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nor is it likely this measure would be attended with success in the present strength of that town, which, since the last visit of the English and Dutch, is much better prepared. The letters from Marseilles mention, that by ,a Telegraphic Despatch from Toulon, they leai:n that several Algerine Corsairs have escaped, and :£tom which consideratle injury to French Corn _ -incrce was expected. It appears by letters from St. Petersburgh to the 18th ult. inclusive, that the Marquis of HERTFORD had quitted - that Capital on his return to this country. The letters . state that his Lordship's suite had embarked in H.M.S. Briton, for a passage home, but that his Lord ship would himself travel overland to Calais : we have heard it stated, however, that such is not his Lordship's intention, but that his journey would only extend to Danizic, at which port the frigate would call for him. The presents which the Emperor NICHOLAS has conferred on the Noble Marquis are said to be worthy of Im perial munificence, and well suited to the splendid taste of his Lordship. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twimrs 0 1 CLOCK. This morning the supply of Money Stock has again been most abundant, which, together with the sales made by parties desirous to realize their profits on the late advance, has occasioned the British Funds to be rather heavy. Consols opened at 88i 89 for account, and 884 for money ; were after wards 89, the price, but immediately declined to 884, add subsequently improved to 884 4 for account; the Commissioners purchased at 884. India Bonds are 93 S, and Exchequer Bills, 60 1 pro. The re port of a reduction in the rate of interest on this Security has not been attended with any material decline in the premium. The Foreign 'Funds have been unattended with business of any moment; Mexican, six per Cent., 704 4; Brazilian Bonds are 674 4 ; Colombian are 32 4; Greek are 154 4. There is a report in circulation that the allied Powers who have interfered in the affairs of Greece have not altogether agreed upon the appointment of Count Capo d'lstria to the head of the intended new Grecian Government. This if, true, is an early period for any disagreement to occur upon such an important point, and gives rise to:the reflection of the many interests that have to be consulted, r and the consequent probability of angry feelings being likely to emanate from some question. Shares remain without any point of in' e mir, nor is there any alteration in the price. Three per Cent. Consols, 884 1 ; Ditto for Account, 8 84 ;- India Bonds, 93 5 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 60 1 pm. Fonzicx.—Brazilian, 6'74 4; Buenos Ayres, 64 5 ; Chilian, SO 2 ; Colombian, 1824, 82 1; Danish, 644 1; Greek, 154 4 . ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 674 84; Ditto 6 per Cent., 704 4 ; Peruvian, 26 8 ; Portuguese, 761 7 ; Russian, 96 4 ; Spanish, 94 10. MMES.—Anglo Mexican, 65 50 dia.; /3raxilian, 8 10 pm. ; Colombian, 8 10 per Share; Real del Monte, SO 60 die.: United Mexican, 214 20 dia. • Two o' CLocr. Consols improved to 88k, were 88i, alternately buyers and sellers, and are now - 88i, with little business; India,: Bonds and Exchequer Bills seem ol the decline;the former being 90, and the latter 6 0 premium. THREE O'CLOCK • Consols for Account, SIEWPING IN TELLIGENCE-(TH IS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, AUG. 2.—Wind Easterly.—Arrived, the Hector, from Jamaica ; and the Janet, from the East Indies. PORTSMO trrg, 'Atm. 2.—Wind S. E. to S.W.—Arrived, the Alliance, Etterling, from Rio Janeiro. Passed, the Waterloo, Wilkinson, for Jamaica. Sailed, his Majesty's brig Mosquito, Martin, for the Mediterranean. PLYMOUTH, Attc. I.—Wind S.—Arrived, the Mar garet and Ann, Bell, from Alemel. Sailed, the Homer, Stedford, for Portland. • 'The Symmetry, Smith, from Bengal, has arrived off 1, Cowev. Vioels.spoken.with.—The Navy, Parsons, from Liver- Pool to - Boston the Z*th ult. lat. 48. long. 29. The Orion, from Si. Andrew's, N. B. to Jatuaica, off St. Domingo. The Killingbeck, Howe, from Halifitx, was driven on shore at Birbadoes the 29th of June. WASH[ ABLE AND MISCELLAVEOUS. WINDSOR, AUG. 2.—Yesterday tke fol lowing personages were invited by the KING to meet her Majesty the Queen of WURTEMBERG, and their Royal Highnesses Princesses AUGUSTA and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, at Virginia Water, to dinner :—Lord and Lady Maryborough, Mr. and Mrs. Fremantle, and the Dowager Countess of Salisbury, who is on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Fremantle. The QUEEN and her Royal sisters arrived at the Royal Lodge at one o'clock, and remained in conference with the KING until half-past two, when they left the Royal Lodge for Virginia Water, the Queen of Woe:rammer.; accompanying the KING in his phaeton.-- The remaining Royal party, with the respective attendants , followed in the double-bodied phaeton and single ones. The whole of the party arriving►at the Royal marquee at three o'clock, where they embarked on board the pleasure wherry, and took an aquatic excursion until five o'clock, when the KING and the Royal party returned to the marquee, where, on their arrival, a sumptuous dinner was served up. The King's private band were in attendance, and played, as usual, in their boat alongside the marquee, until nearly ten o'clock, when the KING and the Royal party withdrew. - Thi s forenOon her Royal Highness the Duchess of GLoucntsTza. left Frogntore Lodge in her pony ph ae t on , and drove to the Royal Lodge, where her Royal Highness had a long interview with his MAJESTY, after which she returned to Frogrnore Lodge. Mr. CANNING was slightly indisposed on Wednesday. Dr. Miaow went to the seat of the Duke of DavosrausaE at Chiswick on Wednesday, and attended the Right Honourable Gentleman. Mr. CANNIN G has derived great relief from the application of a blister, and we are happy to say was considered to be better yesterday. Viscount DUDLEY attended at the Foreign- Office yesterday. The Marquis de PALMELLA, the Portu guese Ambassador, and Count Lunotx, the Neapolitan Minister, had conferences with his Lordship. The Mar quis of LANsnowta visited the Noble Viscount, at the Fo reign Office. LORD CHANCELLOR.—Some Members of the Bar having signed a requisition for an Address to Lord MANNzns, the Attorney-General was deputed to address his Lordship, which he did this day with great elegance, and without introducing any invidious topics.— Lord MANNERS' answer was of course very grateful, fraught with the independence of the Bar, his own admirable motives, together with some political al lusions, which prove that his removal from the situation which enabled him to give effect to the spirit which dic- Ted them, was not exactly congenial to his feelings, al ?ugh more than. ever congenial to the feelings of all who valu e I r i sh tranquillity.—Patriot. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--('TITS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. DEACON V. DEACON. ' Mr. HEALD moved for leave to give notice of a motion in this case, to vary the minutes of the order made in the cause by Lord Eldon, or rather to take the opinion of his present Lordship upon those minutes, as the parties could not agree upon the construction of them.—Leave granted. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. BROWN V. GILPIN. The VICE-CHANCELLOR alluded to this case, in which an application had been made for an Injunc tion. His Honour after going through the princi pal facts, intimated his intention of giving judgment ju dgment in ; he also promised to give his in other cases. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Charles Davenport, of Old Broad-street, chop house keeper, was brought up on his petition to be discharged, and was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on the part of Mr. J. Evans, stove-grate manufacturer. The principal ground of opposition against the insolvent was, that he had falsely represented himself as in possession of 5001. a year, derived from his marriage with a widow lady in 1825. It appeared, however,.that the insolvent's wife was in 'the actual possession of the property in question for some years, and that it had been assigned over to the insolvent by marriage settlement, but that some time after the marriage, it was ascertained, that the settlement was invalid, and that by the custom of gavelkind, which prevails in Kent, where the property was situated, the wife by her marriage, forfeited all right, which had reverted to the children by the first marriage. Mr. COOKE, for the creditors, contended, that the insolvent should haie set out the interest he pos sessed in his wife's property more fully in his sche dule. Mr. HEATH, for the insolvent, submitted that the property in Kent was in Chancery, and that the in solvent could not give any thing, but a general de scription of his rights. He also stated, that the insolvenf was in such a delicate state of health, that if he was remanded to prison, his life would not be safe. The"CoußT considered that there was nothing in the merits of the case which ought to prevent the insolvent from being pronounced entitled to his discharge. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) .CORN EXCHANGE. There are this week limited supplies of English Corn, and a good quantity of Foreign Oats, chiefly from the Baltic and Archangel. The Wheat trade is excessively heavy, and Monday's prices cannot be supported. Barley, Beans, and Pease, are unaltered. There is not much dis position to buy Oats to-day, and the prices of this article remain as on Monday last. The Flour trade is nearly stagnant. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. 2,900 qrs.l 16 qra English Irish Foreign Oats. I Flour. 400 qrs . 5,4005 ck s, 200 35,00 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 27, 1827, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat-- 6os. 10d. I Oats 275. lid. I 488. (kl. 8ar1ey....».—.3&5. 7d. Rye 465. Bd. 445. 10d. Per Winchester Quarter. Wheat..—...— 565. 11d. I Oats -- I 275. Id. 465. 6d. Barley-37g. sd. Rye 455. 3d Pease--..... 435. sd. AVERAGES IMPERIAL Of the Six WEEKS PRECEDING, Which regulate the Duties on the Liberated Bonded Corn. Wheat —.«.615. id. I Oats 295. Id. 1 i 8ean5—........515. Id. Barley 41s. 2d. I Rye 455. Id. Pease 3d. Durr.—Wheat, 225. Sd.—Rye, 2s.—Barley, eans, and Pease, Is. SMITHFIELD MARKET. At this day's market, which exhibited a limited number of Fat Beasts, but was in other respects moderately sup plied, Lamb and Veal sold with some degree of briskness, at an advance, Beef and Mutton very slowly, at a depres sion, of about 2d. per stone. In prices of Pork no alteration. PRICES PER. STONE OF SIBS. TO SINK THE OFFA f.S. • s. cl. to s. ti. Inferior Beasts 2lO 3 2 Second quality ditto 3 2 310 Primelarge Oxen 3lO 4 '2 Prime Scots, &e 4 4 4 8 Inferior Sheep 2103 21 Second quality ditto 3 2 3 6 _ _ s. d. to s. d. Large Lambs 1 2 0 0 Prime small ditto... 0 0 5 2 Large coarse Calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto... 5 0 5 4 Large Hogs 4 0 4 4 Small Porkers 4lO 5 2 Coarse-iroolladitto 3 8 4 01 SouthdownWethers 4 2 4 • 61 Suckling Calves 12s. to3Ss. each, Quarter old Pigs lat to 16s. each SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. 1 Pigs. I 379 . 10,340 374 120 Mitch Cows were full 10 per cent cheaper than on this day se'nnight. NEWGATE AND LEA DENHAM, MARKETS. At per stone, by the-Carcass. s. d.tos.d. S. d. tog. d. Beef 3 4 4 •4 Veal Mutton 3 2 4 4 Pork Lamb 'ls. Oct. to sm. 0,1. CITY MARKETS. PLANTATION SUGARS.—The flatness .noticed last week has continued up to the present period, and to effect sales a decline must be submitted to, as the Grocers and Refiners both act with much caution (though neither hold any con siderable stocks) in consequence of the late great advance, and the business done this week has been at full Is. per cwt. lower rates, both for the low and middling qualities the speculators appear to have entirely ceased following up their purchases, though the deficiency in Mock is very great compared with the corresponding week of last year ; there are several vessels to be landed, and further arrivals are ex pected, but still there will be a deficiency, and should any further rise take place it would materially tend to check the consumption.: in the deliveries of the last two weeks there has been a falling off. _ _ Delivered last weekfrom West India Docks, 3,216 hhds., 276 trs. Stock on hand in West India Docks- (on 20th ult. ), 23,577 hlls., 2,758 trs. Stock on hand in West India Docks (on Ist Aug. 1826), 36,506 hhds., 3,286 tra. FOREIGN Suonits.—The answer to the application of the Refiners has been received, and states that no extension of time will be granted, nor will any thing further be done until the next Session of Parliament : for exportation there are considerable enquiries, and some sales have been made at rather an advance on Brazils. REFINED SUGARS.-The Market has been exceedingly flat this week, and parties wishing to effect sales could not obtain the quoted prices; the only buyers at present are for the low goods, and they appear limited, and watch for such houses as are under the necessity of exporting certain quantities to complete their bonds, the time having nearly expired, and the buyers expecting a reduction in price : for the home trade very little has been done, nor in crashed any thing worth notice ; purchases could be made on lower terms. COFFEE.-1,270 casks and 219 bags Plantation have been offered by public sale this week, chiefly of the ordi nary descriptions, which have been sold at lower prices, but for the good andcolouty qualities of Jamaica full prices were given : a few lots of fine Bethke on Tuesday fetched from 85s. a 925. ; only about 100 bags Foreign were offered, for which the prices paid were similar to last week : 2,000 bags are advertised for sale to-morrow ; upon the whole, .the Coffee market has been very heavy this week. Delivered last week from West India Docks, 660 casks, 1,660 bags, &c. Stock on hand in West India Docks (on 30th ult.), 12,365 casks, '74,133 bags, &c. Stock on hand in West India Docks (on Aug. 1, 1826), 17,083 casks, 75,184 bags, &e. Faurr.—The 'demand continues limited, as usual at this season of the year ; of Denims in baskets there are none remaining on hand, and for which there are some en .quiries ; red Smyrna raisins also continue exceedingly scarce, and are enquired after ; in consequence Valentia raisins begin to be more in demand : in other descriptions no alteration. It is very remarkable, that, since the arrival of Mr. LAMB in this country, there have been very little of forgeries, fabrications, and falsehoods, comparatively, in the ultra newspapers of the metropolis or provinces. This looks well for the peace and harmony of Ireland. —Dublin Patriot. Perhaps there is no Establishment of the kind in the world conducted on a more liberal scale than that of SALE and Co., 34, Strand. They are now employing a greater number, of men than perhaps any other Firm in town, and continue to supply their numerous Customers with the very best WELLINGTONS, at One Guinea the pair, equal to those of other makers at double the price; and every man who consults his own interest will convince himself by an early trial, that the sale at the above place is really unprecedented. Yesterday afternoon Joshua Slade expressed a wish to see the Chaplain of Huntingdon gaol, to whom the culprit voluntarily confessed that he was guilty of the murder of the Rev. Mr. Waterhouse.--Cambridge Clwon. DREADVVI, AFFAIR AT HADLEY A DAUGHTER MURDERS HER MOTHER, AND AFTERWARDS DESTROYS HERSELF. Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held before Tiros. STIRLING, Esq. Coroner, at the White Bear, Hadley, near Barnet, on view of the bodies of Mary Spencer, sen. and Mary Spencer, jun. who were found on Tuesday morning with their throats cut, in an apartment of their house on Hadley-green. It was afterwards adjourned to the drawing-roOm in the house of the late Mrs. Spencer. After the Jury were empanelled, they proceeded to view the bodies, which were lying in an anti room, and presented a most horrid spectacle, being literally ingulphed in blood. The first witness called was Mr. Walter Morrison, who said, I reside in Barnet, and am a surgeon ; I was acquainted with the deceased ladies, and had attended them professionally, but not for thelast few years ; on 'Tuesday morning I was called upon by, Colonel Drury to attend at their house, and I found them in the same position in which they now lay (and above described); the wound in the throat of the mother appeared to have been cut in a deeper' and more dreadful manner than if she had inflicted it herself; I also observed a wound in one of her fingers; in conjunction with another surgeon I exa mined the bodies again yesterday evening; I found a razor lying opposite to them, which was covered with gore: Did any thing indicate to you which of their throats had been cut first ? From the appearance of the throat, and from the appearance of the adjoining room in which the old lady slept, I think, and so did Mr. Hammond, who examined the bodies with me, that the throat of the mother had been cut first. It would appear as if the old lady had been attacked whilst in her bed, for there was a great quantity of blood on the pillow, and also the mark of a bloody hand. The appearances also indicated that she had been attacked by the daughter a second time, and on that spot there was a great quantity of blood. Did you make any other observation ?—There was some blood upon the side of the wall, upon the door, and the side of the door, and it appeared as if the mother had attempted to escape. How was the inside of the mother's hand ?—lt appeared as if she had resisted, when her daughter attacked her, and in endeavouring to escape from the violence of the daughter, her hand got cut. There was not sufficient blood on the bed of the elder lady to cause her death. Was it possible that the daughter had carried her mother from her bed to the room which we have seen P—l think not; for if the throat had been cut in the bed in the manner it now is, there would have been a great deal of blood on the floor, which would have flowed from the wound: Do you think the throat was cut in the bed ? Yes, I think the throat was cut in the bed, but the deed was finished in the anti-room. A Juror here observed, that since the Jury had examined the body it had been washed, and two wounds had been discovered in the old lady's throat. You observe, Sir, that the old lady lies at the feet of the daughter, who is close to the window. How do you account for her being in that position ? I think that when the daughter saw her mother fall, she cut her own throat, and fell in the position you have seen her. The bottle of hartshorn which was in the room was produced, and the Coroner and medical gentle men at once came to the conclusion that the bloody marks around it were those of the daughter's hand who had applied it to her face, after she, had destroy ed her mother. Mr. Morrison again viewed the body, and said it was clear that the throat had been twice cut. At the second attack the left carotid artery was divided, and had discharged a vast quantity of blood. I therefore am persuaded that that artery was not cut whilst the old lady was in bed. Mr. William Hammond, another medical gentle man, residing at. Wheatson, said—l visited the bo dies of the deceased females on Tuesday evening ; 1 found them in the anti-room, lying on the floor, weltering in their blood. The throat of Mrs. Spencer, senior, was very much cut ; the windpipe was divided. The daughter had her throat cut nearly as deep, but not so wide. In the next room I found Mrs. Spencer's bed bloody; I found Miss Spencer's bed free from blood, and the bed clothes turned down ; on returning into the anti-room, I found some blood on the paper of the wall near the door, and one spot of blood on the door near the handle; I have just been up stairs to look at the bodies, and have examined the throats more parti cularly; 1 think that Mrs. Spencer's throat was cut more than once ; I find the left carotid artery cut through, and I believe that to be the more imme diate cause of her death ; Miss Spencer's throat is cut deeply ; but the carotid artery is not cut on either side; in Miss Spencer's case the bone by which the tongue is attached is cut through and up wards, consequently I should think she would have lived longer than her mother, a*there are no main vessels cut through, but only branches; Mrs. Spells cer's lett hand is cut very deeply on one finger. As we understand you have attended these ladies professionally, can you give us any account of the state of the mind of Miss Spencer P—The mind of the young lady has always been singular. She was always very singular in her habits ; I have attended her for seventeen years; about two years ago, she fractured the small bone of her leg, and during the time she lay ill, her mind became much affected, and she was more odd in her manner than usual ; she would sit in her bed and write letters for a whole night together, and these letters she would send to her neighbours. [Here some of the Jury, and several persons in the room said, they had re ceived some of these letters.] These letters were not properly expressed, or written in a coherent style. All indifferent person, upon reading them, would thin 4 they were letters of business. If she wrote to me, she would fill four pages with matter that could have been expressed in a few lines; on this occasion I remonstrated with her, and said, that she acted as a crazy person, and that unless she al tered her conduct, she must he treated as a crazy person; this had the effect of stopping her writing, and as the mother informed me, had the effect of al tering her conduct. Three months back, she had an attack in the head ; the mother, in describing it to me said, that her daughter seemed for some minutes to have lost her recollection, and all the power of utterance ; that she gradually recovered those powers. Her general health was very much out of order, .and the state of her bowels warranted the belief that she might have a temporary pres sure on the brain. In the course of a week she became perfectly well. Three weeks back I was again called in to attend Miss Spencer ; she was slightly jaundiced, and very much depressed in spi rits; and while attending her, her mother asked me if I wanted any money, for she said she had 3,0001. in the house; I expressed my surprise at this, and she referred me to her daughter for an ex planation. The explanation her daughter gave was, that her mother had been at considerable expellee in fitting up the premises, and that she (the daugh ter) had, however, sold out stock and received money to pay the tradespeople; I then asked the mother what her expences here. had been, and she said 1501. ; I then expressed my surprise at the daughter, that she should have sold Out 3,0001. when she required a sum of only 1501., and she in formed me, that she had other motives for selling out so much ; the stock had been invested in diffe rent names, and as she, knew that she should not live long in consequence of the complaint then upon her, she was desirous of investing the whole sum in her mother's name, in order that her mother might have no trouble with it at her death. I expressed my uneasiness at such a sum being in the house, and begged she would send it back as soon as pos sible. In reply, they both instantly said, they would send it back by the errand -cart, but I said, " Good Heavens, no; send it by Mr. Cumpton, your stock broker," which they did. The last time that I saw them was on Sunday afternoon, when the daugh ter's health was much better; the mother then said ,she was very poor, . and would be glad if I would take a quarter load of hay of her. I thought it was singular she should make such a request, and.l waved the question at first, but she followed me to the door, pressed me to take the quarter load of hay, and I said I would take the hay and send the money back by the carter. I have' observed these oddities on several occasions, but there did not appear the least violence between them—on the .contrary, they were devoted to each other, and the daughter on all occasions 'manifested a great attachment for : her mother. Taking all the singular circumstances that I have observed in Miss Spencer into consideration, and weighing them attentively, I think she was in a state of derangement. I have nothing more to state, further than to corroborate the statement of Mr. Morrison, that the wound on - Mrs. Spencer's throat was not inflicted on her while in bed. One of the Jury here observed, that in May last, Mrs. and Miss Spencer attended a Missionary Meet ing in Finsbury, and behaved in so singular a man ner, that the gentleman who conducted the-meet ing requested them to leave the room. He was surprised at this circumstance, because Mrs. Spen cer and her daughter were persons of a very serious turn of mind. Ann Winter said-1 lived as servant with the deceased ladies. I saw them on Monday night, but did not then make any observation upon their con duct. On Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock, I became alarmed, as I did not bear my mistress moving; she was in the habit of calling us about six o'clock ; I wished the housemaid to go up and call them, but she declined, as she thought it was early; we had been washing on theerevious day, and we thought our mistress did not like to disturb us, as she might consider we were tired ; our mis tress, on th4,preceding .evening, had told us not to get up early, but to sleep as long as we pleased. We thought they might have had a bad night, and therefore did not awake them ; bat when the clock struck nine we went up and knocked at the door, and no one answering, I opened the door of the bed room, and then discovered they were not in bed, and that the bed was bloody. I hastened down stairs as fast as I could, and called assistance. Did you hear any noise in the . course of the night ?—I heard them walking about the house about half-past four o'clock; it was then day-light. Did you ever see the razor before ?—Never, Sir. When you got up .in the morning were the win dows and doors closed and fastened? They were quite fast as when we went to . lied at night., On Monday evening, when I had finished washing, Miss Spencer came out of the parlour to me, and said, " I dare say you are tired, for you have worked very hard. However, I am glad you finished the washing to-day, because you could not have done it to-morrow." Mrs. Spencer also, told me on Monday, that we should have a holiday on Tuesday, but I believe that observation had reference to a fete that was to be given by the. ladies of Hadley upon the green. Mrs. S. had also told me that she intended she (witness) should sleep in the same room with her and her daughter, as her daughter 'was in the habit of getting up many times in the course of the night, and disturbed her. Mrs. Spencer also said, that on those occasions her daughter looked very wild, and her'conduct had much alarmed her. She seemed to be apprehensive that something of this kind would occur, and said, " she hoped •to God nothing would happen to her poor daughter." The noise I heard in the morning was of no extraordinary . kind. I never heard any quarrelling or discord be tween them ; but Mrs. Spencer said her daughter spokee - to her very cross sometimes. Ido not know of any money being in the house. Mrs. Spencer always said she had no money ; and when she wanted some money to send to her daughter in Africa, she said she must borrow it. Jane Haynes, the housemaid, stated—On Mon day night I attended the deceased ladies until ten o'clock, at which ti me they went to bed good friends, and I did not hear any noise they made in the course of the night. On Tuesday I became alarmed, when I did not hear them move, nor see the shutters opened, and I went up and knocked at the door ; about nine o'clock I again went up with my fellow-servant, and knocked at the door.; but, as no answer was then given, I went into the room. I discovered that neither my mistress nor her daughter was in bed, and that the bed was bloody, and I hastened out of the room, and called assistance. All the fastenings in the room were secure, when I got up in the morning; as they were when I went to bed; the only persons who slept in the house were Mrs. and Miss Spencer, Myself, and fellow-servant ; my mistress had said that she should like to have my fellow-servant.sleep in her room, lest she should be taken ill ; I have never seen the razor with which the deed was done before; but I have heard Mrs. Smith say that it belonged to Miss Spencer's brother. Kezia Smith, of Hadley, said—l attended Miss Spencer as a nurse for three months, when she had her leg broken, and I also attended Mrs. Spencer eleven weeks, when she was unwell ; the first fort night I attended on Miss Spencer she was very bad in her head; I have not seen her lately; I have seen the razor with which the act was committed in the hands of Miss Spencer, for the purpose of cutting her 'mother's corns ; it was keßt in Mrs. Spencer's dressing-table drawer, which was never locked. Mr. William Poole Attficld said, that when the circumstances connected with the death of Mrs. Spencer and her daughter were communicated to him, he went over the premises, and found every thing correct; and nothing disturbed; Miss Spen cer's gold watch was in the fob at the bed-head. The Rev. Mr. Thackeray, the clergyman of the parish, said—l have known Mrs. Spencer and her daughter about eight or nine years. In consequence of the very singular conduct of the daughter, and from the letters I have received from her, I have often remarked that she would become insane. Iler conduct was particularly strange when she was un well. I visited her on Saturday, and having found her very dejected, I made the remark to her, but she made me no reply. On all occasions, when I have visited them, I found Miss Spencer conducted herself as a most kind and affectionate daughter. This was the whole of the evidence. The Coroner then said, that there could not he a doubt that Miss Spencer had caused her mother's death. In the night a paroxysm might have come upon her, and then she had committed the dreadful act, not knowing what she was about. Any individual might commit suicide, but was there any thing to induce this young lady to destroy her parent, who had always treated her with kindness and affection ? The Jury had heard the evidence of the medical gentlemen as to the manner in which the throat of the unfortunate woman had been cut, and they must be satisfied that she had not committed the act her self. It•was also impossible that the wound could have been inflicted upon the throat of the old lady while she lay in bed, because if the carotid artery had been then divided, it would have been impossible that 'SVe could have come out of her room into the dressing-room where her body was found. There could be no doubt that the old lady lost her life by the 'hands of her daughter, and according to the evidence, there could be no doubt that she was in sane. The Jury then consulted together, and in a few minutes returned the following verdicts :—" We find that the deceased, Mrs. Mary Spencer, died in consequence of a cut throat, inflicted by her daugh ter, she being at the time in a state of temporary derangement."—" We find that Mary Spencer, jun., cut her own throat while in a state of temporary derangement." The inquiry did not terminate until near ten o'clock at night. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Duke of WELLINGTON, as Constable of the Tower, visited that fortress yesterday, an d i ns p ec ted the different parts of the edifice. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL'S.-Au G. 2. . _ In consequence of most of the sporting men being at Brighton, to-day, very little was done in betting at the Rooms. Nonplus seems tottering, hut others mostly kept their places, except Mameluke, who has receded a trifle. As the aristocracy were not many of them present, little re liance can be placed upon thebetting of to-day. It was re ported that Mr. Gully had purchased Granby, and in one instauce 4 to .1 was taken on the fact, but it was not generally believed. It is not likely that there will be my attendance here next week, for all who can find op- portunity will start for York to-morrow or Sunday, where the races are expected to be unusually interesting to the ,porting world.—The following were the odds up to six o'clock : • THIRTY GUINEAS STAKES AT YORK. 5 to 4 agst Matilda 5 to 1 agst Moonshine ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 agst Mameluke (taken) 33 to 1 agst Translation 5 to 1 agst Granby R 5 to I agst Antiope 13 to 1 agst Nonplus 40 to 1 agst Sancho 16 to 1 agst Matilda (taken) 40 to 1 agst Moonshine IS to 1 agst Lunaria 40 to 1 agst Reviewer to 1 agst Malek 40 to 1 agst Coalition 2 to 1 agst Lumley's colt 50 to 1 agst Pedlar 1000 even between Pedlar and Reviewer (taken). 9 to 1 agst Matilda and Lunaria, with Reviewer thrown in as a cock-boat. DERBY RACES.—WEDNESDAY, Ann. I. The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Subscription Plate of 60gs., for all ages. Three mile heats. Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Chesterfield, 4 yrs 2 1 I Mr. Massie's b. f. Claudia, 4 yrs Claudia broke down in the second heat. Sweepstakes of sgs. each, for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. Bst. 41b. One mile and a halt: (15 Subs.) Mr. Giffard's Pantaloon, Bst. '7lb. Duke of Devonshire's Loraine, Bst. 71b. Lord G. 11. Cavendish's b. f. by Filho, Bst. 41b. 3 Mr. G. J. Vernon's ch. f. Blaze, Set. 41b 4 Ten paid. Hunters' Stakes of 5 gs. each, for half-bred horses, that never won Plate, Match, or Sweepstakes, prior to the Ist of March, 1827. Two mile heats. (10 Subs.) Mr. Bird's Velocity, 6 yrs, 12st. Mr. Wilkins's b. h. Jerry, 4 yrs, 10st. 121 b 2 2 Mr. Athorpe's b. h. The Marquis, 6 yrs, 12st 3 3 Two paid. The Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry Plate of 501. Heats, Once round and a distance. Mr. Hinckley's b. m. by Equator, 5 yrs, 11st. 71b. 1 1 Mr. Atherstone's b. m. Maid of the Mill, 6 yrs, 12st. 0 2 Mr. Tempest's br. m. by Master Richard, 5 yrs 2 0 Mr. Eley's ch. h. by Clinker, aged, l2st. Three others started. ' BRIGHTON RACES.--THURSDAY, AuG. 2. Handicap Plate of 501. Heats, one mile. Mr. Shackell's Charmwood, aged, Bst. 101 b. 1 1 Mr. T. Jones's Br. to Richmond, 4 yrs, Bst. 2 2 Mr. Scaith's b. 1. by Wanderer, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b. 3 3 Mr. Brown's Emmeline, 6 yrs, Sst. 7lb. 4 4 Mr. Forth's gr. h. by Octavius dr An excellent race, both heats won by a neck.—At start ing 7to 4 agst Charmwood-6 to 4 agst Scaith. After .the first heat, 6 to 4 on Charmwood-6 to 1 agst Scaith. The Ladies' Plate was not run for when our account left. Our Races commence on Tuesday next, with every pros pect of excellent sport. Several horses are already arrived, and entered for the different plates and stakes, and the course is in fine order.—Hereford Journal. The East Sussex fox-hounds are, for the ensuing season, to be under the management of Mr. Craven, a near rela tive (first cousin) to Lord Craven. The kennel is to be continued at Ringmer, near Lewes, as heretofore. --Brighton Gazette. THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL SPLENDID BALL. PORTSMOUTH, Auc: I.—The Lord High Admiral has graciously condescended to patronize a Bail at the Royal Clarence ' Rooms, Southeea. The evening is axed for Monday the 6th of August, and for which the greatest preparations are making. We learn that the new Colours to the 50th Regiment, will be presented by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Clarence, on her arrival at Portsmouth. A grand dinner will be given at Portsmouth to his 'Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral, by the . Admirals, Captains, and Commanders, resident and in the neighhour hood of the Port. This day (Thursday) his Royal Highness partakes of a sumptuous Banquet, given by the Mayor, Daniel Howard, Esq. and the Corporate Body of Portsmouth. Her Royal Highness the Duchess will arrive here on Saturday. . It is stated that the 87th Regiment will solicit the honour of the Duchess presenting their new. Colours. The 87th are at Albany Barracks, Isle of Wight. On Friday morning, his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral will partake of a Dejeune ci la fourchette, given by the Commandant and Officers of the Royal Marines. His Royal Highness has obligingly signified hie intention of being present at a sumptuous breakfast to be given by the Commandant and Officers of the Royal Marine Artil lery, on Saturday morning. THE ARMY. FIFLD DAY IN HYDE-PARK.-This morning, soon after nine o'clock, the 2d Battalion of the Coldstream Regiment of Guards, lately returned from Ireland, marched from the barracks, it, Portman-street, to Hy - de- Park, for the purpose of being reviewed by Adjutant- General, Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.8., who arrived on the ground, accompanied by several General Officers, about 10 o'clock ; immediately after which the troops were put through a variety of fine movements, which they executed with military precision. The firing was excellent, parti- Cularly the volleys, which were admired for their extreme closeness. At intervals; the light company skirmishing, during the advances and retreats of the battalion. A vast number of genteel company were in the park-during the review. The men appeared to enjoy good health and spirits. SLADE THE MURDERER. HUNTINGDON, AUGUST 2.—At an early hour this morning, all the roads in the neighbourhood of this place were thronged by the working population of our towns and . hamlets, eagerly travelling to witness the awful exit of Slade, for one of the most sanguinary murders that has occurred in the last century. All were, however, disap pointed, an express having arrived at the gaol, last night, with an order to postpone the execution. The Rev. Mr. Brown, the chaplain of the gaol, last night, in an impressive sermon, implored the culprit to seek the mercy of an offended God, with a penitent and contrite heart. The appeal had the effect of softening the hitherto stubborn nature of Slade—tears chased each other down his cheeks, and the fullest hopes were entertained that an un reserved confession of his enormity would have followed; but this was not the case. His father and mother visited him in his solitary cell this day ; but the interview was not distinguished by that overwhelming bitterness 01 feeling displayed by those endowed with the common feelings of human nature. To his brother John, who since his trial has enlisted'fOr a soldier, he remarked, " I have been guilty of almost every crime, but I did not commit the murder." The whole family of the Slades are reckless beings: it is a positive fact, that since the condemnation of Joshua, they have been carousing, and acting in a manner hi g hl y culpable. It was currently reported this evening, at e i g h t o'clock, that Slade had made a very important communi cation to his religious adviser. Be this as it may, the Chaplain ordered his horse to be saddled, and has ridden off with haste to Little Stukeley. The firmness which Slade has continually maintained, is a subject of general remark. It is now believed that Slade will undergo his sentence to morrow (Friday) morning. ATTEMPT OF THE PRISONERS TO ESCAPE FROM GAOL. Heddings, immediately on his being placed in confine ment, after his sentence, evinced the most brazen impu dence, whistling, and laughing, with a hardihood, which can only be produced by a long continuance in crime. To a person who knew him, he said, " Well, well ; I deservt it ; my own seeking, should be my own finding." It will be recollected that Heddings, in his previous confinement, broke prison. No sooner was he again placed in " durance vile," than he commenced the plan of a conspiracy, t►. effect his own, as well as his fellow-prisoners' escape. Foi this purpose, he had entered into a very ingenious scheme, to avail himself of the opportunity afforded by the absence of the gaoler, during his attendance on Slade, at the place o► execution, to regain his liberty. Luckily, however, om of the conspirators divulged the secret, and in consequent, the whole of the prisoners engaged in the plot have been very heavily ironed. CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.—We are happ: to see a notice given, that the Catholic Association wi, discontinue its sittings until October. --Dublin Patriot. SPIRIT OF THE PUISLIC JOURNALS. We this day present the public with a very anions document. It is an enumeration, by the Turkish Government, of all its grievances on the subject of the Greek insurrection ; and at the same time an objurgatory exposition of the conduct of the other Powers of Europe, in re ference to that affair. The Turk argues the matter well, beginning " ab . ovo," i. e. from the principles of civil society ; and he adopts the maxim of all the governing States of Christian Europe,—namely, that the governed are under infinite obligations to their masters, and owe them no other debt than that of affection for their paternal care : revolt, therefore, is the blackest treachery and ingratitude ; and they .who foster revolt are the patrons of crime. Thee governed,. however, may probably take a different view of their own obligations ; and if the dominion under which they lived were paternal, their attempt to cast it off would not be ungrateful only, it would mark insensibility and idiotism. Thissdocument liscloses some most singular facts. It states, — and we believe the Mussulman statement, though we may not be converts to the Mussulman rea oning,—that at the breaking out of the revolt in Greece, some of the great European Powers, through their Ministers resident at Constantinople—(it cannot be that England should have been one, under the Castle. reagh Administration,—under that Administra -, tion, the relics of which are demanding tEe Government of this country, as if it were theirs by reversion, and the Sovereign had no choice it cannot be that England should have been one we trust) :--but it is certain that some of the great Powers offered to assist Turkeyin punish ing—(" punish " is ..the word)—in. punishing the audacious Christian slaves, who had risen against their kind, and gentle, and beneficent masters ; and that Turkey declined the offer, be cause she could not allow of foreign interference in settling her domestic troubles. Nor is this all : it is moreover certain, that the Ambassa; dor of one of those Powers did, v n th e oce apion of the Congress of 'Verona, explain himself iii the frankest manner to the Ottoman Minister, on the subject of the aid which it was pro posed to afford Turkey in subduing the Greeks ; and that the Minister of the Sublime Porte (in finitely superior to the base renegade who made the treacherous proposition) -did again and again refuse to accept it, upon principles and motives national and religious ! Now, we do entreat one moment's consideration of the relative conduct and character of these two Ministers—the Maho metan and the Christian. The Christian, reckless of his own creed and those who profess it, offers to assist the Mahometan in destroying Christians. The Mahometan, from various causes, among which respect for the Mussulman faith is predominant, declines the proffered aid,. and protects his revolted Christian subjects from ofvvening the more dreadful interference of their Christian brethren. We do not say that Lord Castlereagh is the person alluded to,—he, in fact, had de stroyedbbi s efo s r u e bst t i h tu e te a: actual m th a ig n— of The Congress : we . do not say that the Duke himse lf ton,. t m he ee indeed, it is pretty clear, that the specific individual was some Minister at Constanti nople : but we do assert, without the fear of contradiction,' that this was the system, and these were the principles, in which Lord Castlereagh 'and the Duke of Wellington participated, and which it is the effect of Mr. Canning's more liberal policy to overthrow. Under the Castle reagh Administration, (for his principles still prevailed), it was proposed at Verona, by several of the Powers of Europe, to assist the Turks in destroying .the Greeks. The project failed— only because it was rejected by the Turks them selves. Under the Canning Administration, the. Powers of Europe have concluded a treaty with each other, to protect both Greeks and Turks from endless mutual slaughter.— Times. The Ministerial Papers of yesterday inform their readers, that an address has just been pre sented to Mr. Peel, from a few of the inhabi tants of Birmingham, expressive of th e i r hi g h sense of the value of his official services, of their regret that the country has lost them for the present, and of their anxious wishes that those services may speedily be restored to the nation. One of those Journals, the most conspicuous and important of them, attempts to be jocular upon the occasion, but there is evidently an op pression upon its spirits which altogether mars its efforts at pleasantry. It is a loss to know why this Address should have been presented now, four months having elapsed since the event to which it refers. We think it our duty to cor rect its wilful inaccuracies of statement, as well as to enlighten it upon that part of the subject with respect to which it appears to be plunged in involuntary darkness. The Address was not from a few of the inhabitants of Birmingham ; it was, as we stated yesterday, subscribed by more than 2,000 persons, all, without exception (for no others were permitted to sign it), men emi nent for wealth, and for social importance and respectability. It is thus we correct the wilful inaccuracy of statement. Then in order to en lighten the involuntary darkness of the friends of the present Ministry as to the motives to an Address of this description, four months after the Statesman to whom it is offered has retired en from office, we have only to inform them, t p h e a e t tbhee appreciated. longer contrast r in t in o power, f cha racter the more a requires n4 h,gwhellytlimwas Mr. understood.eto beill such mdisTtinhe popu larity distinctly per ceived of Mr. Peel rests upon unblemished integrity, which is a quality that prover bially wears well. IN hat claims the present Administration possess to permanent popularity it is difficult to guess—lntegrity certainly is not one of them. This is .the whole secret, which we are not surprised that our contemporaries have failed to discover. It has to do with ma terials with which neither they nor their patrons are habitually conversant. We derive great sa tisfaction from perceiving ,that the Coalition Ministry and their advocates are so terrified at the very mention of the name of Peel. Their terror is obvious, and their efforts to disguise it ludicrous. To them the character of Mr. Peel o: forbeari . and is a standing rebuke. He is to them what the ghost of Caesar was to Brutus. to There alrm a appears in any political scene, they are tin own eaca n n gnuilsitP Whenever he into an ague fit of consternation and di smay . They anticipate, not without reason, that their Evil Genius will meet them at Phil ar e some remarkable circumstances connected withie ae r thisto circumstances the, Address, mention, now that we hav e been compelled to s u b j e may be calculated t, whichwhatever w to pro duce among the Ministerial r an k s . Th e respec rtleou table individual who was deputed to convey to Mr. Peel the sentiments of his fellow townsmen, had the honour of being invited to a Banquet by that Right Hon. Gentleman. The Banquet given expressly upon this, which we think we 1