The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-18 00:00:00

LORD ELLESIdEItE'B LECTEItE ON WEL-
LINGTON.
ueoLty evening, the Earl of El:clown: de-
livered, in th • Court House at Woretiv, • lecture to the
Beesisera of the Wonky Library and liesirrez Hoops, on
the Life a. 4 Chamet, rof the bite Duke of Wiangton."
The roam was ere•dest, and the handy and visitors of the
mirk Ind (including Lord Cawdor) were among the
asdisase.
The soh!: lecturer, In commencing, stated that sometime
dare be had received ac invitation from an emaciation of
ram men in Manchester, to deliver one or more lectures
ulna any sahjeet he might select, which invitation he
deeply re:on:Med his inability to accept, from the impossi-
bility of his being in this part o' the country at the stated
. At the request of the Wendel Library Committee,
ba bad c hasplwil with the desire that he should address
them, and ion reelecting the life and character of the late
Drake of Wellingtoa as a auldect of oiscourse, ha felt
that whilst other men men More able to instruct them i•
matters of science and popular interest, he might, irons
the istimate friendship with which that great and Inas-
trims man hail h awur,al him, found some claim for the
choice of hi. theme. It wns now overly thirty yeah since
ba was Brat distinguished by the friendship of the duke.
Daring that lengthened period ha bad maintained with him
nainterru,o..l social isterrouree. To him he was indebted,
es env occasion, for the I tan of his favounte seat, Strath.
deldnaye, and co another, during as entire winter, for the
twesponey of the still more fawns Wilmer Cads ; aad is
that rem where now reposed the lest remains of the great
be guarded by the watchful sentry, he had pawed many
boon, enliehteutil and instracted by cenverse with his
anWe friend He made these statements in no boastful
spirit, but to exhibit the nature of the intercourse with
which he eat kiniure I. In oontrastdag the character of
the Puke of Wellington with the distinguished
statesiniu of the early past of George the Third's reign
he could n t :stead pirating out one trait which muked
every action from his tint entry into public life until
he *SS taken feats us, sic., his ensile-hearted devotion to
the intern-. of his country. He (the lecturer) doubted
mush whether in this point of view even the great Lord
Chatham costal be held as • compeer, although he believed
that the dwerimisati m and sagacity of that statesman would
have 11,1 him, had circumstances then norequired, to em-
ploy the SetTlell of the young Colonel %Wellesley. In
another wept et, also, th? Duke of Wellington was worthy
of all admit/seam—aid that was in Lie generous treat-
ment of do se whom he opposed. He (the lecturer) once
took the liberty of inquiring from :lit Grace whom he
minside n d the greatest militia', hero of whom we had re-
mod. sail ',is n'ply was decided,— Hanibal ; hut of Hesi-
tant we hail, beyond the tact of his being • distinguished
warrior, few memoriels of his life and character. We
knew that hived Carthage, but we also knew that he
hated Ilata cas much as be loved Carthage ; arid in this
reapret even our most distinguished naval hero—Nelson
bkneeif—ferated a ma-ked contrast to Wellington ; for
n kik the or., *as a scourge to all the a Semis of our
constry, the other was lake the watchdog of England,
&dent and respectful to at friends. but eagerly ready to
pounce uivet every foe. And in private life, he (the lec-
turer) knew none who was more jealous of the honour and
good name of another than the duke, who could be
betrayed into an envious or magsuded expression of opi-
own. *sin towards the declared enemies of our country.
'rho Duke of Wellington had received his early education at
Eton, but of h. echo:eerie •spenenee there he entertained
no vivid :ea.embrasice. Ile mu marked only as a frolkaorne
youth. Here, however, it was where he achieved his tint
sictory over • SetnniiienOW, is a pitched bottle with the
brothel of We late Sidney Smith. The lecturer had cud-
munic sted this circumstance to the duke, of which, however,
he had no recollection. Most persons rituember whom they
bad first beaten at school, or who had beaten them; so that
Eton had not made a I wiles impression on the mind of the
duke. From theses he was transferred to the military
academy at Anglers, where he had the opportunity, in the
best society, of acquiring • fluent use of the French tongue,
and where he was remembered mainly for the practical
jokes he perpetrated, and fur being the hfe and soul of the
seminary. His military career commenced in Holland,
where ne greatly distinguished himself u. a bold attsaL
It bed often been said of the duke that he lacked 1.••••114
efflantee. Nothing mu more untrue. On more than ewe
OCCAPSGU I.e narraoly escaped shipwreck. and his conduct
under the circumstances betrayed unexampled coolness
sad resolution. The lecturer, in a graphic and sow
-of Wellington theta, his

wiry manlier, traced the career o. Neh.. arough h..
Isaias campaign', the Peninsular wars, and the great
and decisive bazde which sealed the destinies of Europe—
inter.peised with 161Trati0116 communicated personally by
the duke, which lent a charm and gave reality to the sketch.
He (the lecturer) had once ventured to inquire of the duke
how many guts he might have taken during his numerous
eugagenteuts. The reply was about 3,000, and ho (the
lecturer) recorded it as en unpandieled fact, that through- •
out the whole of the duke'. military operations, not one'
gun of the English had been token. Of his punctuality
and "Motion to duty, he might mention that, after Mel
vacation 01 the cafe: or Secretary for Ireland, when he left
Ir:aedaziel ha Spain, and nerruwly escaped shipwreck on the
voyage—he wrote, before theembarkiug, to the judges, in-
clining the heads of the Dublin l'ol:ce Bill, which be wee
charged to drew up. and which have since become the model
of that eleellent nett in of social rcgulati m which ramitied
Dondm, iyreael over our colonies, was to be found in Malta
and Australis, and kept that audit:ice in peaceful security
in that court-house. Ile (the lecturer) had once met in
Scotia! I an old blind man, who had sepia d to his Grace,
shortly b:fore the Bettie of Waterloo, fur a commission for
a son, fiunding his claim on the fact of his being a relative
of sac Maxwell, who had distinguished himself in one of the
duke. campaigns. Fore long period the app:icant received
no reply, until at leagth the duke iafurmed him that " he
had be: is very busy of late ; but that he Lad sent his ap-
plication to head-quavers, with arecommendation. Through-
wit the whole of bra engagements, the duke had worn •
" charmed life," for he never was wounded. Ou one ow
easier' a et eat inueket-hall hit the bid of his sword, end
threw him from his horse, but the only etiecta were to con-
ant him to lea tent for 21 hours. It had been asserted that
he frequently threw timbal( into squares incases of personal
danger; but from every inquiry that he (the lecturer) had
made trona those who fought with him, he could declare
that the duke never resorted to such means of protection.
**bother characteristic might be named, that lie *crepe-
Ipusly the perusal of all historical criticisms upon his
engage-emote. These be never could be induced to read, and
the ri aeon for his indifference was to be found is his desire
to svu!d all public conflict and newspaper contradiction. It
had been asserted in detraction of the duke, that his name
was a: :dots towel aulouget the lists of eubecriliers to chart
table and other appeal. to public bent voience ; but he (the
leeturei) might assert, that of all with whom he was se-
qaainted there were none who, in proportion to their means,
eastributed more largely in private than his late lamented
friead. A lacy in that room had on out occasion directed
atteution to the case of • d.stiessed neeellewoman
of Nolainghara, whose privations had bean recorded ia the
Moreany Chronicle. The duke made some remark at the
hat communicated to the let t next morning that he had
written to the editor,direeting that the should have • passage
at hist:pease to the colonies, which was all she required.
And, further, recent police reports in LOGeliii showed mato,-
tunaiely that the duke had bate bemused upon, by specious
eberitabie pa:eines, to the extent or POI. He truly did
not "let hie right hard know wnat hie left hand did." It
might appear anomalous that the L:Livenity of Oxford
should have chosen a military hero for its chaucellor ; but
ha (the lectinei) held that, although men of MUG greater
elassical aequireuienee 'Maki have been found to represent
that aneleki school of triune:4, no one who brought Us hear
• souader and mote prectioal judgment could Mvw bees
selected—and there many now who envied the pewee of
the Witch of Ender to call up departed spirits, that they
might benefit by the opinions of so meat • head, aaee •
pinkiel ut the 1211100110161 blue books which engaged the
duke. atuutiois up to the day of Lis death. Much had
been tali, and written of Wellington haring been au
at thy b.,11 at Draftee; but he (the lecturer) had MI
for 'farming that the approach of the Eri nth that day
was so welt known to the duke, that six hours before
the ball eunnueuceel, the propriety of announcing its
posti oneruest was canvassed, and only abandoned
that the rublic mind of Druid s, already aroused and
fteeri.h, might not be father disturbed by a decision which
mould have awakened the worst apprehensions. In con-
elation, the lecturer s rid it mitt never occur—and he
led it might no'—that each another man should he re.
gelred to lead vied nous armies to batt.e ; it was out pro-
bable, at least, that any there present might he selected to
peer ins° the ears of royalty the suggestions of wisdom and
eaperitece ; but in the life marl chersete rof the flake el
ee elfin/rims there was much by which every one might
peat —in the sofiesitile failfilment et what he saw to be his
den, and In the menace of selfish interests to the public
germ. T him, is • far truer u nee than the lines were ye-
sonny reeled, Titian'. monody on the death of Addition
'eight he applied.
the It v. St. Vincent fleeelny proposed • vote of thanks
to the settle lecterer, which was warn.'y responded to,
and the iutereeieug premedings of the evening then ter.
Wasted.

Si.tuut s Loss.—On Saturday information wan
jorra by a peraor. n lined Long. at l reseed I,iitgicg in
Artillery-euutt, Finsbury, of his havii.a been tubbed of
100‘. by a set of 1111.11.dr+ d shinier,. Long state that
be lateiy returned to ibis country front Amerlea, where
be had brew roudent m yeast, but intended to emai-
l/Me %Obis. to Austrelte, and ow Friday was at the East
lodes tl• mikisit, inquiries abou• 'Sipping, when the
lam, of lib.= IA nsm ruMplair.v, entered iotn conversa-
tion with him, and heving learned something of the nature
of.his attain, reetended that they alsn were on the point of
proceed., et In tie geld mines to accumulate fortunes, and
pennon:it bum to bee-ma Hl* of their party, to which he at
letztb Imeated. ni.ei the dock, thry accompanied hint
to tile net tid,ourlitwit or his ilwellinw. cod hating talked
over their arrane..in, ntv at a Imblie.t owe in Chiswell-
street, agreed V. b heir fellowship by ,Irawinfr up and
signing it regular at mord •greercent. (Me of the party
eine the r, lore despatcher. to purchase a proper stamp, and
as bee.rt'y for his or turn, kft with t 1.2 one who remained
his purse, appereutly well filled with money. The eons-
Mr. Long, r h.. are,movcied I.•en, was remolded
to do likewise, sad areordingly puree, containing
iorg. in gold. Hie Lew Inend, hue, %..r. the pretended
stamp ember, pm eerily pitted COM:rimy • i•h him, and open
h.s fetufas 10 the puoite•bouse, lir, cl nurse, found that
the other ;tall ha 1 decienind alto, carried off hit
1001.
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....02.—8y an order of the Nth of the
Tremn gosrrrMetit rit aroma arriving from the porta of
Proetie, ti.t. limited Mateo, and ally (trier puts beyond the
Stotts of Oilwall on to be nbierted vo a quatantme
mhe d•re. to order to ascot& that tLey hare no cOoiera
beirL