The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-22 00:00:00

ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

(From the Times of Wednesday.)
Our Dover correspondent sent us last night the following
melancholy intelligence. In common with every right-minded
person in the kingdom, we most cordially hope and pray that
if the information be correct, the attack may be less serious
than our informant seems to apprehend
DOVER, Nov. 19.—Last evening, about half past 5 o'clock,
the Duke of Wellington was taken speechless. Dr. M'Arthur
was immediately sent for, with Mr. Halke, the surgeon, who
were in attendance as soon as possible, and by reports the
duke remained speechless till six o'clock in the morning ;
but it is said he is something better to-day. His physicians
were sent for from London, and arrived this afternoon at 3
o'clock.

(From the Morning Herald of Wednesday)
The public will read with great regret the following com-
munication respecting the health of the Duke of Wellington,
which we received last night from our agent at Dover. In
common with all our countrymen, we trust that the illness of
the illustrious Duke may prove of a temporary nature only.
—" His Grace the Duke of Wellington had a serious attack
last evening. We understand be had been out with the East
Kent harriers in the morning, accompanied by Lord Mahon,
and had returned to Walmer Castle; that he was preparing
for dinner, having invited some officers of the Dover garrison,
when he was taken suddenly and seriously ill. He was im-
mediately attended by Dr. M'Arthur, the physician residing
at Deal, who sent off an express to London, requiring the at-
tendance of Dr. Hume. The party invited dined at the cas-
tle, but the duke was prevented joining it. It is said that
Dr. M'Arthrir attributes the attack to exhaustion, and de-
clares there is no symptom of apoplexy or paralysis ; that the
duke passed a good night, and is better to-day, but that he is
still confined to his room. Dr. Hume arrived from London
at Walmer Castle about three o'clock this afternoon, and re-
mains at the castle with Lord Mahon.

(From the Times of yesterday)
It is with unfeigned and grateful rejoicing that we find
ourselves authorised to remove entirely whatever alarms may
have been caused by the melancholy announcement in yes-
terday's Times, of a dangerous attack of illness having visited
the first man of this age and nation.
The language in which the intelligence was made public
must have led almost everybody to apprehend that something
in the nature of paralysis or apoplexy had befallen the saviour
of his country.
We can assure our readers that there was no shadow of
foundation for such a fear. The duke having lived rather
full one day, had starved himself the next, eating on Sunday
last, as we understand, nothing more than a crust of bread
for his dinner. The next morning, after an equally slight
breakfast, he mounted his horse, and went out for some
hours with the hariers. After his long fast and violent
exercise he returned home in a state of much exhaustion, and
fairly, in a fainting fit, dropped off his chair; after which he
went to bed, giving positive orders that a dinner, to which he
had invited several military friends, should proceed as if no-
thing had happened. His grace slept comfortably all Monday
night, and has since been rapidly getting well. The only
really distressing fact about the case is, that the duke, at the
age of seventy, does not seem to have yet discovered the
value of his own precious life, and generally takes no more
care of himself than a boy of eighteen or twenty.

(From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.)
WALMER, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20.—The Duke of Wel-
lington is reported something better to-day, having had se-
veral hours sleep during the night. Dr. Hume and Sir A.
Cooper were in attendance on him at the castle.

Lord Alfred Paget, equerry in waiting to her Majesty,
drove up to Apsley House, yesterday afternoon, in one of
the royal carriages and four, with a special message from her
Majesty to inquire after the health of the Duke of Welling-
ton. The noble lord was informed that Colonel Gurwood,
who was then at Apsley House, had just received an express,
from Walmer Castle, with a letter from Lord Mahon, sta-
ting that the illustrious duke was much better and out of
danger. Apsley House was thronged throughout the day
by the nobility and gentry anxious to learn the state of the
illustrious duke.