The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-18 00:00:00

VICTORIES

OF THE

DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

*** Bombardments and battles are marked b,
s, distinguishing storms and sieges, cam., combats,
and cap., capitulations.
MALAVELLY, b . . .
SERINGAPATAM, s . .
HANGAL, s . . . .
DU4MIJL, s . . .
MALPOORBA, b . . .
CONAGHUR, b . .
ASSAYS, b •
ARGATTM, b . . .
GAWILGH UR, cap. .
COPENHAGEN, b .
ROLICA, b
VIMIERA, b .
DOURO, (passage). . .
TALAVERA, b . .
BUSACO, b
TORRES VEDRAS, (lines)
SABUGAL, b . . „
FUENTES D'ONORE, b .
ALMEIDA, cap. . . .
CIUDAD RODRIGO, s .
BADAJOZ, s . . • -
SALAMANCA, b . • •
MADRID, (entry) . • •
RETIRO, cap. . . •
VITTORIA, b . . . •
SORAOREN, b . . . .
SAN SEBASTIAN, s . .
BIDASSOA, b . . . .
PA_MPELUNA, cap. . .
NIVELLE, b . „ .
NIVE, b . .
ST. PIERRE, b
ORT H b .
AIRE, corn.. .
TARBES, corn. .
TOULOUSE, b .
WATERLOO, b.

March 27, 1799.
May 4, 1799.
July 14, 1800.
July 26, 1800.
July 30, 1800.
July 31, 1800.
Sept. 23, 1803.
Nov. 28, 1803.
Dec. 6, 1803.
Sept. 2, 1807.
Aug. 15, 1808.
August 21, 1808.
May 12, 1809.
Ju1y27,28,1809.
Sept. 27, 1810.
Oct.B, 15, 18 10.
April 3, 1811.
May 5, 1811.
May 12, 1811.
Jan. 14, 1812.
March 26, 1812.
July 22, 1812.
August 12,1812.
August 13, 1812.
June 21, 1813.
July 28, 1813.
August 23,1813.
Oct. 8, 1813.
Oct. 31, 1813.
Nov. 9, 1813.
Dec. 9, 1813.
Dec. 13, 1813.
Feb. 27, 1814.
March 1, 1814.
March 20, 1814.
April 10, 1814.
June 18, 1815.

CONTEMPORARY OPINIONS.

As a pendant to the catalogue of the Duke's military
achievements, we may appropriately give some among
the numerous expressions of homage to which his con-
temporaries have recently given utterance. To these
expressions we prefix the noble and affecting tribute
offered to his memory by tha Sovereign.
QUEEN VICTORIA, in her last most gracious Speech
from the Throne, thus alluded to the irreparable loss re-
cently experienced by the country— " I cannot meet
you for the first time after the dissolution of Parliament,
, without expressing my deep sorrow, in which I am sure
I you will participate, that your deliberations can no
longer be aided by the counsels of that illustrious man
whose great achievements have exalted the name of
England, and in whose loyalty and patriotism the inter-
ests of my Throne and of my people ever found an un-
failing support. I rely with confidence on your desire
to join with me in taking such steps as may mark your
sense of the irreparable loss which the country has sus-
tained by the death of Arthur Duke of Wellington."
HER MAJESTY had already declared, on the 22d of
September, in reference to the deceased warrior, that
"in him her Majesty has to deplore a firm. supporter
of her Throne, a faithful, wise, and devoted councillor,
and a valued and honoured friend."

THE EARL OF DERBY, as Prime Minister of •England,
in speaking upon the same subject from his place in the
House of Lords, said—" In the course of his long life,
in the battle-field at the head of his troops, in the con-
gress of monarchs, in the councils of his nation, in the
cabinet of his colleagues, in the closet of his Sovereign,
in the assembled Parliament, unseduced by the lustre of
his own bright name, and undazzled by the splendour of
his ove transcendent glory, he steadfastly resisted lis-
tening to the aspirations of any wider ambition, and cast
away from him as unworthy of consideration thoughts
of personal interests."
LORD BROUGHAM and in quoting his remarks we
do not fail to remember that we are transcribing the
words of one of the most illustrious contemporaries of
the Duke of Wellington—has observed in the same as-
semblage, in alluding to the same calamity, that "there
would have been no risk in foretelling that when this
day unhappily should come, when he whose loss they all
deplored was no more, every whisper of detraction would
be hushed, and one voice would reverberate throughout
the kingdom to acknowledge his transcendent merits ;"
adding that " the result has surpassed expectation."
LORD JOHN RUSSELL, in the Lower House, as Leader
of the Opposition, has said, upon the like theme—" With
regard to the Duke of Wellington, I feel that while it re-
mains for the country and for history to do justice to his
great merits, it remains for her Majesty's Ministers, for
the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and for
the country at large, to deplore the loss of those counsels
which always inspired that good subject and ardent
patriot."
LORD PALmEßsToN—himself about the most dis-
tinguished among living statesmen—remarked in no less
earnest terms, in allusion to the Duke of Wellington—
" Of him, at present, I shall content myself by saying
that I believe that never was there any other man in any
other country whatever whose lot it was to render such
great and important services to his country, or who had
the good fortune to live so long in the enjoyment of the
universal and unbounded love, respect, and admiration
of his countrymen."
And it is not merely now that these words of eulogium
are heard in reference to the glory of the Conqueror of
the Peninsula. Did not Moore long ago, sing in one of
the most impassioned of his "Melodies ?"
" While History's Muse the memorial was keeping
Of all that the dark hand of Destiny weaves,
Beside her the Genius of Erin stood weeping,
For hers was the story that blotted the leaves.
But oh 1 how the tear in her eyelids grew bright,
When after whole pages of sorrow and shame,
She saw History write
With a pencil of light
That illum'd the whole volume, her Wellington's name."
Did not John Wilson Croker in his " Ode" on the
Duke, written in 1814, call his
" The noblest mind, the firmest heart?"
Did not the present Chancellor of the Exchequer seve-
ral years since, in some verses published in the Morning
Post, write thus in his poetic address to Wellington ?
" Duty thine only idol, and serene
When all are troubled ; in the utmost need
Prescient ; thy country's servant ever seen,
Yet sovereign of thyself whate'er may speed."
Very recently Martin Farquhar Tupper; in the course
of a " Dirge," suggested by the event of the 14th of last
September, has admirably spoken of Wellington as—
" Our Nelson of the land." _ _

The eugolistic opinions pronounced upon the departed
warrior by the unanimous voice of the PRESS must, we
conceive, at this moment, be borne very vividly in the
popular recollection. Among these opinions it may not
be altogether uninteresting to particularize some—to
collect all would be a task as laborious as it would be
unnecessary.
The Times called him "the very type and model of an
Englishman ;" observing that the " actions of his life
were extraordinary, "but that his character was equal
to his actions."
The Morning Chronicle commended him, because "to
flattery, as to misunderstanding, his iron character was
alike invulnerable ;" closing its remarks with the ejacula-
tion, "Peace to the memory, and blessings on the name,
of Arthur Duke of Wellington !"
The Morning Herald applauded in him " an avoidance
of glitter and show, an indomitable perseverance, an
unhesitating loyalty, and a constant reference of every-
thing to the dictates of duty."
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kindred renown of her Nelson and her Wellington."
The Examiner said very earnestly that "it is for his
great life rather than for his great deeds that affectionate
homage now rises on all sides to his memory."
The Observer remarked, that the determination of the
Crown to accord to the remains of the hero national ob-
sequies " cannot be regarded as otherwise than a grace-
ful and gracious admission of the Sovereign to all classes
to take some share in the solemn proceedings, in which
all feel as one, and in which all alike desire to participate."
" The Weekly Dispatch said of the old warrior, "he
had not outlived his service or his fame ; and he dies
when neither could have been much increased
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And so with all the journals of the United Kingdom,
the expressions of respect and admiration for the
memory of the Duke of Wellington have been cordial in
their unaffected unanimity, and this we may add, not
only with the journals of the United Kingdom, but with
many of the principal organs of public opinion printed
in other parts of Christendom. .