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London, England, 1810-07-07 00:00:00

THE DUKE' OF CUMBERLAND.

CORRECT COPY OF THE EVIDENCE UPON THE INQUIRY
RELATIVE TO THE HORRID ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
THE DUKE OF CUMBER] AND.
(Continued from o. r Paper of rettereltry)
MTDDLESEX. I.he InfOrmacion of Margaret Jones, one a the
lionsonaida in the service s.f his Royal Higlines. the Duke of
('u mberlapd : . .
Who Wing upon her oath, saith, that she has lived
in the service of the Duke about fourteen weeks ; that
it is her place to ..make the butler's bed, the house-
keeper's bed, .Mr. Se. llis's bed, and her own bed ;
there is a spare bed where ihe Adiutant of his Royal
Highness's regiment used to lay, and, when he has
slept there she has had that to make ; that she has
made Nir. Sellis's bed twice this week, but does not
recollect to have made it before, except that she
might have made it once when she first came. Mr.
&Airs never asked her to do it till this,week, he always
wired Sally to make it, and informant believes she
did make it ; informant finther with, that she has
looked at the. lantern which was found in the closet
Of the room, hit says she never saw it before, and ne-
wer saw Mr. Sellis with arty lantern ; informant says,
that she eras in the hott;emaid's room on Wednesday
sight about eight o'clock, Sarah Varley, and Sarah
Tetherhead were there when Mr. Sellis came in, and
desired 4nformant to put his sheets on his bed as he
ihoutu sleep there that night, saying the• Duke was
going to Windsor in the morning. That she After-
wards made hisAsed, and about nine o'clock she saw
him go into the Duke's room to dress the Duke, the
informant then being in the page's room. Informant
says, that about a quarter part ten o'clock, she was in Mr.
Salisbury's (the Duke's S'ieward) sitting-room, to get it
ready for the morning, lest it should be wanted before
she was up t Mr. Sellis having said the Duke was
going to Windsor in the morning), and as she was
emptying the wash-hand hason, Mr. Sellis went into
I,tis own room, and she then asked him if the Duke
was going to Windsor early in the Morning ? Sellis
an:swerealfer, that the Duke had said so in the morn-
ing, but had not said any thing about it in the even-
ing. The door of Mr. Salisbury's sitting-room opens
Apposite the door ( f 31r. Sellis's bed room, and was
v..ide open ; Sellis was in his own room, undressing him-,
:WM:go to bed, lie had got of his coat and waistcoat, an.
kJ shoes, and the curtains of the bed were undrawn,
.
ready for him to get into bed. Says that she saw
Sells undraw the curtains ; both the doors of Mr.
essillis's room were open whilst she was speaking to
him, Sellis then wished her a good night and shut the
door opposite Mr. Salisbury's room, but slet did not
hear whether he bolted it or not ; informant says,
that after she bad finished what she had to do in Mr.
Salisbury's room she went up to bed ; informant fur-
ther says, that about half past eleven o'clock she Was
awoke out of her sleep by Ann, the kitchenmaid,
who sleeps in the same room with informant, and was
then coming to bed, and Aced her what she had been
walking about the passage so long for ? informant
told her that it was not her ; she said it was very like
informant's step, and that it was some person shuffling
along in old slippers, and going up the stairs leading
from the kitchen to the page's room.
The mark X of NIARGARET JONES.
Sworn before me, the Ist June, 1810, I. R r AD.
iktineLeixe.—Tbe information of Ann Ruckluck, Kitchatmaid
•.,:___, Colds Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland :
Who bring upon her oath, saith, that she has lived
with his. Royal Highness about twelve months, that
she has seen Mr •Sellis carry a dark lantern, it was
bout three wee.ks.fgh, as near as she can recollect.
afifatint was,gOing up stairs to bed, and Mr. Sellis
.war coming from his bed-room, it was a little before
*seven, he was going down 'stairs she says, they wish-
ed each other good night as they passed ; the lantern
• - which he had in his hand. was a round dark lantern,
uud she has' seen him once before with the same lan-
tern,, big does not recollect when. ' Informant st y s
- -that she was in a room adjoining the kitchen on Wed-
stidisi 'night -a little before .eleVen ; Mary Saxby xias
vitittilltr, and they- heard a noise made by some per-
an in the. passage adjailsing the room where they
ihre sitting, and day thought Margaret was not gone
tntred i but upon going up to bed afterwards she
fiiuitd`her asleep, and she has not discovered who it
• 'iris that she heard walking about, all the women. ser-
Visits were then in bed except herself and Mary Sax-
band she believes all the men also, except those
. .
who were out with the Duke. ANN RUDDUCK.
'Sworn before me, June 1, 1810, 3. Re AD.
lffrarizesrt..,--The Information of Sarah Wilson :
• Who; upon` her oath; saith, that she lives with Mrs.
Ottibe, wife •o 'Mr. Aldeiniart Combe, as her maid,
wit -Whom she has lived ten 'years ; that about the
ireat 1798 ItO the best'or her recollection as to the
- date), she 'England in the service of John Barker
Chureh,..thenof Berkeley-square, Esq. and sailed for,
•Atrs*'ca; a man named Joseph Sellis, an Italian,'
- afiii4finm she believes from What she has heard to
'be7the same person that hat' 'Since been in the service
of his Royal- Highness the Duke of Cumberland,
went with them in the capacity of valet to Mr.
Church. They arrived. at New York, and Joseph
Sellis continued in the service of Mr. Church about
• a year and a half, when Mr. Church discharged him,
- . suspecting that he had robbed his desk. She says
that Joseph Sellis remained three weeks in the ser-
vice of Mr. Church after the robbery, before Mr.
Church accused him, Mr. Church having examined
all the servants, to endeavour to find out the person
who had committed the robbery, and Sellis assisted
his master in so doing, without any suspicion alight-
ing upon him at the time, and during the inquiry no
person was accused. The habits of Mr. Church were
to have Joseph Sellis sit up for him whenever he
went out ; but when he staid at home he used to have
his night,own and slippers after supper, and send
Sellis to bed. After all attempts to find out the rob•
hers had failed, Mr. Church recollected, that on the
night the robbery was committed, he had sent Joseph
Sellis to bed, and after that lie had fallen asleep in
the parlour, and had been awoke by a noise which
occasioned him to rouse himself, and he then got up
and went to bed ; and the recollection of this circum-
stance led Mr. Church to suspect that Joseph Sellis
had come to see whether he was gone to bed or not ;
and it was the next day, morning, when Mr. Church
. , heard his desk had been broke open and robbed. Mr.
Church upon this accused Sells as being the person
who had robbed him, buthad no proofs against him,
. except finding a hammer in his possession, the claws
of which fitted the marks which were made in the
desk. Sellis answered, that he did not mind Mr.

Chureh's aetnsation, as he knew himself to be inno-
cent, and appeared verFcalM, inds*Med to care
nothing about it. Mr. Church not being satisfied
wills his denial of the robbery,• turned Sellis away.
Intormant says, there was an examination of Swills
before a Magistrate at New York; but nothing came
of it, as there was no proof against him, and' Sellis
was not put into-'any confinement: This informant
further saith, that soon after this she heard from
Mr. Phillip Chuich that Joseph Sellis had left
New York and was gone to Philadelphia, and this
informant says she has lost sight of Sellis from that
hour to this, and she has never since seen him. In-
formant further saith, that she has often heard Sellis
say whilst in Mr. Church's family at New York, when
sitting at table in her presence, damn the English
• King and all the Royal Family, the Government,
and all Kings, and it is a pity that they were not done
away with; and that he said it in a most malicious
voice and looks. Many arguments arose upon this,
which occasioned him to " damn the ALMIGHTY" ;
and she believes him to have been a very morose
malicious man, and very inveterate against this coun-
try, Informant saith, that whilst Sellis was at New-
' York, she heard that he had been paying his addresses
, to some English woman residing in -England, and
that he then kept up correspondence with her which
ocFasioned this informant to deal favourably by him,
thinking that by marrying her he might become re-
formed. Informant saith, that she has been led to
understand that he was living in the service of one of
the Royal Dukes, but did not hear which, and that
he had married and had children, but she has never
seen him since he left Mr. Church's service in Ame-
rica ; says that it may have been six or seven years
ago since she first heard that Sellis was living with
one of the Royal Dukes, and she has frequently en-
quired after Sellis from the Royal servants when the
Prince and the Duke of York have been at Mr. Al.
dermas. Combe's beef-steak dinners; but never could
hear of him by that time ; the reason she never men-
tioned the character of Sellis to any one particular
was, thinking that his marriage with an English wo-
man, and the trntnber of years that had elapsed since
he was in America had altered his character and
habits of thinking, and she never even mentioned it to
Mrs. Comhe'until he told her what had happened in
the Duke of embed tad's family. Informant says
that she is not acquainted With any of the domestics
of the Duke of Cumberland nor 'any of their connec-
tions. Informant saith, that the never recollects hav-
ing seen a man f the name of -Ferdinand Burzio
either in Anteric.t or in England. sARAH
Sworn Ware me, the 3,1 lune, I till). 1. RgAD.
(To be cow.nutt)

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THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. cent, and appeare
—.— nothing about it.
i CORRECT COPT OF THE EVIDENCE UPON THE INQUIRY wiih his denial o:
RELATIVE TO THE HORRID ATTEMPT TO assasttrart Informant says, I
TUE DUKE OF CUMBER] AND. before a Magistrai
(Continued from o. r Paper of Yesterday) of it, as there wai
MIDDLESEX.— hhe IntOrmacion of Margaret Jones, one of the WAS hht put into-
Butisonaids in the service sf his Royal Highness the Duke of further saith, tha
) C'umberla.,d: . . Mr. Phillip Chu
Who Wing upon her oath, saith, that she has lived
in the service of the Duke about fourteen weeks ; that New York and v
informant says sh
it is her place to ..mak.e the butler's bed, the house-
hour to this, and
keeper's bed, .Mr. Se. llis's bed, and her own bed ; formant further s:
there is a spare bed where ihe Adintant of his Royal say whilst in Mr.
Highness's regiment used to lay, and, when he has
.sitting at table ii
slept there she has had that to make ; that she has
King and all ill
made Nir. Sellis's bed twice this week, but does not
and all Kings, ar
recollect to have made it before, except that she
might have made it once when she first came. Mr. • away with; and
voice and looks.
Sells never asked her to do it till this,week, he always
which occasionet
asked Sally to make it, and informant believes she
and she believes
. .. did make it ; informant further with, that she has
malicious man, a
looked at the. lantern which was found in the closet try,
Informant
Of the room, bit says she never saw it before, and de- P
York, she beard I
trer saw Mr. Sellis with arty lantern ; informant says, so some English
that she *'as in the hutt:emaid's room on Wednesday
sight about ,eight o'clock, Sarah Valley, and Sarah that he then kep
ocesioned this it
Tetherhead were there when Mr. Sellis came in, and , ,_i toinsng that b:
desired anformant to put his sheets on his bed as he
formed. Inform
Should sleep there that night, saying the-Duke was
understand that
going to Windsor in the morning. That she After-
the Royal Duke,
wards made hisAsed, and about nine o'clock she saw
he had married
him go into the Duke's room to dress the Duke, the
seen him since h
Informant then being in the page's room. Informant
rica ; says that i
says, that about a quarter part ten o'clock, she was us fl r.
arro since she fir
Salisbury's (the Duke's S'ieward) sitting-room, to get it
one of the Roya
ready for the morning, lest it should be wanted before
qiiired after Sell
she was up t Mr. Sellis having said the Duke was
Prince and the l
going to Windsor in the morning), and as she was
Berman Combe'
emptying the wash-hand hason, Mr. Sellis went into
hear of him by I
his own room, and she then asked him if the Duke
boned the chars
was going to Windsor early in the Morning ? Sellis
was, thinking tl
answers) her, that the Duke had said so in the morn-
man, and the m
ing, but had not said any thing about it in the even-
he was in Am
ing. The door of Mr. Salisbury's sitting-room opens
habits of thinkir
1 opposite the door ( f Mr. Sellis's bed room, and was
Mrs. Combo. tin
1 v.ide open ; Sellis was in his own room, undressing him-
:he Duke of Ci
self to:go to bed, lie had got phis Coat and waistcoat, am,
that she is not
• Air shoes, and the curtains of the bed were undrawn,
of the Duke of
1i ready for him to get into bed. Says that she saw
lions. InfOrm:9
Sells undraw the curtains ; both the doors of Mr.
9 essillis's room were open whilst she was speaking to ing
eith seen
in Anwri
it mar
I him, Sells then wished her a good night and shut the er
Sworn boar,: Di
door opposite Mr. Salisbury's room, but slit did not
hear whether he bolted it or not ; informant says,'
that after she bad finished what she had to do in Mr. J
Salisbury's room she went up to bed ; informant ftir-
.
ther says, that about half past eleven o'clock she was SIM
awoke out of her sleep by Ann, the kitchen maid, .1.0
who sleeps in the same room witis informant, and was Beef Ss. 8.1
then coming to bed, and 'Aced her what she had been Mutton ss. ol
walking about the passage so long for ? informant
told her that it was not her ; she said it was very like Beasts, at
informant's step, and that it was some person shuffling
along in old slippers, and going up the stairs leading NEWGA I
P
from the kitchen to the page's room.
Beef 41.
The mark X of ,MARGARET JONES.
.glutton 4..
Sworn before me, the Ist June, 1810, J. Rr An.
istaiimaiax.—The Information of Ann Rudduck, Kitcbcnniaid Lamb Sk ns
`. ~. coins Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland : PRP
'ho britsg upon her oath, saith, that she has lived Sr. JAMIEb
with his. Royal Highness about twelve months, that Hay .51. C
she has seen Mr• Sellis carry a dark lantern, it was craw SI. IC
tit three wee.keegh; as near as she can recollect. PRICE OF
ofifigkiht WR4,4o:ihlg up stairs to bed, and Mr. Sells gelitow hay 7'.
..Wits: coming from his bed-room, it was a little before New ditto 71. i
*hien, he was going down 'stairs she says, they wish- at
PRICE OF
ed each other good night as they passed • ; the lantern BAGS.
• - which he had io his hand. was a round dark lantern, .ens 41.
Bpd ;be hai.seen him once before with the same lan- Sussex 31. Ii
tern, big does not. reCollect. when. • Informant s tys a PRICE OF Li
sits
• -that she was in a room adjoining the kitchen on We
d•
night Rile before 'eleven; ;d. Ditto
Mary Saxby was Merchants' Back
*Wilier, and they' heard a noise made by some per- Dressing Hides
an In the. passage . adjOining the room where they Fine Coach Hide
*fad Sitting, and -day thought Margaret was not gone Cropa Hides for c
tOtred i but upon' going up to bed afterwards she °
fOnitdher asleep, and she has not discovered who it Best Heifers an
Illhis that she heard walking about, all the women. ser- smile) 21. I
+4IRIRS were then in bed except herself and Mary Sax- Middlings 2s.
Vyi'and she believes all the men also, except those
St. James's Mar
woo were Out with the Duke. ANN RUDDUCK. ;Aare Market
'Sworn before me, June 1, 1810, L RIAD. Whiteellai vl M
khoritesrt..—The Information of Sarah Wilson : per stone of S
• Wlto;iteinv her oath; saith, that she lives with Mrs.
eenibe, wife 'OrMr. Aldeinian Combe, as her maid, Averag,
Gra
Withleitiam she has lived ten 'years ; that about the Yellow :4c
feat 1796 ItU the best'of her recollection as to the Price of Ca
t - hie),lhOkft'England in the service of John Barker
Chureh,..then'of Berkeley-square, Esq. and sailed for Sh:"Nielrycanehl
' Atli th ica ; a Min named Joseph Sells, an Italian, 1 Sunderlan
- afiiiiigoni she believes from what she has heard to SAND'
15e7the same person that ha*Shice been in the service Prime W.vir hi
of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, New RedA siii.:('
went with them in the capacity of valet to Mr. Be
Church. They arrived. at New York, and Joseph , M
Sellis continued in the service of Mr. Church about Blasts abet
• a year and a half, when Mr. Church discharged him,
- . suspecting that he had robbed his desk. She says At Chatham,
that Joseph Sellis remained three weeks in the set-- H. C. Martin,
-vice of Mr. Church after the robbery, before Mr. a, I Aastr i ir)lrltt()enNdu
Church accused him, Mr. Church having examined John Cotton, I.
all the servants, to endeavour to find out the person
who had committed the robbery, and Sells assisted Monday, Jo
his master in so doing, without any suspicion alight- warter;' wcsf4
ing upon him at the time, and during the inquiry no Thursday no
person was accused. The habits of Mr. Church were tohuet,itknevc t ojrohin,f
to have Joseph Sellis sit up for him whenever he Tuesday, at
went out ; but when he staid at home he used to have Methuen, au
his night-gore: and slippers after supper, and send daughter of the
Sellis to bed. After all attempts to find out the rob- t" Captain
1
hers had failed, Mr. Church recollected, that on the —Captain Jas
night the robbery was committed, he had sent Joseph service, to mil
Sellis to bed, and after that lie had fallen asleep in At Clmliugley
the parlour, and had been awoke by a noise which-
NM. ills; tfiarah"dc'
occasioned him to rouse himself, and he then got up At Bombay
and went to bed ; and the recollection of this circum- 17th 1.131 n Dr
stance led Mr. Church to suspect that Joseph Sellis the late Wni-
had come to see whether he was gone to bed or not ;
and it was the next day, morning, when Mr. Church Wednesday
of the late Re
. heard his desk had been broke open and robbed. Mr.
- Binfirld, Berk
Church upon this accused Sells as being the person At Balasori
• • who had robbed him, buthad no proofs against him,. Lieutenant-C
• . except finding a hammer in his possession, the claws Leddie, Esq.
of which fitted the marks which were made in the and Keeper 01
desk. Sellis answered, that he did not mind Mr. At Madras
years there, .i