The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-24 00:00:00

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,

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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 yearsago 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:tI
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 not
.see whether he had any filing fin 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 attended
immediately ; but her mistress died in a few
minutes after he came. That ahout three weZ:b3
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 rail
down stairs, thinking it was a rap at the door, htl
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 licr'
and heard her talk to Lawrence very coolly, but
~
could not tell what she said, as she spoke i'retle`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 11i'
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 tigt'
Count and Lawrence 7 • said Lawrence was a solle
man ; but latterly had been more passionate tbau
before. Yesterday morning the wind having blni
the parlour-door to with a great noise, the Conn
spoke rather sharply to Lawrence, -thinking he
had banged it to, and would wake his niistre'
Lawrence had lived i,n the, family about ibreet
months. Believed the dagger produced to.b
11Emaster's, .having many limes seen it hanging
his room.

Elizabeth Ashton-, another servant to tile CotOt
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. (11
corning down stairs. Witness heard the report
a pistol, was steamed by it, and said sb.e 105,- .•
dead woman ; turned round, and said,—"
renee, Lawrence !" when looking up, . she s'llas
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 four`
she could not give auy assistance, stye went ao'-rt
David llebditch, the coachman to the 09111,,,
e and Countess, deposed, that he received
from Lawrence to have tVearriage ready yeste
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 hotise'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 piLt°e
was heard ; that the Countess asked him
coachman), what Was the matter, and he answer;
ed, it was from the insete of the house; that in a le%
minutes afterwards, as he was sitting 00 his h os. be:
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 'lag:
ger, strike it into the shoulder of the Cowit---11'es
saw the dagger enter his shoulder—that Lawre%:
then passed the Count; andproteeded towards
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"cca'
-,'saw blood about her, and some on the groan
...
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 anoth,
pistol, which appeared to conic from up stairs ; vet
„soon after the Count came to the r, and 1310:4
ran oat left coat sleeve; left him there, '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 oLwri room, in dreclini':-;
posture, with his feet on the floor; was then all e
hat speechless 5 at the same time saw Lawrtll''‘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!geij
be stripped ; witness assisted to do sc.), and i!„3
bin] while they got a spunge and same water, "lail
washed the wound aft w
of that ent‘aw,aY,
Navas
drove carriage to town. Believed Laavreace
sober ; he spoke very correct to,him (the

man), When he gave him his oders, and nOt
aPPear at all mentally deranged.Villiain -. .
llitchin, master of the Siiii public-
.at Barnes, deposed, that yesterday morn-
Ing, about eight o'clock, coining along thestreet,'
he saw Lawrence put a tin can in the Count's car- •
riage, and return into the house ; when he got op-
posite the-door, he heard the report of -a pistol';
turned immediately round, and saw the Count and
Countess just wain the door. The Countess-
, said sothething to the coachman, who answer-
ed, "it is in- doors, my Lady." The Count
luad Lady returned into the house ; -he then
Ileard some person scream, and was going to get
some weapon, but coachman begged_him not to
go, and he did not. The coachman. and he were
going into the house, when the Countess came out
of -alehouse, passed them; and fell down; thcimght-
she had only fainted, and while standing by her
saw the Count come out of the house, with the
brood streaming from his shoulder; the Count in-
stantly returned to the. house, and immediately af-
ter the witness heard the report of 'a pistol in one
'of the upper rOoms ; this report was before th c Count
could possibly get to his own room; some people
came up, andhe accompanied them_into the house;
the first thing lie saw on the floor of
,the passage
was a dagger bloody, and some silk on it, as
if it came frOm a shawl ; on desiring a person to
h°-up stairs with- him, he refused, without hav-
ing a weapon ; on which 'the witness' gave him
-the dagger, and took himself a' poker. The
coachman followed, and the witness desired him
to go first into the room, which he did ; on en-,
tering the room he saw the Coant sitting' on a ,
I)ed alive, but speechless; and Lawrence lying on
the floor dead, with a brass-barrelled pistol close
to him, which appeared to have been recently
discharged.
• Matthew Ball, Surgeon, of Barnes, deposed,
that about a quarter past eight o'clock in the
11'1°111ing, a woman came to his house and desired
.nin to cOille, immediately to Count D'Antraigues,
for the Count and Countess. were both murdered ;
54nnediately went, and when he- came into the
,
"Use, saw the- Countess lying on the floor of the
Parlour, and a great deal-of blood both on the
,flour and on her clothes; then examined and found
large lacerated wound on Ler right breaSt,made
by a sharp. instrument, which had passed through
the third and fourth ribs into the cavity of her
chest, froiii which a great effusion of blood had
Proceeded as 'Soon as he found the wound was
':mortal, and That she could not live many minutes,
Witness went up to the Count to assist Mr. King,
~Surgeon who hid previou,ly gone up-to dress
his wound, and found the Count had received a
Wound on his left shoulder from a sharp.instru-
Inent, which had penetrated four or' five inches.—
be Was Motionless and 'speechless,. and died in
-about a-quarter of an hour after his (Mr. B.) first
.'eeing him. Saw two small leaden bullets in the
string board of the stairs which appeared to have
been shot from a pistol. When he entered the
Count's room, saw Lawrence lying 'On the floor
61:1 his belly, with a quantity of blood under his
face; .on.exathination, found a loaded pistol had
been discharged into his mouth, the contents of
Which had very much lacerated and torn his
tiouth, and from which wound he instantly died
`---the bullet still lodged in the tertehmeof the neck.
The Coroner then sold the Jury, that,_as they
had not only heard what-the witnesses ha& sworn,
but also the depositions read over to them, it was,
Unnecessary for him to go into a recapitulation
thereof; he should therefore leave them to deter-
inine, whether, from the evidence they had heard,
they believed, first, that Lawrence had murdered
the -Count 'and Countess ; and, secondly, whe-.
ther he, bud committed suicide, being in his
tenses.

In about five. minutes the Jury returned a ver-
dict—that Lawrence had iinurdered the Count and
Countess, and had afterwards committed suicide,
being in his senses.. .

Extract of a Letter from an Officer on . board
the Cotedonia, off-Tonlon, June 24-:—= -
" Seven thousand English troop's have arrived
utl.'ort Mahon, on their way to Cattelonia; under
General 'Min-cm:To they are to be joined by 301)0
Spaniards, which Genp.al WHITTINGHAN bas
been disciplining in Majorca, in all,'making an
artily of 10,000 men, besides -artillery, which is to
come from Giblaltar:'

-Yesterday, an unpleasant fracas took place upon
',Change, between two•de4tietnen ; one charging
the other with the seduction of his daughter4n -law,
under. very aggravating chcuinstanecs: We for-
bear to enter into the particulars of this affair, as
it will shortly be brought before a Court of
Justice.

We rejoice to hear, from the principal corn
counties, that the late fine weathe'r has produced
most striking effect on the growing crops, and.
that there is the most promising appearance of a
good hA.rvest.