278 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



Payne. Mr. Heaviside was sent 

 for, and found that a pistol-ball had 

 gone through the groin : the unfor- 

 tunate gentleman died at half-past 

 four on Thursday afternoon. Mr. 

 George Payne, the deceased, was 

 the younger son of the late Rene 

 Payne, esq. who left him his for- 

 tune, to the amount of 14,000/. a 

 year. Mr. Payne has left four 

 children by his wife, who was a 

 Miss Gray. The cause of the fatal 

 duel is truly melancholy. The 

 challenge took place about ten 

 days ago, at Scarborough, but the 

 quarrel was of a more distant date. 

 Tiie orphan daughter of the late 

 Dr. Clark, of Newcastle, was the 

 friend of Mrs. Payne, and a visitor 

 in the family. An unfortunate at- 

 tachment took place between Mr. 

 Payne and Miss Clark, which 

 transpiring, the irritated feehngs 

 of thebrotherforced him to resent. 

 Every means were tried by Mr. 

 John Payne, the elder brother of 

 the deceased, to avert the catas- 

 trophe, but in vain. Mr. George 

 Payne was most exemplary in all 

 his conduct through life, except in 

 this fatal attachment. He was a 

 most liberal andmost amiable man. 

 He had whispered to his second, 

 Mr. Abbott, that he should not 

 return Mr. Clark's fire ; but the 

 first shot was mortal. Mr. Clark 

 has effected his escape. 



An inquest was held at four 

 o'clock on Friday afternoon, b}' 



Jemmett, esq. at the Red 



Lion at Putney, on the body of 

 Mr .Payne, who died the preced- 

 ing afternoon, at four o'clock, in 

 consequence of a wound he had re- 

 ceived in the above duel, on Wim- 

 bledon Common, but of the cir- 

 cumstances of which no evidence 

 whatever could be produced to the 



jury. The jury returned a verdict 

 of Wilful Murder against some 

 person or persons unknown, sup- 

 posed to be by a pistol-shot. 



Jefferij, the seaman. ( Seep. 26i!.J 

 Extracted from a provincial 

 paper. 



Plymouth, Sept. 17. 

 Having been requested by se- 

 veral gentlemen to write to Mrs. 

 Coad, the mother of the unfortu- 

 nate Jeffery, for the purpose of 

 ascertaining if he had written to 

 her ; the following is the letter 

 which I sent to her, the answer 

 and inclosure. 



A CONSTANT KKADKR. 



Plymouth Dock, Sept. 1 1 . 

 " Madam, Several gentlemen of 

 this town, who feel themselves in- 

 terested in the fate of your son, 

 R. Jeffery, late of the Recruit, 

 have requested me to write to 

 you, for the purpose of ascertain- 

 ing, if possible, whether he be 

 living or dead. The papers in 

 general have published statements 

 purporting that he was taken from 

 the island of Sombrero by a vessel 

 belonging to Marblehead, and 

 that he now lives in the province 

 of Massachusets, America. Now, 

 as it appears that he was a par- 

 ticularly dutiful aiid affectionate 

 son, and one who let slip no 

 opportunity of writing to you 

 while on board the Recruit, it is 

 probable that, if living, he has 

 written toyou; and this, of course, 

 would place the fact of his exist- 

 ence beyond a doubt. Have the 

 goodness to excuse the trouble 

 which I give you on this subject, 

 and rest assured that nothing but 

 a participation in that lively inte- 

 rest in the fate of your son, which 



