The Statesman. — 1813-05-15 (London, England)

ALLYANDER."  Hiihaess this , cerised in the 'Murder of his “GliCalliainberit::lnt""attitimeted:;":v endeavoured to prove, by a variety et **erratic:Las: had tied cornmitted suicideth.s who, . Loyd Esautasottocoar then red the minutes of COWL Re said, teat,s '(he trim ; aftteeradwdhrienched, iif ollbstag a few observations to their Lordships, be was tally aware that he was deiiatiligwhfroenmt.htehem meal practice of the Court, but be felt that it was necessary, in justice to himself, that he should ' claim their attention for a short time. who conducted his defence stated, that he was a thvaenard: 'ycialueset"gi aptnti is:: nin , Cita notnud t i eoyvnei lit eaun tri reiy; v e, had at when hdens t ati yearsti.ide of cold they alleged, ali ege d, an more that he harboured no malice against the Duke of Cumberland, nor ally sinister intention In •the act which the law had imputed to hits as an offence they bad alleged tie snore than what common sense Henna sanction. That he had admitted Into Ms jour' oak matter from which idfereoc.es bad been drawn of.. feesive to the feelings, and injurious to the character of the Royal Duke, he ,deeply regretted; for, in publishing the communications of his correspondent, be had no such intention ; as,''he thought, would have been apparent to the Judge, before whom the case was tried, had the subsequent publications of his paper been read, in explanation of his motives, with the same latitude that previous publications were produced by the Solicitor-General, in order to lAi on him the charge contained in the information. As a private individual, be could have had no pique against his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumber. limi, whose person even was unknown to him, and from whom be had never received any injury. if the Royal Duke had been a Minister of State, or a public functionary, it might be supposed that .he was actuated by feelings of political rancour.— But this could not be the case; for, however high the rank of the Dike of Cumberland, he was no more than a private individual in the eye of the law. Few persons in his situation could have acted with more forbearance towards the Royal Duke than he had done. Ile had suppressed many severe censures on his Royul Highness's conduct; and he had done so, because they appeared to be the effusions of malice, spleen, or personal enmity.-But he gave insertion to the correspondence for which he then stood before their Lordships, because it seemed to him to force conviction on the mind, that .ellis was not his own executioner—and that the crime of self-murder was imputed to him, while his guilty assassins were..l4.joieing les security. lie dis• claimed the idea of imputing the guilt to his own Royal Master. lie had 'persuaded himself, that by giving rise to a controversy on the subject, he was opening a discus inn which might lead to the detection of the assassin. In doing this, he was itifluenced by his abhorrence, of murder ; an abhor. recce which nature had implanted ifthe bosom of humanity. His expectations were disappointed ; but still he could not soy less than he had done, without doing injustice to himself. He deeply regretted that he had wounded the feelings of any individual, but he repeated, that his motives were honourable, and his intentions upwright. lie attempted the attainment of an object, which he believed to be laudable ; and which, in his conscience, as a man and a Chrissian, he could not now think otherwise—the discovery of the midnight. mime . sip. In conclusion, he besought their Lordships to draw a line of distinction between a casual error, and a pre-determination to commit an evil 'action. 'rhe