The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-09 00:00:00

SUDDEN ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF

WELLINGTON

(From the Times of Saturday.)

Last evening the Duke of Wellington, as usual, was in his
seat in the House of Lords even before the commencement
of public business, and he went there in an open carriage.
About half-past five o'clock, and while Lord Brougham was
speaking, the duke suddenly rose from his seat as if to quit
the house by the door near the throne ; the circumstance,
however, did not attract any particular attention until his
grace dropped his hat, which he kicked before him, appearing
anxious to get it out of the way, so that he might pick it up
at the further end of the house, and thus escape observation
as to the state of his health. It however did not go far, when
his grace kicked it again, and it went near Lord Redesdale,
who was sitting on the woolsack near the table. His lordship
immediately rose, as if to assist his grace in getting his hat;
but as the Duke was by this time staggering, and not stoop-
ing for his hat, Lord Brougham called across the table that
his grace was ill—to support him lest he should fall—to lead
his grace out of the house, and to Send for a surgeon imme-
diately. Several peers surrounded the duke, and he quitted
the house, chiefly supported by the Earl of Aberdeen. They
found, on getting into the long gallery, that his grace could
walk, but wtth considerable difficulty. The attack was one
of giddiness. His grace, however, had perfect self-possession,
and could converse. On hearing that the carriage nearest
the house should be put in requisition to convey him to his
home, the duke observed that his own carriage was there, and
that he should prefer going away in that. It however was
not immediately forthcoming, besides, as it was the open one,
(his grace's newly invented carriage,) and the lords near his
grace urged on him the imprudence of proceeding in such
weather in that vehicle Lord Beresford's was called for, but
it also was not within sight. There was one close to the en-
trance, which proved to be Lord Brougham's close body car-
riage. It was immediately ordered up, his grace handed into
it; and it forthwith conveyed the duke towards his residence.
Most of the opposition peers directly left the house for the
purpose of following the duke. It was surmised by those
who knew his grace's habits, that the giddiness resulted from
that abstemiousness in regard to food, especially during re-
markable changes,-whieh, it was intimated, too often charac-
terises the duke's mode of living.
It is unnecessary to add that the occurrence caused the
greatest consternation in and about the house. We sent to
Apsley-house about ten o'clock, and we were rejoiced to hear
that his grace was a great deal better, and had had several
hours of refreshing sleep.

(From the iforning Herald of Yesterday.)
The Marquis of Douro stayed with his noble father until
two o'clock on Saturday morning.

It was the Duke of liichmond'who accompanied the duke
to Apsley House on Friday evening, and stayed some time
afterwards, until the noble sufferer came to his senses. We
understand that immediately his grace was undressed he went
into convulsions for the space of an hour, when he fell into a
slumber until a few minutes before eight. His grace, on be-
coming conscious, expressed his surprise at the presence of
his friends at his bed-side, and said he felt quite well, and
appeared desirous to get up ; but Dr. Hume insisted upon
his keeping still. Dr. Hume slept at Apsley House on Fri-
day night, to be in attendance in the event of a relapse, which
fortunately did not take place.
The noble duke passed a tranquil night, with much refresh-
ing sleep, and was much better at noon. Dr. Hume, Sir H.
Halford, and Dr. Chambers, were with his grace twice on
Saturday, and they were unanimously of opinion that their
illustrious patient was progressing very favorably.
Her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, sent early in the morning an equerry of the royal
household, to make inquiry after the health of the duke ; and
their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, Duke of Sus-
sex, Duke of Cambridge, and Duchess of Gloucester, sent
both in the morning and late in the evening. Her Majesty
the Queen Dowager, immediately on her Majesty's arrival at
Marlborough House, on Saturday evening, from Sudbury
Hall, sent a member of her household also to be informed
how his grace was. The inquiries of the nobility were most
numerous.

Yesterday the noble and gallant duke was reported to be
much better, and the bulletin issued by the physician was—
" The duke has had a good night, and is going on favorably.
—Apsley House, Feb. 7."

THE ROYAL CHRISTENING

(From the Sunday paper, " under the especial patronage of

the Court.")

At a late hour last night (Saturday), no alteration or post-
ponement had been made in the cards of invitation issued by
command of her Majesty to the noble and distinguished
guests invited to the august ceremony and grand banquet, in
celebration of the baptism of the infant Princess Royal. The
cards are issued, as is customary, in the name of the principal
equerry in waiting—he having received the Queen's com-
mands to the effect stated. The noble guests will, in addition
to the King and Queen of the Belgians, include the members
of the royal family (with the exception of his Royal Highness
the Duke of Sussex, who, it is feared, will not be able, from
indisposition, to be present), the foreign ambassadors, the
cabinet ministers, and a select party of the principal nobility.
It is rumoured there will be a full dress assembly on a more
extended scale in the evening ; but for this we cannot vouch.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians has presented a
series of very beautiful-robes, composed of Brussels lace, of
the most recherch6 manufacture, for the use of the infant
princess.

- For nearly a century, it has been customary to cause the
baptismal ceremony to be performed within a month of the
birth of the royal infant, and the last Prince of Wales, (after-
wards George IV.), born August 12th, 1762, was baptised on
the Bth of the following month ; so it was, we believe, with
all the succeeding princes and princesses. The ceremony
was less imposing in grandeur than is likely to be the case in
the present instance, but it was probably attended with
greater and more unnecessary expence. The Archbishop of
Canterbury officiated in the Great Council Chamber of the
Palace, the bedchamber of the Queen was thrown open, and
the counterpane of Queen Charlotte's state bed, on the occa-
sion of the christening of the late Duke of York, which was
composed of entire lace of inimitable workmanship (which
alone cost three thousand seven hundred and eighty pounds!)
was used on the occasion.

Several costly mementos of this interesting ceremony, cus-
tomary at such events, to be presented by the royal and dis-
tinguished sponsors, are nearly-completed by some of the
principal goldsmiths.
_

The fashionable and court mbdestes at the west end of the
town are busily engaged in completing the several rich cos-
tumes to be worn on the occasion.

(From au Evening paper.)
IVe believe there is no foundation for the report that the
christening of the Princess Royal is to be postponed from
the 10th to the 16th instant, but that the ceremony will take
place on the former day at Buckingham Palace, and not in
the Chapel Royal, as was expected. We can state positively
that up to two o'clock to-day no instructions on the subject
had been received at the Lord Chamberlain's office, neither
are there any preparations going forward at the Chapel Royal.
It is, therefore, most probable the ceremony will not be on
such an extended and grand scale as it was generally sup-
posed it would be.

[This paragraph was caused by an announcement in some
of the morning journals, to the effect that the interesting
ceremony had been postponed for a week.]
SUNDAY MORNING, ONE O'CLOCK, A. M.—Owing to
the heavy gale of wind still prevailing, and the general state
of the weather, it is doubtful whether the King of the Bel-
gians can arrive in this country before Tuesday, and it is
still more doubtful whether his aimable consort will accom-
pany him.

THE GEDNEY CASE.—The proceedings in the Arches'
Court against the Rev. T. S. Escott, at the instance of Mr.
Masan, (for refusing to bury a child of Wesleyan parents,
on the ground that it had not been baptised by a clergyman
of the Church of England, whereby, it is alleged, he became
subject to be suspended from his ministry for three months,)
were resumed on Saturday, and again on Wednesday last,
when Dr. Phillirnore and Dr. Harding were heard for the de-
fence, and her Majesty's advocate and Dr. Haggard in reply.
Dr. Nichol remains to be heard, also in reply, and the mat-
ter is still before the court. The arguments are of extreme
length, and embrace only points of ecclesiastical law. The
Bishop of Llandaff sat on the bench on Wednesday, to hear
the arguments.

THE INQUEST AT WICHBOLD.—The medical gentlemen
coincided in opinion that the deceased's death had been caused
by apoplexy, under a sudden attack of which she had fallen
into the water. While it must be admitted that there were
good reasons for the medical men arriving at the conclusion
they did, circumstances have since transpired to induce a
supposition that the deceased committed suicide. A letter
addressed to her by a lover, not the one to whom allusion
has been previously made, has been received since her death,
and it contains a reference, we are informed, to some inti-
matinn she had previously given of an intention to put a
period to her existence, owing to some lover's quarrel or dis-
agreement of some kind between them. The magistrates of
Droitwich have been making some further inquiry on the
subject, and will probably pursue the investigation.—Wor-
cester Chronicle,

MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday Sir Peter Laurie came
to the justice-room while the Lord Mayor was sitting, and
called his lordship's attention to a great number of written
and verbal communications which he had received on the
subject of the atrocious frauds which he stated from the chair
of the Mansion-house, a short time ago, had been committed
by the individuals who called themselves " The Independent
West Middlesex Fire and Life Assurance Company." Since
he had made that exposure as a magistrate of the city of Lon-
don, a vast deal of information had come to his knowledge
relative to the conduct of the managers of the concern, prin-
cipally through the medium of the sufferers, and he was com-
pelled to declare that in all his experience of wholesale
suffering he never had heard of any frauds'which bore com-
parison with those practised by the fellows who conspired
together to rob of their whole means of support a great num-
ber of industrious and aged and debilitated men and women.

DEPLORABLE Loss OF LlFE.—Thursday evening five
!ten, whose names were Winzar, Vye, Charles, Harwell, arid
Woodrow, left Weymouth about six o'clock for Lulworth,
in an open boat, in which they had come from the latter
place in the morning with fish. It is said they were observed
in their passage by the Vulcan, revenue steamer.; however,
it appears they never reached Lulworth. The boat was found
the next day (Friday) near Durdle Door, about half a mile
from Lulworth, with her bottom bilged, and the oars in it,
from which it is conjectured (a very dense fog prevailing on
Thursday) that the boat must have struck on a rock,
and the men, not being aware of its actual situation, but
supposing it nearer the beach, jumping from it, met a watery
grave. The first-named four were married men, and with
the exception of Harwell, have left families to deplore their
loss. None of the bodies have yet been found.—Sherbourne
Journal.

REWARD OF £lOO FOR THE APPREHENSION OF HOUSTON
WALLACE, CHARGED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
LUCY.-A reward of £lOO has been offered to any one who
shall lodge in gaol the body of Houston Wallace, who is
charged with having effected the destruction of the ship
called the Lucy, insured on a voyage from Bristol and
Llannelly to Valparaiso in South America, for the purpose
of defrauding the General Maritime Insurance Company.
Roe, the officer, who apprehended Houston Wallace's
brothers, who are now.in Newgate, was sent by Mr. Phillips,
one of the solicitors employed on the prosecution, to Bristol,
as soon as the letter of the agent of Lloyd's announcing the
loss of the ship was exhibited. The vessel in which Houston
Wallace arrived was, the officer soon learned, in that place.
She is called the Margaret, Captain England, from whom he
learned that Captain Houston Wallace had left the vessel in
a skiff in King-road. He traced Houston Wallace—who no
doubt learned on reaching the town quite enough to induce
him to act cautiously—to Queen-square, Bristol, to the
house of Mrs. Longford, where he had applied to be accom-
modated with a lodging at 12 o'clock on Saturday night, and
been advised, as there was no room, to go to the Bush Inn,
in which he procured a bed. The officer then traced him to
the train for London, into which he went at eight o'clock on
Sunday evening, so that in all probability he is now in the
metropolis. Roe learned on board the Margaret, that
Houston Wallace went on board to see Captain England at
nine o'clock on Sunday morning; but having heard there
were two gentlemen► below with him, retired quickly, stating
that he would call again, but never repeated the visit ; 'that
Captain England said the unfortunate man appeared to be
much discomposed, and had apparently lost every thing by
the shipwreck of the Lucy, except an old fancily watch.
Even a favourite dog which he had on board the Lucy was
said to have been drowned. The accused is represented in
the placards as a thin spare man, about 28 years of age, with
white, teeth and a Scotch accent, and evidently a seafairing
person.