Star.
London, England, 1810-06-02 00:00:00

Seillis rider slept 41'1 altOtatil
este Tec,lt • QnliSs
uje Duke WAS next day going to
.Windsor: Witness
bb, idted the window-shutters of the Duke's rout=
enfasteneJ, which he thot ght a strange circumstance,
as they were fastened every night. Witness was in
bed when he heard the alarm of " Hurd r." On
t.jesing to the staircase he saw the Duke in his shirt,
leg Mr. Neale saying his Royal Highness was mur.
deted. Witoess was afraid to enter
eliding that the assassins might be there. He en-
feted afterwards in.cOmpany with the soldiers, and
Found him in the same position in which he has re-
teamed eser since. Witness, according to directions,
atterwards went for Mr. Home, the surgeon, to ;
dress the wounds of his Royal Highness. Heard de. •
teased 31 on Wednesday night, " Who's for Wind
wr
tu-niorrow r' and hearing that, he was not sur-
pit Italia and Seillis sleeping in the Duke'eapartments.
MATHEW HENRY, ERAILEN, a German, who
tells himself Yager (Hussar, oe orderly man) to•
I
Royal Highness., said; he was called up by Mrs.
Soar, and hearing that murderers were in the house,
seiteJ a pair el pistols,. and went into his Royal,
Highness's apartments. Hearing that Seas was
enudeted, he Went in company with the porter,
eft. Niele, and others, to the door of his room, which
e Lied from she Duke's apartments, and found the
doff ajar. He. had a pair of pistols in his hand,.
bathe was afraid to enter the room, not knowing who.
alight be there. (This excited a laugh.) There were
three of them at the door, but cone of them would
at any more than: himself. Witness was not in
tee room since, sohu could not say whether 'ewes Seil-
lis lay dead in it or not, as he did not look at him. Wit-
less heard the deceased on Wednesday ask, 44 Who's
ler Wiedsor to-morrow r' Witness answered
am." was a yery civil, well behaved man—
generally saw him once a day during the year and a
half that witness was he the service. There was a
serious quatrel between the deceased and Neale. He
heard the deceased Call Neale thief, and several other
opprobrious nanies. They seldom spoke together.—
Witness did not see the Duke, but he heard him corn-
Odd of his pain, and call fee water.
Joserti Climatal, a Serjeant in the Coldstream
Guards, was on duty at St. James's Palace on Thurs-
day morning. About three o'clock he *as called to
the of Cumberland's hobs,, to which he went
Accompanied by another Serjeant, and two or three
Anidiers. On entering the house be met two servants,
who told him that the Duke of Cumberland hail been
s'ounet.d, and that Seillis was murdered. He then
went aii;ng with the soldiers and servants to the dead
man's zoom. None of the servants would enter in,
but he and the other soldiers did. They found Seillis
dead, with his throat cut, on the bed. His
steckivs and pantaloons were nn, but he had no coat,
tor could he say positively whether he bad a waist..i
teat on. On the floor before the bed lay a white.
bandied razor, and a white handkerchief, cut in seve.
ral places. On the opposite side of the room was a •
wash-hand tram with some water in it, which looked
as if same person had been washing blood in it. The
curtains were sprinkled with Islood.as well as several
parts of the t oom--at that time it was broad day-light..
Mr. WILLIAM JACritt)N, a Surgeon, was then exa-
mined. He had viewed the body, and he had no
doubt but the deceased came mills death by the wound
in his throat, which he apparently inflicted upon him-
al!. He observed PO other wound about !dm.
JOSEPH STRICELA.ND, Under Butler to his Royal
'Highness, saw the deceased in the dressing-room of
his Royal Highness the preceding evening, when wit-
ness entered to put the Duke's cup upon the table.
17.11°n he first entered the room he did not see bins,
end was surprised to find him there, aehe knew it!
was not his night to wait. It was about 11 o'clock. I
The deceased looked hard and laughed at him, but
said nothing, which made him more surprised. He i
did not know whether it was a ghastly laugh, but it
was not in his usual manner. Witness was almost
eniag to ask whether he was going to Windsor, but
he did not. It was not the witness's duty to enter the
"elm when a Page was there, nor would be have
tlien entered it, it he knew that Seillis was there. He
id not notice whether he had slippers on, but lie Was I
ire he had a coat. Witness was not intimate with i
the deceased, but he always found him very civil.
Mrs. SARAH PARLEY, house-maid to his Royal!
Highness, slid she was sure she shirt all the windows i
the preceding night, and fastened the bars ; she also ,
!eked the doors, excepting that which led ftom Sell.:
room to the Duke's apartments ; she put two";
bolsters in the interior closet the preceding evening;
lot there was not then the scabbard of a sword there,
nor slip hers. When she looked in the closet in thei
rooming, she Halsted that the bolsters had been consi-
derably altered from the state iss which she left them. .
Seillis told het on Wednesday evening, in the presence
f two other iemale servants, Abat he should .go to
Windsor next d iy, and that he should sleep in the
hake's apartments that night. She had seen t 141-
thorn in his rot rn several times like that which was
found in the closet, and. she frequently saw him have
.ft in his hand upon the stairs. She remarked in the
"Melting, that, instead of finding the window-shutters
fastened, as the had left them, they were all open.--
be always tinderstodd that the deceased and his wife
lived on very affectionate terms. She often heard
him talk kindly of his wife and children. She saw
eillis only three or foss times in her life, and
those were Ceutt days, when she and the family came
into gallery. The Duke'4 sleeping room was nose-
in eel same ritnation in whicleit WAS when the attack
l'ag made upon him, only the sheets had been re-
owed, When his Royal Highness's wounds had
;ten dressed, clean sheets were put upon the bed, lest
'P should lie down again, but lie- ordered another
'll4l bed to be prepared for him.
huts BALL, Servant to the Duke of Cumberland,
,'"as alarmed in his bed by the he'usekeeper ; when
gm up, he asked what the matter was ? and was
;Ild that his Royal Highness had been murdered
;Ile Neale told him to call Seillis, which he did, but
Thnnd his door locked. The witness then returned,
ad said he could not get in, but the porter told him
round the other way, which he did, with the
"milers, He saw the deceased lying in his bed), but
""rill tent go in. He dqsired them to sac if he was
.*ad, and one of them said, " Aye, dead enough."
Th,
'lnn" then said, if he is dead let every thing re-
Taan lust as it is which they did, and came away.
it:collects the as,
quarrelling with Neale sere--
r4l tames. The dispute originated in Neale taking a
tewseaper out of Mr. hand. Witness himself.
1"" had any dispute with the delealled. Kt/Ole,