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London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

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spirit remains a guest at every hearth, and will kin-
dle patriotic aspirations in many an honest heart.
Two of the most celebrated men in the chronicles of
modern times were born in th 3 same year. Both
were renowned warriors and eminently-gifted states-
men, smring far above all contemporaries, engrossing
the wonder and the attention of mankind, and filling
the universe with the fame of their achievements; the
one the mighty conqueror, the other the high-souled
deliverer. The course of one erratic and destructtve
as the career of the thunderbolt; that of the other
temperate and benevolent, like a portion of the majes-
tic order of the world ; the one the scourge, the
other the refuge of the nations. The former died at
a comparatively early age, the barren sceptre at
which he grasped shivered and reft from him ; the
latter going down to the grave crowned with
years and honours, amid the peace and security
he had so largely and so importantly contributed to
establish. The former, endeavouring to stretch the
boundaries of his country to the vain measure of
his ambition, resigned them to be portioned out by
strangers; the latter, seeking solely to maintain the
integrity of his native land, left it with widely-in-
creased territories awl the inheritor of a liberty as
glorious as its dominion. The sward of Wellington
was the shield of his country ; it had no stain of self
upon it to tarnish the richness o its temper; in his
hand it was not a brand, but a buckler. It is no
mean boast for a commander never to have lost a
battle ; it is au infinitely more desirable reputition to
acquire never to have drawn the sword save in a righ-
teous cause. now deep the moral of lives such as
those of these two warriors. Will not history erect
their names as imperishable monuments of glory ?
The one the =certain glare of the short-lived and
unstable emotion ; the other the sun-like effulgence
of the genuine inspiration. Napoleon may live in the
wonder, or even in the admiration of mankind ;
IVellingtou is enshrined in their gratitude and em-
balmed in their affections. In him the state has
lost its protector and counsellor, its best servant, and
most faithful friend.

" time and tide
Have washed away, like weeds upon the sands,
Crowds of the olden life's memorials."

REGISTRATION.
MIDDLESEX.

On Saturday Mr. Launcelot Shadwell, the barris-
ter appointed to revise the list of voters for the county
of Middlesex, held a court at the New Black Dog,
Bedfont. The day's revision included the parishes
of Ashford, Bedfont, Cranford, Feitham, Hampton,
Hampton-wick, Hanswortb, Harmondsworth, Sale-
ham, Littleton, Shepperton, Staines, Stanmore, Sun-
bury, and Teddington.

The fact that, at the sitting of the court at Brent-
ford, the Baron de Rothschild and his three brothels
were struck off the register, has created some sensa-
tion in the Liberal ranks, more particularly at Ham"
mersmith district, where there will be a severe strug-
gle between the contending parties. The names of
the Baron and his family were objected to by
argued Mr.
Alley Jones,
the Conservative agent,
that in the qualification stated in the register there
was an important
omission. It is stated to be a rent
charge, but it should have who
stated also to have been
" in fee."
The REVISING BARRISTER concurred in this view.
Names expunged.
Mr. James, on the part esfthe Court had held that
the Baron and his family,
when land was describedie it was understood in law to
asked for a postponement of
o
said that at former revisions
mean freehold land.
the deed. he was satisfied there
refused ;
informality
was an informf
i the case till the arrival of the Baron's solicitor with
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IRELAND.
18.—In the case of the Queen at
Dneurt,
the colonel and officers of the 31st
Regiment spins Mr.
Portf.Wallace, the proprietor of the
for libel, the defendant
Ang
at the head police-
officethe prosecution
io.
attended before the magistrates
to-day, to put in bail for his appearance in the
Court of Queen's Bench on the first day of next term.
Mr. Hayes (law adviser to the Crown), appeared as
counsel with Mr. Rae, on the part of Mr. Kemmiss,
Crown solicitor, for the prosecution. Mr. Dowse,
barrister, with Mr. Matthew Tully, solicitor, appeared
for Mr. Wallace. The informations of Lieut.-Colonel
Staunton, Captain Eager, and Lieut. Hutton, of the
31st Regiment, were read out by Mr. Porter. They
set forth the circumstances relative to the affair at
Sixmile-bridge, and denying that the party of the
31st had committed wilful murder on that occasion,
or had slaughtered the people without
provocation.
They also charged as wickedly false and untrue the
allegation contained in the alleged libel that the 31st
Regiment had ever been guilty of cowardice, or had
lost their facings ; but that, on the contrary, they had
ever exhibited the utmost gallantry. Mr. Dowse, on
the part of the defendant, having declined to cross.
examine the witnesses, Mr. Wallace was called upon
to enter into security, himself in 2001., and two sure-
ties in 1001. each. Dr. Gray. and Mr. Matthew Tully,
solicitor, became securities in the sum required, and
the recognizabeea having been perfected the parties
left the office.
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IMPUDENT REPRESENTATION OF THE EX-PREMIER.
—On Saturday information was forwarded. to the inetropoli.
lan police-stations of the following audacious and impudent
imposition practised on a great number of highlyrespectable
tradesmen at the West-end, by a fellow representing himself
as Lord John Russell, the ex-Premier. The individual in
question, who decidedly bears a very strong resemblance to
his Lordship, called a few days
since on the proprietor of an
extensive establishment in Pimlico, and requested that a
tilbury should be immediately prepared for him to proceed to
the Barracks at Hounslow, to see his nephew, who he mid
belonged to the Bth Dragoons. Having stated himself to be
no other than Lord John Russell, the tilbury was placed at
low.isposal, and ivas driven off in the direction of Houns-
During the journey. be several times ordered the ser-
vant to pull up various establishments in Kensington,
and, again making use of his former tale, obtained sundry
sums of money and divers articles from the tradesmen to a
considerable amount. Arriving at Hounslow, the rogue dis-
missed the servant with the vehicle, and proceeded to the
George Hotel, where, by the same means, he hired a post-
chaise, and went on to Windsor, where he asked the servant
for a little money, if he had any. The unfortunate dupe
gave him all he possessed, being about 31. 145., and he went
off, saying he should soon return and drive back to Hoene-
, low. It is almost needless to say that nothiDg has since
been Peen or heard of the imposter.

" His remembrance
Lives in men's eyes; and will to ears and tongues
Be theme and hearing ever."
The ancients raised their deceased heroes to the
imagined dignity of gods ; as Christians, we will pre-
serve Wellington alive in our bosoms, and make him
a monitor and an enduring remembrance. The Duke
was fortunate enough to have outlived all the petty
animosities of party, and the unjust prejudices of triOte,,_
who knew him not, or misunderstood his charactor)
and surely be can scarcely be said to have died too
early who had attained universal appreciation and
devotion. The happiness of the nation will be greater
or less in proportion to the number of those who en-
deavour to follow, no matter how humbly or at what
distance, provided it be with earnest sincerity, his
example, and who strive never to forget that his
actions were guided by his motive that
we do not live for ourselves alone, but that
the conduct of our lives must be regulated
by a due consideration of the duty we owe
to our fellows. The career of the departed teaches
that a strict adherence toduty can consolidate the only
like incense from the tomb, delighting
reputation that is permanent, the fame that ascends
its fragrant exhalations; - get in
transcendent abilities
the pure metal of unsullied that true patriotism,
rectitude of purpose, And
mankind. with
eenhu.rtured by the invigorat‘ng
These qualities beget sterling dews of sincerity,
eruption of an evanescent enthusiasm,
ahselasmlo,fticeosnt
sudmesitningit:
.fame—not the volcanic'
sell by its own intensity; but
kindled in every
temperate, accumu-
lating, and imperishable
glory,
generous breast, and, though burning seen,
in-
destructible. The tomb, in the commeunncur yet
na-
ture, is about to close over the dust of the mightyose
e of
l-
lington ; but his knightly deeds, his chivalrous and
perfect patriotism are immortalised in the memories of
k his countrymen, and will descend to their remotest
posterity. To the greater portion of his fellowmen be
was personally unknown ; he spoke to them in his
actions, and to these persons he is no more dead than
be was when upon earth; in their thoughts he existed
then, as he will continue to do henceforth. Many
anisye that never caught one glimpse of the soldier-
like figure will be dimmed by grief, now that all
hope of beholding him is extinguished ; many a heart
that was never thrilled by the magic of his presence,
or spell-bound by the oracular wisdom of his counsel,
will be oppressed at his sudden removal. Yet he
cannot be accounted dead, as common men die whose
remembrance is buried with them; in his deeds he
has begot a mightier life, which fills, like air, the
universe of mind. No monument is needed, although
many exist and more shall be raised, for a man thus
enthroned in every heart. The affection of his com-
patriots is the worthiest temple for his fame. Like a
" star disorbed," he has left a vacancy among the
luminaries of the age which cannot be filled up. He
scarcely had a predecessor, and we may look in vain
for his successor. And what pen shall write his
epitaph? His deeds have exhausted panegyric, and
the eloquence of language feels its splendours eclipsed
by their magnitude. The most expressive that can be
engraved on his tomb is this ,
ARTHUR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
These four words speak volumes ; and they alone eau
adequately convey an idea of the immensity of his
renown. The lapse of ages, that silently and imper-
ceptibly pours the waters of oblivion over the most
cherished remembrances bequeathed to us by earth's
toaster-spirits, may overwhelm a portion of the deeds
of the illustrious Wellington; hut the majority defy
annihilation, and they shall stand like high- placed
watch-towers above the mists of the past, shedding a
dazzling halo on the most distant hereafter. The
history that enshrines a Wellington has one sure
passport to all human posterity, which shall be recog-
nised when—