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LIFE AND TRIAL OF BELLINGHAM.
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sanctioned by that minister. The Noble Marquis was then
in court, and could contradict his statement if it was false.
He represented the circumstances as they really were; and
not as personally concerning himself, but as involving the
honour of the British government. He was referred by the
Noble Marquis to the Privy Council, and from the Privy
Council to the Treasury; and thus bandied from one de-
partment to another, he applied to Mr. Perceval, who re-
fused to support his claims. He was next advised to peti-
tion parliament; but then he was informed it was necessary
to have the sanction of his Majesty’s ministers, as his claim
was of a pecuniary nature; and he accordingly wrote to Mr.
Perceval during the session of 1811, but received for answer
from his secretary, that the time for presenting private peti-
tions was gone by, and that Mr. Perceval could not encou-
rage his hopes that he would recommend his claims to the
House of Commons. He next memorialized his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent in a statement of his sufferings;
some time afterwards he received an answer from Colonel
McMahon, stating, that by some accident his petition was mis-
laid. He then wrote another petition to his Royal Highness,
and he understood it was referred to the Treasury, as ap-
peared by a letter to him from Mr. Secretary Ryder, dated
Whitehall, on the very day his Royal Highness came to un-
restricted power: but at the Treasury he was afterwards told
that nothing could be done, and that he had nothing to ex-
pect.* He wrote another memorial to the Prince Regent,
but was informed by a letter from Mr. Ryder, that his Royal
Highness had not been pleased to give any commands on
the subject. Foiled in all his attempts to obtain justice, he ap-
plied about six weeks since to the Magistrates at Bow-street,
in a letter, stating his grievances, intreating their interference
by application to government—and adding, that if all redress
was refused to him, he must be obliged to do himself justice
by taking such steps as those must be responsible for who
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sanctioned by that minister. The Noble Marquis was then
in court, and could contradict his statement if it was false.
He represented the circumstances as they really were; and
not as personally concerning himself, but as involving the
honour of the British government. He was referred by the
Noble Marquis to the Privy Council, and from the Privy
Council to the Treasury; and thus bandied from one de-
partment to another, he applied to Mr. Perceval, who re-
fused to support his claims. He was next advised to peti-
tion parliament; but then he was informed it was necessary
to have the sanction of his Majesty’s ministers, as his claim
was of a pecuniary nature; and he accordingly wrote to Mr.
Perceval during the session of 1811, but received for answer
from his secretary, that the time for presenting private peti-
tions was gone by, and that Mr. Perceval could not encou-
rage his hopes that he would recommend his claims to the
House of Commons. He next memorialized his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent in a statement of his sufferings;
some time afterwards he received an answer from Colonel
McMahon, stating, that by some accident his petition was mis-
laid. He then wrote another petition to his Royal Highness,
and he understood it was referred to the Treasury, as ap-
peared by a letter to him from Mr. Secretary Ryder, dated
Whitehall, on the very day his Royal Highness came to un-
restricted power: but at the Treasury he was afterwards told
that nothing could be done, and that he had nothing to ex-
pect.* He wrote another memorial to the Prince Regent,
but was informed by a letter from Mr. Ryder, that his Royal
Highness had not been pleased to give any commands on
the subject. Foiled in all his attempts to obtain justice, he ap-
plied about six weeks since to the Magistrates at Bow-street,
in a letter, stating his grievances, intreating their interference
by application to government—and adding, that if all redress
was refused to him, he must be obliged to do himself justice
by taking such steps as those must be responsible for who