Star. — 1810-07-04 (London, England)

CUMBERLAND. MIDDLESIX.—The information of Cornelius DI• ale, Valet to his Royal Highnis4 the Duke of Cumberland : Who being upon his oath, saith, that whilst he wits in bed in a room adjoining the bed-room of his Royal Highness, a little before three o'clock he heard his Royal Highness call out Neale ! Neale ! lam murdered !" upon which he g•t out of bed and met the Duke of Cumberland at thedoor. His Royal Highness said the murderer was in his bed-room.— Informant says, he instantly darted into the bed. room of his Royal Highness, aed seized the poker, and then perceived that the door leading into the yellow room was wide open, which he immediately ran to, and set his foot. upon a naked sword which was lying on the floor, just by the door. He took up the sword, and asked leave of his Royal Highness to pursue the assassin ; but his Royal Highness desired he would not, but to call the. servants. His Royal Highness then leant upon informant's arm, and they went together into the porter's room, and called the porter, and he was ordered by his Royal Highness not to suffer any person to go out of the house. They then returned up stairs again, and upon going up stairs they met Mrs. Neale, whom his Royal High. ness desirsd to call Sellis. She ran to his bed-room, and came back again, and said the door was locked. His Royal Highness then finding himself fa nt from loss of blood, lay down upon the bed.. His Royal Highness then desired informant to lOok after the as. sassin, and to find nut where he could have been concealed. Informant opened the door at the foot of the bed leading to a smolt room which has three closets ; the water closet, the closet where informant supposes the assassin had concealed himself, and another closet for dirty .linen. In the closet where he • supposed the assassin was concealed, informant foetid a pair of black leather slippers, with the name Sdlis written in each slipper ; which informant believes to be of the hand-writing of JOseph Sells, an Italian, one of the valets of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland ; there was also a dark lantern, a bottle of water, and the scabbard of the sword which was found upon the floor in the bed-room ; there was also two bolsters, which are used in the day time for orna. menting the bed of his Royal Highness, and the 'key of the closet was in the inside of the door, which was not usual, and could have been of no use but for the purpose of locking the door, where he siipposes the assassin had concealed himself. informant saith, about this time a report came to the Duke that Sellis was murdered. Informant saith, that he assisted his Royal Highness to go to bed. About this time. Mr. Home, the surgeon, came, and this informant assisted him in binding up his wounds. Informant saith, there arc several wounds upon his Royal Highness's head, one upon his throat. That 'the back of his right hand is cut across, and that there are wounds upon his left arm, and a wound upon'theback of his right thigh, and he has reason to believe that all the wounds were given by the sword f aind upon the floor in the bed room, which was very bloody. Informant saith, that between the Duke's room and in. formant's corm, ther:l are three doors, but only a wainscot partition between the beds. That he never heard any noise till die Duke called out Neale! Neale! lam murdered informant faith, that he attended his Royal Highness to bed last night about twelve o'clock ; and after his Royal Highness had passed the yellow room (which he always does when he goes to bed), informant shut the door, and is very sure he locked it, and he afterwards remained in the Duke's room until his Royal Highness got into bed. No other person was in the room, and his Royal Highness desired informant wouldcallhim at seven o'clock. Informant' went out by the doors leading to his own room, and ordered the housemaid to light his Royal Highness's fire at six o'clock ; he then went to his - own room, ind went to bed. The doors between his Royal Highness's bed room and-the bed room Of this