The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-20 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF LORD ST. HAUB.

With deep regret we have to announce the death
of Lord /Award St. Maur, the second son of the Duke of
Sernerest• under very melancholy circumstances. His
lordship, arrived in Bombay from Marseilles in the Peninsular
mad Oriental Company's steamer Jeddo, on the 9th Novem-
ber. He became the guest of the Governor, and accom-
panied his excellency to Dharwar. His lordship there
joined Shaw Stewart, Esq., collector of Camas, end they
travelled together on their way to Carwar. They were
sabsequantly joined by Mr. Brand, an officer in the
Guards, and by Mr. Walker, the civil engineer a the
district. () a the 14th instant then gentlemen were out
bison stalking, but being in a jungly district could
sot keep close together. As he proceeded, Lord St. Maur
seam une‘pectelly across a bear, at which he fired his
pistol, lodging the contents in the breast of the animal.
It then 'thanked him when drawing a sheathed stalking-
bolle, his lordship thrust it /into the beer, inflicting a
mortal wound. In the scuffle, however, they had bath
approached a precipice over which they together fell.
Here the beaters came up and relieved Lord St. Maur
from his adversary. His presence of mind did not forsake
him, and he wrote with a pencil on the sheath of his knife
(having no other appliances) to his fellow sportsmen who
were in the vicinity, informing them of his condition. They
having arrived, a great difficulty was experienced as to
removing him from the ravine into which be had fallen,
sod the only means of dolma so was to set about cleating a
pathway up to the high ground above. This being accom-
plished, the poor sufferer was removed to Yellapoor, where
as apothecary was toned, who rendered all the service be
could, and whose treatment was fully approved of on the
snivel subsequently of Drs. Langley and Kilroy. They
however. had to be sent for, the one from Dharwar, the
ether from Belgaum; thisosessearily caused a delay of about
seventy hours. Amputation of tholes was at once resolved
upon, to which the sufferer submitted heroically. He moo,
however, began to sink from the oombiued effects of the
operation and the shock his system bad sustained. He died
on the 20th instant at two a.m. and we buried at Yells-
poor, near the spat where hes a.m.,
buried a Mr. Cmpendale,
a young officer, who died there a few years since.
Lord St. Maur sustained his sufferings in a way that
eommataled the admiration, while it moved to deepest
sympathy and grief the two or three friends who were
at his side. He had every attention that the circumstances
admitted of and that human aid could reader ; and he died
as be had suffered, calmly and resignedly. Mr. Shaw
Stewart we meat earnest and unremitting in his attentions
and watchfulness to his suffering friend.
Lord St. Maur was on a visit to India for the purpose
of observing the condition of the country anti its
people ; and of acquiring that amount of knowledge on
these subjects which an intelligent observation and an
earnest inquiring mind invariably gathers. We are
well assured that the deceased nobleman was very earnest
is this purpose, and was exceedingly desirous of acquiring
such information as would be practically useful to him as
opportunity would serve on his return to England. It was
his full intention to have gone from Dharwar to Nagpore to
be present at the exhibition, but he changed his mind, and
expressed his determination to visit Cerwar to see the works
both at that port and in its neighbourhood. It was on his
way there that be engaged in the diversion which proved so
immutable in its results.

Load Edward Percy St. Maur was the second non of the
Doke of Somerset, his brother Edward Adolphus Ferdinand
St. Maur being the eldest son and heir presumptive to the
elkedolll. Tiatea of India, Dee, 28, 1865.