The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-21 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY CASE OF SUICIDE.

Last night an Inquest was held before Mr.
SHELTON, Coroner, and a most respectable Jury, at No. 4,
Portland-terrace, New. Kent-road, on the body of Mr. Antonio
Michael Dufaur, Checker of the Duties of Excise, who put a
period to his existence by inflicting a wound on the lower part of
his body.
It appeared in evidence that the deceased had for a long time
laboured under a state of mental derangement, and had pre-
viously Made an attempt upon his own life, by taking a boat
above Vauxhall-bridge, going .out in the river, and plunging
himself into the water, but was fortunately rescued by a water-
man, who took him out, and conducted him home;, he had also
been detected with razors in his possession frequently, the in-
strument with which he performed this unfortunate act. On
Saturday week last Mrs. Dufaur was very ill, and requested de-
ceased to shave in the same room with her, to which he ob-
jected, and retired to another room, where he inflict-
ed a wound in the lower part of his body. Medi-
cal assistance 'was immediately obtained; the wound was
sewed up, and hopes were entertained of his recovery ; the
wound was followed by slight mortificatio but nothing to oc-
casion death. The deceased was of a very weak constitution,
and lingered for 11 days after the commission of the act : he
expired on Monday last, 53 years of age, 35 of which he had
been in his situation, in the receipt of 600/. per annum, and
2s. &l. for every bond he filled up, and he would sometimes
have from 20 to 80 a day. The fees are about to be abolished,
which preyed much on the deceased's mind ; and the evidence
of the surgeons went to show that he had laboured under an
unsound state of mind for four months past, during which
time his actions and personal appearance strongly indicated de.
rangement.
'The ConoxErt addressed the Jury, saying, such cases as
this seldom came before him ; he had heard of persons jump-
ing out of first and second-floor windows, when in 'a state of de-
rangement, but the present case was really horrible to think
of—the whole of the evidence went strongly to prove insanity.
The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased.died from
a wound inflicted by himself when in a state of mental de-
rangement."

SIR HARCOURT LEES.

TO lIIS MAJESTY'S CROWN LAWYERS FOR THIS,

PART OF THE UNITED EMPIRE.

Black-rock, Nov. 8, 1822.

GENTLEMEN—As I perceive an evident intention on the.
part of the revolutionary Press, throughout the entire of Ire-
land, to delude the Public, and particularly the Imperial Par-
liament, respecting the true nature and eventual object of the
present artfully planned and most mysterious conspiracy—l
wish through the medium of one of the molt Constitutional
and efficient Journals in the empire, to suggest to you, Gentle-
men, the vital and important necessity there exists for putting
the following queries to the first state prisoner who may be ar-
raigned for either administering or subscribing to an oath de.
rogatory to his allegiance as a British subject, or confirmatory
of his devotion and attachment to a foreign and religiously
hostile potentate.
Queries to be proposed :---
Have you any knowledge, Sir, of a hired Popish emissary
having been employed, throughout any part of the past year,
1821, to assassinate Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart ? Have you ever
heard that this accredited assassin concealed himself, for two
successive mornings, in a subterranean grotto, in a secluded
part of that gentleman's ground, contiguous to the sea shore,
and that on the third morning, he succeeded in surprising Sir'
Harcourt in his bath-room, being partly masked, and armed
with pistols and a stiletto ? Did you ever hear, that instead of
executing the base and cowardly purpose for which, most for-
tunately, HE had been selected, but had repented of, he then
and there, voluntarily, and without- any actual stipulation
but ONE, made such discoVeries to that zealous and undaunted
supporter of his Royal illaster,and foe to the Church of Rome,
as enabled him, most probably, to preserve the life of his
venerated Sovereign, and to protect the persons of the Pro-
testants, and of several of the Roman Catholics most dis-
tinguished for their loyalty and attachment to the State, from
the sanguinary daggers of the more bigoted and intolerant
Papists ? Did you ever hear that this man, or any other man
answering his description, was murdered, on the ground of his
being a traitor to the Knights of St. Patrick :1 Are you aware,
Sir, that in consequence of the information given by Sir liar.
court Lees at that period to a Royal Duke in England, and the
timely disclosures he subsequently and publicly made, at the
hourly risk of his life, that the joint and then meditated at.,
tempts of the conspirators either entirely failed, or have only
been deferred in the expectation of a more opportune season

presenting itself ?
I now, Sir, ask you, in the face of the Court, and in the awful
presence of your GOD, whether you believe that any Profes-
sional Gentleman in the city of Dublin—or a moderate, reason-
able Infidel Scribbler, from the Northern part of Ireland, not
connected immediately with the Public Press—were privy to
the arrival in this country, during the month of November, last-
year, of TWO FOREIGN JESUITS ? Do you know, Sir, or
did you ever hear, that one of these men (they did not arrive at
the same time) landed at llowth—and, having stopped a short
time in Dublin, proceeded to the Jesuit College, so unprovi.
dently permitted to exist in the very heart of one of the most
Popish districts in Ireland ; and that he was then and there
engaged to instruct these orthodox Hibernian Students in the
Art of PAlNTlNG—although he could neither speak nor un-
derstand one single word of English, or even Irish, to as-
sist him in the course of his loyal lectures ? Did you ever
hear it mentioned, that this man, whose name (I think) was
" Ossani," was constantly in the habit of paying visits—once,
and occasionally twice, a week—notwithstanding his profes-
sional occupations at Clongowes College, to the Jesuit esta-
blishinent in Hardwick-street, Dublin ; and that the reason
assigned was, that lie might take some likenesses in this city ?
Did you ever hear, Sir, that this Roman Artist was the bearer
of confidential dispatches between the said College of Clon-
gowes, in connexion with the great Jesuit Establishment a
Stoneyhurst, in Lancashire, and that minor depot of constitu.
timid integrity in Hardwick-street ?Do you know—or, from
what you may have collected from the conversation of others, do
you believe--that this Ossani ever had a confidential commu-
nication with a Roman Catholic Gentleman, of great talent and
popularity in this country ; or, at least, was present during an
interview between the said popular Gentleman, and a Jesuit of
weight and consequence ? Did you hear, Sir, that a confidential
agent to the Southern Insurgents, subsequent to that interview,
died suddenly, upon his journey back to Dublin ! Have you
any reason, Sir, to believe, that a foul and hellish plot has
been contemplated, and ere this has possibly been per-
fected, calculated to strike horror into the entire of Europe ?
and can you disclose whether the explosion is intended to, or
has already taken place, in London, Paris, or Verona ? Do
you believe, Sir, that Sir Harcourt Lees was correct in the judg-
ment he formed, so long back as three years since, of the exis-
tence, nature, and object, of the present Irish BRANCH conspiracy
being exclusively Popish and murderous? Do you believe, Sir,
THAT FEARLESS PROTESTANT ADVOCATE was right in the
opinion which he at that time declared, and almost weekly
since promulgated, that a certain secret Society was in exis-
tence, constituted by the Principals of the Jesuits (who had
been established here for the sole purpose) ; and the great body
of the Popish Prelacy and Priesthood composed the silent, but
efficient abettors of this, the most diabolical, and most artfully
contrived, of all the Popish plots ever yet brought to light ? As
a Roman Catholic, do you believe it to be impossible for any
conspiracy, against the State, to exist one month in this country,
without the connivance of the Priesthood ? and are you not
conscious that, until Sir Harcourt, with unparalleled intrepidity,
boldly accused the Reverend and loyal Gentlemen of being
privy to the plot, not one individual of them even made an
effort to avert the ferocious and murderous designs of their
religious, flocks—but, on the contrary, sanctioned the cir-
culation, and even patronised, the most blasphemous and
sanguinary Prophecies, all encouraging the murder of Pro-
testants and the overthrow of the Government? fly virtue of
your oath, do you not believe, that the advocates for extending
farther political and civil power to Romanists, are as Sir Har-
court Lees styles them) the greatest set of scoundrels, or fools,
that the world ever produced ?
Gentlemen, as I believe I may justly claim the honour of
being the only man in the empire, who had the talent and pene-
tration to discover, and first expose, the entire mystification of
this very strong proof of Popish conciliation—which, you know,
I told you the, nature and consequence of sixteen months
ago, when Dan and Abraham were kissing, crossing, and
blubbering over one another—l now desire you all to take
care—that the empire shall be no longer deluded, respecting
the true nature of this exclusively Popish plot, extending
through the medium of sworn Inquisitors' first—and then, of
National, Provincial, County, and Baronial Assemblies, over
the whole of Ireland, which at this hour is completely orga-
nised, and ready to rise en mane when ordered ; for 1 am de-
termined, Gentlemen,
.(conscious that I possess firmness and
abilities, at least not inferior to' the same qualifications pos-
sessed I:), any man now living in the empire), to save my
country, or perish in, its ruins.
HARCOURT LEES.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, Nov. 18.—A. courier, who left Verona
on the 12th, arrived last night at the office of the
Minister for Foreign Affairs. The return of the
Viscount de Montmorency is announced for the
end of this month. It may be therefore infer-
red that the great questions which are supposed
to occupy the Congress are not yet determined,
but that they soon will be.—(illoniteur of Mon-
day. ,
Viscount de Montmorency was to leave Verona
on the 16th.—(Journal des Debats from theEtoile.)
A Journal of to-day announces, that a depu-
tation of the Council-General of commerce and
manufactures was yesterday to present an address
to the Minister of the Interior; in which the
Council would point out how the mere apprehen-
sions of war with Spain had injured important in-
terests ; and that it thought it its duty to make
the Government acquainted with all the evils
which would result from war, should it unfortu-
nately ensue. The. Council consisted of Messrs.
Odier, Ternaux, Delessert, llomberg, Jacques
Lefebvre, Lafond, Balguere-Shittenberg, Outre-
quiii, Jean Charles Davilliers, the elder Scilliere,
-Louis Perree, and Cottier.—(Constitutionnel.)
A letter from Strasburg, dated Nov. 13, an-
nounces that several companies of regiments of
artillery stationed there are expected to march
for the South of France. One of the regiments
of infantry in garrison there was expected to
march to Paris.—(Journal de Paris.)
The courier who left Verona on the 12th met
Madame Montmorency at Milan, where she was
waiting for her husband.—(Quotidienne.)
A letter from Frankfort on the Maine, dated
N0v.12, has the following remarks on the alarm-
ing rumours brought to that city by the couriers
from Paris :—" These rumours," it says," appear
to be unfounded. In fact, we have received
direct news from Verona which tend to make
us
• believe that war with Spain is neither so immi-
nent nor so probable as these Paris rumours pre-
• tend. The dispatches sent from Verona to
Madrid, through Paris, are far from containing a
declaration of war. Their contents are, rather
confined to a categorical declaration made to the
Spanish Government by the Ministers assem-
bled in Congress at Verona, in the name of the
five Great Powers : but the signature of the
Duke of Wellington attached to this docu-
ment, appears sufficiently to prove that this piece
does not contain any threats of invasion. The
disposition of the Court of St. James's on this
point admits no doubt."—(Journaidu Commerce.)
All the journals of a certain party pretend
that the result of the elections proves that public
opinion approves the plans of the present admi-
nistration. If the elections were free, there
would be some sense in this remark ; but when
the contrary is notoriously the case, such reason-
ing is mere mockery.—(lbid.)
The medical student Merque is to be tried on
111,3 19th, togother with Colonels Fabvier and
Dentzel, on the charge of having endeavoured to
procure the escape of the four convicts'in the
affair of La Itochelle.—(Journal de Paris.)
A private letter from Verona, in the Journal
de Paris, states, that the King of Bavaria is ex-
pected at Congress, and that the Duke of Wel-
• lington, since the arrival of a courier from Eng-
land, has been present at all the conferences.

,ELECTION OF DEPUTIES.
DEPARTMENT OF LA MANCHE.
College of Tralogncy.—M. de Chantereyne, a Royalist, and
President of the College, is returned by a majority of 236 out
of 392.—This Deputation is complete.

NIEVIIE.
Ncvers.—M. de Chabrol de Chameane, a Royalist, and
President of the College, has obtained a majority of 208 out
of 289. This Deputation is, therefore, now complete.

HAUTE SAONE.
Gray.—M. Nourrisson is elected.
GARD.

Nimes.—M. de Ricard, the President, is returned as Deputy.
Third College d'Arrondisscment at Lille.—The number of
voters was 445. M. de Bully, a Royalist, and President of
the College, had 332 votes ;, while M. Barrois, a Liberalist,
had only 99 votes. There were 14 who did not vote.
Fourth Ditto.----Here the number of voters. are 481. M.
Potteau d'lrancardrie, a Royalist, and President of the Col-
lege, had 344 votes : while M. de Brigode, a Liberalist, had
.only 128. Four Electors have not voted at all.—ln consquence
of these results, M. de Bully and Potteau d'Hancardne were
proclaimed as Members to the Chamber of Deputies, amidst
cries of " Long live the King ! the Bourbons for ever ! Suc-
cess to our Deputies !"
Arrondissement de Daual.—The number of voters is 233. M.
Durant Delecourt, a Royalist, got 169 votes ; while M. Defo-
rest de Quartdeville, a liberalist, mustered just 63.
Havebrouck.—Number of voters, 274. Count de Bethizy
had 257 votes ; and M. Lequex de St. Hilaire, a Liberalist,
but 17.
Cambrai.—Number of voters, 347. M. Cotteau a Royalist,
had 218 votes ; while M. Fremicourt, a Liberalist, got only
129.
Valenciennes.—Number of voters, 253. M. Beaugrenner, a
Royalist, had 172 votes ; and MDubois, a Liberalist, and
formerly a Prefect of Police, got 80 votes.
Avesnes.—Number of voters, 218. M. de Presau, a Royalist,
got 158 votes ; while M. d'Estournel, a Liberalist, had only
59 ; Baron de Nedonchel obtained a single vote.
Dunkerque.—Nuthber of voters, 286. ,31. Coffyp, the Presi-
sident of the College, has been returned by a majority of 228
votes against 51.:

.:BoultDrAux, Nov. 14.—We have just learned
that General Quesada arrived yesterday evening
in this...city, and ,that General O'Donnell has left
Bayonne ...to take, the command of the army of
Navarre.—(Ruche d' Aquitaine.)
(In copying the above aiticle, the Journal du Commerce
makes the following remark :—"'This news is tun in sub-
stance. Q'Bonnell actually quitted Bayonne on the 13th to
proceed to Irati, but not to take the command of an army
which. does not exist. He took with him a chaplain, 12 off-
cers a standard, and twelve loads of warlike effects. But the
.11uehe d' Aquitaine might have added' that Quesada was gone
to Paris, and that Egma was to set out for Toulouse; and since
that paper is usually so wellinformed respecting the Army of
the Faith, it might just have given us a hint of the cause of
this disldcation of the insurgent staff at Bayonne:"
PERPIGNAN,. Nov. 11.=The Regency are now
installed at Puycerda,- but the families of the
members, and their baggage, have been sent to
Liivia, a town which forms the frontier on the
side of France. The Governor of Puycerda is a
Frenchman, named Peyre. We are assured that
he has caused several of his countrymen, who
-are inhabitants•of the town, to be arrested.

NUREMBERG, Nov. 11.--(Extract of a Private Letter.)—
. " We have received some details from Vienna of the operations
-of the Persian armies. Trebisond is not yet in their power,
but this place is menaced with an immediate attack. The city
of Erzerum, principal fortress of Armenia, is closely blockaded.
Bagdad is entirely invested, but as the Turkish garrison, which
is very strong, defensl.themselves with much obstinacy, it may
'hold out' for some time. The Chiefs of the Persian Army,
-.4:however, have declared in the most formal manner that they
(-will not go into winter quarters till Bagdad has capitulated. We

have received letters from Trieste, which inform us, that a con-

-siderable corps of Greeks had penetrated from Livadia into the
Southern part of Thessaly, where they attacked and completely,
defeated the corps which Chourschid Pacha had been able to col-
lect from different quarters. Young Bdzzaris had made such
skilful manoeuvres at quitting the mountains to get into the
rear of the positions which Chourschid had taken up in advande
from Larissa, that the Pacha was forced to retreat in great haste
to reach Macedonia. We expect circumstantial details of this
event, which is of great importance for the Greeks.—Count
d'Einsiedel, Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of
Saxony to our Sovereign, has repaired to Munich, where he
solemny demanded the hand of the Princess Amelia for the
Saxon Prince John, brother to the Queen of Spain. The King
of Bavaria having agreed to the demand, the marriage was yes-
terday celebrated at-Illunich by proxy. For several days there
will be brilliant fetes in that capital.
TouLouse, Nov. 13.—Count de Gispert, the
Minister of the Regency, left this city a few days
ago for Urgel. While here he experienced that
reception which his personal qualities and his
devotion to the cause of the Spanish monarchy
merit. Ile found in the suffrages of all the friends
of the Throne the assurance of the ardent wishes
which are entertained for the success of the
noble designs of the Spanish Regency. His de-
parture gives a formal contradiction to the reports
which have been circulated of a panic terror hav-
ing taken possession of the inhabitants of the
Seo, and also of the Government. Not only
nature and art protect that place against a coup de
main, but we besides know that an army of re-
serve occupies its environs. Besides, the constitu-
tional armies, to which so much courage and resolu-
tion are ascribed,have enough to do to maintain the
defensive, as all the engagements have ended in
favour of the Royal troops. The taking of
Castelfollit, it is true, is an exception; but
that event has caused irreparable losses to the
constitutional army, which has become more bar-
barous in consequence of its slight success. There
is not the least doubt that the declaration which
France has made to the Congress of Verona will,
when it is made known, produce a great impres-
sion on the soldiers of the Faith. It will aid
their views, and facilitate their success, now that
the Cortes are organizing terror throughout the
whole of Spain.—( L'Echo du Midi.)
A letter from Bayonne dated the 10th, states
as follows :—" About a million of francs have
just passed through here, forming the first por-
tion of a far more considerable sum transmitted
from Paris to the Regency of Urgel.—(lbid.)
FRANKFORT, Nov. 12.—An English Consul
(Colonel Doring) set out from Vienna on the sth
of this month to repair to Verona. From Peters-
burgh we learn that the Minister of War has call-
ed to the capital a number of the Superior Officers
belonging to the Staffs of the Armies of the South
and of the West. The Russian Minister of
State, Count Capo d'lstria, set out from here
(Frankfort) this morning for Switzerland. It is
said he will approach the frontiers of the Mi-
lanese, from where he may be easily summoned
to Verona. A vessel from Constantinople, ar-
rived at Odessa on the 18th of October, an-
nounces that the wretched condition of the
Turkish grand fleet which had entered the Dar-
danelles, had excited great consternation among
the inhabitants of Constatinople.
ODESSA, OCT. 22.—The news .from Constan-
tinople of the 18th of this month is, that the
Turkish grand fleet has re-entered the Dar-
danelles in a very bad condition.
SEMLIN, Nov. 2.—According to the latest news
from Larissa, dated October 18th, Chourschid
Pacha had posted a corps of Albanians, of 8,000
men, at the commencement of that month, be-
tween Zeltoni and Platamona, to cover the town
of Larissa on that side. The Greeks soon en-
tered into a secret negotiation with Czelenden
Bey, the Albanian Chief, and this General with
his whole corps not only went over to the Greeks,
joining his arms to theirs, but he arrested with his
own hand his former fellow soldier, Abbas Bey,
of Prevesa, who desired to remain faithful to
the Porte, and. delivered him to his new Allies.
Chourschid is thus deprived of his Albanians,
who were also his best soldiers. Since then he
formed the resolution of abandoning Larissa, and
retreating into Vitoglia. The news from Arta
is also favourable to the Greeks. Letters dated
October 18, announce that Prince Maurocardato,
after six weeks negotiations with the Tribes
of Albanians who inhabit that country, had at
length determined to dissolve again all connec-
tion with the Porte. The Pacha of Arta, as al-
ready stated,had been defeated by Maurocordato,
and had shut himself up in the town of Arta.
The Albanians, who had obeyed him till this
moment, rose against him immediately, and made
themselves masters of his harem and of his whole
family, whom he had sent before the battle to
Vrione. His nephew, whom he had appointed
Pacha of Berat, is among the prisoners. The
town of Arta itself is now besieged by the re-
volted Albanians. The letters add, that the
Pacha has sent to Maurocordato to treat for an
armistice.

SPAIN.

TAKING OF BALAGUER.
BARCELONA, Nov. 6.