The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-08 00:00:00

LITERATURE

astm, lemestary Despatches and Mensoransks qf 1
Field Iterate the Duke o%Wellington, E.o. '
ladle, 1797-1806. Edited his eon, the present
Duke of WELLMSTOW. VO I.
The supplementary despatches and namosninda
contained in this bulkyclosely printed volume range
over a period of little more than three yeamt—tbree
years of service in India. Amon
meat was was ne Lver perhaps, Rtiblithed. Ewa more
than the extraordinary magacity and exteesiv• mili-
tary knowledge of the writer, at that early period of
his career, it indicates an amount of industry almost
unparalleled in the whole range of universal bio-
graphy. The pape are, individually, of varied
morn and varied interest ; bat,
st u
as a whole, they
Oily enhance
admiration:
ens of " the t • ofthesge."
Loontellec-
king at the matter In this point of
view we could hardly desire any curtailments
etalinions. Some of the !papers, relatin
to dry matters of detail, want, it mast be eoafered
even a interest, bat it is only from the
sell's*. that we our derive a jest idea
el the man.
ego at the att Aiterninillerene barely twenty-eight years
ires (April, 1797) from wiggle
the esereigiondsnes dada, but even at this esrly
pried he seems to have possessed an intensive know-
lidg• of every brava (this presides, and a large
sermintanee with the phy, the reecrarces, and
the polities of all of India. He disoceuess,
after a brief in the country, with the
authoritative air of a man of large local inc
about places which he had never seen and
with le=
with whom he had no acquaintance; and it is a
marvel and a mystery to the reader how, in so short
a space of time, he could have obtained so much in-
lormatioa. His impressions of the country were
anything but agreeable. "It is a miserable
°°°lltl7 to live in." he wrote, "and I now
begin to think that a man well deserved some of the
wealth that is t hams, for having spent his
life hero." Of then atives of India he appears to
lave had the worst poesible idea. Writing to his
blether (Lord 11onungton), in 1797, be says—and
the passage is curious and insinelive at the resent
time

no es low as I bath observed, are moth Win-
paws& Tbq re the Err ssisobievens, derittel nos of
=I her era se reed d.I ben not yet not with s
yrs imth me wet orally, OM fa the thee of
'rift in his ewe sevary, sod the Illetralasar see ware
then thir ass. nth ariare sod maths= de net szlth
Itistmast Or lath whisk hen leas prkard by Zero-
perm hoe redo Or closets of der; bet wherever the dr
=lef member Is gnaw Ors awl, they valsnalty
ra Very as, emir tide drip =I author
same fair lee they an the rest shetheriy snug mph
I mei Opal ef. Shoe re the chemilsree Is Ni lOW
=Vii" thrift enmity, rid dusk, sad thiesheed
6•11•111. Fbwl.c.c=ter terrept of folk la
the ittle+aron sad kw, by seer of the tare
of the ens& seer widish mho IMO otrithrunt a
*aft sessy way on homer, Imbed of Wirt It le le war
07. Al sr perdslueseds mime ere the rano, Imes*
whimpleg, dish esseits lose of
meth lei 11%__SONIMP4 1100 was kr the tenths
mires for he Mkt ire et ham. The penith-
Errs el the Iturthrmi prom r. presinly In the
am sloth The Irises ales ere fir them, arepthe
Orel elessien his of are; hal drithr mirth see issa as
dy Iflafars. Set they hew ost • batter id yes
them flerathy, thee ao pranisither fir relry Other
ha she ibis •at lihroama Jaw. Their honed ow thed
CitriaressOro end iltheire eight net ; sod
rithelshrwl sod rind fe
roi.....sissbielbla prim Peepottz lkw
be. mar as gee& me easesiessse ef eM is,
=ens is ma priory In the teen of Cabers ekes then
thin is `ell thrice tern trailer, and tn eery other
per teen hie the sneth

" Notwi all this," hao adds. "being hue
ht km place inta in so high a situ.
lice Iht of par life, that I should him
to imps that d Governor-Grrnenil." There are
"rimy pima= teaches of this kind, highly interest-
ing i• a Nighlazl sense—panages which need
no
agiams and others which a careful and
Waged editor might have raised into historical and
biographical importance by a few well-bestowed notes.
We an sorry, however, to add that in this volume
thin is no appearance of careful or intelligent editing.
There are numerous foot-notes, chiefly gsographial,
sash as anT =instructed pence oonid have supplied
with the aid of Hamilton s or Thornton's Gazetteer.
The knowledge both of personal and of military
stairs displayed in the annotations is indeed so
scanty that we cannot believe, in spite of the state-
Illint on the title-page, and the invariable "ED"
Mix= to the notes, that they were supplied by •
umber of the Duke of Wellington's Emily or by
an officer of the British army.
A few days after the date of the letter tram which
He above passage is taken, Arthur Wellesley received
a later Gam his brother stating that be had been
Mend the Governor-Generalship. On which Arthur
writes:

I Sir couvisood that lea v robla Webb ; say, It
yeadhis that ite geamsl ebb may Taroded ; sad you
A hare the falmet opportualliss of vatialsig material ser-
vices to the d dabs youvedi which, s-
eine of other pummel essormedoes, Awl* Waco yes
to ease set I atiormisi4 AN las • %Cul. el the
Paid •Ma ha/ IMPIS MIK imlly ; bat la Ili
ateems it is le he mumoblred it le bremilde bdse dres
ica wither dabs are dikes, samodler to err ro-
mps, a
Tory melesid Wary; „my Oat yea might
Imo some of them ; ea, ea Ile ether bead, Wee die sir of
tessialei with them la Implied you rellas Ode m,, you
brow both Ihr ,yommill sad tbaa dellwit 41111141110 be •
matsdel ead • beim advaatige. be as
to bit of
arra is you ermani;boa stall Ms rolls
rooperlbe the of ad la tide asurry, dist
I aril eared to rar *sea 11whisl I &raid
mot Allis ft ray stirs pima war Toa
say arrestbdom be oar red lAA de oorythir la my
power to sieve yea. I has wham yea moral Mass, la
all et orbit I have ablimeed "MOM apes Adry mad
pllfaal surbeb es they nonmed to as; Poirdt, 11011 Fe'
esmidorbg sows of Mom I shear set remit litsm eta
imais4 bat he sisal • I believe they as es. As lam
gag to Mead* I probe* shaD sailer diesMINA as Glemeser-Gmemul as soca so It taken plea 7ggts
sum se Ide hoar oil I will writs you • biter, which will
ho bilessod to yes span seatoar arrival, la Tidal you Mall
bars my splits of the use la this estmiry, as lir
as tom dr sheet with thma I have bsoa ebb
to is b. At mesa% to bows Mime would Wray your
small, 'shish I*A leis saes to avoid Lead M
rs,ls yea •
biter rpm Am wilbellagleal would be emi es pap
bib yes A A Wen It weer rook yes. yea drier
sir have mdsd hare thin maim yes, I abed have ut-
esemod dem Ma szpritlea bars year entmd, white
sem I tea is ship Is Om yea elitism la puma ham
timailed ef seem them tires I be,. ass the deem
rabbets whisk you bons desired ma to

Shortly after the arrival of Lord Mornin gton at
Calcutta, Colonel Wellesley—for by this time be had
expanded his name—proceeded with his regiment to
Madras. He said that he went with regret, al-
though he preferred being attached to the Coast
Army. About this time he wrote a Memorandum
on the subject of promotion in the Company's ser-
vice, the following paseage of which, although
it relates to 'a mutiny of the officers, not of the
men, of the Bengal army, has ea much in it which
bears upon the recent calamitous events in India,
that it will be read with no common interest at the
merteatir. It is taken
Reghsen from piper wri
the tten in
the
It
Oreposi .
It b iliWI& a thsiAt the sirs. sin woe said to art-
ma" kis hi they vote sot to .gear to be roved boa
this. the airy yard be WOO' lartiller An siker
MR tie pie with a reps ben shish he have that he
ces be vasevel whoa he plum • li Nei Are it &psi
ors the role Is WA It to Uri The Illinie Is the
sloes el ibillse el ti ear the err si la id el
Dor* is a ion of this bet. At Meier
or
the
it rsot the to rare Mess hat or rope le
saw, whoa ebeshately sessmayl Swim
bk. 72 taise. le Iligel ivy re i,
reee whoa art
vise si there b lie any rat lays fir to
dOble midi Is le orb a bed sole. The
usher et the sort wry ill Mimi swig prt die
ails& Although their the le set wirer sr; the rims
reirramodir Pula l• one; nil sesalehetheithi that
gimes, were heavier is these selbesi by the
alba to llsegal roe is er the rim rinse d sea-
plait, SIR try psis le bee tor the ef he.
sialsel. The gebereee ire sot bin him= Beepl;
bar • they were Itellbui7 c•Proult di sea ear am•
ibled by sa air lire reit deposied wee he slats et
=Aid Theme roprolli it lb ~sees, the
woes wan Mil; the am MR NW 119 INS