"Mr Charles Townshend [refering to Baron Bayning], the sitting member, having been promised a peerage, which was soon after conferred upon him, retired in favour of his relative, Lord Charles Townshend, fourth son of the Marquess Townshend. This young man was duly elected; and on the following evening he and his brother, Lord Frederick, posted to London in a carriage and four, travelling all night. At six o'clock in the morning the postillions pulled up in Oxford Street to enquire where the Bishop of Bristol lived, to whose house they had orders to drive. Lord Frederick jumped out of the carriage, struck one of the post boys, and offered to fight with the persons attracted to the spot; but being unable to provoke a contest he walked away towards Hanover Square. Upon looking into the carriage, the lifeless body of the newly elected member was found shot through the head. Lord Frederick was immediately pursued and taken into custody. From the evidence of the postillions it was proved that when within about seven miles of London they heard a report, and Lord Frederick was seen to throw a pistol out of the window. Lord Frederick declared that his brother had shot himself, and that he had endeavoured to do the same, but failed. A pistol which appeared to have been recently discharged, was found in the carriage. It appears that the conduct of these young men at Yarmouth had been so extraordinary that Sir Edmund Lacon followed them to town, fearing some accident would happen. Nothing further could be elicited, and the coroner's jury found "that the deceased had been killed by a pistol-ball, but from whose hands unknown."