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DYING HOURS
OF LORD LITTLETON.


count of the last hours ofthis great man
has been given by DR.. tombstone, Of
Kidderminster. his physician. " On
Sunday evening"" says the Doctor, ''the
symptoms of his Lordship'S disorder,
which for week past had alarmed US,
put on fatal appearance, and his Lord
ship believed himself dying man
From this time he suffered by restless.
ness rather than pain, and though his
nerves were much futtered, his men.
taltaculties never seemed stronger, when
he was thoroughly awake. His Lord.
ships bilious and hepatic complaints
seemed alone not equal to the mournful
event his long want of sleep, whether
from the irritation othis bowels, Or, W hich
is more probable, causes of different
kind accounts for his loss of strength,
and very sufficiently for his death.
Though he wished his approaching dis
solution not to be fingered yet he waited
for it with resignation. He said it is a
folly keeping me in misery now to at
tempt to prolong life; yet he was ca
silly persuaded for the satisfaction Of
others to do or to take any thing thought
proper for him. On Saturday he had
been remarkably better, and we were
not without some hopes of his recovery
On Sunday, about eleven in the fore
noon, his Lordship sent for me, and said
he felt great hurry, and wished some
conversation with me in order to divert
it. He then proceeded to open the
fountain Of that heart from whence
goodness had so'long flowed as from a
copious stream; Doctor said be, syou
shall be my confessor. When first set
out in the world, had friends who en-
deavoured 10 shake my belief in the
Christian religion. saw difficulties
which staggered me, but kept my mind
open TO conviction. The evidences
and doctrines of Christianity, studied
with attention, made me most firm and
persuaded believer in the Christian re-
llgion. | have made it the rule of my
life, and it is the grouud of my future
hopes. have erred and sinned, but
have repented, and never INDUCED any
vicious habits. In politics andin public
life, have made the good of the public
the rule of my conduct. Inever gave
couusels which did nor at the line
think the best. have seen that u as
sometimes in the wrong, butI did not
err desisredIy. | have endeaYoured
in private life to do all the good in my
power, and never for the moment could
indulge malicious or unjust designs upon
any person whatsoever At another
lime he said, l must leave my soul in
the same state it was before this illness.
| find this a very announcement time for
solicitude about any thing On the
evening when the symptoms of death
came Oh him, he said, | shall die, but
it will not be your fault When Lord
and Lady Valencia came to see his Lord
ship, he gave them his solemn benedc-
ton, and said, be good, be virtuous,
my Lord,-you must come 10 this.
Thus he continued giving his dying ben
ediction TO all around him. On Mon.
day morning lucid interval gave some
small hopes, but these vanished in the
evening and he continued dying, but
with very little uneasiness, until Tues
day morning, when he breathad his
last"
We have often wondered how il i:
possible that a physician, who sees ii
the human frame so many wonderful
marks, not only of desigo, but Of wisdom
power, and goodness, and who is so Of
len reminded Of the transtory nature o.
earthly existence, can help being deep.
ly impressed with sense of religion:
obligation.-The ingenious arrangement
and exact balance Of the various mus
cles,-the inscrutibIe operations which
are constantly going on in the stomach
and alImentary nal,-the heart and ar
tcrles impeiling the vital fluid to every
part Of the body, and the veins accom-.
Panying the arteries TO receive the re
fluent blood, and convey it back to the
fheart,-the brain deriving nervous pow
er from the blood thrown 70 it by the
heart, and the heart continuing its mo-
ton by the nervous influence which i
derives from the brain, proclaim il
language no intdel can resist, the exis
tence and wisdom Of. the great Design
er.--Surely, it seems 10 u., "an unde
vout aadtomist is mad."-
Boston Med. Int.