The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-18 00:00:00

ART IN THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

Information up to the 9th instant has been re.
velvet( from Mr. Owes Rees end Kr. Wyatt, who have bees
appointed by the firemen of the New Crydal Pe/are to
collect illnatrations of the art of the eeetiaent. The tra-
vellers bad reached Rome. The malts of tick jean*
appear hitherto to be highly nesesestel. At Peels penis.
$lOO had been obtained to orreld soma& ef the fort
works in the Loam, amongst others, the Great Ilimreed,
from Egypt, several of the beet Vesesse, Sad mieseal
statusless threjee,_ is all, dame 189 pie..., $0 of
winds will be sieve life sins. Caste of Me (Alberti
Gates have she been seated, se well es ef the priseipal
of 311disel daisies flees ia the Mead Che .l, at
be. Y
of seeks of daises male meemestele,
sad Ise weeks of lieseiLlel4NeWs, Dtddlelle• Mh
Press the samems all mayor • most vilest& eilisallea
lee Mee eb_elasil, add seememente have bass ink to
Pablo the tuned= Mart In he se merit at as be pomeat
• faithful trainee* of the pedlar made of eseelmetion.
To this odd the melees ef the fat risks elletally
sambed to the ezematime have been seemed. idle will
being et Ike eseatry at the ekes af tkle year the mode of
his steam made ea the yea der* the bet twat, years
every seamed will thee he plead him ereskse seek is
the wells ef Pompeii. Pam lmsse odd Plea several flat
weeks ef the Please have lima snored, sad setae interest.
* weeks of the Puree Cesldgeded. _
The letters fesekbed Ile reedgrellse hew eaterally
bees of rest essietener Y reassideg tile goy fer
the acquisition' ef these temeare• ArA bewever, they
did not resak Mr. hem mad Mr.peseWyatt till after
they had left Peek, the hilmrigreph frees the
&ark loses nedenof ite sleeks=ag:=o Cash are at
present beieg tal use ealy of the gime ftto.ilt
aho of a amok ter elf the Seed sista%
Or, ek, Rem., awl Rim* ate whitiV iliMerrtO
form part of • greet eabillika, to be Is the sew
Crystal Ashes, seer Issmisa. Lest yew, hes* gm-
versant cis ea eippliedea to the aidialsalies of the
British MUMS. be leave to have mots him of NM
Omit unandram dame, whisk world lave be tell to
Free* miles. The Wed et one set ad. The yam the
admlelakedes assay& the apyikelles ado hi It by the
hand= of the Crystal Palen. /be Bedish new
sees he melded to 'desire the mds of Os Seed plass of
eselyeare la the Preach anseeme."

PROFLIGACY IX 111 MDII2III ARClML—Teiter-
day afternaos, 11:Z re. die danairessr he We
Limiter, held ea IM. Miertia's edtbeere, Ike
body of Mary Atm lf pun of , wit he
Knee tins post Ms ben Isolfta lib of is Om
dark embus of tit Aid" hen the prolhethl soneogeor•
of
which she bed set moved &snag Oho hot lye neathe,
earl diereemesi by • liMemma. to the hot nip of deeltn-
bee and dime boob Ceeellele. •••4 la• !salami ie
Char!ee•etreet, Diney-lank she len net mean is
the Victoria Main sleet lye maths pi mil Inlay
her without • lehyles. took tar him ht tie nen ghee
that nos they MI bah he a Uh ofloosesoisals the art
Reno of the Wilson mot to Ohs todee meg
morgue as halt debt. onl hit
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kr Use last toe metro Wog ether gbh, whim doers
Wen use bed so Wow then In eel*, sionlo, hod meow
to the robe en the sem WPM le WWII. 1.1 "Ind.
They wan Is M balk of winshes the yonleysot by de
btes.—J. idly. gasmen F. IN, nil he hood
&ceased an the 416 kat, la ebb of seer lanyloeseees la
th. 'rebel: Me ee i.e weak to why and he tont by to
biann's Webber., whose she died M Weinseley
Wt. The Adelphl mho were Imbrue toe the 71•1111
sad most wettest yee•lketee of ths sae berth. end lam
their extent and vileated eitereetor. any warloNly
ham the tandem tie polies. thew the mks Oro
were sews! ems ef Mike. lei thaw is ape of OMB
Awed the gide Is fennel Ilmengen Owe 'ben Ifs
Peke isessed tban—llt. Joshes AWN% eke oileeisi
&could et the workhouse, rid he head he minks Is..
a leannera &sae ; bar body was • sem of desmilemt,
sad bar den woe doubt Death need hen desiff MB
tin Ark oseriond b atervetica and assns—The Nay
eitniesd S matt Is onerdone with We teepee 1.
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hen

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

WALMER, FRIDAT EVENING.

The new duke, hitherto Marquis of Douro, arrived
at Weiliner Castle at exactly twelve o'clock this.
morning. He landed at Dover from the Ostend boat
at half-past Ave ; and, having of course long
before been informed of the melancholy fact of the
late Duke's decease, he proceeded to the Ship Hotel,
where he sought relief from mental and bodily
fatigue by retinng to rest. lie came to the Castle
in a covered car, alone. The Marchioness of Douro,
or rather the Duchess of Wellington, was left by his
grace on the continent, but is expected to arrive at
Weimer to-morrow. Mr. Henry. Wellesley, the
nephew of the late duke, is now staying at the Castle.
Nothing positive can yet be announced with regard
to the time or circumstances of the funeral. Thus
much, however, is certain, that an order was sent
yesterday to Mr. Holland, of Mount-street, Picca-
dilly, for a leaden coffin, which will no doubt reach
Widmer this evening; and it is also extremely
probable that the body will be conveyed therein to
Apidey House in the course of to-morrow (this
day) by South-Eastern Railway. There will then
have been time for communications to have
passed between tho family of the deceased Duke
and the Queen or the Prime Minister, previous
to which, of course, no decision is likely to be formed.
If the universal feeling in this locality be responded to,
as it no doubt is, by the nation, the funeral will bo of
such a character as befits the occasion.
Whik this matter remains thus in suspense, the public
are of course anxious to learn whatever is interesting
in connexim with the departed warrior and states-
man ; and, as this desire has been to a great extent
gratified already so far as his public career is con-
cerned, a few facts illustrative of the Duke's habits
and personal character will not be unacceptable.
Though they may convey little that is new to the
Dukes immediate friends, the collation of them for
the benefit of others will not be deemed an useless
labour.

Tho Duke was a most diligent and indefatigable
reader of the newspapers. Nothing was too minute
to escape his notice, but the advertisement columns
had his special attention ; and if, in glancing over
them, ho found an announcement of a new patent
pen, to which were assigned some peculiar virtues,
or anything else which struck his fancy, forthwith a
despatch was sent off for the article.
His great mental activity has often been a theme
of conversation ; but there was an illustration of it
shortly before his death which is no less interesting
on account of its relation, than astounding in itself.
Shortly before his decease, his grace was engaged in
the task of reading a ponderous document, which has
excited a good deal of public attention, being no
other than the report of the royal commission ap-
pointed to examine into the management and condi-
tion of Oxford University. This he doubtless did
with the view of mastering the details, so as to be
able to form a sound judgment on a question of so
much national interest, and possibly to take part in
the discussion of the subject in the next session.
The Duke was, like the late Sir Robert
Peel, one who would take no opinion se-
cond-hand, and in this instance ho laboured
hard to understand the subject in all its bearings. It
is a striking, and, all things considered, a most in-
teresting fact, that before his death he had nearly
concluded his gigantic task, and, up to a certain
point, it is believed, had read every word of the

evißoit.
The Duke's diet was as simple as his habits, or as
the architecture of Walmer Castle, consisting of the
very plainest dishes. lie had, indeed, a French
cook, but had his grace always lived alone,
the office would have been a perfect sine-
core. The cook. who no doubt partakes of
the enthusias a of his art, was even chagrined at
times at having so little opportunity of displaying
his artistic powers. Tho bill of fare was duly
placed before his master, but was nearly always
returned with, in addition to a plain joint of meat,
some such words as " pudding and tart," ocemiaaally
varied by the transposition of the words into tart
and pudding," as if by way of joke at the balled
ingenuity of the gastronomist. Another owes of
disquiet to the cook was positively that the Deb
never complained. "If I cook a good dame the
desponding artist would say, "the Doha midge
It is well and if I cook a bad dime, be nye
It is well.'" No complaint ever evinced dieratie
faction, or marked a ruined temper; and the ram
doubtless was, that the dinner and the stamosh
were se well regulated and attempered ao the
mind.

Allusion has been previously made to the fact,
that the Duke's bodily system remained sound to the
last. His fine nervous energies were wonderfully
preserved. For example, he always shaved himself ;
and the only change in this respect which wu
observable as years accumulated wu, that a rather
longer time was occupied in the process. He also
wrote a good firm hand ; and until within a very
few year. before his death would not unfrequatly
indite three or four letters before breakfast. There
is another fact of the same character. In his 84th
year, and half a century atter many of his greatest
victories, the Duke could raise to his lips a glass of
water, filled to the brim, steadily, and without spill-
ing a drop!
Of all psee's posslineitim. nese, perhaps, was
more reareekable than the Imes* and accuracy of
his memory. He had a ohm reasilseds• of many
minute feats emsested with Mr. Pitt and his times.
Some allusion being made ens dg to an appreselft
Lord Mayer's dinner, **Dube remarked dist the
last pithW dinner attended by Mr. Pitt was ea wok
an sesesiskand that he laggsned to be primal. sad
Maud Mr. Pitt make as mallestspesch. A epsher
is the Manse, in prying Mr. Pites health, "he
of tbst elsamman es Os swrisar of hissamby, sad
in his reply w the toast Ile Pitt imial that be was
the navies, of hie amstry, simarrift. °lle essatry
eared itself by its own eaterdsne. sad ether gauntries
would be equally fortunate if they would fellow its
example.* This ups& the Duke greatly admired;
it was after hie own beset._ _ _

'The Doti bad—gray aphoristic rube he his
guidance in the comma ailtaus of life. One of him
madam was, that " He who wishes le bare any-
thing dome well mast do it himself."
The planners of the Duke's diet has be..
mentioned. Equally plain was his bed. It
of what may be termed a haree-bak mattrem—the
hard couch of a veteran soldier—beig wand with
malt-leather. A bed of this direelptles he bed at
each residence; but there was 'sly sae Am, which
migrated from place to place with its owner. It is
tor=geration to my of that pillow that, hence-
it will be a national heir-loom.
This leads naturally to an announcement which
will certainly be received with immense eatishedon
by the whole nation, namely, that a east of the
Duke's had was taken this afternoon by a gentle-
man perfectly qualified to perform the huh well,
namely, Mr. Adams, a pupil of Mr. Wpm, the emi-
nent modeller, and himself well-known as the artist
who sucoessfi;lly competed far the design tor the
juror's prize medal in the Oreat Exhibition.

A WM= =mous kiwis (my. a ownmpashat
who la Wallow latenalea) was whammed thim Ammon
in the hmemiliste 'Wain of Wainer Castle. A/Wm to
the Oasis im • meadow, whisk is the wily lend allimelled to
the Lord Wardes's reoldones, d lbw* In mol=
Omsk the alW.ikammin to wash the palls an e
mesa. is as elbse pit a the day a strew Yen we
ens awmaglas Instw ef his mate new the Coals ma
at booth M aggeseed i 'kw amain the *salmi es.
teasee. It sto bo tho fliam as all lay, Enna la
tho= Chadetlestlimisiwybrehat ma war
an pamsek mailleakei
paiimmes. • ilsto at • dame efiallrharldre=
'miasmas &Masa bee essay. Daft. asp to aim poe-
ms who were maim amt. the alt lady ridelmoil,
▪ Well, 'ono bar aid waa's gees at lest." " Yee," was
the reply. AY. well," said the 'Mims dams is a very
brisk tom, "Ak well, he's gone to; bee ahem it ail
sow. 1 cows to Ma me day paperty—
it's worth 3,0001. I inked kin It be meld me a par-
Ammer Its said be haw a me, but if be amid
Ws of es* he wild mil Mai to ms. I asked like. too,
alio weal. sommemisd ms * so to • otrassollee asst IL '
The eMPar fintisrase I • Ws Man fie memo time, mad
emampt Mr inselemat ~meats win gel to *a GEM, his
death was ants* to some, but tt was well the Duke Meet
bow whoa it would be, se he woulds't have hem abbe to
tils lie wan. " asenvor," the pies* obeorsid, "Isms
Christ is the ember of sinew mad we suet be and if
we ems to IMm, for No same mawpm. to save m." Aline
• few remarks, which enema to be in praise it the de-
emed duke, ths old lay walked away sionering to
Tits EARL or DERBY arrived at his mangos, in
114. illnielehilteare, at a law how last night, from Ilase-
ta, where Ma lordship had bees is atteadasse es the
Tedirdey, cam were Weed from the Hawn