The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-12 00:00:00

Ftve his arm would be brolien, and that he then
Said, " You need not press me, I submit myself to

Justice."

tettAtt. SEXTON, a journeyman bookseller, re-
siding at No. t 2,China-row, Lambeth, deposed, that
he was in the Lobby at the time the shot was bred.
Ile saw two gentlemen coming from the House
(Lord F. GiBORNE and Mr. COLBOORNE), and saw
them make way, as he thought, for a gentleman
who was entering the lobby, and whom he after-
wards understood to be Mr. PERCEVAL. He heard
the report of the pistol ; saw Mr. PCRCEVAL walk
r'r7lards in the middle of the lobby, stagger and fall.
Ile heard him exclaim, " Murder !" or "I am
Murdered I" and . saw bun carried into the Secre-
tary,s
toorm
He also witnessed tie pressure, and
circutnstances which took pla.ce about the prisoner,
and heard him say, " I am the unfortunate man
that did it.

Mr,
CoLuoullNE next gave his testimony—he was
leaving the House with Lord Fa ANCIs 0•;BORNE,
and in passing through the lobby stopped to talk
v :1111 a Person who accosted them—at that moment
1
ll'arti the report of a pistol, saw Mr. PEPCEVAL
alllva:'ee inwards the House and fall, and immedi-
2,,telY rar' to his assistance and supported him into the
Secretary.', rOoln•
Lord F.
vsBORNE corroborated the testimony of
the last witness in every particular.
FRANcIi PHILLips; of LorTgszlit-hall, near Man-
,cneitr, deposed, that he was ,standing near the fire-
Place in the lobby, ;A hen he heard the report of a
He saw Mr. PERCEVAL walk forward, stag-
ger, and fall on his knees, and heard trim exclaim,
/ can nfirdereclf." twice—be rushed forward,
Zistlght him in his arms, supported his head upon
shoulder, and assisted in carrying him into the
secretary's room, where be soon after died in his
:ris'it Might be ten, five, or fifteen minutes, he
SO extremely agitated, that he could not state
the
Precise time. He did not hear him utter a
orri
from the time of his first exclamation until his
'4ea[ll.

o!akNelS nomiLty, a clerk with a gentleman at
Cower-street, was standing, in the lobby by
;34 of the piilars on the right of the door of entrailve
the House; he saw the Prisoner and two other
'ets°ns standing together on that side of alt. lobby
teixt tha fire-place, and near the door./ He saw
\
".• P.ERCEVAL enter, and the door shut. He then
4.1.k‘"1 two flashes of fire from a pistol held above him.
t• PaßcEvAt, advanced, and lie thought he was
c)t,,W" on arrivin
thled, till, upg
6, in the centre of the
tn-unY, he suddenly stopped, cried out, " / am
ordered
staggered, and fell. He heard the
villkitter declare that he was the perpetrator of the
Crime' and saw him searched and-secured.
t
JEtioAN, of Cromwell Cottage, Old Bromp-
witness' was. the next witness exantined.—.He stated
th
te:tia few minutes after five o'clock he was pro-
tng up the stone steps, frou the place where the
etilbers lea; their great coats, to the doOr of the
t°lll3Y Mr. PERCEVAL way immediately before
tllll.--he saw hitn push open the lobby door and
tifilt Elets"imost nstantaneoosly he beard the report
-Pivot within the lobby, and rushed forward to
e sP°t• He saw Mr. PEacEvAL. Walk slowly to
m
a e centre of the lobby, suddenly stagger, and sink
Seeing sevweral persons run to raise and
lilr'Pnrt him, he ,direaed his attention to thepri-
s:et' who was, pointed our by some person,
0 exelaimed, " That is the man !" Mr. Peat-
:vAL cried, " j am murdered, and uttered two
arca,
a nd. s'lte also clapped his hand to his breast,
" was subsequently borne to the Secretary's
11%41. In the mean time, witness seeing the
ttsOner wholly unsecured, and retreating to-
:lards the bench, seized him by the collar, and
wer quitted his hold till he was conveyed into the
ii°6se of Commons. The witness did not believe
)at
any persons quitted the lobby by the stone
ilfePs Consequent upon tile firing of thepistal, and
anY per..., AM I.qiiro it, heteanceived it must have
e'Y the side door, which communicates with the
e:use of Lords,
.at which there was considerable
:-"tision and bustle. He Raw Mr. BURGESS take the
tiq°l which had been discharged from the hand of
we Prisoner, as well as the other things from his
allitenat-pocket. Upon many Members running
-‘,1*()41 the House, and calling out—" Who did it ?
jol° did it ?" the prisoner replied, " I am the un-
writtinate man--I wish I were in Mr. PERCEVAL'S'
repeated, more than once; " I am the
hnf (4torlate man." Upon the great pressure around
he said " I submit myself to the laws, or, I
41 s~bnltt to justice." Witness also saw Mr. Dom.-
1):' whom he knows, search the poLkets of the
liesitler, and take from-one an opera-glass, which
to landed to witness ; and afterwards a small pistol,
tait'reV'oding in size with that which had been
eti bY Burgess—this he understood to be
loaded•
• • bOWLING was then called ; he produced the
d°teade„,
Pistol which he had taken from the small-
„‘. Iret,
41 h Pocket of the Pr soner, and which he had
is possession, and had never lost sight of,

though he had put it into the tranai of a Member
at the bar of the House.

[From the latenes of the hour (the exaMinationS
having now tasted until past eight o'clocl:), it was
not deemed evential to purspe the investigatiOri any
further, and particularly as the fads dikl6ed .§eetile3
to make out the case completely.]

The papers, as brought from the piisoner's lodg-
ings, were produced, tied in a handkerchief, by
Vickery, the Bow-stteet officer, and consigned to
the charge of Lord CASTLEREAGH, in order that
they might be submitted to the Privy Council.

The witnesses were then bound over to give their
evidence hefore the Grand Jury, and thereafter at
the Old Bailey, in the event of a true bill being
found against the Prisoner " For the Wilful Mur-
der of the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval,"
the Members of Parliament in the sum of 2001. re-
cognizance; Mr. Burgess, also in 2001. Mr. Jer-
dan in tool. and the other persons in 501. each.

The exa►ninations having been brought to a con-
clusion, the prisoner was asked what he had to say
against the faal with which he was charged, and
again cautioned by Sir JOHN HIPPISLBY not to say
any thing that would be injurious to himself.
The prisoner spoke to the following effeet

" rhave admitted the fa6t—l admit the fad, but

wish, with permission, to state something in my
justification. I have been denied the redress of
my grievances by Government ; I hare been ill-
trewed. They all know who I am, and what I am,

throngh the.Se.cretary of State and Mr. BECkET,
with whom I have had frequent communications.
They knew of this fait six weeks ago, through the
Magistrates of Bow-street. I was accused most
wrongfully by a Governor-General in Russia, in a
letter from Arct.angel to Riga, and have sought
redress- in vain. lam a most unfmtunate man, and
feel here (placing his hand on his breast) sufficient
justification for what I have done." •
Here Lord CASTLEREAGH interfered, and inform-
ed the prisoner that he was not then called on for

his defence, but merely to say what he had to urge
in contradietion to the fa& with which he was
charged. Any thing he might feel desirous of stat;ng

in extenuation of his crime, he had better reserve
for his trial.

The Prisoner said, "Since it seems test to you
that 'should not now explain the causes of my coo-
duEt, I will leave it until the day of my trial, when
my country will have an opportunity of judging
whether.l am right or wrong."

Upon being again questioned, be repeated, "
admit are fad;" which admission was accordingly
entered upon the record. The Bow-street Officers
were then called in ; and the Fisoner having heen
permitted to dress, was handcuffed by Vickery and
Adkins. He now made an application for his
money, which, having been left in the possession of
Mr.Bußoass, who had withdrawn, Nirr.WEHTBiIEAD
assured hiM he should have it 'returned to him in
the morning. and•diirfiled.the Officers to pay him
every attention. He :also asked, whether he should
be allowed an Attorney and Counsel ? when Mr.
WHITBREAD Signified to him that Mr. HARVEY
CO MBE would take care that every necessary in-
dulgence should be allowed him consistent with his