The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-17 00:00:00

TM! DUKS OF WELLWOION AT sAAAvatsA,

The At7sni:l; isaanits--aill—distrust.
Cunt& inspired term , bet so makes* ; esd Albuquerque,
whether from conviction se inellipseed by momentary anger,
jute a the French wan iambi es es the dui attack, seat
one of his staff to edema lbe LOA emeeedar that
Curets was betraying Ma The alle•deirep
with this message delivered M Ir Weed DeeillueetrZ
alter carried it to Sir ineetalr Weledep latter,
seated on the summit (Atha hit midis YAWS SO pliantly
contested, was intently wadies die MilleilMeete of the
*dimming enemy, listened Y alb eaminnhst startling mew.
Sage, without so muck el Wei( his Iwo& and then drill
answered—" Very 'Ara ages Ma your brigade,"
continued his warm elan Mew& Beelda retired, filled
with admiration of the psrteblDia reattlution and quick
penetration of the man.— spier.
Tee Lt;•a Ol WELLINOTON'S HUMANITY.
It has been customary with than whose wishes Ind them
to plate Wellington's character in an unamithis whes be
compare him with Napoleon, in repiessatlig beds se elm
and unpitying smdiers, worths; their linegmagn sot, reek-
lege of the sufferings they oceseiceed, and deed to th•
kindlier sympathies of Insaaalty. Bet It dmi we eel&
bilious of softer feelings min by body as ime Mend
more. Napoleon's ielle• radio ; Bl dNogese's •
secret offering. An osteeledelle 21719 bb haerital•—•
condolatory address tali rein ealedome wilds bars his
wounded from the field--the mode of mew bride •
dying friend—all with Napless euneesd M esolasse of
acting, and seemed rather inMlagel to Ztreeee from
the lookere-on, than giro eaprodoe sympathy.

Wallington made ten open *hen eff sorrow. Its saw old
friends fall—ha rode past "the dying and the dead "—the
same stern climates in his look—the same ennead unalter-
able determination la his bossing. For the outfitters be
had no empty words; hat when others slept, he was toiling
iu his bureau to obtain mesas for their relief; and when
none expected him, be visited his hospitals in private, and
from personal inspection, enured himself that thous to
whom his sick and wounded were committed had nut
neglected their trust.
THE DUNI OF WELLINGTON'S COOLNESS IN MOWER.
At Fuente Uuinaldo the duke found himself with only a
portion of his army in the presents of Marmont, who col-
lated • vast number of troops, as if it were his design to
tiring his whole disposable force to bear against the polities.
While !Lamont was amusing himself with this singular
review, Lord Wellington looked on with the calmness of an
ordinary spectator. Scarcely a third of the allied army was
within his reach; and sixty thousand troops, some of them
hitherto unconquered, with one hundred and ten pieces of
artillery, manoeuvring barely oat of cannon range. It was
at this moment that a Spanish general, remarkable for his
seal and gallantry, and a great favourite of Wellington's,
observed to him—t. Why, here you are with a couple of
weak divisions in front of the whole Fr. neh army, and you
seem quite at your ease; why, it is enough to put any man
in • fever." " I have done according to the very best of
my judgment, all that an he done," said Wellington ; ,
" therefore I care not either for the enemy in front, or for
anything which they may say at home."
tourer, like other qualities, has its varieties. Some
men are born brave; when acquire intrepidity from ea-
ample; and even a tirri'd spirit may be stimulated by action
until personal apprehension is overcome. Amid the crash
of battle, the dullest soul catches a glorious impulse, and
for the time, eats off its natural torpidity. To exert, how-
ever, that mental calmness which conveys, in brief and
lucid language, the details of plans of action, requiring the
agency of many, and whose access the misconception of
au individual might destroy—this demands • philo.phie
coecentration of thought, which many found foremost in
the press of fight never can obtain.
This, the most important quality of a great general, Na-
poleon and Wellington poseessed extensively; and when
the fate of battle hung upon • hair, both were calm and
self-collected, and the order upon which victory or defeat
depended, wan issued with a coolness that approached in-
sensibility. The terrible attack at Healing was simply indi-
cated by • gesture; and when tidings were brought upon
that bluody evening, which might have palsied the firmest
nerves, not a feature of Napoleon was seen to alter.
Sitting on the embankment of • field-work, undisturbed by
the roar of his own artillery or • responding thunder from
the batteries of the fortress, Lord Wellington penned the
plan of the assault; and when that writing went forth, the
doom of Ciudad Rodrigo was sealed !
When the eateut of the night's havoc was made known
to Lord Wellington, the firmness of his nature gave way
for a moment, and the pride of conquest yielded to • pas-
pinnate burst of grief for the lass of his gallant soldiers.—
Napier.