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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 21, 1852. he staff of the EarlS lent of Iteland, and l: Sir VICTORIES IN THE PENINSULA. successor as commander-in-chief Arthur Wellesley's next scene of action was the Grenadier Guards. The prime minis ula. As the English government had determined having died of apoplexy, on the 17t' '-h and Portuguese in their rising ho) the Spani asidious i ived the c •asion of Napoleon, Sir Arthurrili deemed by .a 1 and colonel of the Ist minutes, and sai 'ster, Lord Liverpool, should not have February, after and the fly not 812, the king, on, Waterloo said hi and six other of thel , retir 1 list 1 )andon - 1 nf u ," r f - se ct ' e si e ‘ tbe °b'e t occ idell et c ep; some be ve l ' d beo e i so 0; i ro ep raced the res If3/1 TITIO en ,nd Sir I net. L importar , in whi ,th the loss of 5,000 or • his ~ it military operation was -r of the cc. ich his redoubted allie Lo.d Hill, however, contit. at and defeated 50,000 of 'the 24th June Lord John Re ctor and Sebastiani with little discussion, and the bill was Ch can 20,000 men. He left the care of his wounded large majority. On the folio. Spanish General, who the moment he turned his a the lords by upwards of a bur retreated from Talavera, and abandoned them to - .a Lords Althorpe and Russell compassion of Victor, by whom they were most ee Lord Chancellor. lt we ,anely treated. ~" and the 3rd October was he concentration of the French troops immediately af. .The popular excitement was . wards obliged Sir Arthur to retire, but he had the sa- ~ London presented an address en raiday from the Horse Guards , ction of seeing the imbecile Cuesta compelled to a reform ; and the mob which ac n the command of the Spanish army. His retire- .. palace proceeded to St. James's part (3 ' f a c es e c iiiti fr to sc i'i rid a asa are _.., , _____. upon the line of the Guadiana brought down upon windows of Lord Bristol's mansion, and then passed on to ~,, an the commanding officers of regiments in the United ea ' to the readiest tongue , 8 " dbel re CP 0. . answer eta e ! A t e - -,,,e tee population undiseuisedly hostile to their nominal ;,,, him a storm of obloquy, which called forth the masterly ' Apsley House, where they were guilty of a similar act of Kingdom to go into full mourning. i • every incident of life, which it se on o e r ea ti ..ely t o hi s s t a t e of ,', allies. At length the Yssel was crossed, and the troops vindication contained in the despatch to Lord Castle- violence. Lord Grey re-introduced the bill in the follow- At noon on Friday the new Duke of Wellington arrived e. of age to chill. When time ilad• t s a effec t : a iddie reposed for a while in cantonments along the Ems; but reagh on the 25th August. Hepointed out that his troops ing March, when it was read a second time by a majority at Widmer Castle. He was at Baden-Baden when the • sterner mould of his menix)° , 1:r the 41 01 --'' youngest child, a compliment for '''''' lava Oa e e .ningly harmless were the .4i as the French still prepared to push forward, the allied ie. were suffering severely from sickness—that his Spanish eof nine,—upon which, the duke and seventy-four other o news of his father's death reached him, and hastening • indicated by an unabated taste at V sa fined himself to prescribing .. force continued Its retreat, and as they entered Westphalia , ' allies were utterly inefficient, and that it was impossible peers entered their protest on the journals. When their back without an hour's delay, landed at Dover on Friday , fashionable society, inconeetions „ii cti°"e '0 e I '. some d r y t oas t an d tea. He then left, promising to call t the tardy appearance of a strong Prussian corps secured •to procure supplies of any description—that while the t lordships re-assembled, it was proposed to take the ques- , morning by the Ostend boat. The Duchess, it is 'thou g ht, --• of extreme old l i ge , a nd' the re e e- ib e e P s e lllf a e a ,' them from further molestation till the embarkation took sa, French had 125,000 men in the field, exclusive of garri- ',.?, lion of enfranchisement first ; and Lord Grey, being de- a will arrive at Weimer Castle in time to have a partin ei. career. But it seemed aat about eleven o'clock, but at Lord Charles Wellesley's le place. Such was the Duke of Wellington's first cam_ ,e sons, his whole strength was 25,000 British and 10,000 • • feated, waited on the King, and gave him the alternative a: look at the well-remembered features of the departed. Its that everything that presented its e , l b i n g, at l , r eoce, ea request be said he would come at ten. Mr. Hulke on '', :Deign. Whatever might have been the actual precocity ,i• 4 Portuguese ; and such was the . convincing and triune- 'of either creating a sufficient number of new peers, or of 1, is said that these have been but little changed in expres. for he had become a p a rt of everY' n - y , ocell` r ec i et o ilee ' hand told him what leaving called upon Dr. M'Art Arthur, - '''' phant character of his explanation, that he was rewarded •--, accepting his resignation. His majesty accordingly sent +4 sion by the hand of death, a circumstance the less mar- to his nature to stand aloof from a- ceea' s .0 1 '..4)/ I ti • e-- ter te c e-. bad done, which the latter approved of. Neither of the ' bons for the exercise on his part of anything beyond in with a peerage and a pension of £2,000 per annum. for Lord Lyndhurst, and desired him to communicate e il prising from their singularly marked character. Mr. • his presence could contribute. ° t s NI Wei ° • ate f el, , trepidity and steadiness ; and these qualities, as we lear n , ; At this period his position was so disheartening, and with the duke and Sir Robt. Peel, but both being intract- a:Adams. an artist whose name will be remembered as they - felt the flagging spirit or the re n ythir l efe e• 14 e al gentlemen appear to have been present when the k,='; • were made visibly manifest.if his troop. so reduced by sickness, that, as the only means able on the reform question, the King recalled Lord Grey. e.,_ successful competitor for the design of the Jurors' medal':': or ennui, or to have recoiled from v oile! 00_1 • • 'ommenced—an attack to which the Duke's w•-• On • • _ the return of the expedition to England, the 33d of saving Lisbon, he resolved upon retiring behind the So popular was this step that the opposition gave up the Tr in the Great Exhibition, has been fortunate enough to to be done ; and this complete Pe r ' ° „aineu'e tn, 0 1 , for years been liable, and which, a year;;. was landed at Harwich, and fora short time encamped lines of Torras Vedras which he had given Private orders contest, and the bill received the royal assent by com- " secure a cast of the Duke's face, and this memorial of him :::.however amall, as long as life r. e- tr iutt e ch'' ro pe' ll .....40 , h a d b een conquere d by th e i r success f u l s c ." at Warley, where it soon recovered its effective strength. ! to fortify ; and the result showed extraordinary judgment . mission on the 7th June, 1832. Earl Grey was soon!: will no doubt hereafter be highly valued as an auth en ti c y quality w hi c h h a d carr ied him I tl ee of t o r $ 11 , 01 15 ...' ........., ~ and foresight, for Napoleon, stung by the recent defeats e ifterwards succeeded by Lord Melbourne ; but the reform likeness. ":. campaigns, and raised him to be o ,t e foe ~,,,trie vc !, treatment. His Grace, when seized, lost the power or ee` of his generals, was now pouring his victorious armies ministry did not last long, being broken up by the resig- '''- (From the United Service Gazette.) e... ters of England and an arbiter of the an it al ol i ti t . D A HIS FIRST INDIAN CAMPAIGN. - On the arrival of the medi- e• drafted from the Rhine into Spain, and the French force -, nation of Lord Althorpe. eel- Amongst the latest letters penned by his grace were two "If has been said that in the most act hoar toll ipc In the spring of 1796, the 33d was ordered to the West in the Peninsula was speedily i ncrea sed to the enormous : On the 15th of November the Duke of Wellington was 7 documents addressed to Lord Fitzroy Somerset. ' 4 ; there comes at last some inevitablieoaidsol oe e emetics were administered, which, how- '' Indies, and sailed, but was driven back by tempos- in of 365,000 men, who spread themselves with the ; `;directed by the King to form a new administration, and The Duke's features are very slightly altered by the ' Ol , and of satiety. Upon the Duk e ° t nei er ferie, r er ( ls l ! ever, produced no effect. Every effort was used to afford e! tuous weather. On its return to Portsmouth its destine impetuosity of a torrent across the country, and in a very he at once recommended the appointment of Sir Robert i, hand of death. The medical attendants, we understand, • left no impression, and probably c i 01 0 1 0 0 11 :Dic,, t lion was changed to Bengal. Its colonel at this time, as relief, but in vain. His Grace was removed from bed short time every stronghold, with the exception of Cadiz, a Peel to the premiership. As Sir Robert was then in 9 , " were surprised at the great development of streneth and e e, once over him ; for he never rested shed. (1 0 ..' too i on several occasions in early life, was attacked by illness s but re re tie 010 t ip into an arm-chair, where it was thought he would be and the regiment sailed without him. Fortunately, how: e was in their bands. Unable to relieve Ciudad Rodrigo, lit Italy, his Grace was at first intrusted with the whole,' muscle exhibited by his body evenat the period of hisd h a'ahis lengthof d eat .le meets or ay • , 1 e etie ee le .gii If which was invested on the Ist June, 1810, and surren- - 1 , charge of government, arid the seals of the three seers - It is a singular circumstance that for some years past 1 - end, still heading the youtba l c i ; c orm/0 0 1 Op more at ease ;and the attendants of his dying moments ever, for his fame he recovered in time to enable him to ;,'- o dered on the 11th July, Lord Wellington commenced his; ~taries of state ; but when the cabinet was filled up, he',. his Grace's solicitor, Mr. Parkinson, would never leave 7. sprung into life around him, n ase lves• a , el e ee° o stood in a group around him, watching the last efforts of join at the Cape, and proceed to that career which has On side Lord Charles W 1 1 expiring nature. one were e .es- shed such lustre on his name. A few years earlier India"... retreat, fought the bloody battle of Busaco, in which ' took the direction of the foreign affairs. The lower: : town, fearful that the crisis might happen during hi. 2 their pursuits than they are thews brit brit t o a l ass„ ' Massena was repulsed with immense loss, and effected az:house, however, commenced hostilities, and having car- aa absence, but on Monday last he ventured to leave home ' ,• balanced mind to have warn b aak bacae % f e e . sa had scarcely been reputed among the fields open to the le ley and Dr. M'Arthur, on the other Mr. Hulke and the : soldiers of the British army, and regiments were reluc- t retreat of nearly two hundred miles upon the lines of .:: ried the election of the speaker, they defeated the minis- $ for a few days, on the day before the Duke died. . When men in after times shall '`'a P, 11 ", ° 50 0 ',,j or I ' Torres Vedras without loss, although closely pressed by :'tors by passing a clause for appropriating part of the i, On the evening of the day the Duke died he was to ; England for examples of energy a u to 1 -i e 'ieeemies l , o valet. As the time passed on and no sign of relief was tautly despatched to quarters not looked upon at first : the French, Here he kept his opponents at bay for more ie Irish church property to purposes of education. In con- e 'have been at a dinner party at the Castle, and amongst - those who have raised this co untrY eco risa t ap g oa l -.es were despatched, first for Dr. • with any favourable eye. rte the scene had been changed , ' than six weeks, and although his defensive policy was e , sequence of this defeat the ministers resigned in the April a, those invited were the Countess of Salisbury, Countess . earth, no name will remain nAr' r e gesleY i .' e , el, .• by late achievements ; and though a command in India 7* . Ferguson, who, however, were ' was not what it has since become, it was an object of rea- „ condemned by many at home, and gave great offence to ':'' of 1834. After this the Duke's popularity returned, andlDalawarr, Lady Westmoreland, &c. ', unsullied than that of Arthur e li f e we 6. , 0 0g 13 1 ,, the Portuguese, he adopted the d onlypla: under the cir., at the coronation of the Queen, in 1837, his reception by le One of the Duke's last orders before he left town was ;•• of Wellington. The actions of hic lis ac tioe sod , tt es f t i both out of town. Finally, Dr. Williams - sonable ambition. Small as were the anticipations of ' cumstances_that could have save both_ _hi army and the _ the crowd was most enthusiastic. Marshal Soult, who e. , that Wikie's celebrated picture of "The Chelsea Pen. , e but his character was equal O rshe aaa; rw erprolS, was sent for, but he did not arrive at the Castle till such active service which the young Colonel could have '! capital. Massena in his turn was obliged to evacuate , was present as ambassador extraordinary from France, ° stoners" should be re-varnished. e very type and model of an Eng l i sh of for 1014.0 at his first landing in India, a few months saw : entertained.. with . eleven o'clock at night, when all earthly aid was useless. • , Portugal, and in an attempt to relieve the garrison of Al- a was also received with loud applause. His Grace fondofreading the last ' invest Ive s wit the a lll up to moment, e. are prone to the won ly ~ . was e n s . c oo t er o o him in the field his corps against a resolute and for-' Portugal, . About noon a fresh attack. shown in the exhausted state . e midable enemy. By a notable instance of fortune, the' d the Englishgeneral again offered him battle and • • „ e mei a, e . - ..el dignity and merit they come' eil e I r, s ve , 03 0d of him at Fuentes d'Onoro. ho ea" e Queen sent for the Duke of Wellington, and at his sug-"P ing, remarking that he wished to read some books just • contemporaries, we can select c E ( of the patient by shivering only, came on, and from that - elder brother of Arthur Wellesley was nominated to the.'' ia is ' g ot , Meantime the approach of Soult compelled Marshal gestion commissioned Sir R. Peel to form a ministry • but e'''' received from Oxford, „ but that he did not like the task, e e , of our captains and our nobles _ a is ll' • •could be detected . Mr. ' Lime hardly any sign of animation - Beresford to raise the siege of Badajoz, and a second the whigs returned to office, her Majesty refusing to dis- • 4 as the books had such a heavy appearance. „' can claim a rivalry with hire 'y 4 .'o , t Is i after the subject of these memoirs had arrived at Calcutta. attempt to carry it by assault towards the end of May miss the ladies of her household. In 1841 Sir R. Peel -. The late Duke was very fond of young children, and us, an inheritor of imperishable ' l ' d) stoat it Hulks could only ascertain by the continued action of the When the two brothers met at Calcutta in 1798, the prin. dar r e,. , h o I was equally unsuccessful. In January, 1812, Cindad succeeded in actually constituting a cabinet, which re- s 4 kept in a cabinet several half-sovereigns, having a hol e r pulse the existence of life. lie felt it from time to time eipal risk of war was created by the unruly resentments of ' (From the Sla il „,..tbe 7 r so :', l ro i l else was taken by storm, and the government at'a mained in power until the repeal of the corn-laws, in ' drilled through them, through which .... . was passed a blue-44 till about a quarter past three, when he found that it had Tippoo Sultan, the adventurer of Mysore, and it was , . - The eatest man of our 14 ` --the s eorl" 1 0J markedL Lord ' ' . aome again their sense of or ellington s • 1846. On the 15th of August Lord Hill resigned the' 4 ribbon • and whenever any of the young nobility visited commander_ of or ration 'lined doe suns, against this barbaric chieftain that the spurs of Arthur ceased to beat, and declared that all was over. services by an additional pension of £2OOO per annum ; • command of the army, in consequence of the state of his him, they frequently went away in joyful raptures, having, 1 - has f half a any r ay% led the c" ,- 6 1 W 8 10,41 10 Wellesley were won. At that period symptoms of " _ . . _ e.,..e. the rolden " * disaffection, artfully fomented by Tippoo Sultan and die had previously refused annuities of £5,000 tendered to e health, and the Duke, who once more succeeded to thate e had one of these now precious mementoes placed over 's! b v his matchless fr, o -. beet , jilt!: p ot him as Captain General in the Spanish service, and £7,000 `rim important office, held it ever since till his death. His ''" their shoulders by the kind old man. Amongst the last ' o rie? ,c i v , f eflington—looreor 01 e be te r, see . the intrigues of the French, had begun to show tlem- cliv—the Duke s as Portuguese Field Marshal. Badajoz was invested for :..1- latest remarkable speech was in the House of Lords, when. ...thus honoured were the Ladies Scott, the youthful daugh. ,To lament the death of an}' ma n ' et tha t and 1 1 ,001 111 selves in Mysore ; many of the native princes me- as third time on the 19th March, and carried by assault he emphatically came forward to signify his approbation'' ters of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. • to Isleeeb ea o el j a e,.. dilated revolt, the deplorable state of our finances, , beloved, at such an age, le, 'te, three weeks afterwards. In July was fought the me- '''' of Sir Harry Smith's conduct of the Kaffir war. • a', The late Duke had a fit similar to the one which caused mortal ; a life prolonged S 0 0o P e a he 00.1.1 ',,, the quarrels of our allies among themselves, the weak-s" battle of Salamanca, one of the most decisive in . 1 , his death on the day his old friend Sir Astley Cooper died. e at 4 - to°' ys t o'llo ll •.- ness of our Indian army, and the successes of the term of existence, prolonged , hse ear PA i „I' Its results that had yet been gained by the' British troops • THE DUKE'S PERSONAL HABITS. ef It is a singular fact that the late Duke never visited 'lot ofhappiest, for su e ' the 0 . " It" . g t the the Ao f ,t, P V C 0 1 r. French at home, had all tended to shake the stability of ' in the Peninsula, which opened Madrid to the conqueror, XI The personal habits of the Duke of Wellington were of e_ Scotland. He is said to have entertained a superstition - , Di v i ne i nsp i ra ti on , i s the en' b e gre as fa e our Indian empire • and the appointment of the Earl of . shall lie as Os iil ;peed lead for which he was raised to th e di g nity of a marquisate, ,', the moSt temperate character, bordering on the abstemi- that a visit to that country would be fatal to him. ey shalt know that thy seed , _, e , 11 we „A, A A •rious messengers o'er earth and sea; t, Mornington (brother of Col. Wellesley) to the Governor . . wig a parliamentary grant of £lOO,OOO. We must pass ous. He was, to the last, an early riser, and always slept - es - ,as the sword which kings and nations freed, ea Generalship of India was hailed with satisfaction, as inch- . briefly 1. , ,.. , over the remainder of his Peninsular career, his on a hard mattress, on a camp bed. He preferred horse ege OPINIONS OF THE PUBLIC PRESS. fi" - come to thy grave in a full obi a b b ovre ver , so ,lll l7 o o,SV e. cometh in his season." If. have °e l il' e kbe Yni i .And crushed the idol form of tyranny! eating the adoption - skilfully-conducted retreat upon . the Douro . when pressed .. exercise to the state and luxury of a carriage ; and even e . twe e xult t. 1' : sonably lament the loss that t he oe ijo Nor famed alone his great and martial deeds, more judicious policy for the recovery of our supremacy? by the combined• French armies ampaign of 1813, in • _ when the advancing infirmities of age rendered it difficult '. , the c (From the Times.) gratefu lly to S aid T ea e s His country saved, and crowns and conquests won ; in the East. Sufficient proof having been obtained by /p' . 1 . . iie right and our duty gratefu aca no t b o f w , lc . the . battle of Vittoria annihilated the power of 4for him to sit erect upon horseback, he was still daily ,e' If aught can lessen this day the grief of England uon ~' him whom h '1 st We ul '• rY e " 0 15 tio ° l But many an act of gentlest mercy pleads, the new Governor-General that the Sultan was carrying. Ina we have 0- • t w iles ,be o rs i o c o With angel voice, for glorious Wellington. and treasonablecorrespondence with th „Napoleon in Spain, and transferred the theatre of war, '"•.„ seen ambling down to the House of Lords. At other e the death of her greatest son, it is the recollection P ' on a secret series of r that . • Wellington was the greates ~e a a ee a e i f, 'Twickenham. Sept. 16. H. B. K. French, war was declared, and was followed up imme- 4 - "'''' ~8 age or , cons ee ..er.c It will not be expected that any thing like a fitting diately afterwards by the storming of Seringapatam, in „the Pyrenees, closing with the battles of Orthes and a: faltering steps. When on foot he was generally without, no honour unbestowed. The Dnke of Wellington .' to have been whether we con w ide onilv e r Toulouse, when the abdication of the emperor put a .;" attendants. His military salute was ever ready to return ee had exhausted nature and exhausted glory. His ca reer serv i ces i n c h'i e f command, the el, theieee f Dig ' p r biography of the illustrious deceased can be comprised in la which Colonel Wellesley commanded the reserve in the"'" ee period to hostilities. ' the marks of respect shown him as he went along. His - 9 was one unclouded longest day, filled from dawn to night- ' tentofcountry which lie aCt ' the Pity e til e . 41 trenches, and was subsequently appointed commandant .'1• the columns of a newspaper. We shall therefore confine —. household was a model of order and good management. - .fall with renowned actions, animated by unfailing energy `his all time , •for- e 'te of that fortress, In July, 1790, he received the com- , e , 4 riority of forces at c c 111 bOf e t la ourselves to a brief sketch of the leading events and' epochs of the provinces of Mysore and Seringapatam, ... . . epochs of his long career of honour and usefulness. and here he first gave evidence of that energy and deci- It is needless to refer to the rapid succession of i m p or . .. d ea l ings , h e was a l ways j us t, an d frequently—though ~.conduct and of statesmanship. He rose by a rapid series 't for he never lost a battle-" on IV sion which distinguished him in after life, in the repres- tant events which led to the battle of Waterloo, and the e. privately—generous. He had a great dislike for display of -of achievements which none had surpassed to a position' gious influence of his victories up sion of military disorder, and the promptness and rapidity • : i e a• final overthrow of the power of Napoleon. The return - every kind ; and in his own house the annual Waterloo " which no other man in this nation ever enioved. Tee e l big e,- ..-,• - BIRTH AND EDUCATION OF THE DUKE. of his movements, which enabled him to surprise and cut e of the French Emperor, after his voluntary abdicatio n , 1; 4 : banquet, at which he gathered around him his 'surviving 7. :, place occupied by the Duke of Wellington . M I off the formidable chieftain Doondiah. nay was the signal for a combined and determined movement companions in arms in that glorious field, was the only of the country and in the life of England can no more be ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLI NGTON, W 1800, he was offered was '.•; on the part of the leading powers of Europe, as arranged occasion on which the services of plate and china, the • 'filled. There is none left in - the army or the senate t by his b rother the command of the ~. - - -e-e [the b lied troops of •eformn Tn yby a Duke ,ommenced the al on the 19th Jul, ing day it was taken up tokl Highnesb dred members, headed by • an expedition t , and was delivered to the which place ds read for the first time pro forma, Her 4 'ed for the second reading. h of thel !en the it own more t lary to.lto the ,s itoyalni most tr fling a when on in numt 3 into W medica 1 aid wa Dhu Loch cached fro Mmc tlthsac ;do lls • fe orioe ° ,4 ,boutil.l;,l) cl on the ,h Januar zneved corporat 5 1, " erY inerol t v sro f ettie from i y given I com pl a the c - :or counterno companied them to the Or we -square, and broke the last cc 'mitt tion on ea so slight al symptoms, that Mr. Hal fatal attac constitution h and a ha speech and of consciousness cal attendan visible, telegraphic me Hume and then for Dr unfortuna the west i-crown'd. t , ak not of ric hearts that mourn hyriins which chant Comm er ald ) tbe rl fi er, i 9 g°,lo_°. n tlia ennnnilc "T father, to of t f Welly descended Torn an ancie ie" 0 1 . 3 1 4 sole „bile „ a d., tho axon famil (From the Mno rny - , 1 our t 3 , -- - • , , which took its e s • at the congress of Vienna, to put an end to French `iig- pictures, statues, and other tokens of favour and honour s act and speak with like authore, atavian expedition ; but, at the urgent request of Lome* an, in Somersetshire, 1 ' egression at whatever cost. On the 18th of June, 1815, se bestowed upon him by the Soverigns of Europe, were set &i, whom the valour and the worth of t Clive, who could ill spare him, he gave up what would - far back as the reign of •after some preliminary contests, in which the Prussians ,e forth in gorgeous array. To the gaze and applause of the a;corporate. Yet, when we - have roved a lucrative and honourable post, and sacrificed ..- were compelled to fall back, the great battle of Waterloo - multitude he was wholly indifferent. Public manifesta- ' years and the abundance e • end P his private interests to the exigencies of the public service. ' was fought, and the Duke of Wellington won his crown- tions and assemblies he eschewed. Yet was he never'_, lea r n t o s a y w ith to '. He was prevented from joining another expedition against . among se ing victory. Of this battle the results and details areawhere cet• ft duty • d his presence. d• 'I ' • t ;wanting tette e or require ;, the French by an attack of intermittent fever, and soon ' "5, , Major-General Wellesley,find h• entrusted . s after, as wehim ii known to every reader. The tot a l loss of Wellington's,' In his appointments and the disposition of his time he oh- ,either to our veneration or to his tame. ewe.- army, between the 15th and 19th June, was 22,468, or" - 2 , served a military punctuality, and to every call of duty he e. ,.: had seemed for a time to expand her inexorable limit ; oecoming extinct. When Charles, the brother of John 'with very extensive civilhiasnlocal military knowledge, i ( r i s the ii dis -4 about one in three of the whole army. The Prussians 'as responded with systematic regularity. Of this his constant and the infirmities of age to lay a lighter burden on the Wesley, the founder of the Methodist sect, was at West- John trict i o! Poonah, where . d overhe aharn a t eper lost about 6000 men at Waterloo, and their total losses, attendance at the early service at the Chapel Royal, anu Lee, honoured head. Generations of men had passed au-a 3 minster School, his father received a communication from •-; sona e Influen h r d t nn o be e tanquire 1 1 bi t e His first chie f 1; exp . . s' including Ligny and Wavre, were 33,131. The French '- at the Whitehall sermons is one of the most pleasing e s between the first exploits of his arms and the last counsel! an Irish gentleman offering to adopt the boy as his heir. !' l e wer the a n dt s i r e g 2 e 3 a d sec [ember ue folio 'nit ss o f u haltth nuggur , pletely routed and dispersed, and the exact amount of itE, - In a sketch of the life and compaigns of the Duke of -` man who had played the most conspicuous part in the descendant of another ancient family of English settlers, '' cable battle of Asps wongwaso g e memo- . aye, in which the determined courage enormous losses, in killed and wounded, has never been e Wellington, written in 1849, we find the following :- `e annals of more than half a century became the last sur related to the Wellesleys, or Weslevs by marriage, was - • . .precisely ascertained. .S: "In the prime of life the Duke of Wellington was an 'e. vivor of his contemporaries, and carries with him to the * and discipline of between 4,000 and 5,000 men, aided by ' substituted, became the owner of Dangan, and took inOn the 19th of June, the allies were moving in good ; : , exceedingly well-made man. He was nearly 5 feet 10 grave all living memory of his own achievements. Tc addition to his own, the name of Wesley. This Richard - d • • selected for them b • , the a vantageous position - , , oraer towards France, which they entered on the 21st ; --, inches high, was broad-shouldered, and had a good chest. what a century-to what a country-to what achievements es ral, effected the signal defeat of between 40,000 and 50,000. Colley Wesley was created Baron Mornington by George and on the 3d of July Paris was surrendered. The city ' His arms are long, his hands large but well-shaped, and' was that life successfully dedicated ! For its prodigious 11, in 1746. His son Garret, the celebrated composer,:e:•This was General Wellesley's first pitched battle ; and . was occupied on the 6th, and on the following day Louis a his wrists very bony. His eyes are grey, but extremely. ; ,- duration-for the multiplicity of contemporary changes created in 1760 Earl of Mornington, had, by his countess,' although few military operations have been more discussed ‘ XVIII. was replaced on his throne. On the 22d of June. bright and piercing. His face is known to every one-it f• and events, far outnumbering the course of its d a y s an d the eldest daughter of the first Viscount Dungannon, six . and cavilled at, the inevitably disastrous consequences of is long, butnotmuch the portraits generally make . a O , years-for the invariable and unbroken stream of success .e.Napoleonhad abdicated favour of his son, the King o so so as sons-viz., Richard, afterwards Marquess of Wellesley ;'4 a retreat, and the moral effects of the blow, which wass,, Rome , and on the 29th, he had repaired to Rochefort. it; the nose is aquiline, and the brow open. The upper which attended it from its commencement to its se Arthur Gerald, who died in infancy ; William Wellesley felt throughout India, abundantly justify the bold and de !*On the . 15th of July, after having made an abortive at- part is of a stern expression, but the lower exceedingly.' - from the first flash of triumphant valour in Indian war to , Pole, Baron Maryborough ; Arthur, the subject of thee' cis s ive So c r ourseat i opted by the young and, energetic corn. .::On tempt to procure a passport to America, from Wellington, mild. Though eighty years have not failed to tiling with ;:'. that senatorial wisdom on which the Sovereign and the present memoir; Gerald Valerian, Rector of Bishop- habitants nlilde of Calcutta,gllyasservice estimated by the in -24 and after forming various little projects for escaping, in . them the infirmities of age, he is still of very active habits. e nation hung for counsel to its latest hour-for the un erearmouth ; and Henry, Lord Cowley ; and three. - . that a monument was erected to e. eof the English - he surrendered to Captain- H e s l eeps i n a cam p bed, and rises early, being generally,",, bending firmness of character which borealike all - spite cruisers, daughters, Frances Seymour; Anne, married to Henry, ' -• • Maitland, of the Bellerophon. • down by seven. He generally walks till eight, when he r and all prosperity-and for unalterable attachment General Wellesley. presented to The officers of his divi-t o the -e-• son of Lord Southampton ; and Mary Elizabeth, Lady 4 • • with •. - The n ew s of Waterloo produced the most rapturous ex- - breakfasts off plain bread and butter and tea or coffee. 'same objects, the principles,• r . sion presented him a service of plate at 2,000 guineas, .. .e same the same duties, un- e.G Culling Smith.of in England. He then reads his letters, and all that • • s oressions joy on which the word " Assaye" was engraved, and he re- ARTHUR WELLESLEY, third son of the first Earl of ceived in addition the thanks of parliament, and was made??e duke and his army was carried by acclamation in the' ; . himself. He takes great interest in the newspapers, an d e- honours and enjoyments of pea ce an d o f age -th e lif e o f t. If Mornington, by the eldest daughter of the first Viscount • a Knight Companion of the Bath. The extent and rapidity '-' Lords, on the motion of the Earl Bathurst; and in the . always begins with the Post, w hi c h h e s a y s i s th e on l y „ the Duke of Wellington stands alone in history. In him, ,s• de! Dungannon, was born in Ireland, in the year 1769-the ,• of these achievements, and the large accession of terri. , s:s Commons, the Minister (Lord Castlereagh) brought et' one that stuck to him when in the Peninsula, and -at least, posterity will trace a character superior to the '. trio same year in which Napoleon Bonaparte and Marshal ; - tory obtained thereby in India, would probably have ~message from the Prince Regent, in consequence o f w hi c h ' had to fight harder battles in Downing-street than with e hi g h e st an d mos t a b un d an t g if ts o f fortune. If the word we I Soult were born. Most of the biographical notices of the ee created a much greater sensation at home, had the public , roanadditional grant of X 200,000, accompanied by the most;",, the French. At one he takes a chop and a glass of wine,'''_' heroism' can be not unfairly applied to him, it is be. - child Duke state that he was born at Dangan Castle, an old • '..t. interest not been absorbed in the more pressing danger ;. ,, , flattering encomiums, was made, to purchase a mansion I mostly at the United Service Club, and in the afternoon I cause he remained greater than his own prosperity, and ''', the dotage of Ma 1 destate for his Grace. Illuminations were general he rides in the Park. He often walks down to the House, Q. rose above the temptations by which other men of equal, and in some sense an family mansion belonging to his father, in the county of e arising from the progress of the French republican armies. -, eeve j e , 8 ) 1 0 0/ . o e ; Meath, on the Ist of May, 1969; but if an entry found' ea- The scanty means at his disposal, and the enormous -attributed es• • - i - throughout the country, and almost every steeple rang out. 7 and repudiates the third leg, which the Sphinx attribu 44. genius, but less self-government, have fallen below their English heroes. g ainful spec [ •1 e tsot • 19 10 1 0 in the register of St. Peter's Church, Dublin, under the; -t• masses against which he was obliged to operate, could e s its merriest peals. A form of thanksgiving was said in the - to man in her celebrated riddle-namely, a walking-stick. destinies. His life has nothing to gain from the language been spared ft.- i'ain .„ a lly anest ' s ell' 0 it, head " Christenings," be correct, there appears a very : only be equalised by the most scientific combinations, _ rd i o , 13, icon ` - secu 'j in t strong probability that he was born in Dublin, and at least ' most judicious dispositions, and the most rapid evolu- amounting to upwards of £lOO,OOO. was made for the is likewise greatly attached to his daughter-in-law, the eor his civil stasesmansbip, with the prowess of an Alex- .'4l' The conqueror of NaPo ... t he , ~, °° e ie te . 4 0, 4 a day preceding the Ist of May. The entry is as follows : . tions ;in all of these he evinced the most decided militar widows and orphans of the slain. The Duke of Welling- Marchioness of Douro, who is much with him. His • sander or a Caesar , or with the astonishing career of him e the world, just as Napoleon seeloasro,l; co if -" 1769, April 30, Arthur, son of the Earl and Countess es ,genius, and gave promise of that world-wide renown ,,17 ton also generously relinquished, for the same purpose, -, Gracees very fond of music, and frequently goes to the ' who saw his empire overthrown by the British General ate ee the scene. The event is the ;-;• 00 e a s ue . : lf t w o of Mornington-Isaac Mann , Archdeacon." By the e s which he afterwards achieved. Sir Arthur embarkedf r o ,‘ half the parliamentary compensation due to him for the • Opera. He is also very attentive to his religious duties, Waterloo. They were the offspring of passion, and oea i i , cycle of events that has 9 , e, t Grea t P iav e I t i sier ie te death of his father in 1781, th youth became dependent!, Englandthe 10thof March. on at an early age open the care and prudence f his ' o is mother, : The Duke of Wellington left Paris for London on the vi s it t o St. j ames 's ch a p e l on a da r k snowy morning in . civil war to sweep with meteoric splendour across the : past, and the luture may Ir ene re at • el', - a lady, as it fortunately happened, of talents not unequal 29th of June, 1815, shortly after a plot to cause a gun. Feb ruar y, ma k es th e f o ll ow i ng striking remarks :-' Thci earth, and to collapse in da r k ne s s b e f ore h a lf th e work of A„ by the shadowy presence. of (;ltlie ge net 0 t?' o pc to the task. Under this direction of his studies he was HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, AND HIS powder explosion in the cellars of ins residence had been . Chapel R o yal i s r e mar k a ble for a large attendance of the, life was done. Their violence, their ambition, their ro- , .. r •ce if , enced so largely the destinies rilin g est I I 0401.er,, sent to Eton, from which college he was transferred, first, MARRIAGE. detected and defeated. . aristocracy, and we saw before us a congregation of rank, e s .,, mantic existence, their reverses, and their crimes, will r etest.r - the 211 °. s od b , for.„, ar il O t t .. From bIeSL , dint , I , ' re ps g , to private tuition at Brighton, and subsequently to the It was in the month of September, 1805, that Sir Ar- - fashion, fame, power, worth, and wisdom, such as is"e. for ever fascinate the interest of mankind, and constitute ' ne e cor sea p re 0 , - One of the gre ith r 5.40 0 5 0 1 military seminary of Angers, in France. For the defici- ' thur Wellesley-after an absence of nine years, during POLITICAL CAREER. rarely witnessed. In a word, the congregation consisted ;the secret of their fame, if not of their greatness. To - e dlv news d 1 a f - has ever been char h cairn aces t 0 envy of an early promise in the future hero we are note l .. - *which his services in the East had earned him a major- ' On the 10th of August he again returned to Paris as he morn- er h of one person-the Duke alone ! Bleak as was t ~ 'such attractions the life and character of the Duke of 1 h lased in such en d no t° jer s confined to negative evidence alone- His relative infers-k . generalship, the Knighthood of the Bath, the thanks of ambassador-plenipotentiary. In the meantime Apsley ing, there he was, laden with more of earth's honours, e Wellington present no analogy. If he rose to scarce in. y- examp e as c ... end honour. after such loeg_ ra gra o no ority was the subject of some concern to his vigilanre i the King and parliament, and a confirmed professional House, in Hyde-park, had been purchased by the British *dignities, and renown, than any living man, intently oc- . t. tenor renown, it was by none of the passions or the arts se , a death-as Providence selae e , the mother, and had its influence, as we are led to conclude, s reputation-landed once more on the shores of England. government, and rebuilt by Mr. Wyatt, for the duke. copied with the work of worshipping his God, and all_ which they indulged or employed. Unvanquished in th r, es employs as the es 1 ders of me Acid. , of in the selection of the military profession for one who 'On his arrival he was appointed to the command of the On the 19th of November the parliamentary commis- "'alone with the clergyman. Thoughts came flowing in ' field, his sword was never drawn for territorial conquest, 4. the heroes of the battle -e . 5 .55 , an t displayed so little of the family aptitude for elegant troops at Hastings ; and on the death of the Marquis of . sinners purchased of Lord Rivers the estate of Strathfield- upon us from all quarters, Waterloo, Vittoria. Salamanca ; but the independence of Europe and the salvation of his (41 r itP ce' D ilil 4 cD ° l schol ars hi p . A t A ngers , th oug h the young student left,e, Cornwallis , on the s th of October, 1805, to the colonelcy . save , i n H am p s hi re , f or £263,000, the timber on it alone clashing ' thousands, the wounded, the dying, the silent country. Raised by the universal gratitude of Europe` eves. - „ da y e sie e g THE In" Thor , o f o f e'lice no signal reputation behind him, it is clear that his time; ; of the 33d. On the Bth of April he was sworn of his being valued at £150,000. On the 11th of February, camp, the i mm inently deadly breach ; glorious victories, Viand of this nation to the highest point of rank and power' papers of Duke ile°,l co I' must have been productively employed. Pignerol, the, majesty's privy council ; and on the 10th of' April, 1806, 1818, as the Duke's carriage was entering the gate of hie - admiring millions, applauding senates, grateful princes, t which a subject of the British monarchy could attain, he se The French a the ie art c oe j e be director of the seminary, was an engineer of some repute, -he married Catherine, third daughter of the second Earl . hotel in Paris, a scoundrel, named Cantillon, fired a gorgeous courts-all, in fact, that is viewed as great and'r. wore those dignities and he used that influence within the-e, length on the deak_egee contain !Pee p o i and the opportunities of acquiring, not only professional: e , of Longford. About the time when he contracted this ~* pistol at his grace, but happily missed his aim. Cantillon . glorious in this lower world, as so related to the great - 4 - strictest limits of a subject's duty. No law was ever '-1 Pattie and the Tr to the; :flus tplse it ho er ; t t he ue knowledge, but a serviceable mastery of the French'', matrimonial alliance he was called to a scene of strife in ~ and another man named Marinot, were tried during the - .1. , Personage before us, th a t th e y, in ou r minds, connected " twisted to his will, no right was ever sacrificed by once"! decidedly hostile hies enti ce hi ; f a t u nis e,•o o l' 4 tongue , were not likely to have been lost on suc h a mind % which the tongue was the chief weapon employed. The s - ' • e Napoleon,who died themselves with him, and were, by his presence on this',",; hai r 's b rea dth fo r his aggrandisement. There lived not a , publishes a hi°g la P, s e c aks in the C s ee° 0 , s next year, but were acuitte . on . as that of his pupil. Altogether, six years were consumed,' ' arena of this warfare was the House of Commons, of which ie leftCantillon alegacy of , ) , ee the sthof M 1821, ay,occasion, forced upon our imagination, and, as it were, ' - ‘4' man either among his countrymen or his antagonists who 4 The Constitutionnet -I- ~. en d rel y t l ' IS T f 1- 000rS. , 1_ 0:ler. in this course of education, which, though partial enough Ihe had been elected a member soon after his return, by ef ran - seen, felt, realised. Here was the giant spirit which had ''S could say that this great Duke had wronged him ; for his . 4 a sort of middle, „ c if o nciee e in itself, was so far in advance of his age that we may ': the burgesses of the borough of Rye ; his antagonist was • , se n n s. the 25th of April, 1818, the negotiations will, s been raised to sit on the whirlwind, and rule the storm ;le, entire existence was devoted to the cause of legal au. kt'and the Assembiee as _____....e.e.--e 'e- tl' IN 10l i d es _ conceive the young cadet to have carried with him to his Mr. Paull, the representative of Westminster; the cause 4 ... France were finally concluded • and on the 9th of the ni which had, instrumentally, for years decided the for- s e thority and regulated power. You seek in it in vain for Ails decease. -6 0 o ol corps a more than avers e g store of professional acquire- .e, of quarrel was his brothers Indian administration. The i following O c t o b er a treaty by the a lli e d sovereigns was tunes of nations, and peoples, and kindreds, and tongues, knthose strokes of audacious enterprise which in other great •,, DVI s- oe r 1) 8 ,1 fo t , i ~ , meats- _____ . result. however, was a vote of the house approving of the' a greedat A' 1 Ch 11 for the immediate withdrawal ! and received more of the incense of human gratitude, 'le cap „ ix- a. ape e, -e taini, his rivals in fame, have sometimes won the ; FUNERAL OF THE ..----- - n st the b° e tt l el re the e , Of' ly ° iis j to ' Marquis of Wellesley's government ; and the charges §of the army of occupation. On the 22 d there was a grand*, thanksgiving, an d p r aise, than, perhaps, ever before were r : prize of crowns or turned the fate of nations. But his HIS EARLY CAREER. : ,I to state pub -te 0 t .; fell to the ground. In 1807 Sir Arthur accepted in the review and sham fight near Valenciennes, after which the ':' awarded to mortal. The hero, the deliverer-the warrior W. whole career shines with the steady light of day. It has •t We are authorise- will be 0 debar b 0 11' 0 0 1 On the 7th March, 1787, the . Hon. Arthur Wellesley, , Portland administration the situation of chief secretary; duke gave a splendid entertainment to the Emperor of of unmatched wisdom in the hour of difficulty, firmness in'e nothing to conceal, it has nothing to interpret by the 1 , De e, o f W ellingtOn ... no t e'e r , toil; io. sO c u o" e• being then in his 18th year, received g_ his first commission for Ireland, under the Duke of Richmond. In taking :I Russia and the King of Prussia,and the troops embarked • ' the hour of hesitation, and forbearance in the hour of r flexible organs of history. Everything in it is manly, - manta respectiug it r a t r return ea 'pre viii i Il ig ta ' ) es an ensign in the 73d - Regiment the 73d, but He entered office, Sir Arthur had stipulated that his ministerialst for this country forthwith. His grace was made a field. triumph, stood before us, his head hoar with are, bis body s ' compact, and clear; shaped to one rule of public duty, ,Earl 4 of Derby has no _,,, res sion s Rol s ot' ti ,e/ r the army, as we have said, in 73d, but in the same duties should not interfere with his professional ; and ac- marshal in the Austrian, Ruksian , and Prussian service feeble, and his voice faint, the solitary worshipper of that animated by one passion -the love of England, and the ••• Ito day, and an ''''' en d h' f o r tl' ceef et st the 76th and ve •4 mora o- , Q ue en _ re year he move d, as li eu tenant, to .. , ithin the cordingly, in the summer of 1807, he was once more em- 4 immediately after the of Ai • and, on the 26th God who has so often shielded his head in the day of bat-'service of the Crown. AO jO, ,it 1,17, e l oe 0 0 P ir r next 18th months was transferred, still in the subaltern's, Wend on active service. In the expedition to Denmark he, e of December, he as ointed master-general of the n tie, and through his arm delivered the British empire and;: The Duke of Wellington lived, commanded, and go- '''''alber will take their,u:sterd, _ or cl , fig. ley° j‘o capacity, to the 41st Foot and the 12th Light Dragoons, held a distinguished post under Lord Cathcart. While the e;ordnance h . w I aPP h Iconferences of the : - at ho nt e severe its countless subjects from invasion and overthrow.' " -" veined in unconscious indifference or disdainful aversion t • Times ot -1 soug ht l - coes o ot ree ,rii t f oo , .•saree cements successively. On the 30th of June, 1791, he Was promoted main body was menacing Copenhagen, a demonstration ee nropean powers which rapidly succeeded th eeting at se to those common incentives of human action which ar• e Precedents have h o e s eA fr, Foli tit thal s oa, pell o of'iD ti c to a captaincy in the 58th, from which corps he exchanged e - was observed on theart of the Danea against the Enlish:: lAix Ch 11 tas taken either by © Enland or .r THE DUKE'S LAST VISIT TO FOLKESTONE. ", -; derived from the powers of imagination and of sentiment. x - mania! in the cases t ute B. arc , 'oe• ili e e ra ° c ol' into the 18th Light Dragoons in the October of the fol- _ - 4 rear, and Si Arthur dthd to d . Sir was eac e isperse their ga- -, ~•- - ape e, no par 7 He held them obsee f a no ' e st b y 0 her representatives • but in the year 1822 a congress wa2l/1, On Thursday fortnight, his grace paid his last visit to .4 , cheap, both in their weaeness and in their public , .. ~e, o f 4, ,is o c . ce , or t o o ;4 3 he '4 4 t" lowing year. At len g th, on the 30th of April, 179 , , nering battalions. This service he effectually performed ' held at Verona,t ' which, as plenipotentiary from the ;the- town of Folkstone. His grace, unattended, walked • s . strength. The force and weight cf his character stooges "at et, Feel's, on l u ' don ' l ' in I" •e t yrAr 'Lowe as air e ti to r obtained his majority in the 334, a regiment which may by engaging them in their position of Kioge, and putting - British governmen ,et ° th duke repaired. At the congress s'e for some time on the ier p , and then proceeded up the' to no such adventitious influences. Ile !night have kin• '' be the precedent fcl , in deat h the OP 1 boast of considerable identification with his renown, fel* them to the rout with the loss of 1500 prisoners and 14 the five powers determined on intervention in Spain, in4l - steep road to the West Cliff, where he paid a visit. 'e died more enthusiasm, especially ni the early and doubtful honour will be elli t e on, by 58 soot ,os he proceeded in it to his lieutenant-colonelcy and coloneley, r k pieces of cannon. He was afterwards entrustedwith the The duke subsequently ' that train l • the town for some ti me , l e days of his Peninsular career • but in his successful andei t distinguishe 1 - 8 the to h e IP spite of the dissuasion of England. ,Finding no was leaving •• her mos deeply fee 1# and commanded it personally throughout the early stages negotiations for the capitulation of tho city, a duty which 'tri ial embassy to St. Petersburgh in 182(1. the noble Duke sent f or a fly to take him to the upper X umphant pursuit of glory her naMe never passed his ,Majesty, who de d tbil l proceeded on a spec e t of his active career. was skilfully discharged. His services were acknowledged Th e Duke of York d • the sth of January, 1826, ; station for Dover, and gave particular directions to the lips,- even in his addresses to his soldiers. His entire -Oe Observer. •Dfotra ;i. 0 are Before the actin career of the young officer commenced - by the special thanks of Parliament. the Duke of W°lingt9ll Will "" 1 / 1 " d8 931 the 24/h1 his • winner th at She vciiicic Should be witlz him 14 A ve ' taro and character were moulded 9n reality. He lived to it is pettledt W ...... , name from the manor of Welles! never G and a branch Henry 11, in discriminatel msider the fun Ireland. Thi spelt Welles! s family, ey, West] hose name was in r, or Wesle which had them Danj aired considerable possessions to being mortal n Cast ae county o Leath, c appears, in e early part of the last centu in danger of ~,, , OU I ch one -Are. 0.1 le, could render to U -- T )uke of Wellington had redd,raoovg ut a peaceful death, which raociel mpol tent life i r taph air; ma ° permitted to spend Of him, now a n scribed on the torn (From the Se 90(1f1 ational loss, TOY. v",.trioog, b o f one not less illtije Dove_ emblecl that vvhich m it War hi s c. 5 I- o p • o P 05,41 0 10 e 4 , ;;IP / Chr t) " jiro ra v p r i lifornii.l9 yet i!) D. 0 3 „IP' ,our, with e•catowtoils woo the groi ,tveciedloholoipi s death as I , 10 av A ligPoilt yi --ri for aea 'Ow b 410 ,irYmen. , arts of • 11 1, ro ut , i p. .;erve. 10 9 t i ) p i A eatb hes lal,opt, 05 0 0 ingularlY e)"asorr° 0 / icl s for o f to the bi„g r a ,:b ou ; ' , , ce lll ,,f)l ii°, the o `' i .' o we t oe 7 ,15 0 " 5 , dto " fu,greeto t ot °l► s i g ht 0 to lo f c oy . t i l e spice boo .0040306 op ougb, Olebriih e greatest:,,,t tL we have H 9 has nction ; kneS.S e _ the corr lat the are been spare :d that i it. Th that r ments Castle. w DE NTH 19f Westmo 'blood in his t ere. His acute glace en,?,, le oV , e through the surface well e f P t. a :Abv r'r.',l L 4 4 1; 4 :k,th4t 1 ' ' ~ 14