The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-28 00:00:00

OF THE

DEATH CF LORD -NELSON.

We shnuhl scarcely again call the attnt!on of our Readers to
tin.. SU bjed, which bus so fretptelit]k been detailed to
them, but that Mir pur pus!: is. to arrest pale principal errors
in the, accounts which have been given of the. last moments
of out departed !hero, ~rid to exhib: the faithful and
authentic.reportrwhich iLis been comMutticated to us .t.r?tn
those Gentlemen who .attendee! Lord N.elson in his dying
hours. '
To our present report, therefor,:, we have to affix the names
or Mr. Beatty, the Surgeon, .ant Mr. Bourke, the l'urs,r
of the Vioory,
Such is their relation
About the middle of the a&ion with the Corn-
bined Fleets, on the 21 A of OCtober, Lord Nelson
Was upon the Onarter-deck, where he had resolved
to take his station during the whole-of the battle.—
A few minutes before he was woUnded,Mri,,Bourke
was near him ; he
''looked d
stediastly at him,
.anti
said,Bourke, I expertevery man to be upon his
station." Mr. Bourke took-,the hint, and went to
his proper situation in the cocklit.
At this time his Lordship's Secretary, Mr. Scott,
who was not, as has been represented, ',either re-
ceiving directions from him; or standing by him,
but was communicating some orders to an Officer at
a distant part of the quarter-deck, was cut almost
in two by a cannon-shot. He expired on the in-
stant, and was thrown overboard. •
Lord Nelson obserVed the ad of throwing his
Secretary overboard, and said, As if' doubtful, to a
Midshipman who *as near hill;,, Was that gcott ?"
The Midshipman replied, he believed it was. He
exclaimed ".Poor fellow !"
„.1-10 was now Walking the quarter-deck, and about
yart6. from the stern, the space he generally
walked before he turned back. His Lordship was
itt the to qf turning on the quarter-deck, with his
face towards the Enemy, when he was mortally
.wounded in the left breast by a mosket-ball, sup-
posed to .have been fired from the mizen-top of the
ItedonbtalS,,. lrrench Ship of .the Line, which the
Viaory had attacked early in the battle
'He instantly fell. He was, not, as has been re-
lated; picked no by Capt. Hardy.. In the hurrysof
the battle, Which 'was then raging in its greatest
violence, even the fall:of their beloved, Commander
did.not interrupt the business' of the quarter.-deck.
Two Sailors, however, who were near biS Lordship,
raised him in their - arms, and carried him to the
cockpit. lle was immediately •laid upon a bed, and
the felloWing -is the substance of the Conversation
which really took place in the, cockpit. between his
Lordship, Capt. Hardy, Mr. Bourke, and Beatty.
Upon seeing him brought down, Mr. Bourke im-
mediately rail to him, I fear," lie said, "your
Lordship is Wounded."—"Mortally,
" I hopenot, my' dear Lord ; let Mr. Beatty exa-
mine your wounds."----" it is of no use," exclaimed
the dying Nelson "he had better attend to.
others.' •

Mr. Beatty now approached to examine the
wound. His T.,ordship was raised up; and•Beatty,
whose attention was anxiously fixed upon the eyes
of his patient, as an indication the most certain
when 'a:wotind is mortal, after a few moments
glanced his eye on Bourke, and expressed his. opi-
Ilioo in his countenance —Lord Nelson now turned
to 'Botirke, and said, " Tell Hardy to come to rue."
Bourke leitthe cockpit.—Beatty now said, ," Suffer
rne,'my Lord, to probe the wound with my finger--
I will give you no pain:" Lord Nelson permitted
him,and„ passing his left hand round his waist, he
probed it with thefore finger of his right.
The description of the Surgeon, however, is so
accurate and scientific, that, by his. permission, we
thankfUlly giN c it.
", On his liordship being brought below, he coin.'
plaincd of pain in about the sixth or seventh
dorsal vertebra, of privation of sense, and' motion of
the body and inferior , extremities ; his respiration
was short and difficult; his pulse weak, small,, and.
irregular ; he frequently declared his back.was shot
thrOugh—that he felt every instant a gush of blood
Within his breast ; and that he had sensations which
indicated to him the approach of death. In the
course Of an hour his -pulse' became indistinft :and
wps gradually lost in the grin ; his extremities. and
'foreheacfbecame-akin afterwards cold ; he retained
his wonted energy of mind and exercise of his fa ul-
tiet until the last Moment yf' his existence; and
whets vinory, els signal as decisive, was announced
to him, lie expressed • his pious acknewledgments
thereat', anti heartfelt .satistadion, at the glorious
event, in the most, emphatic language. He then
delivered Ith last orders with his usual precision,
and, in., a few minutes after; expired without a
struggle. ' . -

cotigsl4 AND SITE OF TILE BALL ASCIUITAINED

SIN GE

". The ball:Struck the forepart of his lordship's
eplUlette, and. entered the left shoulder immedi.
ateiy before the processus acrontion scapula;, which
it slightly ; it Alien descended obliquely
into the thorax,' fraeuring the second and third ribs ;
and after penetrating the left lobe of the lungs, and
di% iting; in its passage a. large branch pf the pulmo.,
limy artery, it entered the left side of the spine, be-!
tv..een the sixth and seventh dorsal vertobrre, frac,
tlired the left transverse process of the sixth verte.••
bra, wounded the medulla spinalis, and, fraturing
the right tratisver,e process of the seventh 'vertebra, it
ttc le its way froni the right side of the spine, direot,:
inP: its course through the.tflust...les of the bark, ,and
lodged therein, ahoun. two inches below th.e inferior
angle of the right scapula.
On removing the hall a portion of the gold
. lace and lrtu of the; tir4.iulottc, together with .ostuair
pie,A! Lordship'4 coat, were found firmly at.,
tadled it. •

" BEATTY, Surgeon."

When Bourke'. returned into the cock-pit' with
Captain Hardy, LOrd Nelson told the latter loco=
Kist' Me, flardy,l" he e%elaitned—
Capwin Hardy -itiSied his cheek.—" 1 hope your
Lotdduip (siaid liej will still 'live 1,3 enjoy your tri-
urnpli."—‘‘ Never; Hardy (fie ex.l,:laimed), I am
dying; I any a dead man all LA ; Beatty will tell
you so---Bring the. Fleet to an ,anehor ; you have
211 done your duty —God bless- yon,"—Capt. Hardy
now said, " 4 suppose Colling wood, my dear Lord, is'
tocommand the Fleet ?"—" Never (he exclaimed)

witi/st I it.',..--,"--Ineaniug.doubtlesq, that solong as
lii, gallant spiriturvived he would. never desert his
duty_

What passed after this was merely casual. His
Lordhhip's last word were to Mr. lkatty, whilsthe
was expiring in his arms, " T could have wished to
have lived- to enjoy this ; but .God's will be done:"
My Lord (exclaimed Hardy), you die in the
midst of triumph."—" Do I, }lardy ?"—He smiled
tai; tly---" God be praised' !"--These were 'his la ~t
before he expired.

LORD NELSON's FUABRia.

The period for "the Interment of that illustrious
Hero's remains is at length determined on. Lord'
HAWKESHURY yesterday conimunicated to the Gen-
tlemen belonging to the Board of Works,'that, the'.
Funeral would positively take place on the gth of
January next. A written order was sent down to

• St. Pau"l's' Cathedral, = signed by CHARLES ALEX.
Esq:•Examiner to the Board of Works, ad-
di essed to all the 'principal Artificers therein employ-
ed, desiring them to expedite the finishing of their
ditferent orders on or before the 7th of January.—
: Since this order has been received, an additional
number of men have been employed ; and, from
present appearences, there cannot be a doubt that the
whole will be finished by the 3d or 4th of next
month. The workmen, within the last three days,
have been astonishingly expeditiotO in erecting the
scaffolding under the dome, and in the western
Aisle. The whole of the bracketing is already
finished, and ready to receive the seats in every part
of the Cathedral appropriated for that purpose. The
seats, 'seal-biding, &c. are built in a4nost substantial
manner, and the Whole is under the sole diretaion
of the. Surveyor-General. 'Every seat will be co- •
vered with matting, over whiCh will be placed black
cloth. As we before, asserted, no ticket .Will be
sold on any pretence whatever, The Bishop of
LINCOLN, who is 'the Dean di St. Paul's, will affix.'
his signature to every 'ticket of admission at the
doors. These tickets will not entitle the owners to
seats. 'The others must be procered either from the'
Bishop of LONDON, or the Lords of the Admiralty
Or the Treasury. The Dean of St. Paul's left town.
on Monday for Buckden Palace, to prepare the
tickets at his disposal, and until his Lordship'S' re 7:
turn no further arrangements in that respe& will be
made. Lord,Ngtsox'S grave is eXaetly sixteen feet
below the tesselated pavement. Beneath the pave-.
ment, at the foundation of the Church; the grave
is sunk from the level. exaffly twofeet nine inches
in depth ; it is two feet nine inches in width, and.
exactly seven feet long. Mr. MILNE, the ArchiteE
of St. Paul's, yesterday afternoon gave his instruc-
tions to the workmen to commence hoisting the dif
ferent colours around the dome, which were taken
from the Enemy by the revered Ter. The colours
of. the ViCeory are to surmount the pyramid ere Lied
over the grave.
The preparations in the Painted Hall .at Green-.
wich are as follow : in the upper part of the Hall, a
space of about Go feet square is elevated about
eight- steps, and inclosed by a railing, in which
the, body lies in state. Within this space, in order
to preserve the valuable paintings, an inelosure.of
timber-work, at about five feet distance from the
walls, "acid at least twenty-five feet high, has been
ereaed.' The whole is expeaed to be covered with
black cloth this clay.: At the upper end el this in-.
closed spot, is 'a kind of platform raised about a foot
above' the floor, on which 'the body 'is to lie in State,
and over the centre of which is placed a canopy, to
be covered with black cloth: -

The great body of the Hall Which approachetthis
elevated part; is divided by a wooden partition,
placed longitudinally, and communicating with two
&tin& passages, by which very judicious arrange-
ment, the spedators will appproach the :solemn
scene by the Northern door, and retire through .the
Eastern gate. Thus'all confusion and jostling will
be avoided. The latter will also have a partition
erected to. preserve the paintings.

EXTRAORDINARY. The nursery-
maid of Mr. CnArM'AINT, Attorney, in Warwick-
court, Holborn, on *Wednesday morning last, when
dressing his infint child; 'of tweniontlis old, by the
nursery fire, suddenly found herielf, in flames,
supposed to be occasioned by' a coal flying out of
the (ire upon her.. She flew tti the stairs for relief,
where her Master, alarmed by her cries, met her,
and relied the infant 'in a earpet, said also the
servant, so as.completely to extinguish the .flames,
Both were :dangerously burnt ; the maid-servant
affording little hopei or recovery, and in a :state of
insensibility, in which she continued till twelve
o'clock that night, when she became somewhat
sensible. A pnrse and a young Lady were appoint
ed to sit up by her during the night. About three
in the Morning, nurse Went downstairs fbr
something : soon
.after she left the room, the young
Lady, who was reading by a 'fite in the morn, being
struck by a light, looked towards the bed, and A:IW
it in a blaze, She immediately gave every alarm,
and endeavoured to drag the maid out of the bed,
hut was 'Unable,. and set her own clothes on fire,
though she was somewhat protested by a silk pelisse
She now flew to the stairs, where, Mr; CHAPMAN,
alarmed by
,her cries, net her, and extinguished the
tire : he then gave the alarm of fire, and made' seve-
ral vain attempts to approach the bed of the poor
servant, who was burnt to, a cinder, with every
thing its the raisin.: Happily, engines arrived, .and
the assistance given preserved the rest. of the house.
'the young Lady and infant are both expeaed to do

A 4 alarming fire broke out on Wednesday even-
ing last, in the much admired and romantic castle of
It, P. Kwymp, M. P. at Downton,. near Lud-
low, Shroihhire, which, after raging a considerable
time, was happily got under, but not till the interior
of that beautiful mansion, with most of its appro-
priate furniture, had been cdnsiderably injured by
the ravages of the devouring element. Owing to
the:badness of the roads, the engines from Ludlow
did not arrive in time to render any conSiderable
service. This 'calamitous accident is supposed to
have proceeded from a fire, at Which some plumbers
had been at work, not having been properly exthi-
giiiihed. We understand the worthy Proprietor
was absent when it took place.