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Saturday to Monday's Posts. LONDON, JUNE 2. THE Gazette of yesterday contains Addresses of Condolence to the King from Nova Scotia, St. John's and the county of New York, New Brunswick, on the death of the Duke of York. Also irom Newark, Rye, Greenock, and Dundee, on the formation of the new Administration. Paris papers of Tuesday, with the Etoile of Wed- nesday, arrived last night. The Budget appears to .Occupy the principal attention of the journalists. C,reat discontent seems to prevail in the Spanish army collected on the Portuguese frontiers. A Madrid Jetter in the Constitutionnel states, that a dispatch from General Sarsfield announces the desertion of eighty men in a body to Portugal. They were in vain pursued by Royalist volunteers, sixteen of whom were killed. According to this letter great numbers also proceed to the hnerior of Spain, where, it is said, they have already formed bands in favour of the Con- stitution. Paris letters state that Count Ofalia immediately proceeds to England. The object of his mission to Paris, it is understood, was, to demand the immediate ev-acuation of Spain by the French troops. The answer to this demand was given by M. Di¡mas "We will evacuate; but at a time which suits our own convenience, and which we think best suited to the interests of Spain. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 24th inst. The Princess Regent of Portugal was get- ting quite well, and the country is tranquil.—The Emperor of Brazil, it is expected, will come to Europe, to settle matters in Lisbon. His brother, Don Miguel, continues at Vienna. a Frankfort papers to the 27th ult. received this morn- ing, state that the Leipsic Fair, just concluded, had been "tolerably good," and that "most extensive sales had been made in English manufactures," which, it is added, "combined beauty and cheapness." At a Court of Common Council yesterday, it was officially communicated, on the authority of the Home Secretary, Mr. Sturges Bourne, that his Majesty's health precluded him, at present, from receiving on the Throne the address which the Corporation had voted to him on the change of Ministers. Mr. Brougham, in the Court of King's Bench, and Mr. Bickersteth, Mr. Treslove, and Mr. Rose, in the Court of Chancery, were this day called within the bar, on their appointment as King's Counsel. It is rumoured that Lord Wm. Bentinck is about to be dispatched to Portugal, holding the joint offices of Ambassador and Commander-in-Chief. Mr. Spencer Perceval, the new Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, is returned for New- port, Isle of Wight. The sale of the Duke of York's books has, it is said, yielded 5,0001. Many sold at very high prices. The Liverpool Albion says that Mr. Brougham is retained, at a fee of 300 guineas, to appear as counsel for the respondents in a caSe of arbitration between the «J«ck trustees and the proprietors of Jackson's dam on the south shore. Mr. James, the able author of the Naval History, died on Monday last, after a painful and distressing illness of several weeks. His widow, we are sorry to learn, is left entirely destitute of funds, friends, and connexions, she being a native of the West Indies. The Court of King's Bench, in the case, Garnett (proprietor of the Manchester Guardian) v. Ferrand, one of the Coroners for Lancashire, has decided that a Coroner's inquest is not an open court, and that the Coroner has the power of removing any person from it, without being legally responsible. An official statement of the population of France at the commencement of the present year, has lately been published by the French Government. It ap- pears from this document, that the total increase of the population of that country during the last five years, viz. 1822,1823, 1824,1825, and 1826, has been 1,380,187. It seems from the details that the increase has been much more rapid in the large towns than in the country; but how much of this difference arises simply from transfer of residence is not indicated. Epsom Races this year had a great deal of good company on the Thursday (the Derby day), and the weather on the whole was not favourable. The Derby Was won very easy by Lord Jersey's Mameluke, Glenartney, the property of the same Nobleman, com- ing; ill second. Nineteen others started. There was I a better field for the Oaks next day, when twenty- three came to the post, and the Duke of Richmond's b. f. Gulnare, by Smolensko, proved the winner, Mr. Forth's Interpreter filly second. The other races were won as under:—On the Tuesday, Mr. Scaith's filly by Master Low, won the Craven, and the Duke of Rich- mond's Starch the Shirley Stakes; Lord Mount- charles's Catton colt also beating on this day the Duke of Richmond's Busk, 50 sovs. each.—On Wed- nesday, Mr. Bartley's br. f. Brocard, carried off the Woodcot Stakes, and Mr. Sadler's Popinjay a Sweep- stakes of ten sovs. The Gold Cup was won by Mr. Pettit's Waxy Pope. On the Thursday, after the Derby, Mr, Gully's Truth won the first heat of the jSJptribers' Plate, and Mr. Sadler's Popinjay was first for the Durddina* Stakes. So pressing was the crowd on the horses when running for the Members' plate, that Selina was thrown down, and Mr. Maberly (one uf the fete wards), finding all attempts to keep the course clear of no avail, determined there should be no:more raring that day, to the great disappoinment of the company asscmbled.-Ou the Friday, Truth walked over the second, heat for the Members'-Plate-, -the Duke of Richmond's Borderer won the Denhies' -SmkMS and the Town Plate, and Mr. Barnard's Toss won the Woodcot Park Stakes.—This concluded the meeting. IMPORTANT TO NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS.—We have only just heard ol a Bill, which was last week read a third timf, and passed jn the Mouse of Commons, by which we regret to find, that more restraints are about >|p be laid on the circulation of newspapers. Amongst the clauses in the Bill is the followingEvery Newspaper transmitted by post must be put into the post-office within seven days after the publication. If laler than that, it is to pay a duty of a single letter." Surely Government is here defeating its own object, the increase of the revenue. To the newspaper pro- prietor; in the first instance, it may not be of much consequence, for he (lispatchesliis paper immediately after publication though, owing to the non-delivery through the post-office, it is true he has frequent 6«>mpUiute, and is sometimes obliged to furnish a secondly; in this case, to pay the postage would be a shamel-nl tax; but to the distant reader, we think this restraint will bemost grievous and Vexatious. ^IIBIH IUWII I The John Bull states that the half-yearly income of Prince Leopold, derived from this country, amounts to 27,5001. out of which his Royal Highness liberally spends about 1,5081.! leaving him a saving of 25,9921. every lia If-year 0 At the Admiralty Sessions, Joseph Bragg, a com- mander in the merchant service, was tried for the wiltul murder of Francis Williams, a black seaman, in August last, near the Isle of France.-The prisoner pleaded not guilty.—The facts of the case, as dis- closed by the principal witnesses for the prosecution, were precisely the same as appeared in the account of it at the time that Captain Bragg was brought be- fore the Thames Police-office, on the 11th of April last. There was one evidence, however, which com- pletely turned the scale in Captain Bragg's favour. This was Mr. Hunter, the chief mate, who swore most positively that the deceased cook was a person of very sulky temper and manners that when the body was committed to the sea, there was not a bruise or mark of any kind on any part of it and that, to the best of his belief, he died a natural death. Lord Stowell summed up at considerable length, and was proceeding to read the evidence to the Jury, when they informed his Lordship, that they were perfectly satisfied, and immediately pronounced the prisoner Not Guilty."—There was a great crowd outside, and Captain Bragg was obliged to retire into Newgate for protection. At the same Session, Jacob Irving, engineer of the Graham steam-packet of Hull, was found guilty of gross negligence in leaving the vessel without taking proper precautions to let off the steam, and the safety valve being accidentally stopped by a passenger laying a trunk on the lever, the. boiler burst, whereby two persons were killed. The prisoner having already suffered three months' imprisonment, he was ad- judged to enter into his own recognizances of 5001. to el appear when called on to receive judgment.—Han- nibal Marchant, indicted for the manslaughter of Robert Gates, off the coast of Holland, by repeatedly drenching him with water, in consequence of dirty habits, and on one occasion, when the boy resisted, by throwing a tub at him, which struck him, and he died eight days after, was acquitted, two surgeons giving it as their opinion that death did not result from the blow, but from acold. The Judge told the pri- soner such washings must on no account be practised. Wednesday evening a most extraordinary sensation was excited in the neighbourhood of the lower end of Long Lane, West Smithfield, in consequence of a dreadful a-tempt to murder his wife and infant child, being made, by William Carter, a young man, 22 years of age, a boot-maker, who with his family occupied a floor in the house, No. 87. It appears that Carter had for some days been in an ailing state, betraying occasional aberrations of intellect, and during the whole of yesterday evening had been reclining on the bed with his clothes on. About eight o'clock, he sud- denly arose, and in answer to a question from his wife whether he was better, replied in a horrid tone, "Yes, Oh yes, much better," then advancing quickly to the fire-place, snatched up the poker with both hands, and struck her a dreadful blow on the fore- head, which he several times repeated, until the poor creature was stretched on the floor weltering in her blood. He then tore his infant daughter, about ten months old, from her enfeebled grasp, and dashed it to the ground; and with uplifted arm was about to beat its brains out with the poker which he still retained, when his apprentice, a lad about fifteen, who was at work in the next room, and who had heard the dreadful screams of his mistress, rushed into the room, and had inflicted on his head the fatal blow intended for the innocent babe, which occasioned a severe and desperate wound. The agonized mother, notwithstanding her horrid state, seeing the imminent danger in which her infant was placed, scrambled from the floor, and threw herself on her husband, who was struggling with the lad, and who, overcome by his own exertions, now sunk exhausted on a chair. The alarm had by this time become general, and several persons entered the room to render assistance, when they found Carter sitting on the chair gazing wildly around him, and covered with the blood of his wife, which was streaming over him from her head, as she endeavoured to keep him in his seat; the lad also bleeding copiously, and endeavouring to assist his mistress, and the poor babe lying on the boards, which were also covered with blood. The maniac was immediately taken into another apartment, and a surgeon sent for, who pronounced the wounds of Mrs. Carter to be of a very dangerous tendency, but that of the lad only slight. Several persons remained with Carter during the night; he occasionally.raving with shocking violence, and on Thursday he was re- moved to a place of temporary security. On Tuesday last, Wm. Miller was committed to Warwick county gaol, under the coroner's warrant, to take his trial for the wilful murder of Mary Lane, otherwise Greenway. The particulars of this atrocious crime are stated to be as follow :-On the Saturday preceding, Mr. Heath, of Harbury, gave an evening entertainment to his servants, by way of celebrating a christening which had taken place in his family on the Tuesday before. The deceased, who had been a wet nurse in Mr. Heath's family, was invited. Win. Miller, the accused, who is a labourer working on Mr. Heath's farm, and a married man, was also invited. Towards evening Miller told Mary Lane he would walk home with her—she made no reply, but appeared apprehensive of his doing so. The deceased was seen going from Mr. Heath's house in the evening, towards Bishop's Itchington, and soon afterwards Miller was seen running for the purpose of overtaking her. On Sunday morning, some persons going by a pit near Harbury, saw on the bank a pair of pattens, and upon examining further, found in the pit an um- brella, and afterwards the body of Mary Lane. Con- siderable struggling had evidently taken place; the mark of female arms was visible on the side of the ditch which runs into the pit, and the impression of a man's shoes with nails in them, and of corduroy small-clothes, were seen on some clay. These marks precisely corresponded with the small-clothes and shoes of the the prisoner; the right shoe had a remark- able nail it, the impression of which was very visible in the foot-marks by the side of the pit. No marks of violence sufficient to cause death were discovered on the body, but personal violence had evidently taken place prior to her being thrown into the water; she exhibited all the appearance of a person drowned. After the body had been taken from the pit, the pri- soner assisted in carrying it to the New Inn, in Har- bury, without expressing either sorrow or guilt. He denies having committed the murder; but admits a criminal intercourse with her, but by her own consent. The deceased was about 26 years of age, and was married at Christmas last. Her former husband, a man of the name of Lane, who by some it is thought is still living, ran away from her about seven years ago; and being since pregnant by Greenway, she was induced to marry him. The prisoner ha3 a wife and two children living.

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