, and lately, and till .his death, a secret agent and correspondent., of the Emperor of Russia. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The Count and Countess D'Antraigues, French Noblesse, distantly related to the unfortunate fa thily of the Bourbons, resided on Thames-terrace, on the banks of the Thames: - They lived in a style which; though far from what they had formerly moved in, yetwas rather bordering on High life than the contrary. They kept a carriage, coachman, foot man, and a servant out of livery. The latter'Was an Italian or Piedmontese, named Lawrence; and it is of this wretch we - have to relate tint following particulars. 'The Count and Countess,. intending . - to L - Oridiin as vestetday, ordered the carriage to be•at the door by eight in the morning, which it accordingly was ; and scion after that hour theY /were in the act of leaving the house to get into it, the Countess being at the door, and the Count coming down stairs, when the report of a pistol *as heard iu the passage, which it has since appeared took no effect, nor was it then ascertained by whom it wasfired. Lawrence was at this time in the pas sage, and on the smoke subsiding, was seen to rush past the Count, and proceed with speed.up stairs. He: almost instantly returned with a dirk in his hand, and plunged it up - tti 'the, hilt in the Count's' left shoulder; be continued his course, and made for the street-door, where stood the Countess, 3,yhom he instantly dispatched by plUnging the same dirk into her left breast. This last act had scarcely been completed, when the Count appeareit also at the door, bleeding and following the assassin, who made for the house, and ran up stairs. The Count, though extremely weak and faint, continued to follow him, but so great was the terror occasioned, that no one else had the same resolution. The assassin and the Count had not Lein upstairs ,morc„than a minute, when the re= port of another pistol w`as hear all, which satisfied those belOw that Lawrence - had nally put an end to the existence of his master. The alarm was now_given, and the cry of ,murder ! Murder! re-; sounded from every mouth. The Countess was still lying at the front door by which the turnpike road runs, and at length men of sufficient resolution*cre foundlo venture up stairs, and, horrible to relate, they found the Count lying across his own bed, groaning heavily, and nearly dead, and the blood= th:rsty villain lying by his side, a corpse. He had put a period to his own existence, by placing a pistol, •thathe found in the room, in his mouth.; and discharging its contents through his head. The Count • only survived about twenty-five mi nutes_ after the fatal blow, and died without being able to utter a word. The Countess :had by this .time been brought, into the house; the wound was directly on her left breast, . extremely large,, and she died about five minutes before her husband, also withoat'ut ttring a single word. The servants of the house - were all collected Wit night, but no tank for _so* horrid an act was at that time known : all was but conjecture. The following circumstances; in so extraordi nary a case, may be, however, - worth relating.— The Count, it 'appears, always kept a brace of pis= toWhanging loaded in his bed-room, and a small dirk. About a-month ago the Countess and the ser. , vants heard the,report of a pistol up stairs,and were in consequence greatly alarmed; when one of the lat ter, efetnale,went up, andlookedinto hermaster's, room: it was fa of smoke, and she screamed out : on its clearing away she sass Lawrence standing,who told her nothing was the matter—he bhd only fired off one of his master's pistols. It afterwards appeared he had fired it into the wainscot: it nas loaded with ball, and the bullet frorn„the pistol is yet to be seen. The Count and Countess were about 60 yearg of age. The latter NV:I3 highly accomplished, a great proficientin.music, and greatly admired for her singing, in fashionable parties. There is no reason whatever to believe that Lawrence was in sane. Only about ten minutes previous to his': committing this deed of blood, he went over to an adjoining public-house and took a glass of gin : hi had lived only 3 months in the family, and report says, was tb be discharged in a few days.' An inquest will behield on the bodies to-day 5 but from what we can learn, nothing-farther was expected to transpire that could throw any new light on the mysterious but shocking catastrophe. "The 'Count and Countess had resided in their house at Barnes for 'four or five years, and hare left an only son, who, we understand, is at pre. sent in this country studying the law. TRIAL AND • CONViCTION, OF DAWSON, ,AT CAMBRIDGE ASSIZES. This trial; which excited so . much interest in the Sporting World, was tried yesterday. The prisoner was arraigned on four indictments, with numerous cbunts, , viz: for poisoning a horse belonging to Mr. Adams, Of Royston, Herts, and a blOod mare belonging tb Mr. Northey, at New market, in YBO9 - and also for poisoning a horse belonging to Sir it. Standish, and another belong ing to Lord Foley, in 1811, at the same place., He was tried , and convicted on the first case only. Serjeant SELLON opened the case, and detailed the nature pf the evidence. _ _ The principal witness-, as - on the former trial, was Cecil'Bishop, an accomplice withthe prisoner. He proved - having been for some time acquainted with Dawson, and that on application to him, he 'had furnished him with corrosive sublimate to sicken horses,. as a friend of his had, been .tricked by physicking his horse, which Was about to run a. match.. He went .0n..t0 prove that Dawson and he had' become progressively acquainted, and that on the prisoner complaining the stuff was not strong enough; he prepared him a .so!u tion of arsenic. Witness described this as not offensive' in sniel, the prisoner having in formed_him that the horses had thrown up their heads, and refused to partake of the water "in* which the c6rrosivelsublimate had been infused. The prisoner complained the stuff was'not strong enough, and on being informed if it was made strong it would kill the horses, he replied, he did not Mind that, the Newmarket frequenters wee rogues, and if he, meaning witness, bads fortune to lose, they, would plunder him Of it. The pri soner afterwards informed witness he used the stuff, whiCh was then strong enough, as' it'had killed a hackney and two brood mares. The other part of ,Bishop's testimony Went to prove the case against the prisoner. Mrs. Tillbrook, a respectable housekeeper, at Newmarket, where the prisoner lodged, proved having found . a bottle of liquid concealed under ,Dawson's bed, previous to the horses having,becu poisoned, and that Dawson was out late on the Saturday and Sunday evenings previous to that event. Other witnesses proved a chain of circum stances, which left no doubt of the prisoner's guilt. The Judge pronodnced sentence of Death on the prisoner, and informed him, in strong lan guage, he,eould not expect mercy to be extended to him.