The Sun. — 1804-03-13 (London, England)

CAMEL. FORD, on seeing the Witness advance, begged. him to come to his assistance, which he did, and the other instantly left them .to go in search of a Surgeon ; when Witness was with Lord CAMELFoIt 13, the latter asked why he had called to the people ip stop the Gentlemen; who had crossed the field, observing, that he (Lord CAMELFORD) was the aggressor; that he also forgave them, and hoped God would forgive them. 'Shortly after, a person named John Iron came to their assistance ; Witness then asked. the deceased if he knew his friends that were on the ground,•or who the opposite party were ? to which the deCeased answered, " he knew nothing, he was a deed man." A chair was then procured, and • the deceased was carried to Mr. OTTY'S, where he was undressed and put to bed, and a wound appeared in hi: right breast. George Robinson, florist and gardener to Lord IIoLLAND, said, he saw the gentlemen walking up the le-fo- towards Holland House, and afterwards in the fied by Mr. °TTY'S ; they were about 4.00 yards from him 'when he heard the report of a pistol, and a.few seconds after another was discharged. Witness saw the smoke, and Lord cAmut..roap fall, immediately after v .ch, two dentlernert went up to the deceased, and. after remaining with him a short time,carne across the field :towards the lane. WitneSs met them coming t p the field,- and they exclaimed, " For God's sake, go and assist him" (meaning the deceased). Witness went ;up and found Lord CAMELFORD supported by. Shears .the gardener, Whiam in carrying the deceased to the house of Mr. OM, where •Mr. TIIOMrsoN the. Stirteon'attended him. The distance at which the deceased stood when he was wounded, app .seed to 'Witness to be near tw.enty-three yards, byte footsteps iii tier grass, the impression of which still oiained:where the ground had:-,been marked out. Mr. Nicholson, Surgeon in Backville.street, caclilly, ‘ .said he was called on Wednesday last to at_ nd.-:the- deceased, who he found had received a virobnct' on.. =The right shoulder,. by a gun or piStol shot. The deceased complained of pain about the chest and- lower extremities, from which Witness conc!oled the ball had passed through the lungs, and lodged lb the spine. The deceased did not at any time. recover the use of his lower extremities, but linguiSheil until Saturday evening, when he expired. Witness was present when the body was opened 'on Sunday afternoon, and found the ball had broke 'the fifth rib, passed through the lobe of the-- lungs, -and lodged in the passage of the spinal marrow, through the sixth.vertebr= of the back, in eorrsequerrec of which the death of the deceased en_ sued.The above being- all the evidence that coald'be -brought •forward, the Coroner addressed the jury With observing, that from the-fats before them, th,ey were enabled to decide, that the deceased had been the firing of a pistol bnlaWfUlly deprived of life, by Shot;,bet who fired it, no evidence had been able to -prove; they could nut, therefore, according to the law (which he stated as relating to the subjeCi), 'find 'their 'Verdia otherwise than Wilful Murder ogain3t some person or persons unknown. The Jury accordingly decided to that effal. - -At eleven, o'clock the body was removed in a ;hearse and four to the Undei taker's, in Bood.street, -preparatory to interment.  • A Duel ..was. fought on the morning. of • Monday 'iennigitt-,. in a field on the `ikest'side Wild Car, near the- Antaby road, betoken Capt. DYeli and -Surgeon .K.F.LLY,. both belonging to the _detachment of Royal Artillery.-stationed at HUH, Thejmitties took the ground .4bout eight o'clock, attended by Stconas, and the preliminaries beirg.ailjustecl,: -fired together at the distance of eighteen paces. ir.,KELLY'S fire was without effeEl, but Capt. DYER'S ball passed through the hip biine of his. -oppooett, and lodged in his holy, from whence the Stirgeons have not been able to extract it. His siwation, we underskand, is highly.precarious.— -,laiiit.DY ER , and one; if not both, of the Seconds, have absconttea, until the. result of this unfortunate oc4iirence.q.knOwn. A.-Duel was lough; .at Hull, two or three days betVreen Captain D. of the Artillery,, and a :;;Vledical Man, the latter of whom was unfortunately .•