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occurred on the river Thames.—Eleven perfons, all mar¬ 
ried men, engaged a failing-boat of the wherry-kind. 
The wind, which had been very high, becoming more 
moderate, they made fall the main-fail to the fide of the 
boat j foon after which, a fudden gull of wind upfet the 
wherry, and fix of the unfortunate men were drowned. 
Another account dates that nine loft their lives. Moll of 
them have left large families. 
An official return of the prifoners of war in Great Bri¬ 
tain, laid before the houfe of commons about this time, 
Hates the number of French prifoners at 52,649, Danilh 
3868; grand total 54,517. And, as a proof of the good 
treatment of prifoners of war in this country, the follow¬ 
ing comparative datement of thofe lick and in health will 
be the bell anfwer to the calumnies of the Moniteur : 
Thurfday, Augujl 20. In health. Sick. 
On-board the prilon-lhips in Hamoaze - 6100 61 
In Dartmoor depot ----- 7500 74 
This fmall proportion of fick is fcarcely the common ave¬ 
rage of perfons not confined as prifoners of war. At 
Dartmoor depot, 500 prifoners, fuch as labourers, car¬ 
penters, fmiths, &c. are allowed to work from fun-rife to 
iun-fet; they are paid 4d. and 6d. per day, according to 
their abilities, and have each their daily rations of pro- 
vifions, viz. a pound and a half of bread, half a pound 
of boiJed beef, half a pound of cabbage, and a propor¬ 
tion of foup and fmall beer. They wear a tin plate in 
their caps, with the title of the trade they are employed 
in ; and return every evening to the depot to be muttered. 
Another of thofe atrocious outrages againfl human na¬ 
ture, which have recently llained the annals of this coun¬ 
try, occurred on the 22b of July, at Barnes. The count 
and countefs d’Antraigues, (French nobleffe,) who re- 
iided on Barnes Terrace, had ordered their carriage, to go 
to London, at a quarter before nine o’clock. When going 
through the hall Lawrence, an Italian footman, who was 
defired by a female fervant to open the coach-door, came 
in from the terrace, paifed his lady, and fired a piflol at 
the count, which flightly grazed his hair. The monfter, 
Lawrence, then exclaimed, “ Not killed !” ruffied up 
flairs, and immediately defeended with a piftol in one 
hand, and a dagger in the other. The latter he plunged 
in the bread of the count, who walked out of the door, 
and made a few Heps on the terrace, during which time 
Lawrence dabbed the countefs in the right bread. She 
daggered a few deps, then fell down at the threshold 
of the door, cried out, “ ’Tis Lawrence ! ’tis Lawrence !” 
and then expired. The aifaffin then ruffied up dairs to 
the count’s bed-room, and difeharged a pillol into his own 
mouth, which killed him immediately. The count had 
followed him ; and, when the fervants entered, Lawrence 
was lying dead on the floor, and the count upon his bed 
fpeechlefs : he died in about a quarter of an hour. The 
coroner’s inquefl fat on the bodies on the 23d. The ver¬ 
dict was, That Lawrence had murdered the count and 
countefs, and had afterwards committed fuicide, being in 
iis fenfes ,—What was Lawrence’s motive for thefe horri¬ 
ble murders, is not even conjectured. He does not ap¬ 
pear to have had the lead thought of efcaping. There is 
no account of any quarrel between his mailer and him. 
All the fervants agree that he was very fober. He could 
not have been influenced by political motives, fince his 
revenge was diredled equally againfl the countefs. He 
had been in the family only three months. Betides his 
houfe on Barnes Terrace,"count d’Antraigues had a town- 
eftabliffiment in Queen-Anne-dreet Welt. He was 56, 
and the countefs 52, years of age. The count had emi¬ 
nently diftinguiffied himfelf in the troubles which have 
convulfed Europe for the lall tw>o-and-twenty years. In 
1789, he was adlively engaged in favour of the revolution 5 
but, during the tyranny of Robefpierre, he emigrated to 
Germany, and was employed in the fervice of Ruffia in 
3797. In 1806, he was lent to England with credentials 
from the emperor of Ruffia, who had granted him a pen¬ 
sion. He received here letters of denization 3 and was 
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often employed by our government. The countefs was 
the once-celebrated Mad. St. Hubert], an adlrefs of the 
Theatre Francois ; and had amaffed a very large fortune 
by her profeilional talents. They left one child, a fon, 
who is dudying the law at Manchefter. 
The poifoning fome ruce-horfes at Newmarket, in the 
year 1809 and 1811, had druck the racing and gambling 
world with conlternation. More exertions were made, 
and greater rewards offered, for difeovering the offenders^ 
and prolecuting them to conviction, than had ever been 
held out for the detection of the mod cruel murderers of 
human beings. At length an accomplice was induced to 
come forward ; and, at the Cambridge affifes, one Dawfon 
vyas arraigned on an indictment with numerous counts, 
viz. for poifoning a horfe belonging to Mr. Adams of 
Royflon, and a blood-mare belonging to Mr. Northey, at 
Newmarket, in 1809; and alfo for poiloning a horfe belong¬ 
ing to fir Frank Standifl), and another belonging to lord 
Foley, in 1811, at the fame place. He was tried and con- 
viCted on the fird cafe only. 
The principal witnefs was Cecil Bifliop, an accomplice 
with the prifoner. He had been for fome time acquainted 
with Dawfon, and had furnifhed him with corrolive fub- 
limate to ficken horfes 3 on the prifoner complaining that 
the duff was not drong enough, he prepared him a folu- 
tion of arfenic. Witnefs deferibed this as not offenfive in 
finell ; the prifoner having informed him tha-t the horfes 
had thrown up their heads, and refufed to drink of the 
water into which the corrofive fublimate had been infufed. 
The prifoner dill complained the duff was not drong 
enough ; and, on being informed that if it was made 
drong it would kill the horfes, he replied, he did not mind 
that; the Newmarket frequenters were rogues j and, if 
he, meaning witnefs, had a fortune to lofe, they would 
plunder him of it. The prifoner afterwards informed 
witnefs he ufed the duff, which was then drong enough, 
as it had killed a hackney and two brood-mares. 
Mrs. Tillbrook, a houfekeeper at Newmarket, where 
the prifoner lodged, proved having found a bottle of li¬ 
quid concealed under Dawfon’s bed, previous to the horfes 
having been poifoned ; and that Dawfon was out late on 
the Saturday and Sunday evenings previous to that event, 
which took place on the Monday. After Dawfon had 
left the houfe, file found the bottle, which (lie identified 
as having contained the laid liquid, and which a chemift 
proved to have contained poilon. Witnefs alfo proved 
that Dawfon had cautioned her that he had poilon in the 
houfe for fome dogs, left any one ffiould have the curiofity 
to talle it. Other witneffes proved a chain of circum- 
Itances which left no doubt of the prifoner’s guilt. 
Mr. King, for the prifoner, took a legal objection, that 
no criminal offence had been committed, and that the 
fubjedl was a matter of trefpafs. He contended, that the 
indidlment mull fall, as it was neceffary to prove that the 
prifoner had malice againll the owner of the horfe, to im- 
peveriffi him, and not againll the animal. He alfo con¬ 
tended that the objedt of the prifoner was to injure, and 
not to kill. The objections, however, were over-ruled 
without reply, and the prifoner was convidled.—The judge 
pronounced fentence of death on the prifoner, and in¬ 
formed him, in llrotig language, he could not expedt mercy 
to be extended to him.—He was hanged. 
At York affifes, Elizabeth Woodgerand Sufannah Lyall 
were charged with the wilful murder of a new-born male 
infant. The following is a Iketch of this extraordinary 
cafe :—On the 12th of March, the wife of G. Needham, of 
Blackburn, near Rotherham, was delivered of two chil¬ 
dren, a girl and a boy. The former was perfedtly formed ; 
but in the boy there was a deficiency in the fuperior part 
of the head, the brain not being protedled by any bony 
matter, but merely covered by a membrane. Woodger, 
a midwife, conceiving that it was not likely to live, form¬ 
ed the delign of putting a period to its exiftence, which 
was accompliffied by drowning it in an earthen vefl'el. It 
was then buried, but was taken up again on the 37th of 
1 March, 
