The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-27 00:00:00

SPA,IVISII LITERATURE.

Mt Spanish Capital, Madrid; dues not possess
that great literary trade, nor afford those • advert.
tages fur study and publication, nor present in every
family, or social circle, that fullness of literary in.
formation, or .thaz eager curiosity • about . books,
which distinguish London, Paris, and Leipsic, Yet
there are at Madrid a number of Booksellers who
ad to a certain degree, as Ptiblishers,;and who im.
port from time to time many excellent publications
from abroad. Here are also some very valuable
public 'Libraries ; and there are, perhaps, •to be
found in the Spanish Dominions, men of genius ea.
fervid, 'and of learning as, profound; 'as uoy other
parts of Europe can beast,
The Library of the KING of ,StAIN fill Iwo'
long apartments, with two closets on the sides. It
stands in the weseeto extremity of the town,.- in a
square, over against the Operit.house.'No pester is
admitted to enter, otherw:se than in a decent sort tef
full dress. It is open to the Public five hours
every day, It contains' about iotasoco volumes.
Spain is regarded its a principal seat of Roman, Ca.
tholic 'Superstitions and its literature is supposed
to he subjea to .all the restraints, which bigot
superstition delights to impose. • Yet some of ;he
boldest prodeetions of Deism have
.places on the
'Shrivel of this
,Library. The •Works of Shaftes_
bury and Bolingbroke are
,distinguished among
there, and are not refused to almost any who de.
sire to peruse chile.
Nine different periodieel Public:triune come our in
numbers, to gratify the curiosity of the inhabitants
of Madrid. The Memorial Literario, one of the best
of these, is a monthly Miscellany, containing curious
papers on subje&s in Philosophy and the Arts, with
sketches of the cotemporary progress of Spanish
Literature. Another similar, monthly publication lias
the title of " Miecellaniee Instructive and Curious;
or Annals of Literature, %it:l:leek. as. Arts." This
deals somewhat more than the,Other, in that sort of
infOrmatinn which is adapted to promote the im-
provement of the useful Arts.. Of a similar:darn.
ter are the Salamaoca Journal :of
,lestration and .
Amosentents and the Literary Courier of Marcia, Of
the Commercial Courier of Spain, and the Indies,
two sheets ate peblished every, week. Its design is
to communicate all new ancd valuable information
fur the improvement orCommerce,:Rural.Econotny,
and the Arts. Every considerable city in Spain
has its particular,Diary, Journal, or *Newspaper.
The Gazettes of Madrid and, Barcelona :ire publish.
ed 'twice a week. The 'Courier of Cadiz, andthe
Post.boy, come out every day., Thee Mercury of:,
kliernryand Politics, is e nv,rithlY chronicle of news.;
A Literary and Military jouto;d is pieldished twice
"a
week it Gerona, in Catalonia. Court Celem,
dar, a Nautical Almanack, and a Merchant's Al.
manacle., aft the best annual publications of this
species which appear its Madrid. The public ace.
de,mies, colleges, and institutions for the ad eance. •
ment of knowledge, which exist le Madrid alone,
are not fewer than one.nnehtwenty. Many of the
Members of the Royal Society for the Improvement
of Economy, are prudent, ingeniotts, and patriotic
Ladies. There is a Royal School for Mineralogy,
under the.direelion of Mr. fit.rjert, a very ingenious
and indastrious German. Besides the Societies at
Madrid, there are in the rent of Spain, six.ty.One So-
cieties instituted for the improvement of the Arts of
,tereful Industry, and the; arrangements 61 'Public
ikonemy. The Botaolcal 'Works c:t Linnets ';
the-
Medical Writinge of Cullen ; the chyusicai Publi..
cations of Fourcroy and Lavoisicr, .have been like.
wise translated; in whole, Or in ;eat, irito the Spa-
nish language. Smith's Wealth of Nation's, and
IVliddleton'e Life of Ckero, have found Spapish
translators. Kinvires Treatise pn Manuree, Sir G.
Staanton'i Account of the Embassy to China, and
the Novels of Fielding , and Richardson, 'have had
the same honour. •

JAMAICA.

fit. JACO 01 LA VRCA, onc„ 4.

A Dail and Supper were give at theKing's,hoase,,
by the Members id the House of Assembly, in honour-
of Mrs. NUGENT. The dancing • commenced ,at
eight o'clock, antl.continued till about twelve, when
the Company, which was very numerous and re.
speftable,: sat down to stip per, which• Was laid out
with elegance and taste, and consisted of the choicest
viands, fruits, and wines, that cOind be procured;
after which, they: again resumed dancing, and did
not break up until a late, or rather an early hour,
next morning...

An
„account has appeared or a horrible and singu,
lar murder committed in France, at a village be.
tween Marquise and Boulogne. The following let•
ter contains a more particular and accurate account
of this shocking affair:

I 1 During the night between the ad and 3d No.
vember, Citizen MottoNv ht., Surgeon in the vii.
lege of Andiesselles, about two leagues distant from'
Boulogne, was called upon, most probably under the
pretence of requesting his professional attendance
in the neighbouring village. The bearers of this
pretended message, who meditated an attack upon
his life, and with whom he went' from hOme on
horseback, are supposed to he some of his relations,,
friends, or acquaintances. For it is well known,
a circumstance which all the, inhabitants of the Vil-
lage are willing to attest, that he never weni.oue at
night except in company with persons with whom he
was intimately acquainted'. The discovery of the
murder took place in the following- Manner :
" The unfortunate Mottos/N/A', whose heirs are
.three nephews; had.lately made a purchlse of sonic
property, and in order to• close his bargain, and
finally settle the business, he intended g ing to a
Notary at Boulogne on the 3d of November. It
was agreed upon that one of his nepilews shooid
aCcompany him, and was for that purpose to, till at
his uncle's house at four o'clock in the morning cf.
that day. 'He went to his uncle's at the appointed
hour ; but what was his surprize to find the street
door open; and no light in the house. He had
scarce advanced a few steps .into the first room,
when he' felt sonic one .proatrate on the ground mo-
tionless, He immediately alarmed
,the neighbours,
and having got a light,, he discovered the person
laying on the floor to be the daughter of the un-
happy Surgeon—her throat had been cut, and she
was weltering in her blood. She was supposed to
be,waiting in that room for her father's return;- for
such was her custom Orin finch occasions.
HO* much More was their fear and horror in-
creased when, upon entering the chamber where the
Surgeon and his wife were wont ru sleep, they
.found
the latter in her bed all covered over with blood,
having also her neck cut, but it the back of it, and
her face pressed down upon the sheets.
" Poor MOICONVAL himself wa9 found at the
break of day' murdered on the road from Andres-
stiles to Anticrebert, villages distant from one an.
other about half a league. His horse was found
standing at. the door of the Lin where the Surgeon
was in the habit of putting up when 'he came to the
latter village. Moitostvat. was of a robust and
vigorous toak.c, ants most wartainly WOW not have
beetiOverpowered if he had. Only to-contend with
one man: the marks made in the mud, and the
!landfalls. of hair found on the spot where he was
murdered, as likewise his sword-cane, which was
broken at the hilt, sufficiently iodicate that he made
a very vigorous resistance.
" The Sub.l'refea. of Boulogne being informed
of the murder, took the surest and most prudent
steps in order to succeed in 'taking up the authors of
it. He proeeided immediately to the place where
the murder was committed, accompanied. by the
Magistrate, the Gendarmerie, and a part of the
garrison of Boulogne. He examined, with the
most minute exactness, all the inhabitants of both
sexes in each village, and more particularly those
who had been pointed out to him as suspected by
the Mayors of the villages of Andressellea and 'Ars:
dernbert, which contain a number of foreigners.
if While' this interrogatory, which lasted two
days, was going on, the Military surrounded two
Communes, and had orders to stop .:every person
who should attempt to getaway, ipleas he was fur.
niched with -a permit.
"' Notwithstanding all these precautions, as mere
suspicion do not amount to proofs, it was 'found
imposiible to discover the perpetrators of this triple
murder.

" The Sub.. Prefed immediately offered a reward
of four hundred !lyres to any person who could lead
to the discovery of aoy of the murderers. But more
than two months and a half have alregy elapsed
without any thing having occurred
.olead to a dis-
covery, which leaves scarcely a how of seeing the
villains who murdered that urfortnuate family
brought to the condign punishment due to the atro-
citY of their crimes."

'A tisv. evenings ago,, as Messrs. Hood, Woolger,
and Banks, were proceeding in a ppsi-chaise.frorn
Lewes to the New Inn, at Seaford, which house
they itad left.on the preceding morning, they halted
to tike refreshments at the Bridge-house at New.
haven. On their' re-ascending the chaise, the (Myer
Closing the door after them with more than com-
mon potence, the hories took fright, sprung for-
ward, ancrturningto the left, crossed the bridge at
full gallop, when inclining to the left, they took
the road to Seaford, and defied every effort of the
postillion to overtake .thenui Messrs. Banks and
Woolge.r, at the extreme risk of,their lives, threw
themselves out 61 the vehicle, '4nd both of theM
.were considerably, 'though not dangerously hurt.
Mr. Hood, not altogether approving of the conduit
Of his frinds, enally kept his place, and.,
truly singular, the horses at length, froiniong hie§
of stopping at that spot, halted at the door of the
New Inn, where Mr., flood alighted in safety: It
is supposed that the •hnisbs reached Seaford froth
Newhaven, which ItCliitvveen four and five miles
distant, passing every °Wed, and turning every
corner wills as much apparent caution as if the
postillion had,been with them, in something better
than ten ininutei.