Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-07-26


Neale, who was sleeping in an adjoining
room, got up instantly; and the duke IN
formed him of the particulars, and said,
the murderers were in his bedroom. Neale
armed himself with poker, and he and
his royal highness proceeded along the pas
Sage when Neale stepped upon the sword
with which the duke had been attacked,
which was one of the dukes, and had been
sharpened within these few days.
His royal highness, supported BY Neale
Git being necessary, rfrom5the: coPious dis
charge of bloody proceeded TO alarm the
house. The housekeeper was the trst who
came, cut. The duke and Neale, without
the least suspicion, knocked at the assassin
(Seiilis's) door, who it is supposed, mistook
what was said, viz. that Seillis, the duke'
has been murdered" for" Seillis, you have
murdered the duke !" as he was heard max
ing noise and it was then supposed ne
concludedhe was detected, as he WAS heard
opening drawer, in which was the razor
with which he cut his own throat. ne
razor formerly belonged to the duke, but
had been given to Seillis lately.
Cleyeland Row, and the immediate vi
entity of the palace, accessible to carriages:
was covered with straw, and every possible
precaution taken to prevent any noise that
could disturb his royal bighness. As his
wounds are numerous and severe, amount
ing to eight or nine, considerable aFpreten-
sions OF fever are of course entertained.
SELLS had lived with the duke about 10
years, buthad once left him and lived with
Mr.. Manners, the gentleman, we under
stand, of that name, who; married the ducho
ess of Roxburgh. He soon, however, re.
turned to his royal highness's service, and
became so great favorite of his master,
that he and his family were accommodated
with lodgings over the gate way, leading
into the kitchen.court from Cleveland row
from which there was communication with
the dukes suite of apartments. Here they
were supplied with Goals, candies, &c. from
his royal highness's establishment. His
royal highness had also go far extended his
favors to this man, as to condescend 10 be-
come sponsor to one of his children, on
which occasion he prevailed on one OF his
royal sisters to stand with him. : En- conse-
euence Seillis became in some sort an OBJ
.iect of particular attention to all the branch
es Of the royal family, from whom he and
his children received many little presents
and marks ofnotlce.
1t has been since ascertained thatsSeillis
slept for the last four nights in the room
whieh he occupied when in waiting, altho'
it was not his turn of duty, and his wife's
apartments were contiguous. This devia.
ton from his usual practice having been
mentioned to him, he excused himself by
saving that some of the children were i'll.
He was seen in the dukes bed roon, at ii
O'Clock with+some linen in his hand, 1altho'
he had'no business there, it not being, as
we before observed, his turn to attend. In
closet in the room, there was also found
pair of slippers, which were known to be
Seillis's; from which circumstance II sie in
ferred thar be had concealed himself there
for the purpose Of efecting this horrid de.
sign.
No reason has been assigned sufficient 10
account in the smallest degree for this &C
emulation of crime and ingratitude. 1t is
said that the deceased had been in dispute
with one of his fellow.srrvants, and that it
was left to the determination Of his royal
highness, who decided against him.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
The possession of fort Martagorda, we
are happy TO state, is not likely to produce
that effect in accelerating the surrender of
Cadiz, which the inhabitants seemed dis
posed to apprehend, and the enemy reckon
ed upon. From survey made by the Prin-
cipal engineer at rCad;z, it appears that the
enemy cannot take up position ON that