The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-10 00:00:00

1 DEATH OF MR. GEO. WILLIAM WOOD, M.P.

(Abridged from the Manchester Guardian.)

It is with feelings of deep regret, heightened by the
suddenness of the event, that we have to record the death
of Mr. George William Wood, M.P. His decease, which
was quite unexpected, and almost instantaneous, took
place on Tuesday evening in the rooms of the Manchester
Literary and Philosophic il Society, of which be was a
vice-president. The following are such particulars of the
circumstances attending this melancholy event as we have
been enabled to collect

Mr. Wood, we believe, since the close of the parliamen-
tary session, had been on a visit to his constituents at
Kendal. He came from the neighbourhood of Lancaster
on Tuesday ; and, as we understand, without proceeding
home, his residence, Singleton Lodge, being at a distance
of between two and three miles from the town, he pro-
ceeded to the rooms of the Literary and Philosophical
Society, George-street, which society opened its session
on that evening. He entered the upper room, where the
members usually take coffee together before commencing
the business of the meeting, about twenty minutes before
seven, o'clock, and, except that some of the members
thought him looking pale, to all appearance in his usual
state of health. There were about thirty of the members
assembled at the time, and Mr. J. H. Stanway having told
Mr. Wood that there was room at the table at which he
was sitting, Mr. Wood took his seat at it, on a form be-
tween the fireplace and the window nearest it, with his
back to the fireplace, and having shaken hands with Mr.
Stanway and Mr. J. P. Joule, he took his seat between
Mr. Joule and Mr. Clare, the latter at his left side, and
Mr. Stanway being at Mr. Joule's right. Mr, Wood en-
tered into conversation with the gentlemen at the table.
After Mr. Wood had made an observation he was silent
for about half a minute, and then Mr. Clare was startled
by bearing him breathe stertorously, and also by feeling
him tremble. The windows were opened to admit air;
bat on Dr. Clay feeling the wrist, he found that there was
no pulse. An ineffectual attempt had been made by two
gentlemen to raise Mr, Wood, and he was then placed on
the form ; and as. Dr. Clay said he thought it was a case
of apoplexy, preparations were made to bleed him. There
were two other medical men in the room, Dr. Marshall
and D. Jarrold ; the former requested Dr. Clay to open
the temporal artery at once, in preference to bleeding in
the arm, and Dr. Clay instantly made an incision in the
left temporal artery ; but no blood followed the lancet.
At the time the attack commenced, Mr. Wood appeared
to be sitting at ease. One arm was coiled round the back
of the form, and with the other band be was twirling the
guard-chain of his eye-glasses. He had not partaken of
any coffee or other refreshment.
An inquest was held on Wednesday, and a verdict re-
turned of "Died from apoplexy." _ _ _

By Mr. Wood's death the representation of the borough
of Kendal becomes vacant ; and the Speaker, on the fact
being certified by two members of parliament, and an-
nounced by him in the Gazette, will have to issue the writ
for a new election.

At the Police-court, on Friday, a publican was brought
before the magistrates for infringing the law, and acquitted
Two heersellers were fined £3 and ss. each.

OBTAINING MONEY, &C., ON A FALSE DOCUMENT.--
At the police-court, on Wednesday, Andrew Stephens,
apparently a seaman, was charged by a slop-dealer named
John Ryan with having presented a shipping-note for
£4 10s., stating that he had shipped by the John Bibby for
China, and that it was signed by the captain, whereupon
he received an advance of ss. 43d. from complainant, and
also a slop. It appeared that he had not shipped by the
vessel at all, and that the captains name was not
" Leea," as on the note, but Corkett. The prisoner had
endorsed the note himself. He was committed for trial.

THEFT OF CLOTH FROM A SHOP.—Two men, Edwards
and Whalley. were on Wednesday brought before Mr.
Rushton on a charge of stealing a piece Pf beaver cloth,
from the shop of Mr. Murray, in Paradise-street. The
article was 25 yards in length, and was worth £lO 16s.
They were seen loitering about the shop, and police-
officer 488 afterwards saw them hurrying off, Edwards
having the piece on his shoulder. It was identified by
Wm. Danvers, one of Mr. Murray's assistants. They
were old offenders, and were both committed for trial.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.—The extensive circulating Library
kept for many years in Castle-street, by Mrs. Crew, has
been removed to Renshaw-street, near the top of Bold-
street. The collection is a very extensive one, comprising
many ancient and almost every modern work.
THE ACCORDIAN.—There is no modern instrument
with which we are acquainted that is more easily acquired
or capable of producing more, harmonious notes, either in
a room or the open air, than the accordian. A case of
these instruments, with the latest improvements, has just
been imported by the proprietors of the Liver Bazaar ; and,
judging from the one we have heard tried by Mr. Inch,
who is now constantly employed in teaching at the ba-
zaar, we should say they are superior to anything of the
kind we have hitherto seen.—Sev adv.
ARRIVAL OF THE ASHBURTON.—This splendid new
ship which excited so much admiration in the early -part
of the year, when she first came from New York, arrived
here on Tuesday last ; but her advices were anticipated
by the steam-ship Britannia. The passengers have pre-
sented to Captain Huttleston the following expression of
their opinion of his gentlemanly and seamenlike conduct
during the vostage :—We, the undersigned, passengers in
the ship Ashburton, from New York to Liverpool, deem
it proper to give a public expression of our thanks to
Captain Henry Huttleston, for his uniformly polite and
kind attention to our comfort, as well as of our high
appreciation of his professional fidelity and skill :—George
Cogghill, E. Probyn, Francis Brown, Thomas Wilson,
John G. Manley, Henry Cook, H. Lemoyne, Ellis Fray,
Theodore Parker, Samuel Hodgkinson, John Haley,
James Ross, Edward H. Green, Gerard S. Boyce, H. W.
Christie.—Liverpool, Oct. 3rd, 1843.

THE PALATINE CLUB AFFAIR.—The Mercury gives
the following as the correct version of this case :—" We
have received a statement relative to this affair, the ac-
curacy of which is vouched for by two most respectable
gentlemen, one of whom has been personally known to us
for years, and on whose word we should individually place
the most implicit reliance. It is to the effect that, about
half-past ten on the night in question, the gentleman ac-
cused went from the door of the club to the passage a few
yards below. Finding some persons there, he returned
towards the door, where some gentlemen were standing,
totally unconscious of having been seen by any passer by.
He left town at an early hour the following morning, and
knew nothing of the statement which had ap?eared in the
papers for some days afterwards, and it was only on Tues-
day last that a letter was received from him giving an
account of the matter substantially agreeing with the
above, and expressing the deepest regret at what had
taken place. We are assured, by both the gentlemen to
whom we have alluded, that the accused is utterly in-
capable of having intentionally committed the indecency
attributed to him."

CAUTION TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS.—On Saturday
last William Jones, omnibus owner, residing at Bootle,
was summoned before Mr. Rushton to answer a charge
preferred against him by Mr. Alderman Turner, for hiv-
ing taken a greater number of passengers into one of his
omnibuses, which runs between Liverpool and Crosbie,
than the Act of Parliament warranted. Mr. Turner
stated that he had, long since, expected the proprietors of
omnibuses would have been brought before the court for
their repeated infractions of the act, in overcrowding their
vehicles ; but that, as this had not been the case, he was
induced to make the commencement. On Saturday last
he found no fewer than nine passengers, four on one side
and five on another, in the defendant's omnibus, which,
at the time, was standing in Dale-street, and he immedi-
ately called a police officer to reckon the number,fand to
ascertain the interior dimensions of the vehicle. Three
witnesses deposed, that the length of the inside was six
feet six inches ; whereas, allowing sixteen inches, as pre-
scribed by the act, for the accommodation of each passen-
ger, it should have been six feet eight inches. Mr. Mid-
ler, the builder of the omnibus, deposed, upon the other
hand, that it measured six feet eight inches clear of the
cushions ; but two persons having been sent from the
court to make a fresh measurement, and they having cor-
roborated, on their return, the testimony which had been
originally given, Mr. Rushton ordered the defendant to
pay a fine of 50s. and costs.
THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE IN LIVERPOOL.---•
On Wednesday evening a meeting of the Liverpool Anti-
Monopoly Association was held at the Royal Amphi-
theatre, for the purpose of affording an opportunity to
Mr. W. J. Fox, of London, of addressing a Liverpool
audience on the subject of free trade. The theatre was
crowded, and besides Mr. Fox, there were present Mr.
Alderman Bulley, Dr. Blackburn, Mr. Cooke, Mr. L.
Heyworth, Mr. R. Mather, &c. The proceedings dif-
fered in no respect from the frequent meetings of the kind
held by members of the Anti-corn Law League in differ-
ent places, except that the usual arguments in favour of
free trade were mixed up with allusions to the forth-
coming contest for the representation of the city of Lon-
don. After a general resolution in favour of free trade
principles had been proposed by Dr. Blackburn, and
agreed to, Mr. Rawlins proposed a special resolution,
soliciting the citizens of London to elect the free trade
candidate. Upon this motion, Mr. W. J. Fox rose to ad-
dress the meeting, and delivered a speech, which was
loudly cheered. It consisted of the usual topics that are
urged by free trade speakers on such occasions, and con-
tained a strong appeal to the feelings and interests of the
audience in favour of free trade principles. Mr. Fox
thanked them as an elector of London for the interest
they took in the approaching election, and expressed him-
self sanguine as to the result. This speech over, which
was the chief business of the evening, thanks were voted
to the chairman, Mr. Charles Holland, and the meeting
separated.

CHARGE OF ROBBING A MAN OF £6l.—At the Police..
court yesterday, two women, Mary Ann Rigby and Mary
Ann Wilson, and a man (the keeper of a house of ill fame),
were charged before Mr. Rushton with robbing a man of
sovereigns to the amount stated. It appeared from the
statement of the complainant, a young man, and a stranger
in the town, that on Friday night he met the two female
prisoners, and went home with them to Garden-lane. He
then gave one of them a sovereign to get ch!inged, but,
after going down stairs, she returned and said she could
not get change from the mistress of the house. He put
it back into his belt, in which he had the other money.
The light was soon afterwards blown out, and he directly
afterwards found himself minus his belt and all ! Tho
girls got out of the house. On cross-examination, it ap-
p
eared that the complainant must have been drunk at the
time, and he did not give information to the police until
after ten o'clock next day. He did not see the male pri-
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the same night into Garden-lane, by a police-officer.—
The prisoners were all remanded for further evidence.