The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-10 00:00:00

SHOCKING ATTEMPT AT MURDER.

A man of the name of Joseph Miller, a weaver,l
from Cumwhinton, about three mi!es from this
city, is now in custody in our gaol, charged with
making an attempt upon the life of his own wife,
by cutting her throat. It appears there has for
some time been some family jars respecting some
property which Miller got on his marriage with his
,life, from her parents. Three or four years ago
he offered this property for sale, and it was bought
by his wife's mother far 1201. and with the proceeds
of the sale he set off for America—leaving the wife
to take care of herself, as best she might. A little
before Easter last he wrote home to say he was de-
sirous of returning, but had not the necessary
funds ; these were supplied by the wife, and he
arrived home about Easter. Soon afterwards he
wished the wife's mother to restore him the pro-
perty she had bought from him ; she refused, and
he offered personal violence to her which endan-
gered her life; this gave rise to quarrellings and
biekerings. On Wednesday afternoon he took tea
with his wife, and appeared more than commonly
cheerful. Soon afterwards, be took hold of her,
took a knife from his pocket, and began deliberately
to cut her throat, making two or three dreadful
gashes; but finding the knife blunt, he began,
with great coolness, to sharpen it, still hold-
ing her firmly with one hand. By this time
bee "screams had alarmed some of. the neigh-
bours, who entered the house, and caved him to
desist from his horrible purpose. He left the house
and fled to a neighbouring plantation, where he was
followed by the constable, and taken into custody.
Before the constable found him he had made an at-
tempt upon his own life,by cutting his throat with the
same blunt knife with which he had attempted the
murder of his wife; but the injury inflicted was not
of a dangerous nature, and he was safely lodged in
our gaol. The wife lies in a most dangerous state.
-Carlisle Journal.

GLEAVE THE CONVICT-ROMANTIC

ATTACHMENT.

This man, who, it will be remembered, was con-
demned to death at the last Chester Assizes, for
cutting and stabbing a young female who was preg-
nant by him, has been reprieved. The parties, we
believe, resided at Hyde, and the prisoner had always
borne a good character, until the unfortunate occur-
rence which placed his life in jeopardy. The object
of his violence evinced the strongest disinclination to
prosecute ; and as soon as the result of the trial was
mpde known at Hyde, a subscription was entered
into, in order to defray the expenses of a journey to
London, to be undertaken by the prosecutrix, in order
to get a commutation of his sentence. On her arriva:
in the metropolis, the poor girl, prompted by a feeling
almost amounting to infatuation, for the man who
bad made an attempt upon her life, was unremitting
in her attendance at the residence of Mr. Justice
Jervis (the Judge who had condemned the prisoner),
and also upon the Counsel who had defended the
prisoner at the trial. At first, her application
seemed perfectly hopeless, as his Lordship ex-
pressed his intention of allowing the sentence to be
carried into execution. The girl, however, became
so urgent in her entreaties for the prisoner's life, for
• whom she felt an undiminished attachment, that his
Lordship was induced to re-consider the evidence, and
commuted the sentence to transportation for life. A
King's Messenger was despatched on Thursday week,
sad arrived at Chester Castle on Friday, the execu-
. tion being fixed for the following day. The young
• woman returned by the Defiance coach on the same
day, and to a passenger in the coach she expressed
the most romantic attachment to the prisoner, whose
fortunes she would still have been willing to share
sin his exile, but the duty she owed to her parents
deterred her from taking such a step.—Doncaster
Gazelle.

We are now enabled to state that the amalga-
. ?nation which was expected to take place between the
Whigs and Tories has been found impracticable, although
it is more than likely that on many subjects there will be
a cordial co-operation ; sometimes in opposition to the
Government, checking them in wrong and mischievous
measures—and, on other occasions, in the promotion cf
objects which both parties may deem advantageous to the
' country. On the Greek question, for instance, the Tories
will, as a body, support the Whigs; and in other respects
the results of this arrangement will be immediately mani•
fest. Under all circumstances we are not sure that this
result is not the best for the country, as well as the most
honourable for parties. The Tories will be henceforth
found acting in concert, instead of being scattered, as they
have lat,ly been, uselessly wasting their strength in desul-
tory movements. They will now form a sti ong body of
observation, acting in such force as to restore the import-
' anee which they had almost frittered away; and will he
in a condition, at all events, to check the attempts of any
unconstitutional Government. An idea is entertained, in
some influential quarters, that the Duke will, in a certa'n
event, dissolve the Parliament forthwith ; hut it seems
unlikely that it would answer his Grace's purpose to face
the country, while all the measures which concern the
free sale of Beer, the Distillery Duties, the Irish Stamp
and Spirit Duties, ice., are pending, and yet to be car..
ried.—Brighton Gazette.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1830.

HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

The following is the Bulletin issued this day—
" Windsor Castle, J*ne 10.
" The KING has had a restless night, but in other re-
spects continues much the same as yesterday.
(Signed) " HENRY HALFORD.
" M. J. TIERNEY."

A telegraphic despatch from Toulon has an
flounced that the French Expedition has safel:
arrived on the Coast of Algiers.

An Express has arrived from Paris, with
Papers of Wednesday's date. They do not
contain any additional information respecting the
expedition against Algiers; but a vessel had ar-
rived from Bona, which stated that the French
armament was scarcely even mentioned, and that
the only defensive object on the coast was a
battery mounting 18 guns.
The accounts from Constantinople state that
some difference had taken place between the
French Ambassador Count GUILLEMINOT, and

the REIS EFFENDI, having reference to the ex-
pedition against Africa, and that the REIS EF-
FENDI had expressed, in very unequivocal lan-
guage, his doubt of the integrity of the intention
ofthe French Government. It is added that Count
GUILLEM IN OT was expected to leave Constanti-
nople shortly on a special mission. Rumour
pointed this to Egypt. The disturbances in
Anatolia had assumed a serious form, and the
agents of the Turkish Government, appointed to
collect the imposts, had been openly resisted and
some lives lost. The disaffection in Asia Minor
had, however, been put down, and the caravans
to Persia, by way of Erzcroum, had resumed their
usual route.

The King of NAPLES was seriously indis-
posed at Paris, and a consultation of his phy-
sicians had been held. His complaint is one
he has been suffering more or less under for
twenty years.

The accounts from Leipsic, by this express,
state, that at the fair there had been an increased
demand for English goods.
'The Austrian Government has addressed a
circular, dated the 30th of last month, stating
its intention of paying off on the Ist December
next, the third series of 10,000,000 Five per
Cent. Stock, or of converting the same into
Four per Cents. Bond. The French Three per
Cents. closed on 'Tuesday at 77 50. The
Renter at 103 93, and the Royal Spanish
Loan at 82.

A considerable naval English force is said to
have sailed from Malta on the 3d ult. for
Al

iers.

By letters from Lisbon this morning, by way
of France, we learn that numerous arrests con-
tinued to take place in the Provinces, and that
these victims to political persecution were sent
on to the capital. Commerce remained in the
same state of stagnation as at the preceding ac-
counts, and the Treasury of King MIGUEL is
stated to be at the very lowest ebb.

The following are extracts from Dutch, Brus-
sels, and German Papers, received this morning :
Baussar,s, JUNE B.—We William, &c. &c. consider-
ing the Decrees successively issued by its respecting the
employment of different languages in use in our own king-
dom, desiring to make in these Decrees the modifications
which may be desirable for the convenience of the inhabi-
tants, after hearing the opinions of the heads of the Mini-
sterial Departments, and of the Council of State, have
decreed and decree—
At t. I. All documents, whether public or private,
without distinet;on, may henceforth be drawn up through-
out the kingdom in that language which the parties inte-
rested desire to be employed in them, provided, in the case
of public documents, that the language be understood, as
well by the public officers before whom they are executed,
as by the witarsses.
2. All advertisements relative to sales, or other civil
transactions and concerns, may likewise be in the language
chosen by the parties.
3. We authorise by these presents the courts and tri-
bunals in the provinces of Litnburg, East and West
Flanders, and Antwerp, as well as in the arrondissements
of Brussels and Louvain (in the province of South Bra-
bant), to permit, at the desire of the parties, in all cams
and judicial matters, that the French language be used in
the acts and pleadings.
In case the parties should differ about tl.e language to
be employed, the Judges shall decide according to the
greater convenience and interest of the parties. In general

matters tile said permission cannot be refaced, alien it
shall appear that the accused persons who shall require it
do not well understand the language of the Netherland,i.
Provided, however, that disk Judges who have to decide
the cause understand the French.

4. In the communes of the provinces and arrondisse-
ments mentioned in Art. 3, in which the French or the
Flemish (Walloon) is the language of the people, all the
acts and documents relative to the public administration
may be drawn up in French.
5. In the same provinces and arrondissements, persons
who do not understand the language of the Netherlands may
address the Administration and Financial Authorities in
French, provided that language be understood by the said
Authorities. In this case the answers and decisions • may
be in that language. The constituted Authorities in the
above-mentioned provinces and arrondissements shall be
at liberty to employ the French language, simultaneously
with that of the Netherlands, in all advertisements which
are included in those mentioned in Art. 2, provided the
first of these languages is the usual language of a part of
the population ; as well as in all cases in which it may he
requisite that those advertisements may be male publicly
equally in the French provinces or communes.
6. The use of the French lan7u ige i 4 retained in the
provinces of Liege, Ilainout, and Namur, as well as the
arrondissement of Neuille (South Brabant), in all matters
whether administrative, financial, or judicial. The use
of the French and German language is also retained is
our Grand Duchy of Luxemburg ; the regulations already
made, and still in force in that respect, shall be strictly

observed.
7. The exclusive use of the language of the Netherlands
is retained in administrative, financial, and judicial matters
in the provinces of North Brabant, Holland, Zealand,
Utrecht, Friedand, Overyssel, Groningen, and Drenthe.
8. Such parts of our former Decrees as may be con-
trary to the present Decree are and shall be revoked.
The Chiefs of the Ministerial Departments are charged
with the execution of the present Decree, which shall he
insetted in the official Journal.
Given'at the Hague, June 4, 1830, the seventeenth
of our reign, WILLIAM.
(By the King),
HYDE 111 EYDE STREEFKERK.
Published June 7, 1830.

BRUSSELS, JUNE 5.—M. de Stoop went the dly be-
fore yesterday to the Petits Carnes, to inform the persons
exiled that the Ambassador of France had not been autho •
rized to sign their passports. The gentlemen were there-
fore obliged to choose between Prussia and Hanover.
They chose the former. It is hoped that their admissions
will meet with no difficulty. It is probable they will set
out on the '7th of this month.

JUNE S.—The exiles set out yesterday morning at four
o'clock, with an officer of the marechaussee, in the carriage
with them in civil costume. Several police officers were
stationed in the way they were to pass. Some friends
and other citizens were waiting to bid them a final adieu.
Many shed tears. The exiles alone seemed calm. Some
of their best friends had set out at two in the morning to
wait far them at the gates of Louvain, where the carri Tem
arrived at eight o'clock, and rapidly drove through the
city, and their friends followed them on the road to Tul-
norent, to the place where they were to stop for refreshment.
Here they found M. Van Meenen and his family, the Edi-
tor of the Journal of Louvain, and some other inhabi-
tants of that city, and partook of a slight breakf,st.
After an hour's repose they parted with much emotion
from their friends.

The trial of Messrs. Claes and Neervort is to-day before
the Court of Assize.

VIENNA, MAY 27.—Their Majesties left Vienna to-
day, they have changed the plan of their journey, and will
go by way of Clagenfutth to Laibach, when they will
arrive on the 2,1 June, and stay till the 6th, they will
then return to Gratz, so that they will not visit Venice
and Trieste this time, and think of being at Schonbrunn
by the end of Junr. Prince Metternich will return to
Vienna from Johanniaburg at the beginning of July. The

Government of the Archduchy of Austria has given notice
of the redemption of a third sum of ten 'pillions of florins
of the public debt, bearing 5 per cent. interest.
MAT 29 _Metalliques, 1004; Four per Cent. 96;
Bank Shares, 1,331.

If we were to detail the particulars of the va-
rious surmises afloat, with reference to the poli-
tical consequences of an event, the anticipation
of which fills most men's minds, we should be
compiling a catalogue of rumours not less pre-
mature than, at the present moment, indelicate.
It is moreover certain that nothing can yet be
stated upon any authority deserving of credit, as
to the situation of the present Ministry, and the
reports on both sides must be regarded rather as
the expression of wishes than the currency of
facts. The prevailing opinion certainly is that
a coalition of parties is likely to take place,
which would impart to the existing Administra-
tion that vigour which it assuredly wants, and
raise it in the scale of public opinion. The
several oppositions Froelaim loudly that minis-

terial influence in Parliament is sinking rapidly ;
as a proof of which they refer to the defeat on
the Forgery Bill—to the small majority obtained
on Monday over Sir JAMES GRAHAM—and to
the general disapprobation which the result of

the Greek negotiations has called forth. How-
ever this may be things are approaching to a
crisis, which renders it very improbable that the
present Cabinet will, in static quo, meet a newly-
elected Parliament. This we say not for the
sake of consuring, but merely as the result of an
attentive view of the political horizon.
One of the first measures of a new reign must
necessarily be a provision for the minority of the
young Princess, who will then be the Heiress
Presumptive to the Throne. By the common
law of England the Sovereign is never a
minor, and Lord COKE says expressly, that the

Royal grants and assents to Acts of Parliament
are good though the Sovereign be under tw•enty-
one years of age. An infant Sovereign has
consequently no natural guardian, and it there-
fore becomes necessary to make special provision,
from time to time, for the government of the

kingdom, when a natural incapacity in the suc-
ceeding Sovereign is anticipated. The two last
instances of this special provision being made
were the Act of the 24th Geo. 11., cap. 24,
which, in case of the descent of the Crown to
any of the children of FREDERICK, Prince of
Wales, under the age of eighteen, appointed the
then PRINCESS DOWAGER Guardian and Re-
gent,—and the Act of sth Geo. 111. cap. 27,
which, in case of a like descent, to any of his
then MAJESTY'S children, empowered the
KING to name either the QUEEN, the PRINCESS
DOWAGER, or any descendant of King GEORGE
THE SECOND, residing in this kingdom, to be
Guardian and Regent till the successor should
attain eighteen, assisted by a Council of Re-
gency, whose powers were expressly defined by
the Acts quoted. According to these precedents
the probability is, that a Regency Act will, at the
commencement of the approaching reign, be in-
troduced, enabling the KING to appoint the
QUEEN, the Duchess of KENT, or any des-
cendant of GEORGE THE THIRD, residing in

the kingdom, to be Regent and Guardian of the
Princess VICTORIA, until she arrives at eighteen.
It is obvious, therefore, that the present Duchess
of CLARENCE is the personage most likely to
stand in the situation of Regent of Great Bri-
tain, though, as the Princess VICTORIA is now
more than eleven years old, and the Duke of
CLARENCE'S health happily affords no indica-

tion of premature old age, the Regency must be
regarded, at present, as a very remote and uncer-
tain contingency. As to the absurd allegation
that Prince LEOPOLD has an eye to the Regency,
what we have said shows it to be a mere ca-
lumny; and with regard to the Duke of CUM-
BERLAND (whom, by the bye, we have lately
quite lost sight of), it is absolutely impossible
he can ever fill the office of Regent, unless he
resigns the Crown of Hanover, which descends

in the male line only, and to which, after the
Duke of CLARENCE, he will consequently suc-
ceed. If precedents are adopted as a rule, as
there is DO reason to suppose they will not be,
the course of future legislation, in anticipation
of the Princess VICTORI A'S infancy, will be as
we have stated.

By letters from the Gambia, dated 15th April,
we learn the arrival of Mr. RENDALL, the Go-
vernor of that colony, who has superseded Co-
lonel FINDLAY, ordered to Sierra Leone, and
of Mr. JEFFCOTT, the Chief Justice of the
latter colony. Both these gentlemen arrived on
the 13th inst. in the Ariadne, of 28 guns, Cap-
tain KENNEL, after a passage of one month
from Plymouth, and were received on landing
with a salute from the battery. Colonel FIND-
LAY, accompanied by Mr. JEFFCOTT, was to
have left Bathurst in a week from the day of
the Ariadne's arrival from Sierra Leone, where
their presence was much required, in conse-
quence of the present disturbed state of that
colony. Since the departure of Major RICKETTS,
three months ago, the Government has
fallen into the hands of two officers, Captain
EvANs and Captain FRAZER, while the office
of Chief Justice, vacant by the death of Mr.
BANNISTER, has been performed, pro tempore,
by one of the merchants. There have been no
very recent deaths at Sierra Leone. At the
Gambia Mr. BERRY, the collector, died a few
days before the arrival of the Ariadne. The
mortality at Fernando Po goes on increasing.
Colonel NICHOLLS has gone to Ascension for
the benefit of his health. Captain BOLSTER, of
the Hecla, the surveying ship, a most valuable
and enterprizing officer, is dead, and it is said
every cfiicer of that ship, with the exception of
one Midshipman, is dead.
By the death of Captain BOLSTER, the sur-
veying expedition, which he was conducting
with great skill and success, is of course for the
present put an end to. There are, the letters
state, not less than eleven captured slave-ships
at present at Sierra Leone, waiting for adjudica-
tion. which have been detained there for a con-
siderable time, in consequence of the absence of
the proper officer, the Judge of the Commis-
sion. The quarrels of the authorities, as to the
person in whom the authority to condemn rests,
have occasioned great delay. The Captains of
the men-of-war by whom those vessels have been
brought in are greatly annoyed at this circum-
stance, and with justice, as if the vessels should
ultimately be released they will be liable to large
sums.