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Witness stated, that he is a 

 messenger in the War -office. 

 That, between 1 and 2 o'clock 

 yesterday afternoon, he saw pri- 

 soner in the passage of the War- 

 oflBce, at which time Lord Pal- 

 merston was going up stairs into 

 his own room. Witness heard 

 the report of a pistol, and looking 

 immediately round, saw one in 

 prisoner's hand. Heard Lord 

 Palmerston groan heavily, on 

 which he seized prisoner's hand 

 which held the pistol, and pri- 

 soner dropt it. Witness took it 

 up, and saw it had been just fired 

 oiF. Prisoner then cried out, 

 " You know me, and you know 

 jTiy wrongs; I have killed him." 

 Witness said, he knew nothing ; 

 and asked whom he meant as 

 having killed. Prisoner asked, 

 " Is not that Lord Palmerston?" 

 Witness answered, " Yes." 



Daniel William Bird, Lieut. 

 Col. of the 2nd West India regi- 

 ment, stated, that wishing to see 

 Lord Palmerston yesterday morn- 

 ing, he went to the War-office, 

 and mentioned his wish to last 

 witness, who answered, he was 

 very lucky, for Lord Palmerston 

 was just then going up stairs. 

 Witness rose to go out of the 

 room, and at the moment heard 

 the report of a pistol, and coming 

 into the passage saw last witness 

 have hold of prisoner's hand, and 

 a pistol lying at prisoner's foot, 

 who said to Mr. Owen, " You 

 know my wrongs ; he has killedme." 



On the prisoner's being 

 searched at the War-office, no 

 other fire-arms were found upon 

 him : he had in his pocket a small- 

 sized paper parcel, sealed with 

 three seals, eleven bank-notes of 

 II, each, 22s. in silver, an official 



letter from the War-office, and 

 two or three trifling memoranda, 

 which were all delivered to 

 Lavender, and by him now pro- 

 duced. 



Mr. Lawrence Samuel, a gen- 

 tleman belonging to the War- 

 office, stated, that he had been 

 present when Mr. Astley Cooper 

 examined the wound of his Lord- 

 ship, that he said the ball had 

 passed, and that from present ap- 

 pearances, he had hopes the 

 wound was not dangerous. The 

 coat worn by his lordship was 

 now produced, and the ball 

 seemed to have entered the 

 middle of the back, and being 

 fired from below had passed up- 

 wards, when his Lordship, being 

 at the moment at the turn of the 

 staircase, had most probably 

 given it that obhque turn which 

 caused it to glance off at the 

 shoulder-blade. 



The magistrate ( Edward Mark- 

 land, Esq.) asked the prisoner 

 where his friends lived, that he 

 might inform them of his situa- 

 tion, and procure from them 

 every assistance. The prisoner 

 said his family lived at Mon- 

 mouth ; and he had a brother in 

 the navy. He was generally re- 

 maiuled, till Lord Palmerston 

 and Mr. A. Cooper can attend. 



We have little to add to this 

 authentic report of the circum- 

 stances of this shocking transac- 

 tion, except the pleasing intelh- 

 gence, that at a late hour last 

 night we were informed that 

 Lord Palmerston had been but 

 very slightly hurt, and was per- 

 fectly well. From the account 

 of the trial of David Davies it 

 appears that he was considered 

 as a decided lunatic. 



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