The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-10 00:00:00

LORD LIVERPOOL.

Lord Liverpool, since his removal to Coombe-
wood, has been slowly gaining strength, and it
is perfectly true, as stated the other day in the
Court Circular, that he was able to take a short
walk in the garden, but we believe it is not ge-
nerally known• that his Lordship has never re-
covered the use of his speech since his first
attack. The most he could articulate was a
Yes," or a No." Very rarely he got out half
a sentence, and when he did so, it seldom ex-
pressed what he wanted ; but of this he was per-
fectly conscious, and made signs with his hand to
signify he had not expressed what he wished.
In this state, on Saturday morning last, Mr.
Sandford, of Wimbledon, the medical gentleman
who for many years has attended his Lordship
and family, left Lord Liverpool at Coombe-
wood. Mr. Sandford has, since his Lordship's
removal from London, constantly slept at
Coombe, leaving it at about nine in the morn-
ing, returning once or twice in the course of each
day, and every evening at nine o'clock, for the
night. Dr. Dreyer generally visited his Lord-
ship twice a week.
At nine o'clock on Saturday, Lord Liverpool
was, to all appearance, better than he had been
since his removal. The Countess, or the Ho-
nourable Miss Jenkinson, was at all times with
him, and the Honourable Mr. Jenkinson, his
Lordship's half-brother, and heir to the title, was
never absent for so long a space as an hour.
About two o'clock on Saturday last, Lady
Liverpool was reading to his Lordship, and
feeling a little fatigued, being herself in a very
bad state of health, rang the bell that Miss Jen-
kinson might be desired to come and relieve her.
She had just replaced herself in her chair close to
his Lordship, when he rose, and walked to a
table about a yard from him. He immediately
exclaimed, " Cramp, cramp." Lady Liverpool
instantly assisted him back to his seat, when she
discovered him to be in a strong convulsive fit.
As the bell had been rung by her Ladyship, she
had assistance in amoment. A man was on horse-
back in three minutes, and in three minutes and
a half more the messenger was at Wimbledon,
at Mr. Sandford's house, although the dis-
tance is full two miles. Mr. Sandford was
fortunately at home, and his horse being quite
:n readiness, he was at Coombe-wood within 20
minutes after his Lordship was attacked. Lord
Liverpool continued in a succession of convul-
sive fits until five o'clock the same afternoon,
when, by bleeding and the application of leeches,
they subsided. An express had been early sent
off to Dr. Dreyer in London, who arrived at
Coombe-wood soon after five. At this time his
Lordship, though in the most precarious state,
lay quiet and tolerably composed, and continued
so during the whole of Saturday night, during
which he had repeated slumbers, and was at dif-
ferent times of the night in a composed sleep.
He continued much in the same state during the
whole of yesterday, and up to a late hour last
evening. The opinion we understand of the
medical men is, that his Lordship may, in a
very limited degree, recover from this second
attack ; but the hope of his ultimate recovery,
which was entertained previously to Saturday
last, is nearly, if not quite, given up.