The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-17 00:00:00

SIR GEORGE TUTHILL.

The funeral of this celebrated physician, who died on the 7th
inst., after an illness of only ten days, took place on Monday
last at St. Alban's. Many individuals of rank were desirous of
paying the last sad token of respect to his memory, but Mr.
Basil Montagu, his executor, directed that his funeral should be
strictly private, in obedience to the wishes of Sir George, who
was known to have an aversion to the pomp and show of mourn-
ing. He has left a widow and daughter afflicted by his loss.
Sir George's malady was inflammation of the larynx—his me-
dical attendants were Sir Henry Halford, Dr. -Warren, Dr.
Watson, and Mr. Laurence. Mi. Knox, of the Westminster
Hospital, also sat up with him. This accomplished physician
was for many years attached in his medical capacity to Beth-
lens and the Westminster Hospitals, and was highly esteemed
by his professional brethren for his extensive professional ac-
quirements, and general erudition. Sir G. Tuthill's entrance
upon his professional career was considerably protracted, owing
to an untoward circumstance, from which he was somewhat
romantically delivered. After graduating at Cambridge, where
he obtained first honours, and was subsequently selected to pre-
sent a University address to the King, he proceeded to Paris pre-
vious to the war with France, and was, with his lady, included
among the numerous detenus at that period ,• here he continued
in captivity for some years. Lady Tuthill was at length re-
commended to appeal to the generosity of the First Consul,
and being provided with a petition she encountered Napoleon
and his suite on their return from hunting, and respectfully pre-
sented her memorial. The result was propitious, and in a f‘ny
days they
.were on their road to England. His friend Mr.
Manning, joined with Mr. Montagu in the executorship, had
previously been released, after an interview with Bonaparte, in
which he explaisrd that his destination when stopped was, for
scientific purposes, .r.o the interior of China. Bonaparte, in ac-
cording to his wish, said—" What want von in China? You
will have your head taken off; however, you are au Englishman,
and may go." Mr. Manning_ was thrice brought from the in-
terior in a cage, and eventually returning to England, stopped
at St. Helena, and encountered Napoleon in his exile. Ile
instantly remembered the circumstance, and expressed his sur-
prise that the head and shoulders had not parted company.
Sir.Gcorge was for many years a lecturer on the practice of
physic, tke., and, at one time, boasted the largest class in Lon-
don; of late, his practice had been chiefly devoted to diseases
of the brain, and his name had usually been included among
the evidences in the commissions de 2unatico inguirendo. Sir
George was appointed to deliver the Harveian oration at the
College of Physicians, on the 25th of next month, and with his
friends Sir Henry Halford, and lately deceased colleague, Dr.
Maton, was actively engaged. in effecting such wholesome re-
forms in the college as he deemed the improvement in the pre-
sent state of medical science had rendered necessary. He was,
however, a stanch enemy to radicalism in the profession.