The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-20 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER.

'THE. Continental rapers give" an account of, a
dreadful MOrdercominitted in the neighbourhood of
Sleswick, in Germany. On the morning of the
25th ult.at one o'clock, on the Estate of grumbey,,
kwo fellows in shgrt green jackets and leather caps,
brpke into the house through ti,e window by help
of a ladder.. Having got into the houi-e, they
forcibly broke open three doors that were locked,
and buil'. into the room where.,the Lady EHREI4'-
cRWSE was in bed. She was murdered by the vil-
lain's, in the most shocking manner. They ap-
proached her bed,- demanded where her money was,
and -receiving no im'm'ediate answer, struck her re-
peated bhows on the head with -clubs. Three ser.
vant girls who slept in the' adjoining apartinent,
hearip-g the -noise, and-cries of murder, one of them,
the chambermaid, -endeaNuted to get into the
room, but she received such a blow upon the ;lead,
that she' fell senseless on the floor, and lay for dead.
The mUrderets now advanced, and asked the cook
where the Money,was ? but as she could give no
satisfactory answer, she received a blow 'which felled
her to the ground, where she laydor dead. The
- third girl shared the same fate. Tlie villains then
lighted, seven candles a mystic number, broke open
every closet, and' took from thence two watches
and all the silver plate. They had not been able to
find the key Of the iron-money chest, and being un-
provided with proper instruments to break it open,
gave up the pursuit. They then went back- to the
girls, who *ere weltering in- blood, and one of the
murderers said in Low German, if the devils be not
yet dead, let them be burned. They then set fire
to the paper hangings, put a burning candle under
the bed of the murdered Lady, and threw burning
touchwood.On all the beds. They'then made off by
means of their ladder through the window. One of
the girls recovering a little from the bldw she had
received, stepped _to the window an& gave the
atarm. The coachman, and other men servants from
the out-hounes'came up, found the Lady, dead, and
her body consuming by the fire, One of the three
girli is yet exceedingly ill, but they are all recover-
in.-b. - The villains have hitherto escaped, but the
• MagistrateS in the neighbourhood are called upon to
eXert-themselve3 for their. apprehension.
We have since received intelligence, that through
the vigilance of the Police ofEinneberg and Otten-
ten, one. of the murderers, a hardened desperado,
23 -only years of age„*who had escaped, in a green
• - ••
jacket, as was-mentioned,
.has been fortunately ay-
• prehended at Pinneherg. The villain ,had by him
a Prussian pass of the year 1795, which retidered
him More suspetted. He formerly served as Hussar
-to a Baron GE;..LINGEN.

It will be reeolleeled that the Estate of Crosne,
near Paris, was awarded to the Abbe Sl-EYES as a
recompense for the share which he had in the Revo-
lution of the 9th of November, and his labs in
framing. the new Constitution,; but that the title
of the Proprietor being food in every respect legal,
the Abbe was obliged to desist from his claim.—
Gosernment, however, gave to him the choice of an
equivalent, -or another Estate. He, ace •rdinglv,
with the permisSion of the. ProPrietor, ,valued the
house and demesne, of Crosne, .and the return made-,
by him to the Minister•of Finance of the amount is
sppposed to,have. very considerably exceeded their
value. This statement- produced some litigation
between the Metaphysician and theFißsr CONSUL;
but their differences were soon adjusted by the in-
genuity of the fOrmer, who discovered- that the
house and farm of the Royal /1//entigerie at Versailles
had escaped the rapacity and venality of the Revo-
lution, and was at that moment unoccupied. . The
bargain ,was soon struck, and the Abbe put in
possession of the. ci-dovant residence of the wild
beasts. There he lives at present in complete re-
tirement, and comforts himself with arranging his
Constitutions in dens instead of pigeon-holes.
The Botanical Garden of Madrid, whose direBor
at present is the Abbe CAVANILLES, has lately
obtained a new organization. Its space is to be
enlarged, so as to -receive the quinquina, the balm-
t -ce,- the Jagoll, the c&-co„ and other palm-trees.
These precious plants were first transplanted :from
their native 'soil to the Canary Islamis, and thence
t ) Andalusia, the 'most Southern province in Spain.
By this successive transplantation, they are accus-
tomed to the climate of the capital, Madrid. It is
to M. CRynt.Los, Minister of State, that Spain is
indebted-'for its progress in Natural History, and
particularly in Botany. His taste for plants has
been communicated to a number of Spanish pupils.
They sedulously frequent the lessons of M. CAVA-,
NILLES, the only professor of that science at Ma-
drid:- •

A. :erg• curious Account is giving in the Paris
Paper: of a ,J3oxing-match, in which the parties do
rt.tit seem to have been very equally marched. Cou.
't.E AU, 'the younger, a Husllandman at Namonville,
in the Department of.Vosges; heard as he was com-
ing out of his house, the cries of a woman in
tress. He flew tol her assistance, anti found her
under the paws of an immense wolfe. Though un-
armed, be attacked the
,animal, .who in return flew
at hi►n w ith great fury. His mother, who was in
the house, alarmed at the cries of her son, rushed
to his assistance; the animal aireCted his vengeance

against her. COUTEAU then
.Tent to fisry-cuffs
Hi the wolf, and. ha ving. throw& in a kw' ek-ilown
1410,z.t.,, seized his jaws which he kept close shut with
his• right hand, while. with hiS,other hand: be put
out the animal's eyes.rtilis mother aided these ope.
rations, .by holding.. the beast's tail close to. the
ground, so as to keep him quiet during the ,pro-
.gress .of: them. In . the. mean time, a younger.
brother repaired to the:field of.hattle with. anit.Ne,.
and put:an end to the ethitest. Many of our Readers
perhaps, he reminded, by. this marvellous tale,
which is,extra6ted from the Itioniitur, .of the Latin
Proverb, Lupus infabah.44.
The Venus, Lowther, of Bideford, parted two
cables in Margate Roads, got on the Nailand Rock,
and since- got o with the assistance of a -limes
Crew, without damage.

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