Star. — London, England, 1812-05-15 00:00:00

A Priun or BELLINGHAM; profession. He left if under a detiberateeonvietien, thi4 he `was sacrificing the interests of his family ma sense of duty. It was the decided conviction of his, Own mind, that b'y complying with a desire which he ,cenceived to be mandatory on him. he els sacrificing , the interests of his family: The House -might recol- SESSIONS HoUrt,. OLD BAILEY. lect that !hortly a ilter the period when bit Right Ho- nasal., mat 1.54 pourable Friend- accepted his -tituation, his Majesty .0 sia aLtillGitA at eat his dinner yesterday at two o'clock did intended, by a Grant, to mitigate that sacrifice; with seemingly a good Appetite, and was soon after bin his etw 'Righeen t Honourable Friend stept in on that oc - visited by Mr. Under Sheriff Smarm, and other Gen casiort b the intention of that Grant and the ex ecution of it This virtuous sacifice of his late Right denten, and desired to prepare for, his trial. Be nonauraole Friend, was a feature in his 'character tween tour and five o'clock; Mr4.Hinstre, the Soli ivhice ought to c:411 forth the liberality of ei Parliament • tor, appointed to conduct his defence, waited upon t o ward/ his family. At the per i o d when.h e left his in profession, it would b e admittec) he left it with a high hint, but he would have nothing to say to him ; in -degree of professional character. He had the future siting that he needed neither Attorney nor Counsel, prospect of great professional emoluments, and his but was competent to manage his own business ! profits at the time were actually very liberal. He At after wh i ch he six o'clock he drank some tea, immediately : had to state from Mr. Perceval's family, that they en- • began to draw up his &twee.— r tained the deepest sense of the liberality of l'ailta . .. L e eta. He would not be instrumental in advancing the , He continued writing till about twelve at night, Vote which mighobagiven that night; but if the Re-' when he Went to bed and requested silence that he solution should be adopted, and afterwards approved might repose is qrtiet—waked at. three this morning, of o n the Report, he should certainly afterwards vote wrote a few lines and then lay down again and slept in favour of the Bill. He 'could not we-the advantage cf postpottement. ti ll seven, when he got rip, washed himself, and Mr. LUSHINGTON contended that theft was rm. breakfasted at eight o'clock. He eat . sparingly, be &fidelity i n point of form in the proceedings. It gar so be much agitated, expressedszreat concern for had beenitmi•auced or the Flosise by a Message from his'fan,ily, and was sick. His hair being dressed, he the Threw) brought by a Minister of the Crown..— began to • • express impatience for the hour of trial.— . It was nut necessary. that this Message should be 'brought by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The •• At a tarter before ten this morning, Mr. Nowtour liouoirible Member ct ncladed his 'speech In'the'tig. : tookiihttlown to the Court. • losing words t—o I will mention a circumstanon : .At an'early hour the populace had already.colleco deeply4calcela tcd to impress the feellogs of the Ii nuat " fe d in It • uragnse numbers, and every avenue to the —I saw Lord Arden, the brother ofitr. Pe+ceeftle' 'eetererhelmed with grie f, and his hatei. placedneinn: . • d h t s :Conn was oecupie . By nine o'Clock the Court was ' Body, near the part where •the fatal wound Was in:, cro*ded in every corner. The Marquis WELLESLEY flicted : 'My bt - o.her l' he exclaimed,' you are gout I took .bis seat. on the Beech, beside the . RECORDER. lug are gone to Heaven ! but your children—." Mr. Alderman Comer, who was .seated on the same , His children,' replied an Honourable Merfiber b enc h . in virtue of )iis of fi ce, rose,and, in a polite standing by, ' aie his country's !' —1 hope this decla- . r ation will be verified, and that the liberality of Par- .manner, desired his Lordship to rerno;m from that liana at will pr.•tect them in at manner adequate to seat. His Lordship answered that he sat there by the occasion." . ; permission from the Sheriffs. Alderman COMAE then , Mr. MARTIN, of : Galway, rose amid LAW-cries sa i d, that the Sheriffs could only accommodate his of Question! Question! He )601 not wish the present ~ i Lordship n their own b ox. Here the R in• .41i:cession - to be conduLted 'by tho impulses of feel- I R avi - omit - 'fag; but by the abstract priare3tles of - equitys For his ~terfered, and stated that the Marquis was named in • • ' Tin part, in giving his vote In favour of the adds. - the Special Commission for trying the criminal. , aional sum,, be believed he should only be perform-! Besides the Marquis Wettescev, we observed the •inga told-U.o4es! act of justice. At the same time Duke of CLARENCE on the Bench 9 who entered with . bit wshed distinc state, that if the vote sup. posed tiS involve tl an Yto y aperobation tithe politkal was mei. the LORD MAYOR.: A great number of Members of i sera of the Right Houeurable Gentleman dreamed, Parliament, and among others Sir FRANCIS BunzErr; he, for one; should protest against it. From that were in the body of the Court. Right Honourable Gentleman during his life - time,' The Jud g es who took their seats on the Bench, lie hid often differed, and indeed lie e did not believe Si r were JAMES MANSFIELD, Barons GRAHAM and be ever had die honour of pulling bis hat off twice to lint in his life ; but, the present question bi conceived Ssttru, and Mr. Justice HEATII. As soon as the 10 be one Which implied the ptrformance of merely Judges had taken their seats, the prisoner was brought tit act of duty. . .. in. He was heavily ironed on each leg, and ad- After some COEWerSatitll betWEEIOIT. WHITBREAD vanced firmly up to the front of the Lir, where he •er d the Sttaisa, it was ag reed that the Resolution doom bi recommitted 41 . 21 Committee of the whole , bowed respectfully to the Court. He was dressed in Boole to-morrow. • • ' ' shabby brown duffle great coat, buttoned 1 a , . ORDERS IN COUNCIL. I to his chin, so as to render his neckcloth, which was NE MiiitttYAlT, In the absence of an Ifooduraile Alder. I dirty, scarcely perceptible. He placed his hands upon ote,montier far the City of Leftism, vol. nit& a Petition frog( • untie ?Aeretants, ilihip-oviat.rs,•and TraCiers• of the City at the bar, and stooped forward as if to listen with great I urdon, lo hitter of the Orders In Council, praying that the ' • tattenuon ko what was passing: erne mare's.' b‘erposiesit bat be eotaisood, as a istaluitort Wei -. . . - . , . tint aping th e energy, ; utaiL the Orders of the Ctiellir 1111140. ...A Special Commotion from his Royal 'Highness ws.a. abe Petition was laid oh the' table. REGENT, for his trial, in which the above. 'the iiouselhen resolved itself into a Committee to etemine the Pluscr Vitnesses upon the Peltions a g ainst the Orders in Council; , Judges were named, was then read:* afar which examination the other Orders of the Day were dis- 1 Mr. ALLEY, his Counsel, here stated to the Court, -.1 of, when the I toile Atljourtted. - 1 that he intended to move for the postponement of the trial, and was prepared with afild'lvits for that pur pose, which he requested might be read. Mr. Gastitow, for the Crown, in reply, denied that any instance had eon occurred in practice of any 'motion being made for postponing trial, until the prisoner had first pleaded guilty or not guilty. ' • The Court having decided in favour of Mr. GAR -now% suggestion, the indictment was read by the ---- .. The Mori-aura packet has arrived at Falniouth, Clerk of Arraigns. It was, as usual, a technical de- Wish Mails from C a di z , after a passage of eight days, scription of the circumstances attending the murder. by ‘ihich are have received Journals and Letters to The Prisoner was then informed by the RitittlDEß the ewe of her sailing. I that now was. the time to plead to his indietment ; . The Journals are filled %kith accounts of the result ; upon which he bowed respectfully to the Court, and of the various movements of the Spanish parties `addressed them as follows, in a distinct ae i d Articulate against the common en:4tily, in all,vhich our Allies manner: . . . save bad the advantage. In a late affair, Generali 5' Mr Loans—Before I ciii plead *lbis indict litudistatos captured a convoy of die enemy, valued • ment, I Must state to the Court that I am peculiarli at two millions of reals, with i..omc hundred prisoners. situated, and placed under extraordinary eircurn- Abe brace GASPAR has also been successful in inter- • stances. It so happens that my prosecutors are the ceating 600 sheep, and liberating many persons who witnesses 'against me. All the documents necessary 'etre held as hostages for contributions. for my defence were taken from me when I was first The French appear to have but few troops left in committed. It is only two dayS since I got notice the Kingdom of Valeatia ; and 'their attention is dis- `from Mr. Lichfield, of the Treasury, to prepare for my touted by tf.e successes gained by • the Patriots in trial, and, when I asked from him the documentswhich N Avarre• Airagon and Catalonia, where theS iardttaken from he told me that they would be , pan were me, , ' • have been very successfula indeed the enemy seem, delivered up to me after the trial ; now, my Lords, frogs the accorsp_ts before as, to have 4 noaafety or rest i that would be a time when they would be wholly . bl't motet. the gins' °£A* fortified poSti. ' . unnecessary for my justificatiOn., - I am, therefore, ;•1 4 4!5! , telligericia . , of th e - eairtures'of ' Brdajoz, as not ready to go.to' trial."—ljere.the prisoner, once li t l t be exprkted, ewited .great joy at Cadiz, and . more bowed to the Court. of. THIS EVENING kA4. • LONDON. • • • • FRIDAY, MAY IS. • Plitt , . OF STOCK ' S THIS DAY AT ONgiYCLOCiI - Bank Stock 2t4 225—India Stock t 73 3 ptt Ct. Cons. foe money 60-1.-Do. ace; 61 3 per Ct. Reduced 661-4 per Cc*. 741; Sper 11 pre.—Long Arms. 151 rich. Bills Is. dis. is pre.—fonds kar Is. pr. 3 - FOR THE MURDER OF MR. PERCEVAL. , - - etial iihrniy in tEe ehezny i e jinn . ..before that place, Aiztre =icy are in great wat of maw! necessaa iesy t't•lgh'th.j , hate twt yet Ova tip the bhew:ef some. :Lnit like .t siege. Sir JAMES Ktessrtecn, after the Prisoner had eon chided, desired the RECORDER lo ask the Prisoner ihisply whether he was guilty of not guilty of the crime ebizsell ? The prisoner then said, in a firm tone, " Not guilty." To the other usual question—" How will you be tried%?" he answered in an equally distinct manner—" By GOD and my Country." The Jury were about to be called over, when Mr. ALLEY rose, and moved the Court to postpone the trial, upon the ground that 'the pris ner's friends, who resided at a distance, had not been made ac' quainted with his present melancholy situation, and. who could unquestionably prove the insanity of the pri soner. The Learned Coultsel then proceeded to sate- the substance of wo affidavits which he held in his hand. ‘.. - . :. itittto received from Bristol this morning; dated May 13, says, *Arrived at this port this morning, the Edward, in 34dayr hum New York : tie embargo was laid on as she was sailing; and was chaced Ave hours to king her hack. About twenty' British vessels were detained that were ready to sail: The embargo was laid on only for 60 days. " his with pleasure (adds tit Bristol Paper), we learn by this ship that the ein bug° rs not put on with any hostile view towards this country, but on an account of two French frigates kovcring on the coast, and who had burnt two Ame- Acan vessels, - laden with flew—ose of *sin of 700 tons) hound to Lisbon." a The first affidavit was from Meat Rvsszt, a female relation of the Prisoner, who bad come suddenly io • . • London from SoutheMptoth upon hearing of his crime. This Lady siaes that his insanity was a fact, nodulous to all who kneW hirth and that she verily belive.d, -hat if a Captain 'Dark: r, •of the Mi• litia, tould be brought forward, 11: at gentleman could :speak decidedly to the fact of the prisoner's de .rengernent. The other affidavit was from a male rel.ttion of the prisoner, and was to the same erect as the former. - The learned Counsel was then proceeding to argue the question of the prisoner's insanity, when Mr.nAtt now appealed to the Court whether it Was allowable in a Couosel to-rnake a speech, arguing 'llion atfida •vits which were not yet admitted by the Court ? ,The Court agreeing with Mr.GAaaow, the affidavits were then•put in and read. The Attorney-General, Sir VICARY Glum, then rose, ind addressed the Court on the point of insa nity now pleaded' for the prisoner. ' He said that with the former part of his life the present circum stances in which thecrisoner was placed had nothing to do. It would be given in evidence, that for these 4 menths Fast he had been resident in London. where •he was known to multitudes, had transacted business with the most perfect sagacity, and had uniformly displayed as masculine en understanding as any now present. He considered the affidavits, therefore, as a mere contrivance on the part cf the Prisoner and his friends, to defeat the ends of justice. He hoped the Court would Call to their recollection the artful manner in which he had now addressed them, and mark the studious endeavours of the Counsel to prevent him from making that display of his talents. But he would ask who were the best judges of the question of insanity ? Who but the me ' dieal men of this great Metropolis, who were in ha: bits of daily intercourse with persons labouring under the unhappy malady alluded to ? Were the Counsel for the 'Prisoner prepared to shew that , there was any 'difficulty in obtaining access to gentlemen upon whose judgment respecting insane persons the Court could rely ? Why, he would ask, were they not brought forward ? He concluded by defying the opposite Counsel to shew that it had been 'usual for the Comt to listen to such an application, founded upon such fl:msy materials. , Mr. ALLEY, in rerly, again urged the propriety of allowing time to the prisoner's friends to prepare for his defence t I• answer to the Attorrey•Genetal's question with - respect to obtaining the evidence of professional men, he had to inform the Court, that both he and Mr. REYNOLD% ♦mho was Counsel for the prisoner, hact applied to the two most eminent men in this country, who were generally consulted in cases of insanity. Ot t e of these- gentlemen, from what cause he knew not, haLd returned no answer : the othct• gentleman bad refused to attend. _ _ The Court having deliberated, Sir JAIIFS MANS 'MID stated their opinion to be, that the grounds upon which the postponement was urged were not heilficiently specific. _ _ _ While the e names of the Jury were called over, Mr. GARlCOWstated, in reply to what had fallen from the Prisoner himself, that so fax from being refused access to his pretended documents, he was offered copies of them, and any other assistance that he' might point out, at the expense of the Crown; - The' Jury were then impanelled—sevea having beSts previously challenged—a circumstance very unusual on the part of the Crown. Mr. ALLEY again attempted to occupy the atten tion of the Court on the subject of the challenges, 1 canten , ling that Mr. GARROW, on the part of the [Crown, was bound ta'at,iign the causes of his sinl. lenge. His objection was, however, overruled. ,A) the Jurymen were sworn in, the Prisoner looked ete4astly at each of thems The Junior Counsel having opened the indictment, " !rile ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose and addressed the Jury-with great feeling and animation, as follows : " My Lords, and Gentlemen of Me Jury, a Many are the painful duties which are imposed upon me in the course of my professional pursuits ; but never until this moment have I been called upot; under More afflicting or more heart-rending circum stances. Gentlemen, the ever-to-be lamented person whose mortal career has been suddenly ended by the barbarous assassin now at the bar, was one of rny• earliest personal &knits. He was a man whose whole life was such as would have. guarded him against the arm of any other assassin than the person now at the bar. He was a man, Gentlemen; whose arm was never lifted in hostility against'any human being ; ant, sure I am, that had the cleadly blow which put an end to his existence given him time to breathe, his last•breath would have been expended in a prayer to HEAVE: for the forgiveness of his murderer. 44 Gentlemen--As it was not vengean . ce nor re eentment for any injury itceived from that ever-to-be lamented individual, which guided the arm of the assassin, I. do not ask that your verdict s h ould be given in a spirit of vengeance or resentment—l only sieltion to take care by your verdict that the public : shun not be left open in future tevench detested mur des and aisassination. [During this part of the .Attorney-k....—__ speech, which was delivered with great pathos, the priioher seemed tobe greatly agitated—a thomenta?y flush came into his ooantenance, which - before was pallid and composed.} • • The A.Troittm-Gssznitr. then proceeded to pate • the horrid circumstance of the mars*, Width vie fd. ready before the public, and proceeded to call wit• nesse; to prove the fatts stated In the indictment. The ATTOKNEt-GEKERAL then proceeded -4. With respect to the prisoner's former rite and charaCter, we have no concern this day, but notwithstanding, I wilt state to you as much as I do know respecting him. He was educated as i merchant, and through. out the whole of his mercantile life, he was not only regarded as a man of sound anderstanding, in the conduct of his own affairs, but he was even selected to manage the affairs of others. He went to Russia to execute an extensive commission with which lie had been entrusted by merchants sif respectability.— While there he was arrested and thrown into prison, for what cause or by what authority it is not onr business to enquire. He applied to Lord Levison (lower to intercede for his liberati:n with the gut sian Government, hut his Lordship, it would stem, rejected bis application. He returned to this country after being set free. and was again. engaged in busi ness, found plenty ofpers-ins willingto enter inso cantile transactions with him ; hut he seemed to n e that this Government was bound to give him• for the alledged injustice of the Russian towards him. Gcm . eirla r i l o The grounds of his application for entsrierivatile were carefully examined by his hlaiesty's Ministers., They were found to have no foundation, and his apt plication was accordingly rejected. He then had re. I course to another contrivance. He wished total Ms !case before Parliiment, and with that view circulated a printed memorial among the Members of the House, but none would support his application. He then made application to Mr. PEKCEVAL towonn'e nance his Petition, as Chancellos of the it being necessary for him, as such, to recommend all aPplicitions to Parliament for money. 24t. Perceval accordingly paid that attention to hie case which it seemed to demand, and decided that his claims could not be listened to. From that mo. ment the desire of revenge arose in his mind. He provided himself with pistols and ammunition. • He informed himself of the time at which Mr. Perceval usually visited the House. He got a pocket male inside of his Coat to contain the instruments of de. struction. He placed himself at the entrance, and waited the time when the victim of his malignity was expected to pass into the house, and discharged his pistol the instant he presented himself. Mr. Per... ceval died instantaneously. I will not distress you with more of the particulars—you will hear them from the witnesses. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proceeded to argue at considerable length that the prisoner was perfectly sane at the time of committing, and long previously to ity; He then cited the case of Arnold, who'slrot at Lard Onslaw is 1722, and whose plea of insanitrwas rejected: It was proved in this case that there was an insufficiency of understanding Manifested since thepe. riod of childhood, but it was also proved that theorem. der entertained a causelessground of complaintagainst Lord Onslow, that he used larger shot than usual in his gun, and that he lay in wait for his victitp.-Frons these circumstances the leatned jOdge who fried the cause held that, at the time, Arnold was capable of right and wrong. and was therefore criminally. an. swcrable. The ATtORPIET-G2TiERAL next detailed; at great length, the celebrated case of tote Earl of IFerrers, who was executed. for the death of-Mr. John. son, hie Steward, and inferred from the decision of the Judges in that instance, that the present case was precisely similar ; and that iruaairy could not b* sue , cessfully pleaded. The evidence was precisely what has already been laid. before the public in the ,proceedings before the House of Commons and before tbe Coroner. At two o'clock the prisoner proceeded to his de. fence in person. He - began with mooh gesticulation.' add prefaced his observation: with a remark, that he would probably be obliged to occupy the time of the Court for two or three hours.—" EntbarraSged K his situation was, he said, he could not be expected to give a very collected statement of what he should later, but he trusted the Jury would look more to the substance than the manner of his address.. —Before he be g an. he clitelaimed all supposition of his being insane, and this he confessed was the first time he ever heard. of it in his I;fe. He thanked - the Attorney General for the handsome and indulgent ( manner Ir had 'conducted the prosecution. He thin: entered into a , detail of 'the conduot of the Govern. meet of Russia towards him, and imputed the neglect of redress to the conduct of Lord G. L: Cower and Sir S. Shairpe. He expressed himself that he alrould have been happy had the fatal hall lodged •in any. other' man's breast hut. that of Mr. Yereevat, for wha.m. fate, from the bottom of his soul, he feltanore grief than even the members °falls own family." The prisoner spoke fully two hours. Mrs. Russel?. and Mr. Clarke were then examined as to his mentat derangement. •.• At Tour o'clock, the Prisoner was still speakiao2. , He had' entered upon the reading of the documei •• upon which his pretended claims upon Governm 'were fotioded. They are voluminous, and altogether inapplicable for the purposes of justification. - The prisoner having finished his defence, thii Judges were summing usi . the - evidence when our' Re. porter came away. A post chaise and four has this t nstant arrived i n the Old Bailey, with two *i!nisses front Liverpool, reprove the prisoner's...insanity. One Of 'them i s ta d to be a Medical man of great respectability. He isow.under examination. The trial . is now expected I ns last seareral hours longer. • SECOND F,DITION, •r. - - • . • HALF-PAST SIX THE PRISONER FOUND GUILTY...—AND .BT.NT:ENCED TO BE EXECUTED. At etric' . tly a quaiter past Six o'clock, having my . viously retired for a few minutes, the In returned • into Court with a VERDICT of . GUILT Y. The RECORDICA immediately passed sentence .elr. death upon the prisoner —..10 . ,be "Muted on Mead" next, and his body to be given .to the Sorrels dissection. . , . • r.. • • r I rf r. of le is s.. . if .. J