The National Register.
London, England, 1812-05-17 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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exceeding troublesome and even dangerous, that it was riot deemed
advisable to send him to Newgate in the Ili:inner intended. We heard
with pain, repeated shouts of applause from the ignorant or &prayed
part of the crowd, as if they were hailing some oppressed but innocent
. .
victim; sonic of whom even mixed with their shouts, the cry of " Bur-
dett tor ever!" and attempted to open the other side of the coach, as ifty _
to give the murderer an opportunity of es ape. A par f I sa
mires
arrived about this time, and formed a errlaircle in lower Palace—yard,
by which the mob were kept more et d'stance. It was, however,
thought more prudent to send him away by another outlet, and to avoid
all confusion. He was therefore taken out of the speaker's entrance,
and conveyed to elesvgate. His name is Bellingham. He has hero
esigaged in mercantile concerns at Liverpool, and was receganized by
G eiesrals Tarleton and Gascoigne, the meneoers for that place. He is
about five feet nine or ten inches in height, with rather a thin visage,
a nose somewhat aqualine, and of genteel appearance. He has beenn-cit
good deal about the House of Commons during these few weeks, a
dined several tunes in
_the coffee-room. He preserved, during the
proceedings, an air perfectly calm, and the appearance of um under no
sort of agitation, but who had deliberately and fully made up his mind
to the atrocious act he had committed, and the awful consequences that
would ensue to himself. He had lodgings in New Millman-street, near
the Foundling Hospital. His landlady, who is a young widow, with a
family, stated, tide he had been very serviceable to her in the recovery
of a child of her's, which had been missing, and that he had taken her
in the morning to see the European Museum. He used to complain
to her of money due to him, which he was wronged of, and without
getting which, he must be a ruined man. It is said that he has a wife
and three children. Several circumstances are stated relative to ex-
pressions used by him recently: among others, one, respecting some
allusions lately made by Mr. Perceval to secret assassination, on which
he is said to have observed, that Mr. Perceval should not have that to
say for nothing. Various stories are retailed, of his having given fre-
quent proofs of temporary derangement. He was, we understand, en-
gaged some years ago in commercial speculations in Russia ; and made
certain demands, for compensation, on Government, which were not
acceded to. He is said to have complained of the conduct of Govern-
ment, and of our then An:bassi:dor at St. Petersburgh; and to have
recently reiterated his complaints, without being able to impress a con- .
viction of their justice.
The body of Mr. Perceval was removed from the Speaker's House
during Monday night, to his own in Downing-street ; and on Tuesday
morning, at eleven o'clock, a most respectable jury was summoned to
attend A. Gell, Esq. Coroner for Westminster, at the Reuse of Francis
Dukes, the sign ot the Rose and Crown, in Downing-street. After
taking a view of the body, the following witnesses were examine:l:
I ieut.eGeneral Gascoigue' Member for Liverpool; J. Hume, lee.
Member for Weymouth ; H. Burgess, Esq attorney, of Curzon-street;
and W. Lynn, Esq. Surgeon. Their evidence was to the same eftect as
the testimony given at the trial at the Old Bailey, and the Jury returned
a verdict of Wilful Murder.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE ABOVE
ATROCIOUS MURDER.
Mrs. Perceval's situation, for many hours after she received the news
of Mr. Perceval's death, was such as to excite the most serious alarm in
the minds of her family. Lord Redesdale, who is married to Mr. Per-
cev el's sister, was considered as the most proper person to communicate
the fatal intelligence to her. His Lordship performed the fatal task
with every possible delicacy and precaution. When she was apprised
of the dreadful event, she neither wept nor spoke, nor appeared to he
sensible of any thing that was afterwards said to her; she remained in
that state front -six o'clock on Monday evening till II o'clock on Tues-
day morning ; during that interval her friends endeavottred to rouse
her, and, if possible, to excite her to tears, by mentioning the eiscums
stances of Mr. Perceval's death to her, but in vain. At length her situ-
ation excited such serious apprehension, that it was determined, as the
dilly remaining expedient, to take her to the room where Mr. Perceval
lay, in hopes that the sight would produce the desired effect. The
iill.oex-
periment succeeded—the moment she saw the body, she burst
tears.
Mr. Perceval bad dined with his young family on Monday, just before
he went out to go to the kdouse ot Commons, where he received the
rata' shot of the assassin.
immediately after the murder of Mr. Perceval was known, erders
were sent to tide military stations in the neighbourhood of London, forO
all the troops to to under arms, and in a short time no less than L'7,o(
men were in reuliness to march wherever their services might have
been wanted.
The loss to the afflicted family of Mr. Perceval, besides that irrepa-
rable one of so amiable and beloved a father, is heavy under other colt::
siderations, as he possessed • the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Ltat,.
seater for life, and was last in reversion of the lucrative appointm
Register of the Admiralty Court, now possessed by his brother, Lord
Arden.
On the examination of Bellingham on Monday night at the House off
orf.
Commons, General Gascoigne, Mr. Hume, Lord Francis Osborne,
sNI.
Colborne, and others were examined. The prisoner, on being aNsy.
whether he had any thing to say to their depositions, stated, that
that
General GascQiiing VizuOliat) hitu with so much violence, ;