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LIFE OF LORD CAMELFORD.
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sons who were at work near the spot, and who now
hastened towards the place, when Mr. Best and his second
thought it most prudent to provide for their own safety.
One of Lord Holland’s gardeners was now approaching,
and called to his fellow labourers to stop them. On his
arrival, Lord Camelford’s second, who had been support-
ing him as well as he was able, ran for a surgeon, and Mr.
Thompson of Kensington soon afterwards came to his
assistance. His Lordship then asked the man why he
had called out to stop the gentlemen ? and declared that
£< he did not wish them to be stopped ; that he was him-
self the aggressor, that he forgave the gentleman who had
shot him, and hoped God would forgive him too.” Mean-
while a chair was procured, and his lordship was carried
to Little Holland House, the residence of Mr. Ottey :
messengers were dispatched for Mr. Knight and Mr.
Home, and an express was sent to acquaint the Rev. Mr.
Cockburne, his Lordship’s cousin, with the melancholy
catastrophe. That gentleman, after sending information
of the circumstance to the noble relatives of his lordship,
hastened to the place. Mr. Knight the surgeon, and
Captain Barrie, his lordship’s most intimate friend, were
by his bed-side, and Mr. Home arriving in a few minutes,
his clothes were cut off, and the wound being examined
by the surgeons, was immediately pronounced to be mor-
tal.
Lord Camelford continued in agonies of pain during
the first day ; towards the evening his sufferings somewhat
abated, and by the help of laudanum he got some sleep in
the night, so that in the morning he found himself much
relieved. During the second day his hopes revived con-
siderably, and he conversed with some cheerfulness ; yet
the surgeons, who were unremitting in their attentions,
would never give his friends the slightest hopes.
To the Rev. Mr. Cockburne, who remained with him
till
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sons who were at work near the spot, and who now
hastened towards the place, when Mr. Best and his second
thought it most prudent to provide for their own safety.
One of Lord Holland’s gardeners was now approaching,
and called to his fellow labourers to stop them. On his
arrival, Lord Camelford’s second, who had been support-
ing him as well as he was able, ran for a surgeon, and Mr.
Thompson of Kensington soon afterwards came to his
assistance. His Lordship then asked the man why he
had called out to stop the gentlemen ? and declared that
£< he did not wish them to be stopped ; that he was him-
self the aggressor, that he forgave the gentleman who had
shot him, and hoped God would forgive him too.” Mean-
while a chair was procured, and his lordship was carried
to Little Holland House, the residence of Mr. Ottey :
messengers were dispatched for Mr. Knight and Mr.
Home, and an express was sent to acquaint the Rev. Mr.
Cockburne, his Lordship’s cousin, with the melancholy
catastrophe. That gentleman, after sending information
of the circumstance to the noble relatives of his lordship,
hastened to the place. Mr. Knight the surgeon, and
Captain Barrie, his lordship’s most intimate friend, were
by his bed-side, and Mr. Home arriving in a few minutes,
his clothes were cut off, and the wound being examined
by the surgeons, was immediately pronounced to be mor-
tal.
Lord Camelford continued in agonies of pain during
the first day ; towards the evening his sufferings somewhat
abated, and by the help of laudanum he got some sleep in
the night, so that in the morning he found himself much
relieved. During the second day his hopes revived con-
siderably, and he conversed with some cheerfulness ; yet
the surgeons, who were unremitting in their attentions,
would never give his friends the slightest hopes.
To the Rev. Mr. Cockburne, who remained with him
till