The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-12 00:00:00

131P1iti IA L PA tC.I.I4MENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, ,1.. - 11.
r the A ppeu! " Lord ‘Vatcrpark r. Austin,- Mr. Nolan
awls heard for ttr2 AppAiant. Further proceeding on Wednes-
-41;‘,/.
The Plate ()mutt:lrk P:11 pasfel through a Cnlntnittee,,and
was re liOrtre
The Rerun of ttie Itoututtee of Privilege: on the Roxburgh
Peerage was mjeed so.
ASAsSINAcioN OF mit. PErirEvAt.
After the lianse had gone throur4it some privatii
business, the Clerk came dew,' to the Bar to swear
several ..,:ine::ses t.) give evidence respecting different
private Bi!is and other matters, when (about a quar-
ter past live o'clock) a Clentlmatt came ranging into
the Hons., in great agitation, crying out, 44 Mr.
I).Tc. vitl is shot," and calling for the doors to be
shut to rev e the escape of the assassin. Much
nOarion ...,.;itserteetice prevailed in the House;
In•ist of tf!;, Lords came dawn to the Bar to enquire
vv:iat !tad happened, some of their Lordships went
to the 11 use of Commons, as did also spine of the
Officers of the House of Lords.

Wortht :IS soon► brought that Mr. Perceval was
shot awl was dead.
A Cwt. some p! irate conversation amongst the Lords,
the 1,0111) CIIANCEI,IOII addressed the House,
slating, that a most melancholy and atrocious cir-
cumstaace. had occurred, and desiring that the Offi-
cers of the House should take care that no person
siloute be sutrered to depart the House, until it was
sscert►iucd whether any further mischief had beets
done.

The outer doors were. immediately closed. •
Some time elapsed, during which the Lords 'were
in private consultation, and several othei Ltirds came
Lac) the Muse. ,
_.

!N,gth, in consequence of an understanding
that their Lordships should have some evidence of
the fact before thpm,

The Duke of CIiMBERIAND stated, that he
had unfortunately seen the Hight lion. Mr. Perceval
wounded and dead.

A question being asked by Lord ELLEN BO-
If, where?
liis Royal Highness stated, that he had then seen
11:r. Pereeval in the Speaker's Chamber.
Lord ELLENHOROUGH thought this scarcely
sufficient to ground any proceeding upon, as they
had no testimony as to the manner in Which the
wound was given.
Lord HOLLAND said a few words in a low sone
of voices but, as we understood, suggesting that
the House should not he too hasty in proceeding until
they had sufficient evidence before them.
A!'ler a short i.;to; val Mr. Taylor, the Door-
keeper of the 1t0n,,, o 1 Con:mons, came into the
House and s:is rvf.'l:ineti at the ; be stated that
lo•sa's the pi,tol tiro', in the lobiq of the House of
Conoaw,: , awl that he saw Mr. Perceval fall. .
Lvi.l( dermod sufficient, and
11,t, F:1:1 of RADNOR moved, Oat an humble
'Id:TSS be presented to the Pi ioce Regent, stating,
'he Il•u.lse had heard with horror of the attack
roo.le and the. osasitiati.-ut of ti' Right lion.
l'e:e'val, one of tip Majesty's Most Ho-
ore.r-ble :'rive Coancil, and :iayieg that his Royal
would be ,raciouslv pleased to direct such
steps to he taken ;1,210, should deem expedient for the
spprootAa,i of the offender or ()Coolers.
Earl GREY said, he merely rose to state, that he
entirely agreed, or if he could say so; that he more
than eutirely agreed, in the proposition moved by
the Noble Earl) which had his must (Initial concur-
rence.

The Motion was agreed to nonlife dimenliente.
It was then ordered, that the Address be presented
forthwith by Lords specially appointed for the pur-
pose, and the Earl of Radnor, Earl Grey, Lord
Holla,id, Lord Mulgraye, and other Lords, •sere
appointed for that roliose.
The House then adjourned till to-morrow (this
da)) at two o'clock.