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London, England, 1810-07-05 00:00:00

PERSONS UNDER AGE.

I.ord Ercostiostouott afterwards at at Ali Ni,, in CIO&
hail. The only trial worth noticing was one in which an avion
was brought by a dres,-maker, of the name of Weston, agstm.t •
Stanhope, a woman of the town, for the prie.• of some ,Ireist I
furnished to the defendant. 'll.e principkl ground on whkh the
ac'ion was supported, was a promise of payment, madewhen the
defendant war la a lock-up home, for the debt. On this Lord El.
lenborough observed, that her promise, given under thcagitstion
and anxiety of such a situation, could riot add any thing to bet
previous obligation to pay the debt. B 4 sides, the dresses were
spoken of as necessaries; but the law did not allow such an op-
ptllation for goods fur•nishtd to support the extra% •itlet and un-
happy trade which the defendant carried on. In the G•urse of the
evidence it was proved, that the defendant was under age at tho
time of contracting the debt, and the plaintiff was iiunicauely
non-tutted.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. JULY I.
SUTC LIM W. TWIN SR.
In this case, Mr. Serjeant Bear moved the Court
for a Rule to :hew cause why the verdict should not
be set aside, and a new trial granted. The original
action was for damages done to a cargo of corn which
belonged to the Plaintiff, and which was shipped at
Liverpool for Rochdale, on board the Providence
fiat, the property of the Defendant It appeared by -
the evidence for the Plaintiff, that the flat was loaded
above the coamings of the hatchways, so that the
hatchways could not be battoned down ; that when
she sailed from the Dock it blew a smart breeze,
which increased during the night ; and that ;Ind
morning the flat was lying on her beam-ends on Pur-
' lington Bank, having foundered during the gale.
There was no fault in her hull except a small crack
in the gun-wale, and two augur-holes which they had
bored in her bottom to let out the water. The wit-
nesses conceived she must have made water (rent
above ; and they all agreed that the place where the
flat had been brought up (Purlington Bank) was ni
fit place for shallow canal vc,iels to anchor, owing
to the shallowness of the water, which occasions a
heavy sea that breaks over them ; and that of conse-
quence she should have run for the New Ferry, or
have brought up in deep water. On the other hard,
the Captain of the flat and one of his men had sworn
that it was usual for such vessels to bring up on
Purlington Bank ; that he could :lot have run for the
New Ferry; and that, when he lest the flat far assis-
tance his hatches were battoned down, and all was
snug above. In consequence c..f this, the Jury at the
trial- gave a Nerdict for the defendant.
Sir J. lteninrnam said, the evidence was of a nature
directlycontradictory; and the cause having been tried
on the spot (at Liverpool) the Jury could better judge
of the facts than the Conn could do.-.—Rule refused.

JULY 4.—The Court were occupied in hearing wb
guments on :notions for new trials.

SWINNERTON U. THE MARQUIS OF STAFFORD.
This was a question tried before Mr. Justice Lawa wen aid);
Stafford Assizes, to aicmain the right of common. A verifies wad
given for the defendant. The new trial wits neoved sot on the
ground that all the evidence necessary to prove that the rig:it was
not vested in the defendant was not submitted to the Jury.—
' The right in question related to certain commons, oi,e of which
Is named Moltishal, and at the trial a number ot witnesses were
examined to shear, that from their remembrance, some of whom
recollected the usage for sixty years, that right bad existed sods.
turbtd.
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heard against the Rule, sad Mr. Serjeant Laws, in suppot•t of It.
The Court were of opinion upon hearing the state of the agrfl.
meats, end upon viewing the evidence given on the trial, mit
doubts at least existed u to the right. As the question was of
great importance to the parties ecncerned, and the &Advise ot the
Jury must be binding upon the future interests, it would be Is.ttsit
that the can sboldu go 4own again for trial.—!tali abeelsca. •

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Tit DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.
CORRECT COPY OF TIE E EVIDENCE UPON THE INQUIRY
RELATIVE TO THE HORRID ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
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I THE DUKE SF CIIHRERtAND.
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their young child being better inrormant says, that
about a fortnight ago she heard him in conversation
with her sister complain of his health, she overheard
him say in answer to some observation that fell to m
her sister, that death is a debt we must all pay sooner
nr later ; informant says, that he last night at supper
talked much of preparations which wete to be made

:: (Gentili from o,r Parer of resterd
ay) for dressing the children for the birth day, and desir-
Val • r •tx,—The Information of :ttrali Valley, Housemaid to ed her to take care avid get her gown in time, she
-les Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberlani s having been busied in making t.m some muslin deaf
.Who being u n her oath, eaith, that it is her be- had been given to her husband by the Queen and
eigess t 4 shut p the window shutters of the ball- the Princess Augusta for her and the children ; Idol.
fo
Totirlla ilod the ooms upon the same floor, and that mant further saith, that to prevent her husband sleep-
Lift night she shut all the window shutters,- but with- ing down stairs, she had put the child in the bed
out putting up the bars, and that she shot all the where the maid used to sleep. and told him she should
icitirs except the door leading into trellis's room from not want the assistance of the maid in the room, but
hie Riled .Highness's dressing-room : that she took he told her that the Duke had said perhaps he might
the tworleolstere and coverlid 'which di-ass the bed in go to Windsor to-morrow morning, and therefore he
the dey' tim , nF from the bed between Mee amid ten I should sleep below stairs, as upon those occasions he
o'clock last night, and placed them in a closet lead. ; was accustomed to do. That he took no lantern
itieseito the \water cleset, and that she locked the-dhor, I with 1• m, nor his gloves hat ; nor had he any hus-
u or
letteieg the key ht the doer on the side next the men;
.• tern belonging to him but one, which is now in the
alms doesa„it.evepy night, and is perfectly sure she did house, and is `the one which she now produces. That
it Ilikt ntht ; infermant says that at the time she : she never heard him make any complaint of his
plased the bolsters in the desist there was no sword Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, but felt
there nor any slippers or dark lantern ; that she has himself much gratified by the honour which his
iiieec'ome from the closet where she placed the bob • Royal Highness and the Princess Augusta had done
stirs, and says,vsthey are now in a very different him, by standing for their last child, end for the pre-
eosition from that she left them last night ; inform- series they had made them ; and further says, that
aet terther says, that she was in the housemaid's her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth had also
too* last night about ten o'clock ; Sarah Tether- sent her presents two yearn running. Informant says,
lic4ol tine Mare t Jones were there ; Sellis came in that she knows of nothing hanging upon his mind ;
and eh.siri hf.,l ;iret to put the sheets upon his bed, that he was not particularle straitened in his circum
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sayime I sled' sleep here to-night because I think the stances at that time, and she does not know that he
Duke ise going to Windsor to•morrow ; Margaret was • •in debt, or that he mites any bill, but to the apo-
answered very wail], Sir, and then Sellis went away. I thecary ; that the tailor brought home some clothes
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- SARAH vAtteea. I for him this morning ; that he never drank spirits, or
Sviprn before me, May 31,1810, J. 1441. D. 4,
any thing but beer to his meals ; that he made her a
Tlieforther kformation of Sarah Valley :
ho, being upbneher oath, saith, that she
an examined the lantern which was found in the clo-
has
been ' little brandy and water last night 17w a spasm she leid
in her stomach, but did not epoch it himself, although
1 she asked him to do so. That he was always at
set where she placed the bolsters, and says, it is a home and devoted the whole of his time to her, not
small brown lantern, and has glass sides, and has tin . having spent one evening out since she last lay in,
'sliders to each glass to makeitquite dark; that she has now about eight months ago ; that Mr. Walden, the
seen a lantern like it once or twice standing upon the butter-man, and Mr. Groville, his Royal Highness
drawers• in Mr. Sellis's dressing-room,and she hath seen the Duke of Cambridge's valet, were the persons she
him with a lantern very like it in his hand in the..
gal-' saw the most of, and they very seldom called upon
lery once or twice • thinks it was above a month ago him ; that lie did not belong to any club or meeting,
since she saw the lantern stand upon the dressing- and lever went oat of doors for a week together when
table) and is very sure that it was a square lantern. - any thing was the matter either with her or the chit-
SA RAII VARLEY. ' dren ; that lie had a key to the green baize doors
Sworn.before me, the Ist June,lBlo, J. READ. ! which communicates with his Royal Hieli eness'septut-
Ihlsnistesex.l2—The Iniormat on of At ton;o Penzera :
memo which he always kept himself, and wore it in
Who, upon his oath,, s.e s, that he has lived with his waistcoat pocket, and she heard him unlock the
his ' oyal Highness the Duke of Sussex, as his valet outer door last night when he left her, the same key
de chambre, about three years ; that he knew Sellis ' opening that door as well as the green beize doors.—
by sight before he(this informant) came to li-e with • That he took his clean linen down stairs with him,
his Royal Highness,.and has seen him fieau inflY and pro raised to ht ing hack his dirty linen this morn
since at Windsor, and in town, but that he. never ing, and desired her to roast the veal to-morrow,
called ups,. Sellis unless he had a message to de iv.r (meaning to-day), and that he would remind her of
Ir m his Royal Highness the Duke of Suaex, nor it when he came in the morning. That during his
did Sells ever call upon this informant in towns,— - last illness he has frequently complained of a giddi.
He was in no habits of intimacy with Sellis. Wien ness in his head, and when she has proposed to him
his Royal Highness the Dukeof Sussex and his Royal , upon those occasions to walk out in the air, he has
Highness the Duke of Cumberland were at Windsor,; always said that lying down would relieve him ; she
he frequently met him, and says, that Sehis hats se. i has asked frequently to consult an apothecary about
veral time. told him, diet if he could get another his health, and his answer always was, that nourishing
piece lie should be very glad to leave the service of ; things were better than medicines.
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland; give' NIAItY ANN SELLIS.
ing as a reason, that he had a wife and a large fa-1 Sworn before me, ?slay 31, 1310, J. READ.
wily, and that he could not support them without
i The further Information of the said MART AN X 5t1.1.1 I
better weees : that Neale, the idler valet, had all the ;
• . Who being upon her oath, saith, that her husband
perquisites of the clothes, and that he (Sails) lived I
i never was accustomed to take any lantern or candle
upon ill terms with Neale. Informant saith that on .
with him when he went from home into the Duke's
The `...0.2d of this month he walked with Sellis for half;;
apartments ; that there is a Lim always burning on
an hoe: in Windsor Park, when he told this inform-
, `the stew-case leading to the gallery door ; that there
ant that he passed many unhappy hours, and that his
is no lamp at present between the first door and the
situation was very uncemfortable, on account of a
' green doors ; she has heard that there used to be one,
persen in the house of the name of Neale) whom he b t 1
et tee amplighter had taken it away, and that be.
could sweet rebbed end plundered his Royal High.
tween the green door and the Duke's bed-room lights
ness the Duke of Cumberland at different times.—
are always burning until the Duke gnectob2d; intti m-
He said that his Royal Highness had ,used him ill,
ant with that about two years ago she heard that her
by very O' ten speaking sberp to him, anti that he
; husband had some disagreement with his Royal
thought 4 Neale was not there he should be treated
Highness, awing to a gnat rel that had taken place
better, and that Neale also used him very ill: and fur- i e h
i bete een her husband and Neale, and he then told her
ther says, that Sellis during this conversation appeir- I
tht he had wrote to his R.,} al Highness expressing
ed very much dejected, and more low in spit-its than' '.t
wish to leave his service, but that he got no answer
he had ever seen him before. Says he has never met •
,to it. He said that Major Thornton and Captain
Sellis at any other place except once or twice at the, Stevenson
had told him to make himself happy and
Opkr,i, and does not know whom he associated with : '
not to mind any ehaps about Neele's qnarrel. In-
thatle was a man of very few words, and never said i • se
. torment further saith, :hat she never had the least
so much to him as he did on the day he has mention- .
I reason to believe that her husband wits deranged.
ed ; but that whenever he has met Sellis, he has al.,
t Informant further saith, that she remonsttated it ith
'ay's expressed a wish to leave his Royal Highness
kiln upon his wishes
to go away, and
stated
to hint
the Nice of Cumberland. Says that Sellis ilways
; the advantages which they received from apartments
appeared to him to be a very mild man, and not ad-
I and 1 coa s and candles ; and she says she expressed
dieted to drink. ANTONIO PANZERA. 1
i her wish to him that he would mike himself happy
Sworn before me, May SI, 1810, J. RgAg.
! and stay, and not to make her unhappy by talkine, to
MlDDlAsio.—The Information of Ferdinand Buraio, of Charles. . .
a ]ter of again, and she says he has never mentioned
street, Grosvenor-square, Jeweller:
I it to her since, now about two Tees ago.
Who being upon his oath, saith, that he has known , ) •
MARY ANN SELLIS.
Joseph Sellis about 14 or 15 years, has been in time Sworn before me, the Ist June, 1810, J. READ.
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habit of frequently seeing him, but not for the last ;
1 'he Infortnation of ANN Ho .t., savant to Mrs. SFLLTS:
five weeks. Before that time he used to call very;
Who being upon her oath, said', th it she remem-
often at time apartments of ' his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cumberland, with articles of jewellery ; hut . hers seeing her master as he went from home on Wed-
never met Sellis at any third place. Says that Sellis ! nerdy night last ; that she let him out and locked
was a man who lived much to himself ; that he al- ; the door after him, and she says that he had on Pan•
ways considered him a very orderly good man. In.! taloons and walking.shoes.
M - The Mark Xof ANN HILL.
of seith, that about five months ago Sellis came ,. •
I his Witness was not sworn.
to his house, and asked informant to look out for a
place forhim. Informant said, good Gcm,what, do you •
mean to rum yourself ? -You must not think- for your- I
sell, you must think for yieur family ; upon that in-1
formant says Sellis MI him) and went away apparent-
ly satisfied. FERDINAND RUlt2lo.
6'worn before me, the 31st May, 1810,1. HEAD.
Minoltat 1 —The lnformatim..of Mary Ann S.; is, Widaw:
Who, upon her oath, saith, that Joseph Sellis, 'her
late husband, had been with her nearly the whole of
yesterday ; that he went to market,- and afterwards
Pi
Ikea with her and the childiew into the . 11c, and.
did not leave her till ten o'clock last night,"when he
went away, saying he.should sleep at the Duke's, in
order that the maid might sleep with her to nurse the
young child ; when he went away the door was
locked after him, and she never saw him afterwards.
Thw when he walked with her -in-the Path, he had
.ens pantaloons, With shines and half-gaiters; and she
verily believes he had on his shoes and gaiters when
he left her at night, as she never saw him pull them
off, and teey are n. t left beheld him, and that he .
seeicely ever wore oippeire et home ; informant says,'
feet her late husband had been ill of a violent cold
eor .four nt five weeks, but he
.seemed,eo her, to, be.
Mere cheerful and, happy yesterday en account of

Miuottsrx.—The Information of SAMPEL THOMAS Ao,tatg,
E.hq. of Great Russell-street,Bloomsburg:

Who being upon his oath, saith, that he was called
in-this morning upon the death of a servant of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, whose
name is Joseph Sellis ; and upon examination of the
port folio of the said Joseph Sellis, in his bed-room,
where he now lies, he found the two letters now pro-
duced, marked A. and 11. both signed Joseph Sells,
and appearing atl in the same hand-writing ; one of
, them addressed to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cumberland ; the ether addressed to Captain Steven-
son. The one is dated 4th May, 1808, and the other
I is dated July 9, 1809.

• SAMUEL THOMAS ADAMS.
Sworn before ine, the 31st May, 1110, 1. gams.

(To 4e Coidingsed).

MARRIED.
Tuesday, at Mary-la-bonne church, the Hon. Samuel Hood,
to Lady Charlstte Nelson.
On. thy 4th of June, at Paisley, Mr, John Braid, to Miss
Rolston, only daughter of Robert Ralston, Esq. of Castle Head,
Paisley.
Monday, at Wroughton, Wilts the Rev. James Townsend
lawes, of Marlborough, to • Sarah, eldest daughter of the late
WilllSta Dolton, Esq. of Basinshallittiet, Leedom