The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-03 00:00:00

THE DUI CE OF CVIIIBERL4AD.

The extraordinary and shocking event which had
nearly terminated in the most fatal wanner;- is so
'recent, that the public must feel a strong interest, as
well as curiosity, in every thing that !dales to it`.
We therefore feel pleasure -in the opporttinity of
presenting, to our readers the following authentic
documents respeaing this singular transaction

The lamillation of his Royal; Highness ER NE Sl A u oos.;.

TUS, Diikejf CUMBERLAND.

• Who, being upon his oath, saith, that befOre three
-o'clock' this morning being in bed and asleep, he
received two blows upon. his head, which awoke
.hirn,' and upon st:irtirig up, 'he
,•received two, other,
blows upon iii; head, which, .being acconipanied
with a hissing no:s2., it occurred to him that wine
-bat had flown
,against him, being between s:eeping
and waking, and itornedynely received two other
blows; there was a lamp burning in the room, but.
he'did not see any body ; that there was a night
table''standing near the bed-side; witivrea letter lay
which is covered' with" blood. ,His RO'pal HiglinesS
says, he then got.up arid made for the do/3r; which
opens at. the head of the bed ; he then received a
wound open his.right thigh with. a sabre; he then
called out to Neale, his, page, and said, there was
a murderer in his room, and upon returning to
his bed-room with Neale, lie perceived that the
door leading to the yellow room waS77wide open,
which is always locked the Wt thing when.he gets'
into bed ; a naked sword had been dropped,
,which
•he supposes must have given the woundirr his thigh.
The man who gave the blows never spoke a' word,
and upon Neale returning with his Royal Highl:
ness, .the man had, fled through to the yellow
room which leads into the ball-roOM:, tliroui)t. the
other yellow room into, the armoury; to the summer
bed-rooM through the dressing-room into Sellis's
room (the page whom his Royal Hjghness believes
gave biro the ',Lounds). .Ilighti;tSs then,
went down stairs with Neale, and ordered the doors
to be secured, that no. person might escape 001_, of
the apartmentS. His Royal Highness- further states,
that upon his return into his bed-room,. he disco-
vered that the sword. which lay upon the 'floor was.
own regimental sv%ord, and in the closet, at. the foot.,
of his bed .was found the. scabbard, With a pair of
slippers belonging to •Sellis, and the key of the closet
door, which is usually on the side of the door next
the room, was found on the' insite of the,door next
the closet ;. there was also a dark lantern in :the
closet, and. from these circumstances he has reason
to believe, and cloth believe, :that the blows anti
wounds he received were given , him by 'the said
Joseph Sell's. His Royal Highness, further saith,
that the, said Joseph Sellis had pot incurred his
'displeasure, and that lithalnotany reason to think
ill of him.

The Mark of

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flri w 8,5 in the room,'itoci ilia Roy6l -Etighncss de- Of his el,ileiren answered that he wts sleeping in the
' sired inbmnant would call' him at seven o'clock.— . house, initaoing the Duk,'s private upat tmerits. i 11.7.-
Informant went ont by the doors- leading-to it s own. then wen: round with -M,.
root . Neale, and the Yag', r
n, and ordered the ho‘fsernai itO light his Royal. through the drawing room. and tftt Buinmer apart-
Hightiess"s fire 'i!t.six o'clock'; he i.th,-n wens to his mrnts, and thinks ten minutes tuight ba%e pans-cr.-
‘ own room; --and went tti bedr Tne doors . between • fi-ont the !line he knocked at thcrfirst dour (bci.t Le-
his Royal Highness's -bud-room and the bed-rootn Of in; trig-favor(' he cannot- speit4; to the exact time) ;:-.
this informant were shut,- .bni-t,,t.loiiked. -His'bed t hit just as they got nearthe :door of Sellis's bed.
/room door next the passai4e is alwaysopen ; that he' , 'room, lie hoard ti goggling noise, that appeared tuA
is ve-ry, wakeful, and if any ota had come.., in that l'iitn to come train the ;Moat of son,t. i,cr,oll; I e
way, he n a
iust either' have herd or seen- lii-rn';, and dunks Sellis's town docir was open, nut heitivr lie'
there being no 'Other -enirai.,ce to his IJOy'al .1.-liol- nor Airs, Neale, or t"ue •ITiger %vent in, but being
m
nosS'sbed-roombut die door trout the,yelkm room, ', very .it,ucil -1-:. ,g;nened, and Su•pect nog Arun; I lie
which he left- locked, 'tids•iinorrnant-'verilybelicves ' noise they heatd, (nat"Some other person th-td oe,-ii
that, the said. Joseph St;llis, or some orliei• peison , mindereu, il4f,'"went bid again to get,tintly.,lThas-,
whO made the aS:;atult ri;iotil•his Royal Highness, sisbnice. informant .:further. -,ay,, tf,at in pass mkt
must,have- concealed • himself in the closet .wherc he ? throur 11e..b illnroom, and. it .e summer -apartni•,. in ~• --
foutid the slippers, the dttk lantern; and the scald- !-• lie-F,,••re,:tved the. upper part of some or he wifidot,-
had- of 'the stvord. Informant saith, •that. the said t'shuittrs a little upon the jar. Informant says that
Joseph. Sellis had taken out his .Royal Highness's ; Joseph Sunk- came, into his apartments last night be..
'unifortn.,and.the sword,. and, brought them into his tort the Duke came from Greenwich, jilt asked
bed-room fur a regiment inspeclioli which did not whu was for Windsorj and Was answered the Yogc.L.
take place,. and. Sellis aftervarci,f- returned the regi-
mentals to the , wardrobe, --butilett the sword in,tb Inf,rmant then asked Sellis if• the. Duke was goittv;
e to Windsor to-morrow ? Sellis answered, 'that Ite
bed room, where informant belkves be. saw the 'bt'Aieved the Duke intended to go; that Sellis then
,
sword some time yesterday. - • -•- '• went, as intortnant believes, up to the Duke's apart-
-1 mews, and lie does not recolied-that he saw hint
1 aftewards.

CoRNELIUS NuALE.
Sworn before me, May 31, 'Stu, I. READ.

The Information ,•t* it NN, the Wife of CORN los NE,A LE,
Honsekeeper to his ltoyiil Highness the Duke of Coat-
BERLAND.

Who being upon ;ath, saith, that site was called
up this morning, abut three o'clock., by 11.-r hits-
band, and at the saute nine hard his Royal High.;.
ness exclaim that he had been murdered.. Upon
going into Mr. Neale's rtiiin (Called thb Page's
Room), she found his Royai Highrie* bleeditig
very much. Mr. Neale was With flint. HiS,Royat
Higimess desired •her to call the servants, and alter
his Royal l,ligltness bad got• hack to his bed-rot-in-a,
site went awl callt-kd Joseph Schis at his room • door,
but no one answered the-idnor was fast. The por-
tr was with lief,- and ttied to open at, but. coufd not.
He then knocked very violently at the door, bin: no
one answered. She then tried to open the dOor of
the • yttilwii :rooM, leadmg-to the ball-room, '• but
Could not open it, and .found atterwards that the
door was. bolted within side.„ which she uevcr knew
it to be br.mote,. 'Worm/tot s;,!th,- that she then re-
turned by the-ball room through - the yellow rooms',
and throu,zh •the..sunnner rooms, -to get at §this's
room the other way; and thinks five or sik minutes
had elapsed since. 'they tried- at the first door, and
just as 'she. ght to thti.".te4 room door she heard a
guggling sort of noise, like.cvater in a man's throat,
and neair&a: droKing on the floor like water,
..and
•the porter looked• into the room, arid exclairned,,
Good God Mr. Sellis. has•cili his throat upon
which she became very'rnuch frightened, and went
a AO', an.l-desitdd the Arni ter. to get assistance. In-
formant says, that thaffoidiog'doors leading from
the ball room ink) thelt.,.dow-roorn were shut,.'and
all the tither dotirsAi,:inif the ball tooth to Scllis's
MOM were opelL • 4.• •

BENJAMIN SMITH.
Sworn before rne, May 3r, 18v), I: REAL). .

The Inforavation &IX TTHEW H E.NR yC R ASLEN, Servant
to. his Royid!-lighiiess the Ouke olviltEß LA ND. • .
, • Who, being upon his oath, saith, that lie wag
calted tip this morning, about thteeo'clock, by Mrs.
Ne:de, who said, ‘_l Get up ! get op ! the llul: is
murdered Informant says, he got 'op, andlook a
pair of pistols with him, and when he came to tiie
sitting rootmuext his Royal:Highnessis b,d room,
Mrs. Neale desired bin) to call *Joseph'Sellis, bat; he
Was friot able to find his way to the apartments where
Sellis:and his wifelived, and came back again, and
thtin the orier went and brou'ght back word thh
SeiliS was sleepingin the Dulit'i house. He then
went, in company with Mrs. Neale and the porter,
to Seilis's room door, wnere.they 6fied and knock-
on, but no one answered, They then. went round
by die.. ball room and summer apartments, and.
searched as they wait on, till they tatne-to the ether
do ,r of Sellis's room, . where they heard a 'hoist,
water in some man's throat, and !he porter
tried out `‘ Sellis is murdered The door c'f2 'the
room was .open; but neither of them went into ttie
roo,M, 'they went back for further . assistance. in-
rnriiiant says, that he' saw' Sellis: last• night about
eigh 'a clock,_ in the-port(Vs room ; he catne.ti?ere.
nocCakke4:wato was tor, •Windsor - to-616'170W% In-
forniant says, he answered that he was. Intornrant
furtfier.snys, that in passing Omagh Ale nail room
and the-summer aparoneiits,lwo windaw-shutteri,
of. the'bali room were a little open, arid one Win-
dow,shutta in 'teach of ,the other rooters-was 3 little
open .at the fop,

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His Royal Highness the Duke-of CUINIERLAND.
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• Sworn before rue, the.3lst of May, 1810, )..READ. .
The Intbrrndti;)n of CogNt.Li us NEA LK, Valet to• his Royal , . ,
Highttebs the Diteeof cestasest.sop. ~ ANN ,NT A.L43.
Jo-
t Informant further said,
...that she. has known
Who, being upon hisciath, sant), that whilst he ' seph Seilis lor near _twelve years, and-. tor the last
was in bed in a roots adjoining the bed-room '"' his five years lie has tivedin his. Roy al Highness's ser-
'Royal Highness,, a -little before three o'cleek, 1)
vice.; seys, that •lie.was.Tte V: ob.4lMateand qoarrel-
heard his Pesyal Hightle,s 'call out i'.Nealel Neale.,.
'some;, and. would• lint:b ear coteradiction, not even.
I am murdered !" upset which he got out of bee. froM his Royal HighNess, and mould peVer ackeow-
and met the Duke of 0111.1E3W id 11(.1 at the clout, from
himself in tattle .s.ii ad iobsert ed net eine, Tar-
His Royal Highness said the murderer was in his
titular itt his , deportment heel, e
,He. had heel, tit
bed-route. Informant say, tie instanllrdatteci int" for tereeoweeks or a month of as violent eold, but
thebedsroom of his. Royal-Highness aed seized the
was getting .the better of it. Informant says, that
poker, and then perceived that the door leatling
his Royal Highness hatt.been very. kaid to liirn, and
into the yellow room was wide open, which , tie
about a ieeek or ten days ago had permitted hint to,
iminediately ran to, and set his foot upon a naked.
owithin the earr4tge,.instead of reling on the out-
door, sword, which was lying on the floor, just by ,the g
side, which he had been actrustotned to do. She
He look up. the sword, and asked leave ,of .. has no reason to -believe t ,hat.die had any : grudge to
his Royal Highness to pursne.the assassin ; but his
his Royal Highness—that durieg his illitesselis Reyal
Royal Highness desire.l he would. not, but to
call the servants. His Royal Highness then leant Highnesi.permitted lion. to go to bed, ins,ead of sit-
upon the informant's ails, and they. went .
to-
i tilig up tor him, which it was his. place to de every
gether into the porter's rootn, and called the per-
third night ; that during'the last trier oofive' years
ter, and he was ordered by his Royal HighneSs '
his Royal Higliiiess had klloweJ his wife and family
(elite. in the house, with' an allowance of coals and
not to suffer any person to go out of the house.
candles ; that (atter the birth of the last child
) They then returned up stairs again and. • upon
about three months ,ago, his Royal Highness and .
• going up stairs they met Mrs.. Neale, Whom his
the Princess Augusta stood for the christeriine. by
Royal
Highness desired to- call Sellis. She ran to
proxies, and she has heard Sellis say that the Queen
his Led-roots, and ctime,backagain, and said the
bad made him a present of , two piece, :of Indian
door was locked. His Royal Highness then finding
himself faint from loss of Ode lay down upon the
Muslin, and that the Pr iiicess Augusta had also given kt,lo,
nitn a piece,. with several• other
.presents: tOr the '
bed. e His Royal Highness then vlsired informant
Child's baptism, -Informatit saith, that the Duke of
to look after the assassin, and to find out where'he •
mberland was very partial to Sellis,' li, ' and• always,.
could
,have been concealed. Informant opened the - CU
him to travel with hint. ' Says, that he lived
door at the foot of the bed leading to.a small room ,had
very much to hiaisclS, and ryas Very
.dis!allf with all
which has three closets; the water closet,
.the
his Royal Highness's other servants.. His' erinciyal ;"
closet where, infermak supposes. the assassin Itad
acquaintatices were 'a Mr
Greville, Page to the Deke
concealed hituseff, and another closet foedirty linen.
of eean..l
u bridoe, and a Mr. and Mrs. Dopre,, Wak-
In the closet where he supposed the assassin Was , ,
enamtler, iii Jeempassireet. Mts. Dupre was Mrs. `The Information of TnomAs Sraickt.AD, under Butler
concealed, informant found a pair of black leather
&his's Confiiential friend. Infermaut says, that ' to his Royal
,l-lighneks the Duke of Cum& E-R LAND.
slippers, with the name Sellis written, in each
slipper, which informant believes to beth
of the" ere are :a }air of green doors across the.gallerY .i ~ ,Who being upon oath smith, that he saw Joseph
writing of Joseph Sellis, an ~
:which separates his Royal HighnesS's aparpoeilts ' Sellia last night, about ten minutes before t 1 o'clock,
valets of his Royal Highness the,Duke of ' Italian, one .of the
Cum-
from the Qeeen's public reotns, which , are always in his: Royal Highness's'. bed-room. He was stand-
'-
kept lecked, of which she lias the key ; btu all: ire by the..dressing-table, with what appeared to
berlarid ; there was also a dark lantern, a bottle of
was 'anotti6r key, which Sellis had,.thia wfpici, ii,-', this. informant to be a'shirt in Ins hand. Nothing
water, •and. the scabbard of the sword which Wa s -.
found Upon the floor in the bed-room ; there Were informed her his Royal HiglitiesS hachpertnit led him . passetl. between us. Informant says he Went there at
also two bolsters, which are used in the day time
to get made, in Order that he might pass from his it was Usual for him to do, to take up his R. IF'.,.
Royal Highness's 'apartreents.: to where hi's 'a stet ' cop, which- he placed upon the stand by the bed-
for Ornamenting the bed of his Royal Highness, and •
lived without going out of doors, and that tie mutt '. 's'+:te. Inforintint said he- waenot surprised et set-in
the key of the closet was in the inside of the door, , lave
i passed that Way yesterday:. . Informant. furt her Sellis there, as he did
,rost know but that it Was les
which was not usual, and could have be of ho :.
sa • .-
ys,• teat in passing through
nse but for the purpose of locking the door, where
yellow room adjo:ning, she found the upeer p,,rt of t hint, and had a smile upon his countenance; but dill
fortnant .saith; about this time a report came to the
he supposes -the assasin had concealed himself. 'ln -.. the -windriw tiers
she 'oeee• in the ',ball r06.1.' a die not speak. Sellis had his coat out but he did not
•
Duke that Sellis was Murdered. Informant sant) yellow room: ttripeniee, and one -in t1..1 s, :ire beef-^r observe. any other part of his dress, nor did he take,
•
routs, which were usually shut at nh;lit. , notioe..whether there was 01 not a sword in the
that he assisted his Royal Highness to go to bsd.— r
r 3
.. , • - ANN NEALE. room. Says he had 'very little intercourse wi,h
. .
About
this time Mr. Home, the surgeoit, Canis., and . ,
; Sworn betbre me the itst May,.l3 so, I. k EA. P.. , Sellis, but when he had any, he always foti‘nd him
this informant assisted him in binding up hissVouirds.
' The litfo'rination of Ilt;t.i AMI N' SD;11 TR, Porter to his Ro) al . to ne.a very civil man. He left Sellis. in the Duke's
Informant ,saith, 'there. are several wounds upoteles , Highness the LitiKe of. C UMI3 Lit L A.N D. rootn, and never saw hint afterwards.
Royal Highness's bead, one upon his throat. That'
the back of his right hand is cut across, and that !
Who being upon his Oath, saith, that ibis morns ,
Thoth AS STIUCKLAND.
:
• • there are wounds upon his left arm, and a wound
tog' at' about a quarter betore three o'cleck, he .w..s Sworn before tne, the 3tst of May, 1510, I. READ.
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called up by his Royal Highness and Mr. Neale, the
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upon the back of his right thigh, and he had reason valet. Neale cried out' his Royal Highness is itur-
to believe that till the wounds were given by the . tiered. That he itninedFoclY got ue, and saw his
so ord. found upon the soar in the bed:room, which Royal Highness till, ever bluhd, They des. reel hills was very bloody. Intirmatit saith, that between ..
the Duke's room and informant's
to palm the servants, and haVing arm d buns It
. mant's room,
.there are '
three with a'sword,_ he then went and gave diretions to
, agora,
.but only a Niainscot partition_ between- the sentries to stop
ievery oile with should cone out
the beds.. That he never. heard any noise till she,
of the doer. . The outer door was fastehed, and the
Duke called out, Neale! Neale ! lam murdered I: ' area dour was locked. He returned and Met Mrs.
Informant saith, that he attended his. Royal. High- Neale, the heusekeeetr;
as and the 'Yager, and tile)
nag to tied last night a out twelve o'clock ;.. and Weill to the of Sellis 's rob= • Itabrinatit say 4,
after h lie
is. Royal Highness d passed the yellow room i he called through - theekey -huh of the d,ior, and
(which lie • always dohs o lien' he goes to bed), ill-
knocked at the same .tiine •witb the sword lee had
tormant shUt the door, and is very sire lie locked it, in his hand, beterio one answered, and they thought
and he afterwards remained in the Duke's room 1-10- that Sellis could not be there ; informant says he
ail his Royal Highness get into bed. No other pet- . was then sent to seiii4'o wile's seartrueitis, and oae

MA‘TTIiEW tIEtiRT GRARLEN.
Sworli before me, 31a of May, Ibio, I. READ.

• The Information of ,,t os.,pn CR EIGHTOI4, SCrjearlt e
Coldsrream:Uoaws.
16.
Wolik being Upon that he was one
of the Serjeanrs of the, King's Guard en dlity'at St.
James's;
,and was called from the Girard-room at
half past three &clot* -le his Rod al Highness the
Duke orenniberlanct's aPartments; lArhell' he en-
tered the hall, he foiind two servants, and was lOW
.that. his Royal.J-lighaesi -had INI;eli toutidtd;. and
-sap, that he saw .a good dear of blood iii the hall
.and upon the staircase. That he went ;with two or
'three soldiers with arms np-stairs, and went through
.the suite of apartments into the room %Otero the
:deacrman lay ; the door was on the jar ; the ser-
vant who preceded us turned back, and one of the
soldiers took the candle out of his hand and went
into the room, and informant-followed him. Tbey
found a man, whom be has since understood to be
lying. on his back on thebed, with his throat
cut ; Ins shirr was very bloody; a razor .With'
white handle lay on the floor, about two feet from
the bed. . Sans had on a 'pair of pantaloons and
stockings, bat neither shoes nor coat, and if he had
on a waistcoat it did not appear in front. There
was a wash-hand bason standing on the table • with
a little water in it, appea;ing as if some one had
been-.washing their bloody hands in it. Informant
saes he picked up the razor and put it on the table;
the' razor was- bloody. 'Seats was quite dead when
he came into the room, but not cold. There was
no appearance-Of Sellis, having struggled ; his hands
were .straight doWn, and.the blood all in a froth run-
ning from his neck.
' J. CREIGHroN, Serjeant, Coldstream Guards.
Sworn before me, May 3c, :810, t. READ.

(To be continued in our next. )

Some time ago, there was a woman who lived in
a tillage in 'G4amorganshire, South Wales, Whose
hUsband, vvilh the little fortune he got with her,
bOught a small farm ; he had hardly closed the' pur-
Chase, when death closed his eyes ; however, wit
'intimidated with this, the widow marled a Second
husband, who sowed it ; he likewi,e died, at .d she
tried a thiid, who' reaped it, bat &ad) thlit Snatch-
ed him away ; .she then married e fourth, wlq)
threshed it, but he also followed the tate of his predv-
casors ; and.she then married a fifth hr.soailtt, witri
whom she enjoyed the produce of it. Ail this h
peued ta less than IS months.