Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-11 00:00:00

THE LATE SIR CHA.RLE3 3IA.NSFIELD
CLARKE, BART.

Death has recently carried off one of the most dim-.
tinguished ornaments of the medical profession, in the
person of Sir Charles Clarke, who died on Monday, the
Vta instant, at his residence on the Marine Parade,
Brighton, in his 76th year, af. er a lingering illness of
nearly two years' duration. Charles Mansfie'd Clarke.
, the younger son of the late Mr. John Clarke. surgeon, of
Chancery-lane, by a daughter of Mr. William M msfield,
of Thrapstorte, N nohampton3hire, was born in London.
May 28, 1782, and received the rudiments of his classical
education at St. Paul's S-pool, where ha was
the schoolfellow, and we believe lhe playmate and form-
felow of the late Lord Chandelier Truro and the present
Chief Baron Pollock. His father's example led him, at an
early age, to turn his attention to medical studies; and
accordingly, instead of p issing to one of the universities,
he attended St. George's Hospital, and the lectures on
anatomy delivered at the Hanterian Sithool by Mr.
Wilma. and Mr. Thomas, and those on miffveifery by his
elder brother. the late Dr., john Clarke, who• for many
years enjoyed a most extensive practice in that particular
branch of the profession in which his younger brother
was destined to become se distinguished. Having
finished his preliminary studies, Charles Clarice was
admitted` a member ofhthe Royal Collega of Strgeons,
and spent- the,tirst two years of his professional life as
assistant sergeon in the Hertford hire Militia, which he
subs culently exchanged for the post of surgeon in the 3rel
Regiment of not Guards. Of this part of his early career
he always felt proud, and frevently in his latter yeare`;t
was his lot to• return' thanks on public occasions at
once for the military and the medical profession'.
Subsequently, hoWever,, he was induced by his elder'
brother to give tep the army, and to devote his whole atten-
tion to the diseases of women and children,' and more pare
ticalarly to the practice o'' mid mifery 1-reassociated with
his brother as a lecturer on these subjects as early as 1804,
and continued to delicver his reenter course of lectures
doom to the year 1821, during which time he could reckon
alerrest all the eminent accoucheurs among hiThearers and
pupi7h. For many years he hell the appointment of
surgsme to Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, which he
resigned. about the same time that he ceased to lecture,
though- the interests and welfare of that institution con-
tinued teethe last to be the-obj;cts of his attention and re-
gard. Ice 1525 he was chosen a Fellow of the Royal Society,
Hithert.i'Mr. Clarke had practised only as an accouchear,
in which capacity hi,,, rise to fame and celebrity had
been speetry, if not sudden, though not more than he well
deserved ; for no man ever threw himself more zealously
into his professional duties, or showed more ten,lerness
and sympathy in all his dealings with his patients, or
mere kindness, and courtesy to his profess'et el rivets. He
always had a kind word for every one around him, and
even when in the-height of his London practice, and when
carriages thronged his doors in Seville-row, he would go
on any distant visit to the wife or daughter of a me lied
gentler:a an, regardless of the conaecteences tat himself.
these m.,ans, aided by his great sagacity and knowledge
of the w mankind, he attained so solid and sub-
stantial a position that he was able to retire from the
coustarrr cares of his London practice, at an age when
most men are still cher:bine up the hill, and to purchase
the estate .of Dunham Lodge in Norfolk, when ho had
scarcely entssed his 41th year. Having obtained. atm
degree of /CD. from Lambeth, in 1827 Dr. Clarke bee/thee
a Licentiate of the Royal College ot' Physicians, and on
the accession. of King William IV. to the throne he was-
hout:eared by, the appointment of physician to Q.leen
Adelaide. On Senteraber 30,1831;he was created a Baronet,
and in the yea " 1936-he was elected a Fellow of the Royal
College of Physicians. fir 1842 he had conferred upon hirer
the honorary d egree of M.A.'. by the University of 'Care—
bridge, and was created, a D.C.L of Oxford in .1845 e.
Incessantly eng. Ted in the performance of the active•
duties of a most laborious department of ,his profession,
Sir Charles Clar.ke had not the leisure for many literary-
Productions, but it is observed by no less an authority
than Dr. Pettigre v that the excellence of that which he--
published serves only to awaken regret that he should not
have written 'more. His chief work, and that by whicle
his name will be longest remembered among medibal
cireleS, is his "Observations on the Diseases of Women
and Children," whieth hespublished in two parts, in 1814
and 1821 respectively, and' forms an essential part. or
every medical library. He was Phsident of the Society
for the Relief of the, Widowe and Orphans of Medical'
M ,n, in which he toeek the deepest interest to the last-
He was the personal friend'of nearly all the medical
celebri, ies of the present century, and was beloved by all
who knew him, whether in or out of his profession, Of -
late 'years he had resided almost entirely at Brighton.
Sir Charles Clarke married ire 1806 Mary Anne, daughter
of the late Wrght Tho Mas Scerire, Es'ce, of Pe:ernorouirh.
who died in 1856, by whom' he had a • faintly of five
daughters and also two sons, the elder of whom has now
succeeded to the title as second baronet. He is in holy -
orders and was appointed to the rectory of Ilanwell„.
Middlesex, in 1847.

DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENAIRAL IZENDEESOIT.

Another eolonelcy is vacant by the death of Lient. Georg
George Augustus Henderson, colonel of the 59th Regi,.•
meat who died on Monday last at his cou-ntry residence
in Worcestershire. The gallant getter alentered the army-
in 1793, and up to his retirement .:on half-pray in 1817 has
seen considerable service He embarked in 1793 with the
army under General Sir Ralph Abercromby destined for
the West Indies, but malignant, fever breaking out on
board the ship the troops were disembarked. Afterwards
he served with his regiment diming the rebellion in Ire—
land in 1793. He accompanied- the expedition to the -
Vidlihtf hi 1799, mil was prcoont,at the lahn ine. and
at the battle of the 19th of September, and of the 2nd: and
16th of October. In 1801 he proceeded to Egypt lc. :the
expedition under General Sir ,R,alph Abercromby. Its
1808 he landed with his regiment in Portugal, And
took part in the battle of Virniera, the disa•grotts
retreat to and the battle of Cerunna. He ref.:Mgt •
to England with the other British forces after:
Corunea, and was next employed' in the expedition le the
Scheldt, and was at the siege- of Fleshing. He, ia-113014--
went to the Peninsula, and served until the close ofthat
war in 1814. He commanded the Qtreen's at the tattlee-or
Toulouse, on which occaiioa he- received the bre•;-etrank
of Lieut.-Colonel. General Henderson, received the,war
medal and four clasps for Egypt, Vinaiera, Coruana, and
Toulouse. In 1836 .he was. nominated a Knight, of the
Hanoverian Guelphic Order,. having previously received
the Order (second class) of the Crescent. The,,gallant
officer's commission bore date as follows;-Ensign, Sept.
Iv 1793; Lieutenant, March. l, 1795 ; Captain, August 20,
1801 ; Major, June 4, 18134. Lieutenant-Colonel,)Aprii 12.
1814 ; Colonel, January 10. 1831 ; Major Genors4Ntiv• P.,
1e46 ; and Lieutenant General,. June 20, 1854 After his
retirement on half pay he was one of the inspecting.dield
officers, In April, 1852,.he• was appointed Colonel ei the
59th Regiment by the late Duke of Wellington.

FUND FOR TRRIRELIEF OF THE. SUFFERERS

BY THE, MUTINY IN INDIA.,

' Oa Wednesday the committee appointed _at the meeting
held at the Mansion-house on the 25th ult.,.for the pur-
pose of collecting funds for the relief a the sufferers by
the rebellion in India, again assembled in the Egyptian
Halt, under the presidency of the Llrd.M.-xvor. There
were present.-,Mr. Grogson, M.P.. AgimiratSir S'ephen
Lushington, B„ Colonel Iredell, Colonel Goodwin,
Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson, Sir Moses nontefiore Mr.
Alderman Salotnons, Mr. Alderman. Wire, Mr. Alderman
Hose, Mr. Dent,. Mr. J. Candy, Mr. Gordon‘ Mr. Skipper.,
!Ir. Hadow, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Oasenove..
Mr. Foanss.r, the acting secretary, read a great nuca,
ber of letters from M.tgistrates and:gentlemen of influence
in various parts of the kingdoms_ the writers of which
pressed. their hearty approval of the peoce.edings of the
committee, and enclosed subsoript
The following letter, addressed-by the Secretary of the
East India Company to
_Colonel, Henderson, waa,also
read

Indfa-bottse, Sept. 5.3857.

"My de .r sir.—The East' Inaia .Company have given it tractions
to the Government of India to adopt ras saxes for the immediate
relief of t &ferret's, whether connected with the public service.or not.
Thio of course is only a tertparary arrangement, and ought. not to
interfere in the slightest deg, ee with, the voltriat .ry collection of
funds thatmay hove a moat imp. rtent effect in permanently miti—
gating the losses and privations so, extensively caused by thin
mutinous outbreak.
.r t wed ru,t assure you how strongly the synspathies of all
persons here aro excited: by the heaxtr-uding accnunts, which hav•
been received, Lor how cordially we wish success to the, subscription
for an object which should be regarded as national.
"Very faithfully yours,.
jAASZS, C. Mmva.ure,„

"Colonel Hende2zon."

The secretary nsxt read the copy of a letter, dated the
Bth inst.. frorn. the Lord Mayor, as president of the com-
mittee, to the Givernar-General of India, enclosing a
further order for tso.ootl rupees, which. has been placed at
his Excellency's (iispubsa.l in the Balk of Agra, for the
relief of the sufferers.

Sir S. Lushingtou said he had receivod a communica—
tion to the effect that a number of persons from the scene
of the mutiny, principally widows. and children, had just
arrived at Southampton in a perfectly destitute condition.
He therefore proposed that an agent should be appointed_
at Southampton with full powers to relieve these persona,
and suggested that Captain W. Ramsay, R.N., should be
requested to undertake the office.
After a short discussion, in the course of which. it was
urged that, as the second original, resolution stood, and
until it had been amended at a public meeling, the
committee were not justified in appropriating any portion
of the funds collected to cases of distress in this country
(the resolution decreeing that the amounts as collected
were to be forwarded to• the Governor-General), the
proposition of Sir S. Luabington was
`referred to the sub—
committee.
Alderman Salomona said that something ought to be
done with a view to modifying the terms of the second.
resolution.'
It was then agreed that a public meeting should be
called without delay.
The Lord Mayor announced that. the subscriptions ix
baud amounted to 116,716.
A. vote of thanks to [the Lord Mayor brought :lb*
proceedings to a close. •