The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-08 00:00:00

EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE. LETTER.

" QUEBEC, SF:PU:SII3I:a 2.

" It was slated at Qiithec that his Grace died of
hydrophobia. %Vll.'le at his summer residence, at
William-henry, before he commeticed his tour to
the Upper Province, lie was bitten by a Lune fox,
which shortly afterwards died of the malady. Nu
symptoms, however, appeared for nearly forty drys
after the circumstance, when his Grace bring on
his return from a visit to a new settlement, ilia very
obscure situation where he hail to walk thirty miles
on foot in excessive hut weather, no road for a horse
bring yet made, lie found himself affected. It is
stated his Grace was sensible of his approaching fate
as soon as his indisposition manifested itself, and
expressed his apprehensions to his attetidatita. Oti
approaching to descend the Ottawa, or Great !liver,
the sight of the hater instantly threw him int., con-
vulsions, and, in little more than twenty-four hours,
this most dreadful malady terminated his existence.
Ilia reniaisis arrived at Quebec on the id ult. and
was attended to the Chateau by the military, all
persons holding situations under the Government,
and the greatest part of the most respectable inha-
bitants. The remains of his Grace, at his inapt
particular request, were to be interred at Quebec,
on the 4th ult. in the Cathedral Church of St.
Paul's, and not, as stated, to he brought to Eng-
land."

The Inquest at Oldham was adjourned on Tues-
day until the following Thursday, but from the
observations made by the Coroner on Tuesday, it
appears probable that lie will soon refuse to hear
any more witnesses. The Magistrates and yeo-
manry of Manchester have avowedly constituted
themselves parties to this loamy, by aecreditiug
Mr. ASHWORTH as their agent to assist at it on their
behalf ; but they display no small uneasiness at its
progress, and in the hope of closing it altogether,
they have instructed Mr. ASHWORTII to object to
the appearance of Mr. HARMER, as not having beets
authorised to interfere in the matter by the parents
of the deceased. Mr. Il•ftstert, however, offered
as his credentials a letter signed by the father of the
deceased ; but the Coroner would not recognise
this authority, as no person appeared to prove the I " QUEBEC, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.
hand-writing ; but he seems to have waived his oh- "An express arrived here yesterday morning from
jectiou to the interference of Messrs. HAMMER and Montreal, with the afflicting intelligence that his
DEN nom, by subsequently permitting • witness to Grace the Duke of RICHMOND, Governor-in-Chief
be cross-exarniued byolie former of these Gentle- of these Provinces, had died on his way from
men. Several members of tte Manchester yeo- Kingston to Montreal, at the moment that he was
moray corps have been identified as having been I hourly expected to join his family there, Iron which
actively employed on the 16th of August, and it is i he had separated in good health, at Kingstuu, uu
professedly Mr. HARMER'S object to induce the the YOth, to complete, by visiting the new settle-
Jury to return a verdict of wilful murder agsinst Patois, the long and arduous journey in which lie
these persons. After the ready and unqualified i has been engaged.
approval of the conduct of the Magistrates and a " This itielaucholy and utterly unexpected Intel-
yeomanry of Manchester OR the 16th of Au- ligenje spread with the greatest rapidity, and
im-
gust, by the Ministers of the Crown, no ap.. i weeved a deep gloom throughout the city. The
prehensions of a fatal result could be entertained "lag on the citadel, and on all the vessels in the
by any Magistrate or yeoman, even if the verdict f port, was exhibited half-mast, exhibiting every
of the Coroner's Juty were such as from the evi. where the signals of public 'Dooming.
dence already adduced we must necessarily antici- " His Grace's body, immediately after his death,
pate ; hut it would be of advantage tufhe country i was conveyed to Montreal. It reached this city
, that an opportunity was afforded of fairly and le" is the l'essia-beat ithiaiww4 sad
was
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The fallowing are the extracts from the Quebec
Paper :

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