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

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of a sword, and two bolsters ; the key of tile cl.
h door was on the inside. A report by thislime aft
eel the Duke that Seillis had 'been murdered 14:
Home the surgeon then arrived, and found that
Duke had received Several wounds upon the
the throat, the thigh, the hand, and the lef
After this, the.attention of all was directed' Duke's personal safety.
.The witness had on
night before attended the Duke while undres •s%
'The Duke had desired himself to be awakened •
seven o'clock next morning, and the witness had •
consequence directed the maid to have a fire read
Sir. It was plain that the person who made the„
tack on the. Duke must have remained secreted is
closet, as all the other doors leading to the Duke,
apartment were lotted. A few days since
se.
had, according to orders, taken the Duke's tei
mentalslusd sword out to make them ready for°
review, which did not afterwards take place.
afterwards returned the regimentals, but left the veer
upon the sofa in the Dukes room, where it had •
ever since until the fatal night.
To a question put by Mr. Place, the Foreman of
Jury, "Whether he knew of any motive which Seel;
could have for taking away the Duke's life ?''
witness answered, 4, That he had no motive in t
world, for the Duke had done more for him than f
any other servant he had. That his Ruyal Higb
ncss had done lest for himself, who had b.teg long
in his service. His Royal Highness had not oat
himselftreated him with great kindness, but pretai
on some of the Princesses to bestow favours on b*
wife and children. When Scillis first came into
service he was only a barber."
Q. (By the Jury). Did you ever hear SeilUs complain of ar
bad treatmeet ht bad received from the Duke ?—A. He cad
reason to conip/ain.
Q. Did you e'er hear him complain ?—Witness. Ant I oblige
to answer that question ?
The Coroner said be mnst answer that question.
Witness.—He heard him complain several times between to
and three years ago, (the servants baying formerly been aloe.
half-a-guinea a week board wages, and three sElings an I six.,
per day for travelling expences.) His Royal Highness rai
their board wages to fourteen shillings a week, and took set
the three and sixpence for travelling expences, as the scrim.
only went to Windsor, where they had their victuals fur mad.
When that arrangement took place, a paper was drawn up
the Steward for all the servants to sign, expressive of their an
bation of it. Stills alone refused to sign it. as slums w-s
formed by the steward. He said he would be d—d ixfore.
I would sign it, and nobody but blackguards would sign it.
understood that.his expressions were afterwards reported to
Duke, and that, at his Royal Hightieo,'s request, the steward '
formed him, that if he did not sign it be and his family must t,
' the house ; when Beillis agreed to sign it. Witeess knew of
recent misunderstanding between the deceased atki the Duke,
he did not know that which he now related of his oven knowled„.
Q. Had you ever any dispute with him yourself ?—A. I ocs,
gave him an angry word.
Q. Did he give you any angry words P—A. Redid not . •
very civilly of me, but I never gave him an angry word. I see
answered the bad language be Used so me
Q. What did he say to you ?—(Thie teen= Int not pressed)
Q. How did the deceased generally conduct himself m theta
may ?—A. lie was eery malicious in his diseusithei, and wet
j would be contradicted, not Even ty the Duke himself. I ins
i Informed that be fought the Steward at Kew, and tkat he toe
j with one or two more servants. he was very reserved to •
, conversation with the witness.
Q. Did you lately observe him to be in a luw nr deloodug
state of mind ?—A. No, I did not. He uas lately idlltz.tsfeiti
a cold, and Ws Royal Highness permitted It to Lute men car-
riage he consequence.
Q. 1)o you think that It was the deceased who attacked Li
Reif al Highness?-s-A. 'I he truth will come out yet, nodocleofit.
ustr—Answer the question.
A. My opinion is, that as I undressedliis Royal Weems, ad
my bed being next his mom, Stalls meant to murder the DLit,
thinking that the blame slunikl be put en me.
JULY— Plat is your opinion.
Warr/ass—Re has injured my character, and I have not the
least doubt of It.

Amite &ALL wife to the above, deposed that she
had been called up at three o'clock on Thursday
murning by the alattn of the Duke's miir. ler. She
found his Royal Highness in the Page's room, bleal
ing profusely. He tilrected her to call Sean:. She
went to one of the doors of his room (there wre two
doors), and knocked. There was no answer. She
then went to open the done of the yellow mom, bus
it was locked. After this she was joined by the Por-
ter, and they went round to the other Joor of Scillies
room in order to waken him : when neat the door.
they heard a gurgling noise, hire that of water tor.
cing its way through the throat—the Porter looked in.
and exclaimed that Seillis had cut his throat. She
was alarmed and retired. Seillis was a very obstinate
man, anti would bear no contradiction, not even
tram the Duke. He constantly persisted in every
dispute that he was in the rik;!tt, and indeed it was not
safe to differ from him. The Duke had on all occa-
sions shewti him the most particular kindness; even•
lately, when he was affected wolt a cold, he would
not allow him .to go on the outside of the carriage.
but insisted on his going inside with himself to Wind-
sor. The Princess Augusta and his Royal Highness
had stcod Sponsers• by-proxy, for Scillies last
and her Majesty had made the mother a present of
two pieces of India muslin Seillis had a key torus
from his own apartments to the Duke's without going
out of doors. He was always very distant with the
other servants. He seldom spoke to her; but on
one occasion lately he met her, and told her that Mrs.
Marsh, the house-keeper to the Royal Cockpit, wal
dead, and that he would apply to the Duke to ge;
the place for his wife. He said the Duke would ask
Lord Dartmouth. He preferred asking a place for
his wife rather than himself, because he was so con-
' venient to the Duke, he knew his Royal Highness
would not spare him. He hoped, however, to get
some sinecure about the Palace. The whole Royal
Family were particularly attached to Seillis, and ou
every courtday they had his wife and children
brought into the gallery to see them. Even on the
last day the Queen was in town, she had the you'll
baby brought into the room to be shewn to her. she
never heard Seillis was jealous of his wife; quite the
contrary, he was a domestic man, particularly at-
tached to her, and fond of his children.
BENJAMIN SMIT/I, porter to the Duke of Cumber:
land, said, he was called up about three o'clock tit
.the morning of Thursday last, by a call of (4 MUr•
der !" and that he received directions to stop et:erY
person from leaving the house ; that he went to bed-
lis's house to call him up, but his wife told him that
he slept in the D.uke's apartments. He then went to
his apartments there, and heard a gurgling noise
within, but could not gain admittance, the door
was locked. He and some morn of the servants that
went to the other tixtr, which was upon the jar, 30
they concluded Sc..lis was tnurtierrd, • • • '