The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

THE LATE MR. WILLIAM PENNELL-

On the 29th ultimo Mr. William, Pennell, formerly
Consul-General for the Empire of Brazil, died at East
Moulsey, Surrey, in the ninety-sixth year of his age.
Few men have lived to be so universally beloved, or
have died rgeretted by a larger circle of relatives and
friends. He was a man of most happy disposition, and
his great pleasure andedelight through life was to
promote the happiness and contribute towards the
prosperity of others, Of family connections he has left
many, and upwards of a hundred immediate descen-
dants are now living to mourn his loss. Mr. Pennell
was consul at Bordeaux at that interesting period
of European history when the first Bonaparte made
his escape from the Island of Elba in 1815. On
this occasion there was in that place upwards of £BO,OOO
worth of property belonging to the French Government,
which had been captured by the British army, and which
was in danger of falling into Bonaparte's hands. This
property Mr. Pennell, by good management and at great
personal risk, obtained possession of, and paid the amount
into the British Treasury the day before General Clansel,
with the French army, entered Bordeaux, and to his
great disappointment found the treasure gone. For this
important service Mr. Pennell never received any salvage,
and was only allowed the palty reward implied in
a commission of 24 per cent. from the British Govern-
ment, although at this time no salary was attached
to the office of Consul, and the fees were altogether
insignificant. His services were highly appreciated by
the Royal Family of France, and the Duchess d'Angou-
leme presented him with a ring, containing a single
diamond of the value of £l,OOO, as a souvenir. This
ring he has left as a heir-loom in the family. In 1817
Mr. Pennell was appointed Consul at Bahia, and was
promoted to be Consul-General at the Court of Brazil
rn 1829, where lie continued to fill that office up to the
time of its abolition. On many occasions during his
official career he received the warm commendation of
his superior officers, and more especially the strongest
expressions of approbation from those enlightened
statesmen Mr. Canning, Lord Aberdeen, and Mr. Gordon.
After the war with Brazil and Buenos Ayres a warm
dispute arose between England and Brazil respecting
British vessels captured by the Brazilian men-of-war,
and it was through the judicious suggestions andinter-
vention of the Consul-General that the making reprisals
was averted, and the consequent injuries which would
have resulted to our trade were avoided. During his
residence in Brazil, through a time of great political
excitement, revolution, and danger, he had the good
fortune to command the esteem and respect of all
parties; and there are those living, both in Portugal
and Brazil, who still entertain a grateful recollection
of the asylum afforded them under his roof when their
lives were jeopardised by the madness of opposing
factions. Of his hospitality it may be truly said, it
was that of the "fine old English gentleman," without
stint, and given with unostentatious liberality. Once
a-week he kept open house, or "at home," and these
reunions were most numerously attended by the British,
French, and other foreign naval officers on the station,
as well as by the British and distinguished natives and
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Liverpool Albion.

THE NINE HOURS' MOVEMENT.—An address was
delivered in the Oddfellows'-hall, St. Anne-street, last
night, by Mr. George Potter, (secretary to the Nine
Hours' Movement), on the Nine Hours' Movement—
the Derby Conference of the Building Trades—Trades'
Unions and their Opponents. The chair was taken at
half-past seven o'clock. The lecture was delivered
in connection with the Trades' Guardian Association of
Liverpool. There was a large attendance of working
men, artisans, and others present.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday the Coroner held
the following inquest :—On the body of Margaret Fair-
clough, an old woman who lived in Jenkenson-street.
It appeared that the poor woman was in great distress,
and that she got an order from the relieving officer to
take her to the West Derby Workhouse, and the order
was at once put into operation, as a man with a vehicle
was sent for her. The man found her, as he called it,
" crudled" up against the fire, and some of her dress
had ignited, but her person was Hot injured. She was
removed to the workhouse, where she subsequently
died. It appeared that every attention was paid to
her, and that death was the result of natural causes.
Verdict accordingly.—On the body of William James
Hemming, a working jeweller, who kept a small shop
in Dawson-street. It appeared that the deceased was
very much given to drink, and that for several weeks
past he was not sober. He was found dead in bed, and
on a post nzortem examination of the body, made by
Surgeon Brown, it was found that death was the result
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found apoplexy, caused by excessive drinking„ and the
found accordingly.—On the body of Hugh Doherty,
aged 56, a boatman who lived in Smithfield-street. It
appeared that on Sunday evening the deceased, along
with other men, went on board the American ship
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down on a chest, where he was found dead on Monday
morning. Verdict, "Found dead."

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