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prison-room, where he found much 

 fault with Vickery, the officer, for 

 having inquired from some female 

 something relative to his private 

 affairs. He calmly said, he knew 

 the consequence of the act he had 

 committed, which he did not con- 

 sider of a private nature. On Vic- 

 kery's answering, that he had only 

 spoken in general terms to the fe- 

 male, and she told him she had in 

 Iierpossession a memorandum of 

 20/. due by a Mr. Wilson to him, 

 the prisoner, in the most uncon- 

 cerned manner, replied, he knew 

 what it was ; it was a bill that he 

 expected would have been paid 

 next day, at half-past nine o'clock. 

 He did not talk at all inco- 

 herently, except on the subject of 

 assassination ; respecting that deed, 

 he said, that he expected to be 

 brought before a tribunal where 

 ample justice would be done to 

 him ; and that he expected to be 

 liberated, and ultimately to have 

 his claims satisfied. 



He was conveyed to the secre- 

 tary of state's office for the home 

 department, where he was placed 

 in a room, in v.hich he walked 

 nearly the whole time. On the 

 breaking up of the council he was 

 sent to Newgate. His commitment 

 •was signed by Michael Angelo 

 Taj'lor, Esq. M. P. who accom- 

 panied him in the coacii to New- 

 gate, where he' was double iron- 

 ed. He has been perfectly calm 

 and collected since his imprison- 

 ment. His time yesterday morning 

 was employed in writing a letter to 

 a friend at Liverpool, which con- 

 sisted of three sides of a quarto 

 sheet of paper, written with appar- 

 ent correctness ; a space purposely 

 being left for the wafer, so that the 

 letter might be opened without the 



writing being defaced. This has 

 been sent to Mr. Ryder's office. 

 He states that he drew the pistol 

 from his right hand breeches pocket. 

 He has made particular inquiry of 

 the keeper as to what direction the 

 ball took. Being asked if there was 

 any other person close to him when 

 he fired, or between him and Mr. 

 Perceval, he replied there was none, 

 or he should have been fearful of 

 firing. 



This wretched man is stated to 

 be a native of St. Neot's in Hunt- 

 ingdonshire, and aged 42 years. 

 It is added, that he was brought up 

 in a counting-house in London ; 

 and some years ago went to Arch- 

 angel, where he lived with a Rus- 

 sian merchant, in whose employ- 

 ment as clerk, he continued three 

 years. Having formed a connexion 

 with a Mr. Borbecker, in the tim- 

 ber line, he returned to England in 

 order to seek a contract for the 

 supply of timber ; and entered into 

 considerable engagements with the 

 merchants of Hull. Ships were in 

 consequence sent out to Archangel 

 to bring home cargoes ; but Mr. 

 Borbecker having meanwhile be- 

 come a bankrupt, the vessels re- 

 turned in ballast. Bellingham, who 

 still remained at Hull, was arrest- 

 ed, and thrown into prison, by the 

 disappointed merchants, for the 

 non-fulfilment of the contract ; 

 and during his confinement, or soon 

 afterwards, he wrote a pamphlet 

 with the intent of ridiculing the 

 merchants of Hull. On the re- 

 covery of his liberty he proceeded 

 again to Archangel, where he en- 

 tered into various speculations, 

 which ended in his involving him- 

 self in still more numerous difficul- 

 ties. He was there very trouble- 

 some to the government, sending 



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