Star.
London, England, 1829-10-02 00:00:00

THE HON. WM. JERVIS JERVIS.

This unfortunate subject of the Commission de Lu-
natic() Inquirenth, on Wednesday, at the Gray's Inn
Vincent,Coffeehse is great nephew of the late gallant • Earl
St. ce, who died, in 1823, at Brentwood, at the
advanced age of 89. The late Earl, our readers are
aware, was elevated to the Peerage in 1797, upon the
occasion of his glorious victory over the Spanish fleet oil
Cape St. Vincent, when a fleet of 15 sail of the line only,
under his command, engaged and totally defeated the ene-
my's fleet, consisting of 29 sail, seven of which carried
from 112 to 130 guns each. His lordship married, in 1783,
Martha, daughter of the late Chief Baron Parker, by whom
he had no issue. In consideration of the Earl's gallant
cervices he received another patent of Peerage in 1801,
when he was created Viscount St. Vincent, with remain-
der to his two nephews, Captain William Henry Ricketts
and Edward Jervis Ricketts, Esqs. both of whom respec-
tively assumed the name of Jervis. Captain Ricketts
Jervis married Lady Elizabeth Lambert, daughter of the
Earl of Cavan, from whom he was divorced by Act of Par-
liament, 1799, and her Ladyship was subsequently united
in 1806 to the Rev. Richard Brickenden. Capt. Ricketts
was unfortunately drowned in 1805 by the upsetting of his
barge, and having no male issue, Mr. Edward Jervis
Ricketts became heir-presumptive to the Viscounty. This
gentleman was also unhappily situated in domestic life,
having married in 1790 the Hon. Mary Cassandra
Twistleton, sister of the present Lord Say and Sele,
which marriage was dissolved by Act of Parliament,
1798—Mrs. Ricketts remarrying in 1806, then in her
32d year, with Richard Charles Head Graves, Esq. her
present husband. The unfortunate gentleman, whose
state of mind gave rise to the late inquiry, is the only
surviving child of Viscount St. Vincent and the Hon.
Mrs. Graves. The Hon. Gentleman married, in 1815,
Sophia, daughter of the late Geo. Norbonne Vincent,
Esq. by whom he has a son and heir, born in 1825, who
will inherit his noble grandfather's honours, and a daugh-
ter, born in 1824.

The following are the letters referred to in Dr. Gooeh's report

on this unfortunate man :
LITTLE TO THE LOAD CHANCELLOII--NO. I.

Teddington House, Teddington, Middlesex, Feb. 26,
in the 18th year of our Lord 1829—God bless the King.
" To the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, Scotland, and
Ireland united—My wish is to be released this moment from my
confinement, and my brother Thomas Frederick, my brother
Charles Twinelto., to be released from confinement—my children
to be removed from confinement, and to proceed to Warwick
Castle, with a Regiment of Ilea Cavalry ; Thomas Wrenham
Southouse to go with me to Warwick Castle; Sir James Scarlett
to proceed with me to Warwick Castle; William King, Esq. to
proceed with me to Warwick Castle; William Cobbett, Esq.
senior, and William Cobbett, Esq. junior, to proceed with me to
Warwick Castle. Henry."

MMUS TO HIS lUJISTY—HO. 2.
" Teddington House, Teddington, Middlesex, Feb. 25,1829.
" Father—From the injuries, tyrannical, despotic, and unnatural
conduct I have received from you, I challenge you to a single com-
bat to.morrow morning, at four o'clock precisely, each armed with
a naval regulation sword, to fight it out manfully, on Wimbledon
Common, in the county of Surrey.—So writ.
" Mr. Thomas Jervis Wbite Jervis, your second son, will be
ready on the ground, ready to take my place immediately after
you and I have decided the contest.
" Your third son, Mr. Charles Twistleton, and Ensign of your
Majesty's service, will be ready on the ground, ready to take your
second son's place, after you and him have decided the contest.
" GOD save the King.
" WILLIAM JERVIS JERVIS.
Addressed—" To his Excellent Majesty."
LETTS& TO TIO2 DUMB or CLAIttNODP.,•HO s.
" Teddington House, Teddington, In the County o
Middlesex, to uric, February 25.
" Uncle—l challenge you to a single combat—your nephew, Mr.
Thomas Jervis White Jervis challenges you to a single combat.
Mr. Charles Twistleton challenges you to a single combat on Wim-

„WILLIAM JERVIS JERVIS, Esq.”
Addressed—" To his Royal Highness the Duke
of Clarence, Bushy Park."
Lllllll 10 MIX ST. T 1 IClOll=4O. 4.
" Teddington House, Teddington, Middlesex, Feb. 24, 1821
" My Loan,—From the cruel, unmanly, and tyrannical con•
duct I have experienced from you, as a father whose duty it wai
to be my guide and protector, from the day of my birth, I chal-
lenge you to a public combat, in a duel, on Wimbledon.common,
in the County of Surrey, the day after to-morrow, February
the 26th, in the 18th year of our Lord 1829, to fight it out man-
fully. For my defence a naval regulation sword I will take to
the ground; a naval regulation sword you will take to the
ground ; a naval regulation sword ; I will choose the ground. I
will bring with me my second, Thomas Jervis White Jervis,
Esq. a Lieutenant of the Royal Navy ; he is ready to meet his
father in a duel, on the same ground, with a naval regulation
sword, to fight it out manfully, after you and I have decided
the contest. From the cruel, unmanly, and tyrannical conduct
be has experienced from him as a father, whose duty it was to
be his guide and protector, from the day of his birth; I will
meet you on Wimbledon Common, in the County of Surrey,
The day after to-morrow, at four o'clock in the morning, Feb.
the 26th, in the 18th year of our Lord, 1829; and Thomas Jervis
White Jervis, Esq. will meet his father, Sir John Jervis White
Jervis, Baronet, with a naval regulation sword, on Wimbledon-
common, to decide the contest at the same time. Goa save the
King. "The Hon. WILLIAM JERVIS JERVIS.
" The Right Hon. the Viscount Sarre Viscser,
Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, London."
At the close of the enquiry yesterday, the Jury retired, and after
an absence of some time, returned the following verdict
"That the Hon. William Jervis Jervis is a person of unsound
mind, and Incapable of managing his own affairs; and that he hat
been so since the 11th day of February last."
The verdict evidently caused some dissatisfaction amongst many
persons in the room. A great many persons of first rank and
fortune were present during the investigation yesterday, and the
lunatic himself used some expression of surprise and displeasure
upon heating the result of the enquiry, of which it was said be
seemed perfectly to comprehend the nature. The unfortunate lu-
natics mother was in the Grsy's•inn Tavern, where the inquiry
took place, during the whole day. Mr. Jervis was very young
when a divorce took place between his father and mother. The
Commission is said to be the most expensive one that has taken
place since that upon the Earl of Portsmouth. The tables of the
large room where it was held were covered with the papers.

Pheasant shooting commenced yesterday, and a num-
ber of the birds, which probably were shot fifty miles
off, were in town at (lay-break yesterday, so that it would
appear that they travelled more rapidly after being dead,
than when they were alive, or else the poachers were re-
solved to anticipate the regular sportsmen by commencing
their operations on Tuesday, to supply their friends in
town.

The town and borough has been in a continued state
of excitement since the Duke of NEWCASTLE hits tried

his experiment upon the temper and disposition of its
inhabitants—the effect he anticipated will be for him
fatally unfortunate; instead of " mourning in sackcloth
and ashes," and giving way to despondency, he will
find his tenants all alive to the cause which has created
the ire of hie Grace.—Newark Times.
THE WILLS OF SHAKSPEARE, MILTON, AND NA-
POLEON BONAPARTE.--Jt is a singular circumstance
that the last wills and testaments of the three greatest
men of modern ages are tied up in one sheet of foolscap,
and may be•seen together at Doctors Commons. In the
will of the Bard of Avon is an interlineation in his own
hand-writing—" I give unto my wife my brown best bed,
with the furniture." It is proved by Wm. Bryde, 22d
July, 1616. The will of the Minstrel of Paradise is a
nuncupative one, taken by his daughter, the great poet
being blind. The will of Napoleon, to whom future
ages, in spite of legitimacy, will confirm the epithet of
le grand," is signed in a bold style of handwriting ;
the codicil, on the contrary, written shortly before his
death, exhibits the then weak state of his body.