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mirable charge to the jury, who 
retired, and remained out of court 
for upwerds of an hour. When 
they returned, the foreman said, 
«< My lord, the jury are of opinion, 
*‘ that the pamphler, which has 
** been proved to bave been writ- 
™ ten by John Reeves, esq. is a 
“very improper publication: but 
** being of opinion, that his mo- 
© tives were not such as laid in the 
information, find him — Not 
* Guilty.” 
27th A very melancholy and ex- 
“{""" traordinary transaction took 
place. Lord Charles ‘Townshend, 
_ and his brother lord Frederick Town- 
shend, sons to the marquis ‘Town- 
shend, had been to Great Yarmouth, 
for which place lord Charles had 
been just chosen representative ; 
* they arrived in town yesterday 
morning about six o’clock, and 
when they had reached Oxford- 
street, near the Pantheon, the post- 
boys stopped to enquire where the 
bishop of Bristol, to whose house 
they had been ordered to drive, 
lived ; when lord Frederick jumped 
out of the chaise, and struck one of 
the boys, which gave rise to an 
altercation, that drew together se- 
*veral persons who were passing by. 
Among these was a coachman, to 
whom lord Frederick particularly 
addressed himself; insisting upon 
it that he knew where the bishop 
lived ; ape on the man protesting 
that he did not, bis lordship abused 
him with grea: violence ; and, with 
the most deplorable marks of ine 
Sanity, threw off his coat, waistcoat, 
and shirt, and challenged him to 
fight. Unable to provoke the man 
to a contest, he walked leisurely 
away towards Hanover-square,when 
some persons who had been at- 
tentive to the whole scene, looked 
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into the carriage, and saw a lifeless 
body on the seat, which proved to 
be the. corpse of lord Charles. 
Lord Frederick was immediately 
pursued, and being taken near the 
end of Swallow-street, was. con- 
ducted to a neighbouring watch- 
house, whither the body of his 
brother was also conveyed, <As 
soon as the magistrates at the po- 
lice-office in Marlborough-street 
were apprised of the circumstance, 
they ordered Jord Frederick to be 
brought before them, together with 
the postillions who droye him to 
town. Tlis lordship, when inter- 
rogated on the melancholy subject, 
betrayed the most unequivocal 
symptoms of mental derangement, 
and it became necessary for the ma-~ 
gistrates to apply to the postillions 
for the informauion they wanted. 
Irom their evidence it appeared, 
that about seven miles from town, 
in the vicinity of Ilford, one of 
them had heard the report of a pis- 
tol, when, looking round, he saw 
Jord Frederick throw a pistol out 
of the chaise window; but he did 
not stop to inquire the cause of it. 
This was all that could. be collected 
ull the evening, when the agitation 
of lord Frederick had subsided, and 
he had recovered a considerabie 
degree of composure. Lord F're- 
derick then, on being asked con- 
cerning his brother’s death, said, 
they had been discussing a religious 
Subjeét, and lord Charles took a 
pistol and blew out his own brains, 
and that he had endeavoured to de- 
stroy himself, . but his pistol failed. 
The mayor of Yarmouth was pre- | 
sent, and declared that their lord- 
ships’ condué at that place appeared 
that of madmen, which induced 
him to follow them to town, being 
fearful some accident might happen. 
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