The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-10-16
The Mode OF wcIIinrton,s Death.

A special correspondent Of the London Neus,
writing from Dover, September 18Th says;
In accordance with common expectation, the
dec.Rse of the ilustrious Duke, who is now lost
to tue country, arrived unarmounced by any pre-.
mnnitory symptoms which could have lessrned
the shock IL his actual demise. Perhaps. howev.
er none had Looked for such suddsnness AS. in
fact. has characterized his departure. The re.
ports Of Illness and death wsse circulated togeh.
er, aud were al ke unaccompsnied by any Of
those particulars which, in ease Of such national
concern, must be eagerly sought after. From the
most trust worthy sources We have endeavOrej tn
collect the principal patticulars connected with
the last DAYS and hour- Of the great departed.
II IL known to many thu, frsevernl year. the
Duke Of Wellington qad been in HE habit Of
spending a considerable portion Of every parla
nentary recess at Walmer Castle, his Official res
dence as Warden of the Clinqno Ports. Here,
then, it was that the old wairior spent murlI Of
the close Of his life-in spot which from it's Sc
clusion its quiet, aud The absence Of any sources
OF excitement, formed a remarkable contrast to
III. activity and the brllliancy OF his early career
II will he three weeks to mwtow since he came.
Gown from Apslry house, as usual, To Walmcr.
The interval which elapsed nplo his deoth ap,
pears To have peen spent as It had always been
duriLg his sta, ai the castle the same regularity
and l"ve of exercise being uniformly exhibited.
On Frday week th. Duchess e Necklenb'rg
Strliiz arrived al Walme, from the South Eas-
tern Railway On the following day he was seen
driving the Duchess to Dover, and experimenting
her drparture Saturday last was the day on
which II wa decreed he Duke should visit Dover
for The last time: aud il j. stated by those gener.
ally who law HIM on tha, day-and lh. statement
Is borne cut 10y his pc snnal at,ndants-that on
that occasion he seemed as well as usual.
l1i- exercise, whether walking or riding, was
undniished in amonnt. aud apparently enjoyed
with customary ze.t and ,he Dukes immediate
attendants Mr Kendall in particular, his valet,
had perceived no departure from the established
routine On the veiy dag before his death he
ate hls dinner a. heartily Ms u-uUl, and retired to
rest apparently in god health.
At about s | Q o'clock on Tuesday morning
Mr. Hulke, a surgeon at Deal received from Mr
Kendall brief note to the effect that his grace.
wished To see him Mr. Huke sc, out without
DELAY and arrived at W Almer Castle within =
quarter of an hour after being summoned On
entering The apartment he found the Duke III
bed He complained of flight uoeasincss IN his
chest and stomach, attended with nausea, and his
state l. Described by MI Hulke as similar to that
in which he found him some years ago, under an
attack which created great public anx ETY. at the
time Mr. Hulke told Lord Charles Wellesley,
that though the Duke was i'll, he hoped from The
strength of his constitution, that he would soon
rally A the same time he requested hIs grace
to take some tea and little dry toast and hav
ing promised to send to the Castle a little medi
cine, without the least apprehension of fatal
result,
Soon after reaching nome at about kalfpast
or quarter to 10, Mr. H'ike received d second
communication, statiHg that lie was much worse.
He obeyed the summons Instantly. and on ART
| wing at the Castle, was inform by Mr.. Kendall
that in his absence the Duke had had two or
three severe fits; and he found, on examination,
that ilirp were similar in character TO some with
which be was attacked many years before espe'
clally on one occasion whrn SIR Antey Copper
was called IN. In fHct, alarming symptoms were
now eyinced The Duke was totally unconscious
and in tha, state he remained for several hours
sitting in an easy chair, his legs resting on anoth
er chair, bis hands on pillow in front, the head
| thrown back.
Between 10 and II o'cloct Mr. Hulke obtained
! the assistance Of Dr. MAr;hur, physician resi-
| ding at Deal, who had attended the D'ke under
somewhat similar circumstances. About tive
years previously a mustard emetie prescribed 10y
| that gentleman afforded him speedy relief B'ti
the medical gentlemen observed At once difficult
ty Of breathing, which, to use the expression q
| DR.. MArthus, WAS almost ster,ouous. IN short
the only observable thing from - 10 "'co'k ~
| 70 the moment Of death was the difficulty y
breathing arising from mucous accumulation u
| the chest. He continued during all that time in
state Of perfect nsensibilily uttering no sounC
| Indicative of pain and manifesting no sisn Of III
,elligeucc, either "a to his own position, rs {,
what was passing around him he died calmly
and for the moment mpercepubly,at rs minute
| past three.