Star.
London, England, 1810-07-04 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.

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TI e followingis threviclince‘at length as taken be-
fare Mr. R inn, Ob.the occasion of the
late attempt, to asi‘iss:natehis Royal Highness,

AL7GeSTUS DUlcr CU;II3EKLAND.
Who, being upon his oath, saith, that before three
o'clock this nthrniarng being in bed and asleep, he re,
ccivtd two blows upon his head, which awoke him,
and upon starting up, he reetisied two other blows
upon hishead, which being accompanied with a hissing
noise, it occurred to hint that some ba►t had flown
against him, being between sleeping and waking, and
immediately 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, Mere a letter lay which is covered with

blond. His Royal Highness says, he then got up
and made for the door, whiCh opens at the head of
the bed; he then received a wound upon 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, he per-
ceived that the door leading to the yellow room was
wide open, which is always locked the last thing
when he gets into bed ; a naked sword- had been
dropped, which he supposes must have given the
wound in his thigh. The man who gave the blows
never spoke a word, a►id upon Neale returning
with his Royal Highness, the man had fled through
the yellow room which leads into the ball room,
through the other yellow room into the armoury, to
the summer bedroom through the dressing room into
Sellis's room (the page whom his Royal Highness
believes give him the wounds). His• Royal High-
ness then went down stairs with Neale, and ordered
the doors to be secured, that no person might escape
out of the apartments. His Royal Highness further
states, that upon his return into his bed-room, he dis-
covered that the sword which lay upon the flout was
his own regimental sword, 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 duct'
next the room, was found on the inside of the dear
next the closet ; there was also a dark lantern in the

closet, and from these circumstances he has reason to
believe, and Moth believe, that the blows and wounds
he received were given him by the said Joseph Sells
His Royal Highness further saith, that the said Jo-
seph Sellis had not incurred his displeasure, and that
he had not any reason to think ill of him.
The mark of
sworn before me _

Slit May, 1810, His Royal Highness the Duke
J. R ram of CUMBERLAND.
MIDDLESIX.—The information of Cornelius DI• ale, Valet to his
Royal Highnis4 the Duke of Cumberland :
Who being upon his oath, saith, that whilst he
wits in bed in a room adjoining the bed-room of his
Royal Highness, a little before three o'clock he heard
his Royal Highness call out Neale ! Neale ! lam
murdered !" upon which he g•t out of bed and met
the Duke of Cumberland at thedoor. His Royal
Highness said the murderer was in his bed-room.—
Informant says, he instantly darted into the bed.
room of his Royal Highness, aed seized the poker,
and then perceived that the door leading into the yel-
low room was wide open, which he immediately ran
to, and set his foot. upon a naked sword which was
lying on the floor, just by the door. He took up the
sword, and asked leave of his Royal Highness to pur-
sue the assassin ; but his Royal Highness desired he
would not, but to call the. servants. His Royal
Highness then leant upon informant's arm, and they
went together into the porter's room, and called the
porter, and he was ordered by his Royal Highness
not to suffer any person to go out of the house. They
then returned up stairs again, and upon going up
stairs they met Mrs. Neale, whom his Royal High.
ness desirsd to call Sellis. She ran to his bed-room,
and came back again, and said the door was locked.
His Royal Highness then finding himself fa nt from
loss of blood, lay down upon the bed.. His Royal
Highness then desired informant to lOok after the as.
sassin, and to find nut where he could have been con-
cealed. Informant opened the door at the foot of
the bed leading to a smolt room which has three clo-
sets ; the water closet, the closet where informant
supposes the assassin had concealed himself, and ano-
ther closet for dirty .linen. In the closet where he
• supposed the assassin was concealed, informant foetid
a pair of black leather slippers, with the name Sdlis
written in each slipper ; which informant believes to
be of the hand-writing of JOseph Sells, an Italian,
one of the valets of his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cumberland ; there was also a dark lantern, a bottle
of water, and the scabbard of the sword which was
found upon the floor in the bed-room ; there was also
two bolsters, which are used in the day time for orna.
menting the bed of his Royal Highness, and the 'key
of the closet was in the inside of the door, which was
not usual, and could have been of no use but for the
purpose of locking the door, where he siipposes the
assassin had concealed himself. informant saith,
about this time a report came to the Duke that Sellis
was murdered. Informant saith, that he assisted his
Royal Highness to go to bed. About this time. Mr.
Home, the surgeon, came, and this informant assis-
ted him in binding up his wounds. Informant saith,
there arc several wounds upon his Royal Highness's
head, one upon his throat. That 'the back of his
right hand is cut across, and that there are wounds
upon his left arm, and a wound upon'theback of his
right thigh, and he has reason to believe that all the
wounds were given by the sword f aind upon the
floor in the bed room, which was very bloody. In-
formant saith, that between the Duke's room and in.
formant's corm, ther:l are three doors, but only a
wainscot partition between the beds. That he never
heard any noise till die Duke called out Neale! Neale!
lam murdered informant faith, that he attended
his Royal Highness to bed last night about twelve
o'clock ; and after his Royal Highness had passed
the yellow room (which he always does when he goes
to bed), informant shut the door, and is very sure he
locked it, and he afterwards remained in the Duke's
room until his Royal Highness got into bed. No
other person was in the room, and his Royal High-
ness desired informant wouldcallhim at seven o'clock.
Informant' went out by the doors leading to his own
room, and ordered the housemaid to light his Royal
Highness's fire at six o'clock ; he then went to his
- own room, ind went to bed. The doors between his
Royal Highness's bed room and-the bed room Of this