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~~ leav hadllhe • before tweivz, p'cjoek . just arrived . from London with ,Orders to ar rect rne. • • .Meanwhile rumours _circulated v er y generally to the dep onen e s prejudiee,,and he was under the ne , cessity of vindicati ng his character and of c?rretling the a u th or of. those reports. The message of the President gve the deponent ~the first intelligence of the true state of the trans aaion. Henry 'told deponent, Chat a Mr. Gilvary, or .Gillivar frnm latiebec, bad come to him at New I °qt, to persuaoe him to go to Canada ; but Henry " aid " he world trot---that the Rubicon was passed." • Henry kept' the first company at ,Boston. lAVing questioned, if Henry bad mentioned the 9 tnes of any persons with whom he had confessed, tteponent answered " None." Deponent landed at Boston, Dee. 24, 181! staid there about tilt: or twelve days—visited Go vernor Gerry twice. - Question--Do you k now where Henry is now ? .%,Einswer--No. • By report I hear he is in 'New Yo Deponent left Boston in the,public stage ; Henry W t :is also a passenger. But at New Haven deponent °ok a priv a te car , i,it 4e io himself. . The Count . ED\':AED DE CHILLOII. teLL INGFIAM-I', is difficult to account for the "111',,,,,re anti serenity in which this unhappy"cri ,llilif'dl I , asses his 'jute. If the worm ! of conscience :; e Vliwing'him within, he could not sle.p with tegnlarity and soundness, nor demean himself tn it ," 'such ease„ if not cheerfulness, as he appears `' 6 ,* He• has - frequenilY, declared, most 50 ,"4113', ," 411 3', suice he has" been' in Newgate, that he . had h -- ( ; ) m'lliee to Mr. Perceval; 'and that if L . ord G. L. ewer cr •Ryder had first appeared before him, th e w "util have' fixed upon . either. Nay, so, little les lie himseu to have been aauated by any t i erson a . ag.prit,t the victim of •hts diabolical (I stha , . .--sorts t, at ue took no Mortal, aim at 4 41 ) atm (~a t he wou'ld-have been better pleased if b ( ' 3 , l ?all had not pen e tr ` ate d 'b u t mere l y graze d hi s ea uY, because that Mould equally • have..brought' his s „ und er th e cor , s i cterat i on of Parliament. . • • at i"u Tuesday n i g h t h e stlent.to rest between eleven te d twelve, and was called 'from a st-, , und 'sleep•yes fa (.r Morning at seven o'clOck. 'He took his break. th st about ni ne had dinner at two, but in Bei er diti he eai hear - illy, and in the latter a . he was inte rr upt e d-by pe r sons com i ng i n upc' 0 4 ' His 'dinner consisted of roast beet and poia• 01, with b eer, b ut now though he ought have 1,7 s orne if he. wished tor it, does not con - q' rs e freely with the common, turnkeys, but has no I,i•ltiet lerion to ta lk w i t h o' hers. A pers o n, name d butan old school-fellow, called upon him, and m ost cordially received upon being recognised, . Sta . ri tral not ,remain longer thai► while the turnkey He has received some of the articles men ) -" in his letter to Nils. Roberts, together with Book, which be occasionally looks into, } lis t ~t'larly the Psalms. Every attention'is paid to t,ileutrifurt ; but no Newspao&rs ate allowed in i re t "'T), and twit, persons, as from the beginning. ""stanily with him." koWhenever his trial is mentioned, he declares his fid ence of 'acquittal, &justice be one His So *hictr, Mr. }limier, has been. clone him ; and, Soli very customary, Mr. Lichfield, the to "eitor for the Treasury,, has personally intimated 42 1 i r 1), that his trial is to cone on-to-morrow. N ' w as not a ware th a t it cou ld be b roug ht on s o t er r ) ; and having sent' to the country for same pa. Which he considers necessaty•for his defence, T e u ill eallt to apply to put oft his trial till Monday or a d ay it thes- papers should ,not arrive in time. ai r w i th to the manner in vi hich he passed. th Previous part of the day on which he committed Ii "larder, he states, that he went with a lady to eX hibition c ot piCtures, where lie was detained th Past f our o ' Cl O ck. H e parted from the Lady at zvlge e xtrutnity of Bydney's-alley, and went. down im it,:l4i4,teiY to the H o use of Cowl-dons without hay 'int'd, and with his piitols loaded. He was so so lv 'Lions nooto be cii,,ippointud by the' failure of his thai, after he had bought his pist o ls, for 111 1 ic h he gave tour gtrneas, he went to P. 0 imrose -1.1„ ' try how they would go . off, and, when he ascertained thor efficacy, loaded them for his 44111305 e. TI • . ' to k l i e subio:ned letter was sent by him on Tuesday b''' 'JAN. ROBERTS,. at No. 9,, New "' l "nan. tr „ l - . curnrosure with which it is th e v sly wti:ien is very extraordinary, considering dreadful nature of his situation Tuesday Morning, Old Bailey. I D EAR M ADAM —Y ester d a y Mid n i g h t I was es rted to this neighbourhOod by a nOble_ troop of light H orse, and deli ver ed i n t o th e care o f M r . e ',‘,,'an (by M r . T ay lo r, t h e M ag i strat e and M.P.) year San Prison er o f th e fi rs t. c l ass . F or e i g h t % 1 have never found my Mind so tranquil It ' l ce this melancholy, but necoisary catastrophe ; merits or demerits of my peculiar case J ust s . t 1)e regularly unfolded - in a Criminal Court of 0- 1 , - ; le e to ascertain the guilty parts, by, a Jury of Ite l i c° ,,, un trY,l have to,request the favour of you to ' u e 3 or 4 ahirls some cravats, handkerchiefs, gegtillet ca ps , stocking:, &c. out of my drawers, to tent r with comb, sodp, tooth-brush, with any to; h tr ille that presents itself which you think I le ath a ve occasion for, and inclose them in my bearer er trunk, and' the key please to send sealed, per bla t k;nise my great coat, flannel gown, and waistcoat, which will much oblige, . Dear Madam, r: Your very obedient servant, T O tt JOHN BELLINGHAM. above please to add the prayer book. kv,rs. Roberts. Acco ()hest er ju nts were yesterday received from Man of Sunday last, stating that a party 141as ;;:ed the re i n a pu bli c -h ouse, were discussing . 1" 1 when a serjeant of the regulars was present, s ocked at the sentiinents of the company,. Wa % - , rld ed of the landlord to turn them out, which evt.r`°°)Plied with. Some of the miscreants, ho . w- Yo l „ Wa y - laid the Serjeant on his way home, with the rr % 4 m 'ornan under his protedion, and murdered . Ole • " Q th after which they threw tht:;r bodies into r'ver. I23fPERL4L• - EARLieIIiENI., HOUSE OF PEERS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 ShOrtly after Four o'Clock, the Lottn Cti NCEL LOR took his seat on the Woolsack ; aitti diivr prayers were read, , Lo-d BEAUCHAMP pre - sentect a Petition trOm cer tain Manutnaurers and others, of budley, in Stat ford.shire, Praying for an abrogation of the monopoly of the East India Company, tither, in the whole 'or in part.—Ordered to lie on the table. The LORD CHANCELIMR, read to the House 6 let ter he had received from General the Earl of Wel lington, dated 2gth April, 1812, acknowledging the communication of their Lordships' Vote of Thanks to himself, and the Officers and Troops under his command, to whom he bad duly communicated the same, and expressive of his Lordship's own grateful sense of the high honour• so conferred on him by the House, &c. The letter of the Noble and gallant Earl - was ordered to be entered on the Journals. Toe Vauihall B idge Aet Amending Bill was read-a second time, and referred co a 'Sole& Com mittee of their Lordships. The other Bills on the table, also, of a local or private nature, were respe6tively forwarded. Mr. JoiorsoN, from the Irish Secretary of State's Office, presented certain Accounts and Papers (the titles of which he did not read), pursuant to an Or der of their Lordships. . • Earl CHOLDIONDELEY (as Lord Steward) acquaint ed the House, that his Royal Highi.ess the PrinCe Regent would receive their. Lordships' Address at Carlton-house, at two o'clock, to-morrow. Adjourned. • IIDUST' OF COMMONS. WrDNESDAYi MkY 13. LORD WFLI.INGTOt4 TheSPEAKEttacquainted t'te House that he had received a Letter from Lord Wellington, acknow ledging the receipt of the Vote of Thanks of Par liament on the tot h of Pohruary, for the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo. In ohed:ettce to fhe order of the House, he had co ornonicated it to the Generals, Officrrs, and Troops of his Army, who, grateful for the `ittne, had requested. him .to c.,nyey to the House the high sense they entertained of that ho nour. He concAided, exprt-ssing his own gratitude for the repeated oxoresaions Of their approbation, and thanl , cing the Speaker personally, for the pecu liarly gra , ifying manner in which he had conveyed to hint the Vote 'of the House, . Mr. WaLLACE 'presented certain Accounts of the Expences, &c. of the East India Coinpanr;—Or dered ty• lie on the title. Mr. BROUGHAM presonted a Petition from certain W peer ; And other Inhabitants in the town of C ..)wbent, in Lancashire, complaining of the stags nation of trde.—Ordered to he on the table. GeneraiGAscotoNcpresented a Petition, signed by ma -y of thy- clergy, manutadurers, and inhabitants of Liveroool, expressing their confidence in the wis dom of Parliament and ;n the integrity of his Ma j. sty's Mini.:teri, and expressing a hope, that if, on inquiry into the o,:ders of Council, they should appear benefit iA to the nation, they would not be rescinded in consequence of the clamour of' a party. Mr. BILOUGEiAM made a few observations on the Petition just read, which led to a warm conversa tion, in which Gen. Gascoigne, Mr. Stephen, and Mr. Barham, participated. Lord CASTLEREAGH at length interposed, ex pressing his most anxious wish that no angry con versation might precede the great business of the evening. After this, and a few other words from Mr. Bar ham, and from Mr. Stephen, in explanation, the Petition was ordered to lie on the table. A message from the Lords announced their Lord ships assent to several Bills. Mr. BROUGHAM presented a PetitiOn from certain manufaciturers and merchants now in town, waiting to give evidence before the Committee on the Or ders in Council. The petitionerscomplained of the expences attendant on the f ir stay is town, and prayed to be examined with theleast possible de lay. Lord CASTLEREA4II regretted' the inconveniency complained of by the petitioners, but the House would feel, and he believed it to be the feeling of the other side, and f the Honourable Geode man himself, that in the present situation of Go vernment it Was desirable not to go into any: public busineis that could without inconvenience .be post poned, and more -paillt.'nlarly not .to go into any' sublet on which a strong diff,rence of .opinion Might be'expealed. If then the ioqiiiry gone on With, he should hope the Hon: tentlemin would be content to wave for the present any grave question that tniOft arise, as a subject.for after eon sideration. With.an understanding that this would be done, the. Hon. -Gentleman could examine the witnesses he wished to interrogate on. certain points, and alter the holidays, those who wished to examiner persons-on the other side could calk fall for the wit nesses they 'intended to bring tot w'trd . . Mr: BROUGHAM concurred : in tlu: propriety of reserving any question of grave importance (or after consideration ; and; gvnerally, as Understood, with the suggestions thrown out .by the Noble Lord., The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. MR. PERCEVAL. - I.ol'd CASTLEREAGH moved for the appointment of a Committee to frame au answer to the Message of the Prince Regent, respeEting the mutder of Mr. Pereeval,.pursuant to the Aesblotion of the preced ing day, which Resolution he proposed should be referred to the Committee. Sir F. BURDETT said he had no opportunity, on the preceding day, to express those tQelings in which he, in common with every Member of that House, participated. On such an occasion, he rose, not to oppose the motion of the Noble Lord, but merely to express his abhorrence of, and horror at, the assas sination of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer.— There was no room for any feeling btit one, on such an occasion; and that feeling all must wish ;should be conveyed to the Sovereign, unalloyed by any oilier. It was impossible that this feeling, on a sub jed which concerned the safety of every man in the' U3tion, shoUld not be carried with onanirna y to tire Throne; it would, in his opinion, 'be an unworthy aft to mix any ot.fer feeling with it. It was na tural, rrl indeed it might to be so, for such a feel 7 ing to put an end, for a time, to every difference of opinion. Saying ihiS, however, he by . rio means precluded himself from taking any line of 'conduct Whi•C;i-hc niight feel it to be his. duty to rake, after they got into the'Conunittee, when he heard the arnonnt of the grant to be- proposed. That .he might not be so precluded from doing that which hereafter he might conceive to be his duty, by con curring as strongly is any man in the ruotion,.end as sincerely lamenting and abhorring the atrocious transatiion which had led to it, was the objeB he hid in view, in thus offering his sentiments.to the. House. (The Hon. Baronet here resumed 'his seat,, ap4iarenily much affeded.) The motion was then agreed to, and a` Committee appointed accordingly. Lord dASTLEREAGH brought up the Report of the Committee, which. merely embodied the Re solutions of the preceding day, the substance of which is already before the public... Lord YARMOUTH appeared at the scat, and stated to the House, that having waited 00' the Prince Regent, pursuant to the Resolution of the House, to know when his Royal Highness would, be pleass:d to receive their Address; be was authorised to say, that it was the pleasure of his Royal Highness to re ceive it to-morrow, at . Carlton ,House, al three o'clock in the afternoon. The SPEAKER said it might now be proper to con sider •at what time the House should assemble to wait upon his 'Royal Highness with the Address.,, The previous arrangements would necessarily oc cupy some time. He should think, that to pro ceed front the House to Carlton House, would not. take up lest than half an hour. He therefore pro. posed to come down to the Housti by two o'clock, and to take the chair at that hour, if enabled so to (Li by the attendance of the House. On the rnotion.olLord CASTLEREAGH, the House now resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, to, consider of making a provision for the FAMILY OF'MR. P'ERCEVAL. 'Lord CASTL4REAGEI having ,yesterday ascertained the sense of the House on the consideration growing out of the late melancholy event; felt it now would be unnecessary for him to take up 'the time of the' Committee by going into the snbjea at any great length. It . was only necessary to submit to their consideration the regulations 'necessary for carrying into effea what stu.o. had yesterday unanimously re solved to do with an expression which would never be fOrgot by those who were present, and which was as creditahle to that House as it sas honourable 'to the country. In the course of what. he stated yes terday; he had 014 endeavoured to :'raw the atten tion of the House to one consideration--to that of making the grant of such a/nature, that the advan tages resulting from it should not go from the family on the death .of one or t wo individuals of that fami ly. It migat hardly' be necessary to state, that in addition to the. widow of Mr. Perceval, there were , • twelve chile, en to provide for. The House would feel that such a provision ought to be made as would enable these to whom their education was entrusted to provide for them in some measure according to the rank, talents, and charaaer of their father. It had been thought by his Majeary's Government, that in makinfr, the proposed provision, it would be de sirable, in the first instance, to vote a grant of a substantive sum of money, as if no provision were made but by an annuity, the death of the individual on whom the annuity was settled might leave the children unprovided for before they attained the years of maturity. He should therefore first propose the grant of a sum of money for the support and education of the children, meaning afterwards to move a grant,by way of annuity to Mrs. Perceval.-- When they looked to the family whicit Mr. Perce val had left, it must be seen that the sum necessary to place the individuals of it in that situation which' could be wished, but it might be clunb}ed if this could be done consistently with that economy it was necessary should be consulted by Goirernment . in the present situation of the' country. On this point Government were controuled, not only by the considerations to which he had referred, but by the family of Mr. Perceval, whose wish it was, that whatever was done on the subject, might be framed on a scale to meet the approbation of all -parties. The House, while making a' provision for Mr. Per ceval's family, would feel that, though bound to consult economy, they could have no wish to make a grant that was wholy inadequate to the pnrpose foi;avhich it was made ; which would be in some sort superfluous, as it would not mark the at which they deplored, with that sense of public feeling which it was desirable should be expressed, to con vey a proper lesson to posterity, and If possible to prevent the recurrence of a similar calamity. The amount of the sum which it had occurred to Go. vernment it might be proper to grant in money, was fifty thou Sand pounds, to be aopropriated to the use .of Mrs. Perceval in the first instance, and after- Wardslo be divided among the children, under seep regulations as the I-louse might 'think necessary.— With respect to the provision to be made for Mrs. Perceval exclusively, heconceived that a smaller an nuity than 20001. per annum would not be suitable to the situation in life in which she was placed.— These were the propositions which he had to :sub mit to the Committee. He thought it unnecessary to detain them longer, and should therefore move—= That a sum, not exceeding 50,0001. be granted to his Majesty, to be vested in the hands of • Trustees 'for the twelve children of Mr. Perceval, and to 'be applied in such manner as his`Majesty, or the Prince Regent in behalf of his Majesty, should direct."-- The Noble Lord thought it necessary to state, that the provision which Mr. Perceval had left for his family was so moderate that it wdold not enable Mrs. Perceval to live in the manner required by her situ ation, and it was also proper to state, that his family were at present in possessiob of no incerne arising out of the fruits of his exertions. It must be known. to them all, that from the period of his becoming a servant .of the Clown, he had devoted the *hole Of his time to the public service. His family had therefore nothing riow but Mrs. Perceval's family fortune, which was such, that if distributed at Mrs. Percevalis death, it would not be sufficient to furnish the means of enabling her childreb to enter into any plofesiicin suitable to their . rank in Mr. REASIIIIT (of Kerry) thought the grant ia- , .. . . sufficient, and could not refrain from rising to move that the sum of ten thousand pound; should be added to the grant to be given ta,Mr. PerceVal'; eld= est son. Mr. H. SLTIN . Eit spoke Warmly it favour of en-. urging thegrant. sir i'ded among. the family of Mr. Perceral, it w , uld'amOunt to but little more than 40001. each; the interest of this sum was not enough even for theireducation. He Would p ot it to the Members of that rioNe, if such a sum were sufficient for such a purpose He He called upon m -thr to look to the advanta g es which Mr. Percevai en;ght - li;ve &lived from hi; profe:Sion, and coo : . tendul that they world not do justice to him if they conAned theMselves• to the grata Proposed. He approved of the suggestinn of the Hon. Geri , lerhari behind him (Mr. Herbert), and could even have wished to see the House go further: He thought they (night to hii've come forward with an AdriregS to the Prince, praying his Roval Hi;:hness the Prince. Regent to Confer that rank on hiS which has been given to others, and that a pr - vision ought to have been made for the family of Mr. PerceVal, on a tilore ettended Scale, thAt hfs services miglilt have" been rewarded as those of other public servants had been. If they dirt any' thingat all, he thought the sum proposed to be given ought to be made at least half as much more. The childrcti ought to hay ? : six or Seven thousand pounds each, anti the H .tae would degrade itself by its pzirsitnony, if it pinned no more than was proposed in the motion bcfme them. Mr. WreOartroaCe thought the grant small, when compared with the nieriii of Mr. Perceval but approved of the condU6 of qbiTerrarien t iii ask ing'no more. They did right to look to the situa tion of the country, and it was their duty to elide* your to come forward with such a proposition as could not tail of Securing unanimity. Minis,!,ers had taken the'' - best ' course they could, considering all 'things. 01'all themea almost Le had eve: know n , he had ~ - n ever known a, single man who seemed sd insrin6tively in every situ.ition to a:!:t from the flu pulse of d sty. IHe was a man of great talents. (Mr. Wilberforce) had known him 35 yeerg; and often as he had 'seen him, he had never Seen bini oth - lwise than from the instin&ive iMpulse of duty and conscientious feeling. With great vivacity and a ready flow of wit, he had never known 1:;:i Right Hon. Friend t , ke pleasure in making any n - Lin unhappy fora moment ;he had always seemed anxious to guard himself in this respell ; and more real natural sweetness of temper than he had pos.; sessed, he (Mr. W.) had never witnessed. With all these considerations, he was of opinion, that upon the whole the sum prof osed woule be of more value, even to the descendants of Mr. Per;. ceval, which they could receive without - hesitation; as granted by the unanitn,ons Vote of Parliament, than a little more, which might be reludantly given, and agreed to by many because they did not like to object to such an extension of thegrant, rather than from a desire that it should be so . exteaded.'• admitted, that it' Mr. Perceval had continued m his profession, he might have been able to have made: a greater provision for his• children, but he thought there was a higher question for them to consiJer—: , the present situation of the country. He respected the motive by vv hich his Hon. Friend (Mr. Her :- bell) was kinated; but, upon the whole, he pre= (erred the original proposition. Mr. Guns reminded the House, that Mr. Per cev4l had declined receiving larsalary as Chancellor of the Exchequer, -which was 2,8001. H . he had rec.oved this, - his family might have been beiter off by twelve or fourteen thousand.pounds . f he; there fore, thought the grant ought to be extended, - aed that they ought, at least, to give his childten five th(Mand pounds each. • Mr. WHITBREAD would confine himself to stat ing the conclusion to which he had come, without stating the reasons which had brought him to that conclusion. He thought with the Member for Yorkshire, that the unanimity of the House was of more importance to the family of Mr. Perceval, than a sum something larger thanthat prop o s e d, if voted with relu.lance. He felt himself bound to say, that entirely concurring with that which, after due consultation,•had been proposed by the N .bie - Lord, if any thing beyond that sum wete proposed, the vote of the House would not be unanimous. Mr. CARTWRIGHT, though he could !lave wish -ed a larger grata had been proposed, was ;n favoUr of the original proposition for the sake of uttanimit v. Mr. C. W..WXNNE was of The same opinion. He could have wished the 'House had .been favourable to a larger grant, but at the same time he must ob serve, that the vote of that Committee was not all the patrimony the children of Mr. Perceval would derive from their Lather. • They Izad the inheritance Of his virtues, and those, whatever situation his off-spring might be placed in, would ensure them the respect and assistance when practicable iron] persons of all parties. Mr. HERBERT offered a few observations which we could not distintily hear. We understood him to decline pressing his proposition for increasing the grant. Mr. BANKES moved ; that the following wor d s should be added to the motion :---" The said sum to be paid without feb or dedua ion." Mr. HAWKINS BRovv7,9E proposed making Old grant 60,0001. an moved .to that effect, but the motion was not seconded. The qut.stton on the original, Motion, with the addition of the worth proposed by Mr. Bilnhe.tl, wa4 then put -and agreed to, with one dissentient voiCe i that at .-Mr. H. Browne, , Whose . . Opposition had of course' for its ()kid& the substitbtion of a laret gram. The question was then put again, and carried nein. ctn./. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved that the annual sotri of 20001. be granted to his -Majes!y out of the Con= solidated Fund, to commence from the ifth of May to enable him to grant an annuity to that atnoont to Mrs. Jane Perceval, widow of the Right Hopi. Spencer Perceval, tor the tertn of her natural life. Mr. H. SUVENER felt it to be a dUty he owed to his constituents to move an amendment to contintist the annuity to Mr. Rtsceval's eldest son. It ill do ing this he sacrificc-d •unanitnity; he felt that be sa.. crificed but a for►n; as he had no doubt of his mo tion bein carried, if it did not meet with unanimous support._ Sir M.Woop miggested to the fierlourab!e Alm- ber whether it would net be bet ret• to tot the re, - lution of the Noble Lord be first ,pi t and afterr'