472 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



cases appeared circumstances of al- 

 leviation." — " Before lord Camel- 

 ford left his lodgings on Tuesday 

 night, the 6th instant," continues 

 Mr. Cockburne, " he inserted the 

 following paper in his will. It was 

 written, indeed, in a moment of per- 

 turbation, and is not, therefore, as 

 elegant and perspicuous as his writ- 

 ings usually were, but it strongly 

 marks, in my opinion, the nobleness 

 of his disposition. ' There are 

 ' many other matters which, at ano- 



* ther time, I might be inclined to 



* mention ; but I will say nothing 



* more at present than that, in the 



* present contest, I am fully and 



* entirely the aggressor, as well in 

 ' the spirit as the letter of the 



* word ; should I therefore lose my 



* life in a contest of my own seek- 



* ing, I most solemnly forbid any of 



* my friends or relations, let them 



* be of whatsoever description they 



* may, from instituting any vexa- 



* tious proceedings against my an- 



* tagonist; and should, notwith- 



* standing the above declaration on 

 ' my part, the law of the land be 



* put in force against him, I desire 



* that this part of my will may be 



* made known to the king, in order 



* that his royal heart may be moved 

 ' to extend his mercy towards him.' 

 The principal part of his lordship's 

 fortune he has bequeathed to his 

 sister, lady Grenvillc, to be entirely 

 at her own disposal. Her ladyship 

 is also appointed sole executrix. 

 His servants, though not mentioned 

 in his will, he recommended in a 

 rery particular manner to lord 

 Grenville. He has left several sums 

 to be devoted to benevolent pur- 

 poses. Lady Grenvil e (who is in- 

 consolable) went twice to see her 

 much-loved brother ; but on ac- 

 count of th» weak stat» pf her 



health, the surgeons thought such ft 

 meeting might be attended with se-' 

 rious if not fatal consequences ; and 

 her good sense getting the better of 

 even her feelings, she acquiesced in 

 their determination, and returned 

 to Dropraore. Her lord scarcely 

 ever quitted the house till his noble 

 friend and relative died. On the 

 12th J the coroner held an inquest, 

 at the White Hart, near Holland- 

 house, Kensington ; and after hear- 

 ing the evidence of some of lord 

 Holland's servants (the only per- 

 sons who were within hearing or 

 sight of this melancholy transa6lion), 

 and the report of the surgeon, the 

 jury returned a verdi6t of " Wilful 

 murder against a person or persons 

 unknown.'' Mr. Simon Nicholson, 

 who opened the body, stated, that 

 he found the fiftii rib broken, the 

 right lobe of the lungs pierced 

 through, and the ball lodged in the 

 canal of the spinal marrow, having 

 penetrated through the sixth verte- 

 brae of the back. He also found on 

 the right side of the chest the quan- 

 tity of six quarts of blood, or rather 

 more, had lodged ; this pressed on 

 the lungs, and consequently pre- 

 vented them from exercising their 

 ordin;iry operations. In his opi- 

 nion, this circumstance Avas the im- 

 mediate cause of his death. The 

 body was then removed from Little 

 Holland-house to Camelforci-house, 

 in Park-lane. On the 16th, tlie 

 shop of Mr. Dawes, undertaker in 

 Dean-street, Soho, was surrounded 

 for several hours by the populace, 

 anxious to see lord Camclford's ex- 

 terior colhn. The covering of it is 

 a beautiful crimson velvet, with 

 double rows of silver nails on the 

 lid; besides a multitude of eschut- 

 cheons and silver ornaments, a ba- 

 ron's coronet is placed at the head ; 

 1 at 



