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¦ wa s Immediately accepted , and Sir Francis took a boat at the Tower Stairs , went a little way down the river , and then mounted his horse to take the way to his country-house . A great assemblage was , at this time , collected on the Tower Hill , and the procession moved forward , * not without some
disappointment on the part of those *> ho formed it . The people were pleased , however , with the liberation of their hero , and the evening concluded with a considerable illumination . Happily , the day passed without any pretext for the calling in . of the numerous troops assembled on this occasion in 3 nd about London
A melancholy incident marked the occurrences of this month , which remains as yet to be thoroughly explained . The apartments of the royal galace have been defiled by an attempt at assassination , and a . murder has been committed The whole * wears a most mysterious appearance . Between two and three in the
morning , the Duke of Cumberland was awaked by a blow on his head , and in getting from the bed to his door the blows were repeated . On calling his servants and alarming the house , it appeared that he had received several wounds with a sharp instrument , and liis sabre was found bloody , lying in the room . A serjeant and some privates v / ent over the house , and , in one room ,
they found one of the duke ' s pages weltering in his blood , with his throat cut from ear to ear , and it appeared that he could not have been long dead , and some of the servants , from a gurgling noise they heard at the door , thought that he must have been alive a short time before they entered the room . The depositions of the duke , the serjeant , several
privates , and the servants of the house were taken by a police magistrate , and laid before the coroner ' s j ury summoned to inquire into the death of Seillis , the page , which , after a very long examination , they adjudged to be suicide . The finding of his slippers and dark lanthorn in a closet adjoining to the duke ' s apartment , led naturally to the surmise that
he was the assassin , and his memory as yet remains tainted with the worst of © f crimes . To account for his conduct , and for the circumstances in the house , is very difficult , on every supposition ; at the same time , the use of the duke ' s sabre is such , a circumstance as precludes us from , looting out of the house for the
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author of the mischief . The duke is gradually recovering of his wounds , and the mystery may in a future time be developed . The Continent affords but little
matter for observation . The- French emperor pursues his usual centre , but we doubt whether his edicts against commerce have any great effect . The fact is , that the port of London is filled with French corn , French wines , and French brandies , and what is tnore . the
manufacturers of silk in this country find it necessary to enter into an association to prevent the introduction of French silks , which would destroy their trade . Considerable seizures of this latter article have been made , hut trade is a thing which cannot be forced , and which will break through every obstacle . Whether Ingland or France make laws > it ,
matters not , when the advantage to be gained by the breach of them is very great , and the line of coast is too extended to be completely protected The , French , it seems , can afford to give us a superior article at mu h less than half the price , and of course an exchange will be formed for their siiks against our muslins . The contest between the two
countries then is to export as jrurch as possible of its own goods , and to import as little as possible of its neighbours * This is the mistaken policy of the times ; but , when we consider the advantages that would be mutually obtained , if there were no more barriers between
kingdom and kingdom , than between county and county , w / e may wonder that countries Cannot be brought to see their mutual interest is better consulted by a stricter union between neighbouring than foreign territories . Buonaparte has visited various parts with his new bride , an 4 after teceiving
the congratulations of the Low Countries and Picardy , returned to i aris to the festivities of that city . But his mind is not to be averted from great pursuits . The objects he has in view are not easily detected ; but as yet nothing has transpired against Turkey , and Spain is the
only place which calls for his attention . In that unhappy country immense armies are still in motion , and , every day , news is expected of an engagement between the English forces under Lord Wellington , and those of the French under Massena . So little is known of the relative strength of the two armies ,
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316 Slate of Public Jfairs .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1810, page 316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2405/page/44/
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