The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-31 00:00:00

THE SU N.

SGLEM QUt3 DICERE FALSUIVI AUDEer.?

L.O N D 0 N.

THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1810.

This morning we received French and Dutch Pa-
pers, the former to the 24th, and the latter to the
27th inst. They bring,no news of importance.

- His
o'clock,
came to town yesterday, about
twelve and was received at the Queen's Pa-
lace by.t he Dukes of YORK, KENT, SossEx,-and
CA IN BR IDOr.

At tWo o'clock the KING held a private Levee,
which was al tended by

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Lord Presi-
dent of the Council, the First Lord of the Treasury and
Charicelldr of the. Exchequer, the First Lord of the.Admi-
t-alty, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the three Secre-
taries of State, the President of the Board of _Controul, the
Commander in Chief, the fudge Advocate, tl4e Dukes of
Montrose and Athol, the Marquisses of Downshire and Head-
fort, their F xcellencies the Spanish Minister and Ambassa-
dor, the Sherillof Lancashire, Lord Somerville, 'Messrs. the
Hon. Frederick %Vest, Fawkener, &c. _

The followin had the honour. of being presented
to his MAJESTY
Apodaca, the Spanish Minister. •
. The Duke Del Albuquerque, the new Spanish AmbasSk-
4or, waS presented to his Majesty by the Marquis Wellesley,
the Secretary of State for Foreign Alfiirs, and conduetcd by
Sir Stephen Cotterel, the Master of the Ceremonies. His
kxcellency.had an audienee-ot his Majesty, and wis.gracious-
iy received.
D.- lose Alonzo Ortiz, Coxisul General de Espana:
El. Coronet dr. Caballeria, Coude de Bunol, Grandee de
Espana de primera clase, Gentilhouibre de Camara de S.
M..C. y F tyndantede Campo del General Duke del Albu-
querque.
Feriente. Coronel de Infanteria.
I). Estewan Feta y Juan, Etyndante de Campo del. Gene.
ral Duke'del Albuquerque. • -
D. 'Marritel 'de Abella, Secretario de la Embassda Extraor-
dinari S. M. C. -a S M Britania.

Captain Dunbar,' R.N. with the Nairnshire Address, upon
which occasion he received the 'honour of Knighthood.
Lord James Murray, upon his marriage, by his father the
Duke,of Athol.
_

`Or'
,The Marquis o 1 Down Shire, on coding to his title, by the
Earl it

lord 'tun, on his marriage, by the, Earl of Effingham. .
Lord I.3e,;rive, upon bis coming of age, by his lather, the
Marquis of fleadfor-t. •
Lord Montgomerre, on his promotiorp, as Major-Gerreial.
Sik John Duckworth, to take leave on going
to Newfoundland.

Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Williams, on hoisting his flag,
-,tul to take leave..

Vice-Admiral Vashon; on his promotion.
Mr. F rere,'"an his return from Spain.
Captain Mating, K. N. on his return from. Vera Cruz and
.

Mr. Bartholomew Frere,.on his return from SpahL
- Lieutenant Mating, Royal Artillery, on being appointed a
D. C.' to the Master-General of the Ordnance.
Sir William Bali, on coming to his title, and on his re-
turn from Malta.

-Lieutenant-Colonel Fuller, of the Coldstream Guard's, on
his record from the army. in.PortuL4il. • •

Lieutenant- Cr,lonel Blackwell, 4;:i I.Virst India Regiment,
on his promotion, and return froM tire West tidies.
- captain lohn Charles Woolicombe, Royal Navy, on his
return from the Isle of France., .
, The Right Hon. Colonel Verelrer,' upon being appointed
Constable of Limerick, and upon'nis marriage.' •
Captain Cockburn, on hia return.froru service, and on his
marriage. . •
The Earl of Harrington, ori his return from Ireland,'
His MAJESTY held a Priv) Connell, and Ore au-
dience to the Cabinet Ministers, Sir DithylvipAs and
•
M.. M. SUTTQN j the 'latter laid before his M -
.4Es-ry the proceedings of some Courts` Martial.

HORRID ..21i7:4111PT.,

This morning, about three -O'clock, an Italian
Valet, who had lived for near twenty years with

the Duke of CUMBERLAND, secreted himself in the

bed-room at-St. James's Palace, and when .he had

reason to believe that the. Duke was asleep, plat out

the lamp, took down the sabre which was hanging
over the chituney-'piece, and attacked his Royal
Highness with the, most furious impetuosity. For-

tunately the. Duke; had on a. very thick wadded

nightcap, which in • some degree deadened the
blow, bvt he received a very severe wound over the

•
forehead, and one of a more dreadful kind on his

shoulder. The Duke immediately sprung out of
bed, and struggled with the assassin, who being
much weaker than himself, he easily subdued, and
wrested the sabre from his grasp. The Duke, from

the snddm violence of the attack, and the loss of

blood, had hardly. power to ring-the. bell for as-

sigance. The man, finding his purpose had -fail-
ed, retired into his own chai-nber immediately,where

he cut his thro•at with a razor, and died soon alter:

Mr. HOME, the Surgeon, was procured with ail pos.

sible dispatch.- He partiCtilarly examined the bead,

and has declared that -there is no ftaeture. The

other wounds he pronounces to be very dangerous,

but not of a mortal nature. It is supposed that the

man who committed this desperatCaa was suddenly

seized with a fit of insanity. He had, it is said, in

•
the course of the day, had a dispute with some of

the Pages, and probably not finding that counte-
nance from his Royal Masterw‘hich he expected, his

vindiaive temper was kindled into the fury of mad-

nes,

While we regret thi'l melancholy event, we yet
rejoice that the consequences have not been s 6 fatal

as might have been expeeled, considering the situa-

Lion of his Royal Highness, suddenly awakened in

so dreadful a•manner, and without.light to see his'

asasssin : it is no slight degree of satisfadion to re-

no that English servants are hardly ever guilty of

such at?ocious attempts.

Some accauuts which, ,however, we do not cre-

dit, impute this unhappy event to jealousy on the

part of the man.

He had been missed, it seems, from four o'clook

in the afternoon, and of course he hact7 with

savage deliberation, waited Ibt tl-ke opportunity.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Since writing the above we have learned, that
his Royal Highness is wonuded in seven different

places, but we are
.happy to find that they are not

considered as very dangerous.

So great was the confidence which his Royal

Highness placed in the ruffian who attacked him,

that dining the conflict in•the dark, the Thrice re-
peatedly called upon this }"Telir man by his name, to

come to his assistance, supposing he was in bed in

an adjoining chamber.. .
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, and all
the other branches of the Royal Family that were in

town,- immediately repaired to the Palace to inquire
•into the state of his Royal Highness's health. In-

deed the Stable Yard has been crowded the whole

of the morning. •
A Coroner's IngLicst was summoned to sit upon

the body of the wretched man who made this atro-

cious,attempt, but-they had not concluded their in-

vestigation* when this paper was 'put to press.
Two o'CLocK.--We have just .learnt, that his

Royal Highness is not considered as beingyin dan-
ger, but he' suffers considerable , pain from 'his

wounds, and has some degree of fever.
[The following is the Bulletin at the Palace.]
The -wounds are aot immediately dangerous, and his
Royal 1-lighness" is as well as. can be e?cpedecUunder the cir-
curr6tances of the case."
Ills Royal Highness, we understand, has seven

wounds, and has nearly lost one of his fingers.
The avenues to the Palace, wherever carriages can

pass, have been covered with straw, to prevent all

annoyance:of that nature.

The following is the Bulletin .respeEling Mr.
WINDHAM'S health this morning :
Mr. WiNnnAm has had a restless night, but is not in
ny respect worse this morning."

FRENCH AND bUTC II PAPERS.

- ULM, MARCH 16.—Our town for some time last
has assumed a more agreeable prospea, and is now
scarcely recognizable. We have completed the de-
molition of the" fortifications- With ,which we Were
surrounded, we are levelling the earth and planting
trees in all the environs, for they had destroyed
them all during the last wars ; snd we are building in
all parts. Our town has a dire& communication
with Vienna by the course of the Danube, and un-
der a proteating Government, must soon become one
of the finest in Bavaria, and most commercial in
Germany.—(Moniteur, May 23.)

•
VIENNA, MAY 23.--=The Empress arrived the
2d of this month at Oldenburg, where she was
re-
ceived with the-most lively testimonies of joy by the
inhabitants.—Her Majesty alighted at the Inn of
the town, the burghers' guard had the hOnourto
serve her hs a guard, together with a detachment of
Cuirassiers under Prince ALBERT. The next day
her Majesty continued her journey for Sarwar,- to
attend her August Mother the Archduchess Bluff
nitci._ Yesterday night we had the satisfa6tion to
see arrive at Vienna these two illustrious person-
ages ; both are in 'good health.—The Empress sets
out to-morrow to join the Emperor at Wettingaw,
and to accompany him from thence to Prague.

FIUME, MAY 2.—For some time we have received
no news from S;cily: According to the.obt;enations.
which have been made upon the coast, extraord nary
movements have.been seen there, which we attribute
to the making of great preparations for defence. The

Conn of Sicily expeds'a reinforcemont of Portu-
guese ,troops, the arrival of which is daily promised,
but which has not yet arri, _d, and perhaps never