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Bent for, he was just throwing 

 away the razor after inflicting 

 the wound. Witness assisted 

 his master together with Dr. 

 Roget, until Mr. Maybrey, the 

 surgeon, arrived. 



Upon the Rev. Mr. Dumont 

 being called upon to give his 

 evidence, he said he thought it 

 was of the last importance to 

 hear the testimony of some of 

 the medical gentlemen who had 

 attended Sir Samuel Romilly 

 previous to his death. 



The Coroner and jury were 

 of the same opinion ; the former 

 stating, that to learn as accu- 

 rately as possible every circum- 

 stance which could throw light 

 on tb.e cause that unhappily led 

 to the death of such a man as 

 Sir Samuel Romilly, was indeed 

 matter of the last importance- 

 Mr. Stephen Dumont, of Ge- 

 neva, then stated, that he was 

 one of the Representatives of the 

 Council at Geneva, but had been 

 in England previous to the re- 

 storation. I have (he said) been 

 connected with Sir Samuel Ro- 

 ■niilly a great many years; my 

 intention was to have spent the 

 summer with my best friend, Sir 

 Samuel, and his lady ; but the 

 state of Lady Rorailly's health 

 was such that she was re- 

 moved to Cowes, in the Isle of 

 Wight. 



[Here the witness, in great 

 anguish, said it would be better 

 that he should read the letters 

 he had then received from Sir 

 Samuel. A letter was then read 

 from Sir Samuel, dated from 

 Cowes, 27th Sept. inviting Dr. 

 Dumont to visit him there ; 

 ■taynag, that he could not promise 

 him a»y pleasure, as he consi^red 



Lady Romilly in a very perilous 

 state, as the physicians did not 

 say she was out of danger ; and 

 concluded thus:—" She is con- 

 sidered by her medical attendants 

 in some danger. She is for the 

 present a little better, and I take 

 care neither to let her nor the 

 poor children see the anxiety I 

 feel, but it costs me a great deal ; 

 with all this, do not suppose I 

 have not resolution to undergo 

 every thing to preserve my health 

 for my children's sake." 



This letter was followed by 

 two others, informing Mr. Du- 

 mont of the state of Lady Ro- 

 milly's health. And he then 

 resumed his evidence as follows : 

 — I arrived in the Isle of Vv^ight 

 on the 3rd of October, and Lady 

 Romilly was well enough to spend 

 a few hours in company; but Sir 

 Samuel seemed to have no con- 

 fidence, and notwithstanding that 

 recovery he was in the same state 

 of anxiety. Lady Romilly had 

 a relapse, and was for some days 

 in a great state of suffering. 

 During that time nothing could 

 equal the excruciating pains of 

 Sir Samuel, but his fortitude and 

 resignation. He was almost en- 

 tirely deprived of sleep, and I 

 saw he began to entertain the 

 greatest apprehensions from that 

 circumstance. Twice or three 

 times he has expressed to me his 

 fears of mental derangement. 

 Once he sent for me in the 

 middle of the night, at least at 

 two o'clock in the morning, and 

 spoke to me of a dream he had 

 had full of horrors, and said that 

 an impression had remained upon 

 his mind as if the dream had been 

 a reality. He asked me if I did 

 not consider that as a proof that 



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