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to them memorial after memorial, 

 on subjects relative to his private 

 concerns ; and he, moreover, ge- 

 nerally, conducted himself with so 

 much passion, that at length he 

 was sent to prison, where he re- 

 mained a considerable time ; claim- 

 ing, in vain, the protection of the 

 British minister, who, indeed, 

 could render him no assistance. 

 The term of his confinement hav- 

 ing expired, Bcllingham repaired 

 to England full of complaints 

 against the Russian government. 

 He married in London, but took 

 up his abode at Liverpool. He 

 commenced the business of an in- 

 surance broker, whilst his wife 

 pursued that of a milliner. He 

 continued at intervals to present, 

 memorials to the British govern- 

 ment on the subject of his claims ; 

 but these were concerns with which 

 government had nothing to do. 

 For the last few weeks he has been 

 in attendance about the House of 

 Commons ; and a short time ago 

 he addressed, to several members 

 of the House, a printed statement 

 of his grievances, req.uesting their 

 interference in his behalf. It is 

 said, that his last application to go- 

 vernment on his affairs, was made 

 on Monday morning, when he re- 

 ceived a repulsive answer, which is 

 supposed to have confirmed him in 

 his dark and bloody purpose. 



Bellingham was brought to his 

 trial, the courts being sitting, on the 

 13th, when, there being no difficul- 

 ty in proving the fact, he was, with- 

 out hesitation, brought in guilty. 

 There was a slight attempt to 



Erove him insane ; but except 

 is persuasion that what he had 

 committed was perfectly justifiable, 

 and an apparent expectation that 

 the act would be so considered on 



his trial, noothermarksofan alienat- 

 ed mind could be adduced. 



His execution took place on the 

 18th before Newgate. He pre- 

 pared for his fate with great com- 

 posure by the usual religious exer- 

 cises, and, during the whole scene 

 manifested an extraordinary degree 

 of firmness and self-possession. 

 He denied that he had any accom- 

 plices in the deed (as indeed there 

 could be no suspicion of this kind), 

 and persisted to the very last in re- 

 fusing to express any contrition 

 for his crime. His behaviour on 

 the whole was such as apparently 

 to render him, in his last mo- 

 ments, rather an object of interest 

 than of detestation. The whole 

 passed without any tumult or acci- 

 dent. 



12. Disturbances in the Country. 

 —The rioters have lately, in some 

 parts, entered houses by night, in 

 parties of 20 or 30, for the purpose 

 of procuring arms. Two more at- 

 tempts at assassination have been 

 made, though happily without suc- 

 cess. It is said, that just before 

 these riots broke out, several per- 

 sons, known to be United Irishmen, 

 arrived in the manufacturing dis- 

 tricts from Ireland, for the purpose 

 of binding the rioters together by 

 oaths. 



At Leeds, on the 8th of May, 

 the family of colonel Campbell, 

 commanding officer of the Leeds 

 district, was thrown into serious 

 alarm : between 10 and 11 o'clock 

 at night, two men, whose voices 

 were distinctly heard, placed them- 

 selves in a plantation behind the 

 colonel's house, at Woodhouse, 

 about a mile from Leeds, and dis- 

 charged two muskets in the direc- 

 tion of the guard-room, just at the 

 moment when two hussars were 



entering 



