Initial fears of a general uprising proved unfounded: Bellingham had acted alone, protesting the government's failure to compensate him for imprisonment in Russia.

Despite initial fears that the assassination might be linked to a general uprising, it transpired that Bellingham had acted alone, protesting against the government's failure to compensate him for his treatment a few years previously when he had been imprisoned in Russia for a trading debt. His campaign for redress had resumed in earnest after he returned to London in December 1811, and in March 1812 he complained to Bow Street magistrates that the government had 'completely endeavoured to close the door of justice'.

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