Star. — London, England, 1812-05-16 00:00:00

c a tion has been closed, and you are now called upon bressors foundthemselves again mi s t a k e n ; f o r the to ma ke any defence you ma y have, or to p roduce tact was, I had not written to them, although it woul d . any witnesses yon wish to b e examined." have been a most merito r i ous ' act to have die so.a- P RISO NE110•-" I leave it to my C.ounsel, my Lord." ; because, according to all ac COTIpiS, it was in affair: Mn ALLEv"-" Your Counsel ;Ando nothing more i, compounded of stupidity - and iniquity. While thus than exaniiiie your witnesses." ; imprisoned, 1 wrote to Sir .Stephen Shairpe, the Con. P R ISONER. , -" Then I beg to be indulged with the -'sul General, as well as to Lo r d G. L. G ower , t h e d o cuments and papers taken out of my pocket, which Ambassador from Great Britain. Th e consequence are ne cessary for my defence." I was, that the former addressed a letter to the Mili. JOSEPH _Herne, Esq. M.?. was then called by Mr. Lary Governor of die district, desiring an explanation CARROW to produce the documents belonging W 0 the of the circumstances, that if I wore illegally detained Prisoner, which he had kept in his posit:swan. llie I might be instantly liberated. I remained for a long Honourable Gentleman stated, that lie had taken peeing in `this miserable situation, and at length the them from Bellingham 's person, but afterwards cor- Governor wrote to Sir S. Sliairpe, stating what was meted his evidence by observing, that he had received • utterly false, namely,-that I was legally detained, and them from the hand of General Gascoyne, who bad that I had behaved indecorously. At the same time taken them out of the Prisoner's pocket. They bad it was known that I had nothing to do with the So been k e pt by the witness exactly in the same slate as jus ; and yet Sir Stephen Shairpe had the audacity when he obtained them, excepting that they had be e n and the weakness.to countenance these proceedings, numbered. i for the sole purpose of diverting the cou rs e o f justice. These documents being han d ed to G ene r al Gas. I Lord Levison Gower also, as I little expected, wrote coyne, he deposed that. they were the same that he , me word, that by the letter of the Governor, he was h a d given to Mr. Hume in_the lobby, on the 11th of . 'precluded from interposing—but that if I would pro m:fly. The papers were all o f them handed to the ; duce vouchers, establishing the truth of my allega privaler, who immediately began his Address as ' tions, he - would' then write to the Governor. Very follows: . good ! • I was now in some hopes of a restoration to .0 Gentlemen of the Jury, freedom andto my:family, but I was again doomed gi I feel that lam under great obligations to the to be disappointed. .• 1 sent the letters and papers to learned Attorney-General for inducing the Court to .the Procureur, for tau purpose of establishing my in dismiss the objection that was made by my Counsel nocence, and the affair being-so grossly impure and on die ground of insanity ; because it is 14 .far More I so perfectly notorious, the Procurtur was obliged to fortunate for me that such: a plea should be cletermi • i report upon therubut .liom that hour to this mo lted to be unfounded, than that it should be estab . nient, I never heard a single syllable item Lord Baled. At the same time I must express_my grate- ' Gowe;, or from Sir S. Sliairpe. Reflect now, Gen mude to my Counsel, whose object was certaurty most ,tli-men, if you can imagine yourselVes in a state of m e ritorious. 'that I am insane I certainly am per- 'such accumulated misery, what must have been your fectly ignorant, and assure you that I never had .an feelings, and from thence judge of mine. idea of it, with the exception of one instance in , 4 .I had been but recently'married to a wife then Russia, where my insanity was made a matter of pub- only twenty years of age, with an infant at her breast, lacnotoriety.--(ThePrisoner here appeared much mbar and & pregnant with a second chil l i ; yot was I tiGom nousgi, and after a short pause proceesid.) Gentlemen, ed to cont i nue i mmured i n adungeon f or s i x mont h s I beg pardon for thusdetalning you, but lam wholly. i , b urst l onger. — / - / zi e P r i s oner i nto sears ; as soon a: he u n accustomed to situations like the present, and Ibis was again collected he proceeded.)—Gentlemen, it so I the first time I ever addressed a public audience ; happerad, that of this juncture a new Civil Gover- I therefore - hope to receive your candid indulgence, nor, - Baron Asch, was appointed, and to him I stated and trust that you will pay more attention to the mat- the cruel circumstances under which I was detained. ter detailed than to the - manner in which - it is deli- li e very candidly said that I was either innocent os vexed. We are now engaged in the investigation of g uilty it innocent I ought to be disch .rged, and if the facts of this most singular affair, and the car - outl ty I ought to be tried. He ti ok up my cause, cumstances under which lam brought (it .may use ' V icr• I had no tricot's besides: I was storounded by - .hit bar. Do - the phrase) a coViativie volunteer to t, you suppose me the man to 'go with a deliberate design, without cause or provocation, with a pistol to put an end to the life of Mr. Percevat ? No, ,Gentlemen. l far otherwise. I have strong reasons fur my con duct, however trxtraordinar y teasens velticii, %then l have concluded, you will acknowledge to have fully justified me in this fatal tact. Had I not possessed these imperious incitements, and had murdered him iu cold blood, I should consider myself a nionster, 4ot only unfit to live in this world, but too wicked for all the torments that may be inflicted in the next. Circumutauces may justify every thing; and I have Doi to unfold to you a scene of •oppression and Mi. qujty which is without a parallel, and which, had not the facts been authenticated by original documents laid oeture Marquis Wellesley, as has Lordship can prove, would be utterly incredible. "'l he learned Attorney-Generalhascanditily staled tb, lea, that he has not the• elig,htest imputatiVir against my honour or character lip to the fatal Ca. tisuophe which must be . lung tamented, anti which I regret with the utmost simerity—none can feel mare pain upon the subject than I du, not exceptisg even the !amity or Mr. VcrcevAl. I hope 1 shall be. bble to mak the: truth of this assertion distinctly ap-'. pee, by setting the affair-in its true light. For eight years have l now been persecuto - d on account of car. cumstances that Were men invention for my t uin ; vas driven almost to el Ipair, and I had even a carte Manda . from the British Ministers to-right myself in any way ! might be able to discover. I have done so. - 1 am now unexpectedly called to judgment, though for the lalt eight years I have sought judgment and jus tice from Govet matt in -vain. klere i stand unpre pared with many necessary. documents that- I have been usiable fivin the shortness t I the . notice to pia. Lure, and I am besides, in a great toeastme, without witnesses., which are equally requisite tor my vindi• cation. it will be necessary .. fur. me, Gentlemen, to go back to transactions malt ng ago as 180.1, for from that period I may date my .onsery, and to set the r4hject in a clear point of ; vies, 1 soall beg leave to nit(' to 3011 the copy of a .putttott %hick tats crafts; Milted through my solicitor, Mr. \Vindle, to the Prune - 6e , - itber, 1807- my family wad liked aly.akba was la a state at horror. next applied to the Treasury, ccesceiving, that there I might obtain some consideration for mit claims. My pretentsions, however, were neglect "and I received a letter from the. Secretary df thiTrea v Bury, inctosing my documents and negativing my re quest, 'My next application was to the fountiin of ,IkraCe itself, to the Prince Regent. It appeared from Colonel Ivl.Malron's letter, that my first petition was • laid. 1 therefore seat a second, nearly similar to the former." - - . [Here the Prisoner read the Petition. lt.contaus. ed a—digested narrative of his case, nearly sueh as he had already stated in his defence. In the course of reading it, he commented upon several parus. When he came to that passage which related to thealeclara. ;ion of bankrrptcy that had been issued out kaiust him by the Chamber of Commerce, he exclaimed :] Wnat a scene of iniquity does this disclose ! Such sufferings; and such ruin, produced by falsehood alone. My Counsel has endeavoured to advance in my defence the plea of insanity. I might surely - have been thought insane, if I had asserted such a case as this, unsupported by documents. Gentle men,'l assure you, if an Angel from Heaven had come and told me of such a transaction, I should have'been incredulous. Yet it was permitted to tap place, and se permitted, it was an eternal disgrace to Lord Gower. His Lordship f understand is in Court ;,if so; I challenge him to come forward and, disprove thesecharges—l call upon him to deny. that I asked him to make a repret.mtation of my case to the Russian Ggvernment, and which he refused. e. Well, Gentlemen, this second petition I for. warded to his . Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and received an answer from Mr. Becket, Secretary to Mr. Ryder, dated the 18th February, It litter the prisoner read, it was the same as has already appeared in the public prints.] —ln conse quence of this reply, referring me to the Council Office, I had the honour of communicating with Lord Chetwynd and Mr. Buller. Upon operues my . c,ise to them and stating my hopes of compensation, Mr. Buller said don't know where the m .ney is to, come from ;* and he added, definitively, that I had nothing to expect. I asked why the-Council refused to attend to his Royal Highness's rtfurenc..., but could obtain no answer. It was my duty then to communicate the affair to the Prince Regent. I had a pktitine to-the Parliament drawn out. This I sent . R. And ell this viola hot have happened but by the connivance of Lord L. Gower and Sir S. Shairpe. During this period, too—Mrs. Bellingham then in a state of pregnancy, and one infant in-her arms, was anxiously waiting for me to accompany her to Eng land : I could not, and she was compelled toperform that dangerous-voyage, alone andunprotected, though in a condition so interesting, nhile Lord Gower saw, and permitted so much misery. Oh! my Goo! what must his heal t be made of!—Gentlemen, I appeal to you as men, as lathers, as Christians, if I had not cause of tomplaint.--:Elfere 14e Prisoner was muck ef jeaeuJ , and h 4 burst is:to sears: after a pave of opus mo ments, he resumed.) —Lord Gower committed a fii st error, in refusing.to inteifere, cod he afterwards per sisted in it. I was the victim, fires imprisoned for 18 mouths by crder of • the Chamber of Commerce, in order that they might extort from me 2000 roubles. which, as I knew. I did not owe, I would not pay. was constantly guarded during this period, and Ire ' queenly paraded through the streets of Petersburgh, a public spectacle. • " Finding I was too firm to bend to their views, they then proclaimed me a bankrupt, allowing me, accor ! ding to the law in Russia, only three months to settle every claim upon me. And such was die eagerness of the Chamber of Commerce to ruin me, that they employed emissaries to inquire out persons to whom I owed money—their clerks stopped people in t',e streets, and asked them, •Du you kt ow Mr. 13:1- • lingham ? Does he owe you auy mote ? Do you know he is a bankrupt; and that he i. goi ig to Eno. hind with all his property ?)and c.t er awn lar quer, dons. Yet, after A, they were cbliged to give a do. cument, lestifying that there were neither claimants nor creditors. These docyrra nt. I afterwards placed in the hands of M.irrptis Welles! .y, and I call upon the Noble Marquis, whom I see us the Court, to dis prove this assertion, if it be false. " Under such accumulated misfortunes, nothing but a -SusTAiNitio Pow Ett Ir. us above—nothing but the express interrosuio of Pnovit.:a.c., could have preserved me to, visit once more niy country and my fa-nily. None of my . friends is England 'ever ex pecte Ito see me again. And 1 beg of you rs-member, Gentlemen, that all Cause sufferings were endured throuBls ,ha permission of Lord Graver. It was with ass s.inction and pa:ronage that I was proclaithed a bankrupt, fc.r withvut it, it could not have taken pl. ce—and it was throti;is his conni my 1 • li vAnce tt►al my appea. to justice was Lever istened to. egent, req u est i ng t h at his Roy% _ . . During this peri:id I made repeated opplications to various Amba-ssadors, and I made a final appeal to Lord Gower 1:?fi re hi: left Petersburgli, the last time he was there. His Secretary informed me his Lot d- ship could net do any thing.—llere I pause, Gentle.: men of the Jury ; and ask you earnestly to recollect there proceedi: gs —consijer, -for a mornani, what must have been the conduct of Lord (flower aad Sir Stephen t.-liaiipe, men cioathed with the dignity of', 1 the representation of Majesty, to suffer a native of 1 their country to remain in prison, enduring such mul: tiMied indignities. Thine was a transaction also, which happened during that very period, calculated to show, in a still stronger light, the manifest injustice of my case. A paltry dispute arose between a Cap , tarn Gardner, from Hull, and the Captain of a guard ship at Cronstadt, abotit two rocbles, far pilonage,' and that business was four times laid before the E n - 1 1 Iperor, by Lord Gower, in the courseof two months. Gentlemen, while I relate this, I must say, it would have been fortunate for me, and it would have been more fortunate for Mr. Perceval, had Lord Gower received the ball which terminated the life of the latter i geittlenian." . V [There was a murmur of disapprobation through ' the Com t, at this sentiment—the prisoner paused for A 1 . time, as if disconcerted by it ; and Sir James Mansti::!.l inquired if he had any thing more to say ? when bete ' plied in the allirmative,.and resumed as fillows :] ~ After I came to England I presented a memorial I . to the Marquis Wellesley, and grounded my claims 1 to compensation upon the erroneous letter already al -1 luded to. To this application I received an answer' 1 from the Noble Marquis, dated Foreign Office, Jan. 21, 1811), - in which my papers were returned to me, land in which I was infOrmed that his Loldship could rnot en:er into a consideration of my claims, because of 1 the state of relation in which the Court of Petersburgh ' then stood with regard to this country.— (Hese the twitoner read the leaer.) But, I am at a loss to know what connection this could have with my case. Mine was a consideration of justice which no accidental ; circumstances of policy between-two nations could af: feet. My next measure was to bring, a serious charge against Lord Gower and Sir S. Shairpe before the enemies; but he generoubly stepped font ard, and - - bringing the inattr; into a Court of Justice, I obtain ed judgment- against the whole party, including the Military Governor who had injured me. 1 I.roved the falsity of the charge, and Chewed that the only object of the internal league was. to!extort from me a la'rge stim of mriney. 44 On my arrival in Petersburgh, what was it fit that I should do ? What...? ou or any mat. wou:d have done under such circumstances. I felt myself injurcd in my fortune, and above all in my reputation.- -Should Pilot go to the Minister of Justice for the vindicaticn s of my honour ? Was it not a duty lowed to myself to impeach the Military Governor by whose hand such torture had been inflicted ? I did so : I Made appFcation to Count Kotzebue, then Minister, of the Interior, and I brought two charges against my persecutrx ; Ist, for having written a letter, the contents of whlch were false ;Lod :out, for the purl me of perverting justice ; 2dly, for having detained me for the purpose of extortion. Cotun Kotzebue had , the affair investigated in most of the departments at ! Archangel, and finding my statement accurate, he ! gaie me a document which enablzd me to bring my case before the Senate, that a full- and (air invesiiga. •tion might take place. It bad previously devolved into the hands c f Prince aitterinsky, Minister of! Foreign-Affairs, by whoin it• was laid befoie the Emperor, from whence it•was transmitted to the St.-. 1 nate to be tletermined.accordiag to the law. Just at this perioa Lord GoWer . arrived, and I put the pa. pert into his hands; that they might be laid before!, the Senate. I continued with Mri. Bellingham durlitg that time, she being then•at St. Petersburgh, which I had. ruched.. Before the Senate I produced my complaints, but before any decision was had I found myself arres.ed on two charges, the one criminal, and the other !civil, and I was dragged horn my fit. roily, thrown again Into prison, where I continued for no less a space than two years! These were trials that would bow the proudest head and sink the not lest heart. Think, Gentlemen, what I endined, and what was my offence t Nothing : there was nit the shadow of proof against me. was accus?d, however, of having quitted Archangel clandestinely. • Regent, as long AO' as tent. ,a, a._ .. , ~ ~. ...tying ..,, .. - In itihsequence, however, a ilut tveeiving any rcidy. i It was falsehood from beginning to end ; yet IL . i _ Kiva- Council--I did 30 ; and what was the result? Attorney-Genera[ and wherever it ;lacy tor —'l'llis, thank GOD I is . ,ltoOtt . the *violation, ender instrociion ot counsel, they called giving me jtotee. - an answer from the Council O ffi ce, that their Lord- necessary." To thii letter I received an answer that . .IfiaPply,tolAnnel hlldahotaonthe subject. 1E4160-. not the way it is Administered I in this happy ccuntry. ships did not find any matter in my case, in which i Mr. Read could not interfere ; but, as was his duty, ' pealed the be bad receive:4 the :Petition, but it had —Gentlemen, I . feel myself so' much exhausted, that • , they could interfere. Again defeated, I had to seek I especially as was proved by the subsequent trielmo beta mislant narl its 'conscqueoce 1 sent anther, bf i I must beg to pause for a few secon h.—CI - het/ 410 ml' ' some other mode of redress ; and I was now informed ! cholfcatastrophe, he communicated the master tO his • whrch, wltatlliuld in si l illaud a s ,a . : cu ff .. I w ill b eg hole reared for about a *lissom, and th:n being called! that it was an affair of Par liamentary_ consideration ; i Majesty's Ministers. I . then went to. Mr. • its c'.ei' lease to read it, that lon Inv he : iatuatned set the.' *tot dy Sir Jam" Manffleld, he rootlet:led.] I but I was told also, by several Members, that as I' again, by him I was iiferred to the ' Treasury foils vonmencettittitamd Peogresa. 4 1 his bob soppy buii. I - " Gentlemen, thus 'I was again thrown into a dun- [claimed pecuniary compensation for my losses and my 1 final decision upon my elaima r that final de, iaiin e 1 nen in ituais,whir.h gave 4 . 44. ta my applicant-as ow geon and into despair, without a hope ; witliont a 'sufferings, my petition for such compensation could ' length received from Mr. Hill, who and me mat this Ode at the water s aud Whicfi, •uuturtattately.for t friend !—The very day-I- expected a complete enhan- I not be received without a recommendation or per. I nothing could be done, andadded, that I was at tibelty • • .eve, fur Mr: Perceial,. anal tot the country at kart,se, i *chisement t the veryhour 1 looked for re-established • mission Born his Majesty's Ministers. I according-I , to take any measures I thought proper, and to ch a 5i0.1.-.. ' hare end e d i n a manner SC.I liselanitllola end tragical. honour and reviving fortune s, I w a s handed to art-*lty applied to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.— l short, obatever I chose. [The Prisoner here read the'commencement OEMs ' other prison, because I toatikl not and could not sub- (17te Prisoner *tiered Men words with a strong and " Gentlemen, lam now coshing to a conclusions I Atut:bia to the Regent. sihiehlah bosh already it'alai I .mit to the extortion of 200 roubles. I was dragged 1 fteesdiar esslahasis.) I applied to Mr. Perceval, and I , have stated to you a history of bay case, in the nun , lis;red. He then proceeded j' s . - . . 2 about the streets with offenders who had been guilty received an answer—(which. Me p_riromer .read)—! hope that it will prove seimejdstig _cation or etc crime • ."-I 6)uld s ta t e to you, Gentlenien,• thAt the - of the most atrOcions crimes. 1 was bandied about ' fr o m him , dated Downing-street,. May '17,1810, ► in I with which iam charged. • I shall onty tut Jar trouble lie/ is a traveliing paS*4 whiCh is givenao per •. -t from cue place to another—l have even passed the which I was informed, that the time for receiving , you with a defence which, at *a hue hour last ni b .. hi ,, Laving a p l ace ; w i t h out which they'are unable to I very door of the British Ambassador who had refused private petitions Was past for that Session ; nor , he : turd at an early hour-this morning, laliew up.— [ Here . •zerca—it is not granted until ftli ascertained that the to listen to my complai nts, and who flaunt have been added, did he think my claims such as could with: the prisoner read from a written paper, in aubstince claim s o f al! persons titiodthe person soliciting it have an unmoved and pitiless witness of what would have propriety be submitted to Parliament. Now With re - '"to the following - effect s] • * . tear. settled. This iastrunient I obtained, and it was , I wrung the heart-strings of oilier men,* but to have ' gard to private Bills, I know there Is a limited titre; " Gentlemen, wheoeier I appear before the t u ba. a meet evidence that I could not be-leg-ally de- . looked opon. Of what must my heart have been fur . heir reception r but I have yet to learn, that a 1 nal of my Gov, I shall appear there as ii,noceni a- :4, termed.hly impriso nme n t , h o w ev e r , w a s 'in cense- r composed, that was the sufferer of this indignity and private petition, imploring justice from the wisdom, wilful murder of Mr. Perceial, as they, ash% alter faience or t h e supp ose d l oss o f a Russian ship called ; this torture, to the eternal disgrace of both natioes ? apd integrity of Parliament , torrid ever be out of time. judgment , are admitted among the Angels .4 / . ea se.,, the Shfos, the preceding year, in the White Sea. It ' I applied to Sir Stephen Sihurpe again without suc• • Justice is a matter of right, and not of favour ; and, Ihiit my arm destroyed him, I :thus , ;• n it s tie use. . was much such an affair as you doubtless tecollect eess --1 was not listentd to--I could obtain no redress as such, I think it should be dispensed at all times. I rishedhy my hand, 1 admits but to cods itut. Limy same time sin ce , f ar Which Capt. Codling suffered there.--I -sought it here, and here in my native coup- If lam wrong in this opinion, there are many Hon. their must be . a eftertrew.. ht re Must I,c ti!: w bid at Execution Dock. The intelligence Of the frauds- ' try I have been again refused c My f or tune a nd my lalembers now present in the Court,•who can correct , intention, and I deny that that has been pi= v•a a lent wreck reaching Lloyd's Cotfee-house, where the •character have been ruined, and X stand here alone me. I beg, also, to call your attention, Gentlemen,: Unless proied, however, the felony calitaa be Triad* ~ Sops w as insured, the Underwriters refused to pay and unpr otected b y all but the laws of m y country. ro the latter clause of this letter, in which Mr. Perk : out. This' you will shortl y hear from the a l each, ai.d, lot the loss, in consequence of advices from Archan- Th ey , I tr ust, will afford me that which all others ceval told me that he could not encourage my pais.: in that case, you must acquit m e . R ee 7,ll, e , G,.., .. gel. :Die Mayor of that place ...as interested in the there denied: • , - tion, because he did not think my claims exactly fit' . ilemen, what was hey bitilatunt--.recollect unit ' nay . 1 bui . p,and suspicioos fell upon all, but more especially I fa I ap pli e d constantly to every Ambassador for for the cons id erat i on of Parliament.. p er w h at pla ce • family was ruined, and ' mynelt drat-coed, nwrely ', 1P"o me, that I had sent the inform •tion to England. ' redress, and still I was kept in that miserable condi- could it be so fit, I would ask ? Where can an in- because .it was Mt. Perceval's ph-attire that just te I was about leaving the town h when I was arrested . tion for six Ttars;b andied film Prillina to prison, from jilted subject appeal so justly a s to Parliament ; and : shoul i not be gsauted ; sneiternis nav,elf betnaJ Use avid pet into confinement. This Pretence was, how- ; torture to turmret ma de a public sPectkcle of, led if that constitutional door be shut against him, where i imagined security ut his station, and tramp ng upon : ever, soon drapped ; they chant,"ied their mode of per* : through the streets of Petersbur gh with a common is his redress ? ' law and right, in the beiiet 0.4 s.o retribusessit Gout.' caution; and I was proceeded A - a 11. i for tile am t: herd of malefactors. I ask You, Gentlemen of the "By this refusal, I was again reduced to despair. iteachhim. Of chit depar.ed Gentleman I depot w..h of the loos of the Sojus-7 or bOgu ' rubles. • ' hey, what my feelings must have been ? Consult My situation became daily and hourly worse. My to 'speak with disrespect •-I do nut wish to bay any " A len t ,. soon arr i ve d from Lloyd ' s, and - * bosoms, and there you will find the answer. property was all sold ;my creditors were c l a m orous; i bib g i n.. d tapar‘gcalant Li- the virtues which Its was • any op. your oWn . i • I _ .... to the Prince Highness w tld order the Comm — ons to take it into count2e.ration.—[The prisoner read the petition ; it_ st as not materially different .froll* the lamer orie.]—. 1 received an ar.swer from Mr. Secreury., Ryder,. . dated Whitthall, March 9, in which 1 was in. formed, that his Royal Highness had not beets pleas. t.d• to signify any eommanos respecting my peritunt. gu,h,-Gentlemen, continued to be my iotim • c ndition. My prayers Hera rejected whenever of. rcred. I saw myself reduced to utter min. 1 was involved in debt, without any possible mt . ant of ex. tt icatioin I was sinking under the pressi,:te of w.ccu. mulated miseries--miseries brought on not by my own indiscretion, but by the injustice of outer'.. 'lite Attorney-General has told you, and ht has tali pion truly, that till this period my n., n were without a blemish : till this as oq, t.ts e. *arable- transaction, which no num, 1 eon solemnly assure you, laments mote deeply ;ban 1 do-- itit lilif fatal moment my life was without reproacii— [fiery . the Prisoner lurst into t‘are.]—liut, Gender:on, I , l: t ce yourselves in my situation:—your wities, y ren, reduced to poverty—calling woo you which you cannot give—ti-look,tig up to you tor a , sis• tance which you mast deny! Gentlemen. svh ,t utuid your feelings be, thus goaded on ! KIM( would yoor alternative be ? Thu. deluded by his Majesty's Mi. nis:era,_ referred bite:wards and to wards, b.,4,ird about from one to an 7.ther, obviott:iy tot the vrpoae I of evasion, could it be expected I should nut tees a ,rte degree of ? "I menttoit these things as soine •jitatifica ion f the crime laid to my citaige; it is a duty winch I owe myself to do so; anti i shall continue, then fits" to state the facts as they vc.:urred. I. toiling se ) sell • the dupe of the Ministers, and not likely to ob t .ii, any redress through their hands, I resolved .o stilt justice into my own. 1 did so. I. gave riotn.e at Bow-street against his Majesty's Minis eas, tot not doing me justice. I wrote a letter to Air. acad. Le Magistrate, in which I stated that the stool ti as ,, ce had been shut against ma ; and i addvd, ,f thi 4 s rid i.sonable request of justice be refused, '1 snail be, obliged to do justieelur myself, in which case l sit ..1 be prepared to argue the matter before his Majtst 's * .1