The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-09 00:00:00

LORD CAMELFORD.

ooan CAMELFORD and Mr. BEST had been inti-
mite fria.al3- A profligate and artful woman, it
'tells, made a false report to the Noble Lord, that his
friend had said something to his prejudice, which so
incensed hitn, that at the Prince of Wales's Coffee.
house, where they generally dined, he went up to Mr.
BEST, and said, loud enough to be heard by all the
company, " I find, Sir, that you have spoken of
me in the most .unwarrantable terms." Mr. BEST
replied, that he was utterly unconsciuus of having
deserved such a charge. Lord CAMELFORD replied,
that he was not ignorant of what he had reported to
Mrs. SYMONS, and pronounced him to be a" scoun-
drel, a liar, and a ruffian."' Mr. BEST said,. these
were 'epithets which admitted but of one course,
and a meeting was immediately settled for the
next morning. The place was not fixed. Lord
CAMELFORD desired the Honourable Mr. DEVE-
REUX, son to. Lord HEREFoan, to arrange with y
Mr.
ourse as his
Mr. Nix Ea, who was named
b BEsT,
Second, the time and
place. In the c
evening, Mr. BEST convey of the
ed to Lord CAMELFORD
the strongest assurances, ;.hat the information he had
ieceived was unfounded ; and that believing be had
aced under a false impression, he would be satisfied if
his Lordship would retraa the expressions he had
used. This Lord CAMELFORD refused to do. They
met in the morning at a coffeehouse in Oxford.
street, agreeable to the appointment which had been
• made ; and here again Mr. BEST made an effort to
prevail on his Lordship to rettaa the epithets he had
used. He went up to him, an said, "CAMEraaoito,
ling generosity of ayour nature. Upon my ho_
hour you have been imposed upon by a um-
pet. Do not persist in expressions under str
which
one of us must fall." Lord CAMELFORD answered
" BEST, This is child's play ; the thing must go on."
And yet we can state, from undoubted authority,
that the noble Lord, refleding on the whole matter,
had in his heart acquitted Mr. BEST, and had confi.
dentially stated to his Second, that he knew he was
in the wrong ; that BEST was a man of honour—but
that he could not
which was a bring himself to retra words
. which he had once us.e&— d
in. going to the ground,
p
i weated to hi field behind Holland House, he le7
his Second that he w as the aggiessor;
that he knew well that as
Mr
two of the best shots in. BEST and he were Enand,
must fall--but whatever might glbe t one of them
affair, lie begged him to bear he issue of the
acquitted Mr. testimony that he
BEST of all blame. We understandthat be afterwards said—" Feeling
that lam in the wrong, I shall not, fire-at BEsT."
NJ remonstrance, however, could prevail on him
retraa hiS words: An inveterate adherence to to
a
false puoailio made him retorute in error, and the
Duel unhappily took place. They were to fire to-
gether. Lord C.'s ititention of not aiming at his ft iend
Was unknown to him. They fired together—and Lord
CAMELFORD fell, to all aiipeararice dead. In an in-
Stant, however, he recovered the shock so far as
to exclaim, " I stn
„killed but,
aloe ; out I acquit BEST I
alone was to blame, He begged then; to consult
their safety, and accordingly Mr. BEST and Mr. NI-
_BELL' departed. Mr. DEVEREUX rernait.ed with
him until a man tame up', and conveyed him to the
house of Mr. 0 '
TTEY, as vve stated yesterday,
and Sutigeons were- immediately sent for. It appear_
that the h4ll had entered his right breast,- and is
supposed to ve Passed through his lun ,s fudged
in the backbone, and injured tile spine.&? i andh frsi
of blood was copious, no Stn,eon having at-corn a-
nied them to the field, nor anyb step taken to stopP it
for a considerable time. That the spine is injured,
appears from the circumstance-that from the motnent
after the shot, the lower extremities have continued
in a state of palsied numbness—but at eleven o'clock
last night he was still alive. •
It is needless toad(?,
however, that no hopes are entertained of his re-
covery. He has displayed for the whole time the
most manly fortitude, anti in the presence of Lord
GRENVILLE, has acquitted Mr. BEST of all blame.
Lord and Lady GRENVILLE arrived at Mr.
arre, 2
Y S yesterday afternoon, about half after one
O'clock, in their carriage a'nd four -horses from
Dropraore. 'Lady GRENVILLE was in deep
tress ; her attachment to her brother being very
strong Gum their
she nearly- infancy.
On her Ladyship's'en.
tering the hou.se, she nearly fainted away, in cone-
quence of which it was not deemed proper 'fair her
to see her brother in his present State.
1-lis friend Captain BA
ttata %vizi out of Town,
otherwise it is presumed that his uenceover hirri
would have prevented the raslineta.s of which he i
the viclim. Mr. BEST is a Gen ieman of fortune,
s
_the person of
• a native of Barbadoes, and cousin to
the same name, who by accident shot Ca pt. joriEs,
at Ibbetson's Hotel.
Th-

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le parties in the late duel _
Mr. GREGSON and. Mr.t Liverpool, were
ARLING. Mr, GREG-
SrS
BON, who wasdeanguished in extreme
agony until three o'cwou lnock on d, l
Sunday mornin
, when
he died. Mr. SPARLING, it is said, has abscgonded.
The seconds,. according to report, were Captain
c ----, of the Navy, and Dr: M---., of Liver-
pool. This fatal event has excited a great sensa-
tion ; the parties were both men• of the first con-
nexions and fortunes in that town.
said to have arisen in copse The quarrel is
nce of Mr. SpAR-
LIN que
G having declined to
marry the niece of the
deceased, the daughter of
an eminent
after some preparations had
bee ern
ma merchant,
de for the
oroner s Jury 'sat, and
ceremony. Monday the C'
after a full investigation of this much to be la-
mented misfortune, brought in a verdict of
Murder.

A Corporal in the City of Lincoln Volunteer
Cavalry.having withdrawn himself, the Corps held
a general meeting a few days since, when they de.
termined that the reasons assigned by him for his
resignation were not satisfaaory, and therefore or-
dered tile Jacket and Helmet, and such other ap-
136ntments as had been provided for him our of the
fund of the Corn to be pb bon e Corn
,Market Hill, Lincoln, at the y nexturnt muster of the
1/4,01*-g
./ .

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le Acheron Bomb.vessel, in proceeding
.from
Woolwich to Long-Reach, ian aground, where,
afterremaining some time, she was got off without
vii)g sustained any material damage.

TILE THEATRE.

Covent Garde? 1.

THE Tragedy of The Fair Penitent was repre.
sewed last night at this Theatre. Mrs. Si DDoi,;s
supported the part of Calista, with admirable ski:l
and most interesting effect. KEMBLE'S Horatio
was a dignified performance. COOKE gave a 'bOld
and affecting interest to Sciato, and CHARLES KEIVI.
BL E was very spirited in Lothario. A new Musi-
cal Farce followed. the Play, under the title of The
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