The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-14

you well know have not been able to sleep
for more than week; / know added his
l.ordship,' that man can only be a certain
time without sleep, and then he must so mad
without any one being able to save him; and
would ten times sooner shoot myself than
be mad, for am not afraid of dying; am
more lit to die than people think do not
however, believe that his Lordship had any
apprchensions of his fate till the day after,
the eighteenth, when he said, i fear you and
Iita will be i'll by sitting UP constantly night
and day. ! answered, eve shall never leave
your Lordship till YOU arc better AS my
master had slight fit of dclirium OIL the
10th, took care to remove the pistols and
stilctto which had been kept at his bed side
in the night. On the 18th, his Lordship ad
dressed me frequently, and seemed to be vc-
ry much dissatisfied with his medical treat
ment. ! then said, DO allow me to send for
Mr.. Thomas;' to which he answcred-'Do
so, but be quick. ] am only sorry | did not
let you do SO before, as ! am sure they have
mistaken my disease; write yoarself, for
know he would not like to see other Doctors
here | did not lose a moment iii obcying
my masters orders, and on informing Doctor
Bruno and Mr. Milligcn of it, they said it was
very right, as they now began to be afraid
themselves. On returning to my masters
room, his first words we're, Have YOU scntH
4 have, my Lord was my answer; upon
which he said, You have dcne right, for
should like to know what is the matter with
me- Although his Lordship did not appear
to think his dissolution was So near, could
perceive he was getting weaker every hour,
and he even began to haze occasional fits OF
dclerium. He afterwards said, 4 now begin
to think I am seriously i'll, and in case
should be taken of suddenly, wish you to
give several directions, which hope you
will be partiular in seeing eXccutcd' an
swcrcd would, in case such an event came
to pass but expressed hope that he would
liz c many years, to eNccutc them much bet
tor himself than could. To this my mas
ter replied, No, il j, now nearly ovcr;' and
then added, Il must tell you all without loos-
ing moment, ~ then said, shall | so, and
fetch pen, INK and paper p Oh, my Cop, no
YOU will lose too much time, and have it
not to spare, for my time is short, said his
Lortiship; and Immediately after, Now, pay
attention. His Lowlship commenced by
saving, you will be provided for begged
him, however, toproceed with things of more
consequence; he then continned--'Oh, my
poor dear child my dear Ada my God,
and my dear Augusta and her children; and
You will go to Lady Byron and say--tcll her
cver- thing, YOU are friends with her. His
I.or;lship appeared to be greatly affected at
this moment. Here my masters voice fail
ed him, so that could only catcl, word at
intervals, but he kept muttcring something
very seriously for some time, and would Of
ten raise his voice and say, Fletcher, now if
YOU do not execute every order which have
given You will torment you hereafter it pos
siblc.' Here told his Lordship, in state
of the greatest perplcxity, that had not nn-
dcrstood a word Of what he said; to which
he replied, Oh, my God then all is lost for
it is now too late-can it be possible you
have not understood meF No, my Lord,
said |, but ! pray you to try and inform nc
once more How can I rejoincd my mas
ter; 1T is now too late, and all is over said,
Not our will, but Gods be donc;' and he an
swered, yes, not mine be donc-but will
try His lortlship did indeed make several
efforts to speak, but could only repeat two
or three words at a time; such as, My vile! +!
my child my sister! you know all--you must
say all--you know my wishes;' the rest was
quite unintclligablc. A consultation was
held tabout noon,) when it was determined
to administer some Peruvian bark and wine.
NV master had now been nine days without
any sustcnance whatever except what |
have already mentioned.
With the exception Of few words, which
can only interest those to whom they were
addressed, and which, il required, shall
communicate to themselves, it was impossi-
bic to understand any thing his Lordshp
said after taking the bark. He expressed a
wish to sleep. l at one time asked whether
| should call NJ. Parry to which he replied,
Yes, you may call him. Mr.. Parry desired
him to compose himself. He shed tears,
and, apparently, sunk into slnmber, Mr..
Parry went away, expecting to find him re-
frcshcd on his rcturn--but it was the com
mcncement of the lethargy preceding his
death. The last words | heard my master
utter were at 6 O'Clock on the evening of the
18th, when he said, Il must sleep now;' up
on which he laid down, never to rise again
for he did not move hand orfoot during the
following twenty four hours. His lordship
appeared, how ever, to be i'll a state OF suiio-
cation at intervals, and had frequent rat
Ting in his throat; on these occasions called
Tita to assist in raising his head; and /
thought he seemed to get quite stiff. The
rafting and choaking in the throat took place
every half hour; and we continued to raise
his head whenever the fit came on, till SIX
o'clock in the evening of the 10Th, when
saw my master open his eyes and then shut
them without showing any symptom OF pam
or moving hand or foot. oh, my God j! ex-
claimed. ! fear his Lordship is gone = The
doctors then felt his pulse, and said, 'Sol