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WIU* &^. &C. drCv MwwMmmmiwwi— — —* lONDOtft Md bf B. Macb, Mo. 99> Niw Ro»M»>oe0AT» Sf »Aim| And tlw Bookielkrt ia GtMral, W. WiLiiAMt, Priaier, 35, ChMc?ry.U«e, ssaa W LIFE, &c. or LOBD CAMELFORI). nPHOMAS PITT, Lord Camelfokd, Baron of Boc- "^ coin«, in the County of Curnwall, w.ik born Itbruary 25» «775» J""^ fuccccded his father Thomas, the late Lord, January 19, 1793. His iLoidfhip'fc (Treat Grand.fathcr» Robert Pitt, VU\. married Harriet, fiiUr to John Villicrs, Earl of (ir.tniii- fun, and by her had Hve daughtcrk, and the late K:irl of Chatham, who was hi» fecond fon. — The cldcH fon, Tho- anaii Pitt, Efq. featcd at l^icconoc, in Cornwall, was Lord Waidcn of the Stannaries and Steward of the Duihy of Cornwall and Devon, and died Julf, 1760. He married Chriftiana, eldcA daughter of Sir Thomak Littleton, and fiOcr toCieorge, the late Lord Littleton, by which lady (who died }une 5, 1750) he had ifluc Thomas, the Um Lord Camel- ford, created a Baron January 5, 1784, married July 29, 1774, Anne, daughter jLfxd coheirefk of Pinkncy Wilkinfon, Efq. and by her had ilTue 'I'homas, the late Lord, whofe Wemoirt wc now praAint to tho Publio— -Anne, bom September 10, 1772, married July iK, 1792, to George Lord Granville. Amelia married to William Spry, L. L. L). Governor of Barbadces. Chrilliana married to I'humas Saunders, Lfq. latoMMHhr «f Fort St Georf;e. He married, fccondly, Anne M4»ia Murray, by whom he had no i flue. I.oni CimcIfurJ received the f\tl\ rudtmcott of his cduca- tiun at I3crnc in Switzerland, which he aftrrwrardk cun*.- pleated at Charter-huufe School. When very yuung his Lordihip engaged himfclf in the fervice uf his country* and in rotation fervcd the regul.u periods, iiis conduct, wliite in a Oaic of probation for future honoum, was fuch as tu warrant a well-founded opinion of his gallantry and brsivery, at the fame period that his eccentricities expofed him to re- peated difadvantages, without any evil intentions, through the natural impctuofity of his temper, joirted to his very high fentimenti of honour, he involved himfclf in a variety of difputes, and in fomc cafet with thofe, whofe fupcrior years and rank in their country's fervice did not juUify fuch proceedings. At the fame period it is equally true, that c-:a many occafions a knowledge of his irritability has frequently induced unthinking pcrfons to offer affronts whicii they well knew his Lordihip neither could or would fubmit to ^ and it is a qucf^ion which defcrvesthe mo() fcrious cunliJeration, whether knowing his habituM failing it would not have re- flected more honour to thcmfclvcs to have (lightly pitied over, or nrglcdcd to t.tke notice of his momcntaty pjlluxi, than by a contrary conduct compel him, in vindication ot his own honour, to have rcrourfc to a mode of conduct vihiuh, in his C(M)lcr momrntH, hn condemned. At an c.irlv age* his l.ordlliipcnrcrcil into the naval fit vice of his country ; and uitdcr the command of Captain V tn- couvcr, ot ni* M;ij»lK"«i (hip Uilcovcry, C.ulcd round .l-.e world : and there cannot c\\\\ a doubt, that if his i.onhliip iould have coiu|uered that irritability of temper, which in> volvcd him in fuch a variety of dilputc^, and ultiiunt* iy ended in his de.ith, he would have attained the highelt na- val honours. Unfortunately fuch was the \ii)Ienee ot liit fempvr, that on many occalionshc totslly forgot wh.it was due to hilt rank, and in the inuiucnu of palliun had rccoutlc tu ^!u; moll violent mcafurcs, Th8 The fit(k a£l which fcrvcd to draw the public attentiofi towardf him was the circumOancc of his taking umbrage at fomc part of the condudt of Captain V'ancouvcr, of the Dif- covery, which (hip he quitted in the India fcas, and entered on board the Refiftancc, Captain Sir Edward Pakcnham» where his Lorddiip was appointed Lieutenant, and paid the ftrifteft attention to his profclTional duties. On his return to this country, in O^ober, 9796, his Lordftiip challenged Captain Vancouver for alledged ill treatment in the South Seat when under hit command. The Captain, in reply, af. Cmed, thai hit Lordrtiip brought this difagreenMe circum* fiance on htmfelf by his ou'n ill behaviour, and that what he did waa neceflary for the prefervation of difcipline Under thia convifHon the Captain offered to fubmit the whole affair co the opinion and judgment of any one Flag Officer, and if he ihould think the Captain waa liable, by the laws of honour, to be called upon, he would chearfully give him fatisfadion ; but as fighting was more agreeable to hit Lordfliip than e« population, this mode of fettling the dlfpute was dcclined.and threatened peribnally to infult the Captain : nor was he long deliberating, for feeing the Cap- tain walking up Bond-ftrcet he attempted to ftrike him, and waa only prevented by the iiKcrfercnce of Captain Van- cover's brother warding off* the blows. Thia affair was •flerwarda left to legal jurifdiAion to fettle. The next affair of confequcnce was, the circumftance of his Aiooling Lieutenant Pcieribn, in Englifh Harbour, Anti- gua, a meafure which has been the fubjedl of much convcr- fation, and gave rife to a variety of difputes, the particulars of which are amply detailed in the fubiequent flaten>em, dated Antigua>~** Lieutenant Petcrfon of his Majeffy's fliip Pedrix, hab been lateiy Ihot by Lord Camelibrd, the cir* cumffances of this new cataffrophe in the naval annalt of thia country are as fuUowa :^— — I.nrcl Cainelfjrd bore the rank of Master and Com* mander, and hid the command o^ His Majesty's sloop Favorite. The Favoiite and Pedrix were lying in English Harbour an Saturday the 13th January, -»at whicii time Capt. Fahic of the Pcdiix was absent at St. Xitts : Mr. Peterson was First Lieutenant of the Pedrix, and Lord Camelford, who was the Commanding Officer at that time, in English Harbour, ordered Lieutenant Peterson to row- guard for that nigUt :— -tills order the Lieutenant refused to obey— >Captain Fahie being Lord Camelford's superior Officer, and his Lordship having, in his opinion, no r^it to give such orders. Both ships were hauled alongside the Dock-yard repairing, and the companies of each ship col- lected round the parties in the l>ock-yard when the alter- cation begun. High words ensued, but still Lieutenant Peterson refused to obey ; and, in a few minutes afterwards* about twelve of the crew of the Pedrix came to the spot armed— Lord Camelford also brought six of his armed ma- tinc .— .Mr. Peterson now drew up his men in a line, and he stood at their head with his sword drawn by his side- Lord Camelford also drew up his six men, in a line front- ing them, at about four yards distance ; his Lordship then quitted the place about two minutes and returned with « pistol in his hand, which he borrowed of an Offieer in the yard— Mr. Peterson was standing as before with his sword drawn, the point resting on the ground— Lord Camelford went up to him and said, do you still persist \n refusing to obey my orders, to which Lieutenant Peterson replied, yes, I do persist, on which Lord Camelford immediately clapped the pistol to his breast and fired— Lieut. Peterson fell on bis back immediately, and never spoke a word more or moved, as the ball went throngh his body. The ■rmed part of the crew went quietly on board their ships, •nd Ix>rd CMMllbrd gave himself up as a prisoner to Cap- lain Matson •f tlie Betvvr sloop o( war, in which ship he B wu 6 I WM carried to the Admiral in Fort Royal Bay. Tins event occasioned the mott lively seK%ations at Antigua, especially so u Lieutenant Peterson wa;> a native of Nevist, and quite a youth— belonged to a respectable family, and niucli esteemed. His two brothers employed themselves in coU lecting evidence to prosecute his LorHship in a civil court i and the populace of St. John were only prevented from acts of violence against his Lordship by the most solemn assur- ances of the affair being judicially en^^uired into. The Co- roner's Jury biought in their verdict, *' Lost his lilc in a mutiny." Lord Camelford's personal appearance at tliat period was not unlike that oi Lord George Gordon, when of the same age, and their whimism somewhat similar. Lord Camelford always provided plenty of f;ood fresh meat every day for the sick, was very severe in his pro- fessional duties, and by no means aet an expensive example by wearing extravagant clothes. His Lordship, at that pe- riod, wore no swabs (gold shoulder knots) all the hair v>as shaved off his head, on which he wore a monstrous lirgc gold laced cocked hat, which from its appearance one would think had seen service with Sir Walter Haleigh.— His dress consisted ol a Lieutenant's plain coat, the buttons green with verdigrcase as the ships bottom, and the rest tu correspond. As soon as the necessary forms would admit, his Lord- ship was brought to a Court Martial, and after several days being occupied m investigating the particulars, they came to iIm: following determination : '* At a Court Martial, held on board His Majesty's ship Invincible, in Fort Royal Hay, Martinique, Jan. «o, i;*)*, and held by adjournment every day after (Sunday Except- ed) until the «5th :— Present William Cayl- y, Ksq. Cap- Uin of His Majesty's ship Invincible, and Senior CapUin q1 His Miijesiy's ihipi »nd vessils in Iprt Koyal Bay, % Martinique Martinique, Captains Jemmet, Mainwarirtg, Richard Drown, Charles Ekins, and Alexander S. Burrows. The Court being duly sworn according to act o{ Parliament, in pursuance of an order from Henry Hervey, Esq. Rear Admiral of the Red, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels at Barbadoes, and the Leeward Islands, proceeded to try the said Right Hon. Lord Ca- mel ford, acting Commander of His Majesty*! sloop Fa- vorite, for the death of Lieut. Charles Peterson, oi His Majesty's ship Pedrix, on the evening of the t3th of Fe- bruary, in the Naval Yard at Antigua ; and having heard the whole of the evidence adduced on the occasion, and what the prisoner had to offer in hii defence, and maturely and deliberately considered the same, and being fully sen- sible of the necessity of prompt measures, in cases of mu- tiny and disobedience of orders, are unanimously of opinion that the very extraordinary and manifest disobedience of Lieut. Peterson to the lawful commands of Lord Camel* lord, the senior officer at English Harbour at that time, and the violent measures taken by Lieut. Peterson to resist the same by arming the Pedris's ship's company, were acts of mutiny highly injurious to His Majesty's service, the Court do therefore unanimously adjudge, that the said Lord Camelford be honorably acquitted, and he is hereby unanimously and honorably acquitted accordingly ; signed as usual by all the Members of the Court. His Lordship afterwards returned and took the command of his ship, which he suun after resigned, and quitted the naval ptu* feiGon. On his return to this country in 1799, finding there ex- isted the greatest animosity between itiis country and France^ his Lordship formed the desij;n of personally at* tacking the French Rulers, and for this purpose hired a boat to go to France, with two of iii^ eontpanions ; but a rlt^picion arising, he was taken into cuMody His appear- R f ancf ance wis such as to bear evident marks of insanity — hr was closely cropped, wore an old round fiat, blue lojt, white fustian breeches, and boots splashed all over. Hi% Lordship was taken to the Duke of Portland's Olfice to be examined*, but it being evident he was aciuated by s'^me mad project in nu shape hostile to tlie interests of this country, he obtained his discharge. He told the boatmen at Duver, that Turnbull, who robbed the Mint, was a fool, and knew not liow to set about getting to Franve. On titcir questioning him lesperting his name, he rt-plied Camelford ; but they not drraminj; of having in tlieir cus- tody a Peer of great fortune, and allied to ;»ofTie of the iirst families, in tlie kingdom, possessed no other tJ .'i from the inibnnation, than that they held in titeir hands a Mr. Camelfofd, and were not undeceived in tiiis purticular until they arrived at the Secretary of State's Oiiice. Of a similar strange turn.were most of his actions: at oo« time, when tlierewas a general illumination for the return of peace, no threats could induce him to permit lights to be exhibited in the windows o4 his apartments in Bond Street ; in vain the landlord of the house represented to hiin that tlie windows would be broken, his Lord&hip con* tinued inexorable ; and when the mob asvatled the liou:»o with the usual cry of lights f lights ! tie ran into the street, followed by his servants, and entered into a slmrp content with the mob, until overpowered by numbers, he wis forced to relin<|uish the field, and next day empby p glaziei to repair tlie danu^e tlie windows had sustained. ; At the close of the year 1803, his lordship had been en« gaged in such a variety of disputes, quarrels, and duels^ that it became a matter of course to liear of his being cj gaged in affrays. Constant in his attendance 00 tl annteura of tlie boaiog art, he was wcU»med by them f with his Lordship, and among the rest Mr. King and h'n partners in the Portland Place Bank, in their ^advertisements, boa&ted of his fi-iendsliip, arid quarrelled ss to the best means of turning it to their individual advan- tage. It cannot be supposed his Lordship saiKtioned such a proceeding ; but it clearly evinces that the Peti ought not to become a companion to the Porter. As an instance of tlic eccentricity of his cliaracter, we give the following account of one of tlie many grand tows with which his Lordship frequently diverted himself. As his Lordsliip, accompanied by Captain B. of t!ir Royal Nuvy, concerned in a late fatal duel at Chaik Faim, was returning liome, about one o'clock in the morning:, through Cavendish Square, they began to chastise tix guardians of the night, conceiving tliey were not exercH sing due vigilencL- at the then most momentous ciMi, Four watchmen, who had been dead asleep, were soos awoke to the lively impression made upon their should«n j by tlie assailants ; they started up, but two of them wen toon knocked down ; they fell with a great noise, tiie half* pence juigled out of their pockets, and what remained n\ the gin-buttle was spUton tlie pavement. Tite other two sprung their rattles, and soon collected a pos«e of the fn< ternity, who, alter a conteiit of one liour, succeeded in j taking the huhionable assaiianfc> into their custody. Divexs blows and bruises were received on buth sides , but Cap< tain B. was the greatest suifeicr, having received a con« tusion on the head. The captive heroes* strongly guarded by at least sixteen watchmen, allarmedf were conveyed tol the watch-house, wliere his Lordship seemed to feel him-f self quite at home— not so t!ie C.ipluin, he by no me^nd liked his birth, or rciislicd the ticjtuu-iit he had received. [ He ihteatencd furiously lu coniincnee liostilitics, and tol cut ajHXt hole thtough tlti. « jbm side, and wis procecJingl lo to cariy his menace into execution, when a second scuffle ensued, and the captain or the guard at Jengtii succerdvd in seizing his arm, and being assisted by the eHcctc of t))e liquor'they had been drinking, prevented any (arthcr mischief. The next day they were brought in triumph to Marlborough Street, where the watchmen were gratified with a present of one guinea each ; and his Lordship and the Captain, after refiting the damage tl,cir rij^igiiig hnd sustained, retired home m order to recover from thiir fatigue in sufficient time to be present at the next boxing match which took place. Wc come now lo that part of hi;, iiistor)', which requires usto record an event of the most melancholy nature. His Lordship had been for sometime intimate with a Lady, said to have been formerly the kept mistress of a Mr. H. an ac- quaintance of his Lordships; and it being reptcscnted tu him that Mr. B. had said something to his prtjudice to her at th^* 0{xra Hou^, it so incensed him that on I'ucsday, the 6lh of March, at the Prince of Wa!cN*s CofLc- House, where they usually dined, he went up to Mr. R. and said, I loud enough to be heard by all the company, *< I tind, Sir, that you have spoken of me in tlic most unwanantablc terms." Mr. B. replied, that he was uttf r y unconsci"Hj of having deserved s>ch a char}j;c. Lord Camtiford replied that he was not ignorant of what he lial reported tu Mi>;. S. and pronounced him to be *' a scoundrel, a liar, and a ruffian.*' Mr. B. said, these were epithets wliicli admitted but of one course,anda meeting was iinniidiatrly proposed for the nc&t i^iiorning. The pl.icc was not /iX(d. Lord CarnelCbrd desired the Hon. Mr. D. urn to L »rd H. to ar- range with Mr. N. who was named by Mr. ii. as his se- cond, the tirTH; and place. In th? course of the evening Mr. B. conveyed to Lord Carnelford tiK stronf,c»t assurances, that tlu iiilmmation he had received was unfounded , anl tiuit bwlicvin^ Ik 'la I acted k II actcJ unJer a false impression he would be satisfied if hiJ Lordsiiip would retract the expressions he had used. Tlijij Lord Camel ford refused to do. Mr. B. left the CofTcc-House much agitated; and shortlj after a note was delivered to his Lordship, which the pe pie of the Ffouse suspe£\cd to contain a challenge. Wjtlj a truly laudable anxiety they accordingly gave notice totli Bow-street Office, from whence several Officers were ir mediately dispatched. Before their arrival, however, ii^ Lordship had gone away. The Oftictrs then statior themselves before his lo on." And yrt we can state, Irom undoubte authority, that the Noble Lord, reflecting on the wliolj matter, had in his heart acijuitted H. and had confidential! stateil to his srcond that he knew he was in the wrong ; tli B. wai a man of lumour — but that he could not brii^ liimself In letract words which he had once used. Hj afterwards said, — ** Fteliiig that I am in the wrong, I shj| not lirr ut B." No remonstrance, however, could prev>l vn hiin to lelract his words. An inveterate adherence toj false piiiiciilio niade hini likolute in error, and tiic du^ unhappily took place. I-J On the morning of Wednesday, tlic 7tli ol Mjrcli, h,s I^oidship and Mr. B. were ob^rvcd riding upon the road to Kensington, followed by a pott-cliaise, in which wcir two gcntltnuin, followed by their scrvnnts on horse-baik, who rode at a distance from each oth r. Upon tlicir ariival at the Horse and Groom, leading to the fields atllii: rear ot Holland House, Kensington, the parties dismount- ed. The seconds stepped out the ground, when tiiey took their stations. His Lordship Hred fir^t, and without eflvct. A space of several seconds intervened before Mr. B. re- turned his LordJiip's fire; and from hi. Lordship was endeavouring to support himself iipfin his arm, and cupiebsed great reluctance to receive any assist- ance. A chair was procured with all |K>t!>ible expedition, and he was curried to the house of a Mr. Ottey, and a surgeon imnM;diatcly sent foi. His I^ordship most unequivocally declared, that from the evening ot Saturday the ttjth of February, (tfie night on whicli Mr. li. explained hi*^ conduct at the Opera,) to tlie period of the duel, Mrs. S. cfid not send liim any letter, or in any other manner urge him to the steps he took, so that all the reports of the unfortunate affair liaving origiiMtrd in tiie conduct of thai lady are wholly un- founded, ekftecially so, as from the 2.<;th till tlie duel she lusd not been at tlie Opera, end lonseciuently could iu>t liavt addressed lUc (hrtaining wordi the it rejK)ited to ha¥« UKd, mm m 13 Bt't'oiv Lord Ciunclfurd lelt his lodgings on Tuofday iii<;ht tlit> 6th March, he inrrrttd the following paper Lit hii ii« ill : Being written in a moment of jxifturbation it is not fo clej^unt as his writings generally were, but it bears ilruug marks of the noblentSf* of his dii'iiofition : ** There art; many other matters which at ano^licr time I might he inclined to mention, hut I will fay nothing moctf nUprefi'ot, than that in the prefc'nt cantcft I am fulSy and entirely the nggreflbr, as wt>tl in the fpirit as in the letter of the word. Should I therefore lofe my life in a contell of my own feeking, I moil folenudy forbid any of my friends or relations, Kt them he of wliatfoevcr defcription they may be, fioMi inliituting any vexatious proceedings againft my aittHgtmilt ; nnd iliould, notwiififianding the above declara- tion on my |)iirt, the laws of the land be put in force agauift hiin, I deiii'i' that this piiit of my wiJl may be made known in thi* king, in order that his royal heart may be moved to «'xtend his mercy towards him.** l*r«'vious to the fatal meeting, feveral overtures were made to Lord (^amelford to vA\v&. a rt:conciliation, which h« re|«-Heil fi'oiii an idea that as his antagonift was the bef) Ibot in Kngland, he was extremely fearful his reputation would fu (for if he made any concellion, honever llight, to fuch a perloii. This was the probable caufe of the violent language which lU' is ri*ported to Jiave ufcd, and the principal caufe of the meeting. After he felt, he is faid to have exprcired on the fpot that be intM the fohr Uggrelfor. • A" fV>on as circtimfiatit'C^s would iulmit; information of the tragical event was fent to Lord Grenville ; and his Lordlhip, acefMni)tfni attended with dati^crous cuilfuqicticcs, pru« iHently forba.le it. . \ C Lonl 14 Lord Caniclford coiitinuci) in aphonies of |iaiii duriiig tlic firftcUyytotrards Uic uvcjiing lie grew r.itlKT bctti-r, and hy the help of liudanum he got fume ilei-p during tlic nighti^ and in the morning found hiin((*1f mpch rrlicvid. Ilin hopes n!vivcd confidcrably during i\n' fecund tiay. iind ho convcrfed with fome chrarftdiwfsi. TIm; furgiHHis, ht»w cm r, would ne*'cr give his friendt* tl»e flightcil ho|>eK From that time till Saturday thir loth, his Lnrdthip ritr fercdgrci^t pain, and frequently exclaimed to hi^ Icrvaul, »< this is fuficring indeed.'* He wrote fevrral leUirs i»» Sir Sydney Smith, ret^ueOing him to trnmc to town to rii!fil a few commidions, one of wliicli uas to I'lMid his hoiiv (o Berne in Switzerland, to he interred iu a |)articular ipot In*- tween three trees in tlie Canton of Berm*, the jilace wiiiic Ih: was edueated. It aHbrds much conAilaiion tliat he was attended in lii^ latter monienu by his coufin tlie Revercutl William Cu< k- burne, to whom he exprefled hix ho|)e in iIh* gooilnefs and mercy of C(kI, and that the agonies be then fuHered nn^lit expiate iIh* (in« h« liad committed. During Saturday, his Lordlhip Hiewed no fyinptoms tluif rould be coiilidered favourable : at eight o'clock in tin: evening a mortification conuaenced, which induced tin* medical gentlemen wlio attended him to pronouiK.«: hi)» re- covery impoflible, and an exprcfs was font to Hiat «tiU'ct to tlie l^larquis of Buckingham, f lis Lordfhip, ncvcrlhulcrh, liad ftrong hoiKni of recovery, and repeatedly aiked tlie me diral geiitJemeo who altendcrd him, why they did not bimn tlie proiMifod operation, adding, I am ready to undergo it whetMercr y t>h pleafe. A lUtJe ufiertiglit o*clock, the fcrvant, and thole who atnuidad hiui, Ijclieved him dead, his Lordlhip, however, breathe^ till within a quarU'r of nine, when he ekpireil, ap- parently without fenfe of |Niin. The time of liiK decealt*. agreed witliin a ih^rt time with that dated by the furgwoiw. Tl|e bail was cxtraaed after his death, and about four oYlock I « •. ffW^ mmmm oV'lotk the next da)*, t)ie body was o|«rnt*d in order logivc ratisfiiftory inforipatiun to the coroner's jiirv. Thus died Thomas Lord Cumylford, in the prime of lifo. His real (*liara^er was little kuoVvn, while his irn|M>rfe^ion'ii ami foliU's Ui-re oft»'n bro".ght before tlio public, fh* M'as imdionately fund of fcienco, and thouji;Ii hi:* mind when k lailor had been little cUlt!ivatcd, yet lie liud of late ycAr^ ar'. (|uircd a fund of inlorniation upon uTnioft every fabjcci conne(^ed with literatui^e. In his youtli he v(a^ fo*nd oif puzzling the eliaplains of Ihips, aiid tc enable 'him to du this, had read all the fceptlcal books hcV'ouUl pr^Mmre ; x% however, his judp^ment cncrciafeil, he belcrtin** cominocd oif the importance of religion, ^nd a feiv daW befotc Imk denth obferved, ** No fcnfible ahd wdll infotni^ ra^lfi eaii prnl fume to aflert that chriAianity is falfe, f do htot yot veWttiro, faid he, to aflert j>ofirivcly that it 'is true, hot I ctiihfrfs thi^ probabilities ar^ in its favpur." ko little did he cxpcd his UiiTolution, that be bad been for fome tinlic employed in preparations (br tfv6' iliipofal of liis pro|)crty in th^s couqtry, and had jSsni perfbiw to'valut the timber on his yAates in Cornwall and Dorfet. During his ilhicfs, he made a bequeft to a chemift, wlio had aflilliul bin. in his laboratory, and to Captain Bertie he left an ahnuity with a fum to |)ay his debts. ' ' An inqucil was taken the following morning, at ttic White Ilorfe, Kenlington, bi-fore Gtorgn Hodgfon, Kfq. his majefty*s eoironer for the county of Mi^dldtx, on xhvve of the bod^ of the Honourable ThoniBs Ktt Lord C*nK^i- ford. The jury, after having attended to tlic coroner's duirgv, prneectled to Mr. OtteyN, Litf s Holland Hoiife, Miere ih« deeeoft^ l^y. ITpun examining the body, there vppeuH inuuediately behnV the right (hoiddcr, a wround, wlilch was evithiitly tlH> caufc of hid LonJ(hip*s death. The jury rctunii'd to hear tlie evidence. '''*■.■ Ct Jmqm li Jamrs Sheers, garilcncr to Lord Holland, A.itcil, tliat previous to the tronfaSion he Has ahuut to rvlutc, li«* liAd no perfonal knowledges of tlic deccafod. On W^diuHdHy niorniog iaH, he was at work at Lord Hollniid^s, di^^ing iu the (hrubbcry, when lie lieard tlie report of two piltols. lie told the ipan at work with hiiu (one John Murray) that Ih; thought it was a duel. He ran down to the.paU-s adioinini; the field, and faw iIm; fnioke in the feroiid tickl, alntiit tin yards diftancc from the hctlge, and nearly tlirer hinidivd yards from liim. He obferve have them iLipj). il— thai lu- was the aggreffor-rthal lie fcirguvi- tlie gnilleuiun wlm had ihot him, aiul hoped God would forgive bun iix».-l'i hve or iix iiunulca. John Iroin*. and leveral otlur rHrluns came to |U» amft4ncc. Tlie witiiefn alked i\h- ttey*«. The witnefs got the dc. ceafed up AairH, and hel|K*d to put him to bed ; his rnx\. cloth was taken ofl', and his fliirt pulled over, when lie aik |M*ared to have received a M'ound in his riglit niouidit The witncfs went to town to call Mr. Holmes, the fiirj^con of Sackvillc Street, Piccadilly. He law no piOols, or any fire-arms at all. Cfi'orgc Hohinfon, chief gardrncr at Holland Honfc, Imd, lie had noknowKvl^e of the deceafed, or any of tlu'iwiitic*, He fuw the gentlemen walking in the Bcld where I.urd (V iiR'Iford fell on Wcdnefday morning lal), about a qnartttj before eight o\l other, at the interval of two or three feconds. Thi'vlairj the fmoke, and perceived <»ne gentU'man falk Two of ihe gentlemen ran up to him. The witnefit met thofe two gen- tlemen coming up the field. They f|M)ke to him, aiid drlired him for CitKlVs iiike to go and alHli tlic woiiiKleil| gentleman. He went to the gioinid, and found L.t>rd (a- iiielford on the ground, and Sheers lifting him up. lU-if- fi(i/"l in taking him to Mr. Ottey's. He coujd diiliiiguilkj from the lituation in which they ihuMl, that the deccaliil fired firll. They Uood at the diOance of tliiiiy \mtt,\ i\hit!h on being meafurtnl, prove.^ UMprfiby mf^m9 Uft,. iw w^ 9,111^1 on ^^^fl»4^iM*f»4,,Tho W xeoclyod ii.f^iMili w6Miid o^ ad t^lDlM JMMH im4^ J^y 1^ ^11, of A ^u'pr piM. tins Ipfbr irl^M fp9k«. iff alio ffOWip^ntd of AiJ***^ «•» his lower extremities, from which the witneis fuf^M the bfiU M P«M ^oiigti the |u«gi, tf^ fo^ipca in th<: fpipc. Tim dd C in ftd funier/^avipM tJie nfc.of hi.H lower cxtrcr nttiQlt )IMI }9mm(M tiU 5^^rda}r ^vcni^ l«i|Caj)r>uf figitt o*iloak» irl|«ih«c:i^«d. Jho wknf:f« oytf^.hii^ Mr* M(^^'fiMirecp4 Ijtuit Mie haM Mfifaitiiny) Mn^^^th lib, Mid JM liiied.Mlirougb t|i^ rjjgbt ^U* pf ttic |y;igs, £m| lodpd lii'lbe P«Ag« of the fpi^iM n)f ^^^V ^!*fPHf^^ f'*^ taliVBItd»m.pf thsiWk U^|M. lntj)9 4;(y.^l.^llMrii^^^i^iquflv ^ MBSMB Uliag siviber ip • priyuMi^ c^l^ bnt fMpiiQfijng tjl^ ^«r%i who tmd fltiitthe dMeWifd /to ^ »blq« b^if f fu- priiici|Ml» «c vIm> Wffr li» /'vcowlit. In po^ oifyJS^, •>) wcf:^ p(|iially r' 1*1 e<)uaTfy r^iHiy ; fbr 'ih the crimr of iVitirdiT , accHToriet before tliu fact vevrv coiifKliircHi uh principuls. Me did not iWlnv it wu!« iioHiblf to n;ier t\w death of I.ord Cametford toac- c'klentj fur tliiTi* wan iHtfitivc {iroof ttmi lie hadfullenby the hand of fonio perfun ; therefore the jury liad no alterna. tive but that of &vnl(;, ho had hocn killed by foinv pcrfoo or {MrrfouH uukiimvn. 1'here was hardly a doubt but the expreflionft and avowal of tiic deceafisd, fo hcmourably made ui favour of his opponent, woiildi if the latter were arJ raigned in a fupcrior court, induce his acquittal; but tiial wan a confidrration which ought not to operate on tlic roiiufa of tholi! wIkmu lie was addrefling. Had tlie parties bccoiii a room, and upon a fudden quarrel, the doccafed, barinn ($iven tlie liril provocation, had been killed, it might laTel been jullilinblc homicide^ but, on the contrary, it appetnii| they liad deiilK*ratcly ^opc out to commit an unjudifiablel a A. Had It been pro\'ed who the jM^rfon was who fired tbej HmiC at the deceafod» the jury would liave been bound tal liavu returned an identical charge of murder ogainft himj and tho(c wlio ^vere prefcnt aiding and abetting him ; botl an the cafe (loOd, jtticy (^ould only pronounce tlie verdiA to| which he had alluded. Tlio jtiry declared thcmlelves perfe^y fatisfied. Mr. Wflfon, the Secretary of tlie lord Cluincellor, io<| flpticitor for the noble relatives of the deceafi'd, duelar on tlieir p«rt, that he wns as well fatikfied as the jury «il the impartiality of the inveAigdtion and the very cAixiii and lioiiourable manncT» io which the Coroner had poiiite out their duty to tlieui on the occafion. The jury unaiiimouAy ntunied a verdifl of wilful iour<| OCT, or iblonious homicide, by fouie perion or perfuai < the jurora UiiJkQowii'. About «i|(ht Q*ckH;M of the following FtaturdiVr his, Aij^Vbddjr wM ^V»v^ to QU: A\itiih St. Ah^Uchur Soho, there to remaia till arrangvincots can bt Ibrnted I lit conveyiMico to SuritsWIi^'. • ■J The DfOMfiop proccodod' iltiifly, ai^ ^; Ten otttridin wiUt white fe«ftiaQdbftnds "* r*iT — 7f rTiitr ^riThigijIgllliii |inj,ii IThe hcarfc and fix.horfqi aikiT(i8wj|h white plunm A coach aiid fix cottfaining mtrani^ Captain Berrie Mr. Wilfon formerly his Lordfliip*s folieitoi Two of the principal domoftto .The dooeafed*! carria^ With two iervants behhid in motumtng, and tlie ooaci fcated on a hbck vclvet.'haniincrctoth. 71^ cpfin was covered with roie-colourcd vvlTct, with/ praMott of lihcr chtfps. There' were two platen, the top ow caataincd dKanns eofcmed, and underneath tlie fnU loiri^i UaBS, ** pK Right Ron. Lord CMoellbrti died tho JtA^iiiid^ Itoi.ifed 39 yean.** TliehottiNB plato coiw * ^ ttp coiiMMt q4y. 'Mn^Jm the cbareb, they proceodisd along the ib6lbB fMt, where the body was depoficiid. H^'Cordlhip has bequeated'the principal part of his for- tmie to lus fiHuBr, Lady GreovtUe, who is tlw fole etecutrixy with the fiifluly eftatcs aearly ao.OOOl. per annum, and after- warda^ in default of iflue, to the Etf 1 of Chathaai*s family^ who arq next in the entail. The title is extioft. Among the principal legacies is the fum of iOOOl. for the purchafc of a particular foot of ground in the Canton of Berne, fitu* ated hetwqpa flfftee tvaes, where ha wiibed to be buried ; hit Loidffldp in his wUI obAnring, that k « 1^ for pertoi t« mUk tp be ioUBid oMr ^ %ot ipInm ^Hf IjpHk riieir wMiiilftadayB} md piif ■Wiiiini are nq^wmahhiglo carry it ahfeo«nclttioo.«— ExduAve ofhb ht^fmtk to Chptaia terri