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 and lodged in the muscles of the back, towards the right side, and a little below the shoulder-blade. A very considerable portion of the gold-lace, pad, and lining of the epaulette, with a piece of the coat, was found attached to the ball: the lace of the epaulette was as firmly so, as if it had been inserted into the metal while in a state of fusion.

following is the professional Report on wound and death, made by the Surgeon on this occasion;

" the middle of the action with the Combined Fleets on the 21st of October last, the late illustrious Commander in Chief Lord was mortally wounded in the left breast by a musket-ball, supposed to be fired from the mizen-top of La