FATAL ACCIDENT TO LORD EDWARD SEYMOUR.

West Coast Times, Issue 166, 31 March 1866, Page 3

FATAL ACCIDENT TO LORD EDWARD SEYMOUR.

(From the Bombay Gazette, DertmherM.) 1 We deeply regret to learn that Lord Edward Seymour, who came to India only a few weeks ago, bus died at Yellapoor, from an accident that happened to him in a shooting excursion. Lord Edward, it will be remembered, accompanied Sir Bttrtle Frere in his tour in the Southern MahrStta country. He left' his Excellency's camp nt Dharwar, with Mr S"haW Stewart,' collector of Carwar, intending to* Accompany that gentleman to his residence Tfie'y reached Yellapoor on the 13th instant, And (m the fol- . lowing morning Lord Edward ana Mf Brand, a young officer of the Guards, wen l l to a place on the banks of the Kalla Nuddy, near Lalgooly, for bison and bear shooting. They were accompanied by native shikarees, and Went in different directions. Mr Brand fgtiifnfed about nine o'clock, having heard one slidt fired by his companion ; and about an 1 fctottf afterwards 1 a shikaree brought! hiirt Lord Edward's belt and hunting-knife, on the sheath df which he found a written message from him, stating 1 that h6 had been wounded by a hear, and wishM a surgeon to be sent to him. A messenger was immediately sent to Car war for l)r. Davies ; and Mr Shaw Stewart, Mr Brand, and Mr Walker, a civil engineer, hurried to the place where Lord Edward was lying. They learned from him that he had fired at a bear and wounded it, and in following it up came Upon.it at a distance of nbriut fifieen yards'. After he had discharged both barrels of his gutt i\ie animal rushed upon him, and seized him by the ' left knee; both of them rolled down a steep hill, Lord Edward dealing the animal repeated blows with his hunting-knife. His shikarees soon come to his assistance, and the bear left him. His left leg was found to have been severely hurt, and there was a bad cut across his forehead ; 1 but he was nevertheless composed and collected, and was able to give directions to those about him. He was carried to the top of the hill (about 200 feet high), and placed in a temporary xhed, and another messenger was meanwhile sent off to Dharwiir for Dr. Langley. He was taken next morning to Yellapoor, but the doctors did not arrive till late the following dny. He had been attended, however, by a native hospital assistant; and the medical geriili'ine i, on tlui • arrival, found that every possible pare had been bestowed on him. The patient appeared at first to be gradually improving; but on the 18th an unfavorable change was noticed, and it was fonnd necessary to amputate the left leg, above the knee. The operation was successfully performed, and a Huhnequcnt examination of the limb showed that the doctors had not been wrong in their decision. The symptoms for a time were of a favorable character, and the heroic fortitude with which the patient bore his sufferings seemed of itself to inspire hope ; but a change for the worse became perceptible, and ufter sinking gradually for some time. Lord Edward died shortly after two o'clock on the morning of the 20th. His remains were interred the same evening, near the grave of Lieutenant Percy Maxwell Carpendale, of the 12th Madras Native Infantry, who 'lied at the samo place about sixteen years ago. The bear, it Beems, had been mortally wounded, for it was found dead a day or two after the accident. The two shikarees who were with Lord Edward, state that he showed great presence of mind, courage, and skill in the encounter. Lord Edward Seymour was the second son of the Duke of Somerset, and was twenty-five years of age. He had been attached to several embassies in Europe, and had visited America, with a view to preparing himself for public life. It was chiefly with the same object tbat he came to India 5 and he would probably, but for this melancholy and untimely end to his career, have spent a year or two in travelling over the co-mtry. His elder brother, Earl St. Maur, haß also been in the East, having served in Persia, and with General Outram at Luckuow. General Outram mentioned him in his despatches for the courage he had displayed as a volunteer on the general staff. >

Mrs Stephens, wife of tho escaped headcentre, has given a mimbbr of articles of ladies' ornamental atfciro to bo rafllod for in aid of the wives and families of tho Fenian convicts, and the sale of tickets for tho "drawing" throughout all parts of tho country has attracted nome attention. 1 1 is supposed that tho further eirculntion of those lottery tickets which aro in themselves illegal, irrespective of any political significance they may bo supposed to posßpss) will be prevented.

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