The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

DEATH OF MR. O'CONNELL,

is no more. We take the following from Galignani's
Messenger, (Paris paper,) of Saturday:—

We have been favoured with the following letter from

instant

" Some account of the closing scenes of the life of an
individual who has fil'el so remarkable a position in the
world as Daniel O'Connell, must prove interesting to the
generality of the readers of the Messenger, and I there-
fore, as an English physician, called in to attend him,

take leave to 1.), before you the following statement

On Monday, May 10., I saw Mr. O'Connell for the first
time, and he was then suffering from a profuse and invo-

iarrhoea, with great pain of the abdomen under
pressure, strong rapid pulse, flushed face, &c. Mr.
O'Connell had also chronic bronchitis of some years'

toms were much ameliorated, and. on the morrow he
seemed convalescent. But from Mr. O'Connell's
great repugnance to swallow even the most simpl
state of improvement coy'
On the evening of Tuesday
f "nrk rtnetinn of

followed up

the 11th
rain pre-

recourse to, and from them there way
ment. Again the aid of internal remedies was denied,
Mr. O'Connell refusing to take any medicine. Towards
the evening of Wednesday, the 12th, the symptoms. in-
creased, Mr. O'Connell was restless, and sometimes
slightly incoherent. Our former measures were again
employed, but with slight success. During Thursday all
the symptoms increased with great tendency to sleep,
from which, however, he could easily be roused ; the
breathing was much embarrassed ; circulation became
difficult and in some degree indistinct, and the mind
wavered. Thursday night was passed in a state of pro-
found heavy sleep, with increased difficulty of breathing,
and, in addressing those about him, he imagined himself
in London, and spoke to them as if there. On Friday he

was much worse, the breathing very laborious, the voice
scarcely audible, and the words half formed ; all the symp-
toms had increased. In this state helingered on ti 11 Saturday,
night, seemingly conscious of the presence of those about
him, but neither attempting to move nor speak. My treat-
ment of Mr. O'Connell was always in conjunction

Ir. Beretta, of thi
who had accom

place, and a young trenco puy-
anied him from Lyons, and, on

the day preceding his demise, we nun .uv.•••••s., •••
consulting with Dr. Viviani, the oldest practitioner o
Genoa, and of high repute. By his advice, and as a las'
resource, a further application of leeches to the temple,
was advised, but all WB3 in vain ; he expired last night a'
.• , /

pain. During the whole time of our
O'Connell it was with the greatest d
induced to take medicine, or even n
. . .

ary food, and h

perseveringly abaaily..d.irum
Had this been otherwise; the t
been procrastinated, but his failing health and spirit _,
constant tendency to cerebral congestion, rendered cer
tain his death at no very distant period."
Another letter states that the immediate cause of hi
death was possibly attributable to his neglect of the advic
of the physicians he consulted at Paris, to avoid travellin
by sea.

)d of death'inighti;

A SELF-CONVICTED OFFENDER.—On Saturday, a mr
named Joseph Bowman gave himself up to police-constab
No. 92, stating that he had robbed his master in Mar
chester of £lO to £l2. He was remanded, and on !rein
brought up yesterday was further put back until this da
the witnesses against him not having appeared.
STEALING MONEY FROM A SHOP.—Yesterday, at ti

If steal
Mr Ts

in silver from a d(
le. No. 6, Richmor

box in a house where he had formerly I
committed for trial

M the Poli

STEALING FROM A SHANDRY.—,....
yesterday, a man named 111 Edward 'GL/ire was chars
with having stolen, in Bridgewater-street, from a shand
belonging to Mr. Robert Waring, a clerk,. residii-
SmitldoWn-lane, a parcel containing gro,>...-
lue of 6s. There was a person in th
who witnessed the impudent thef
committed for trial.
THEFT OF PLATE FROM A SHOP.--At the Police
court, yesterday, a man named Henry Jones was charger
with stealing a silver wine-strainer from the shop of Mr.
Hart, silversmith, &c., Lord-street, on Friday night last.
The prisoner had gone into the shop, and contrived to
carry off the article, which, after he had beaten it into an
unshapely mass, he offered for sale at Mr. Stewart's shop,
No. 120, Park-lane. Mr. Stewart made some inquiries as
to how the prisoner had become possessed of the article,
and he said he had come from Manchester, and had found
it on. somegravel stones on this side of Warrington.
Suspicionbeing excited, the plate was not purchased, and
the police having received information, the prisoner was
apprehended on Saturday. The value of the article was
about 47. The prisoner WU committed to the sessinus..

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The prisoner v