The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-04 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN
SIR—In the Times of this day th,tre is a quotation
from " Spar L's Life of Washington." As usual some-
thing polithid must he dragged forward, and they con-
trast Washington and Wellington, but how sadly do
the portraits vary. Give Wellington all the praise for
military talents the mast fanatical amongst his besotted
followers claim, and then look at the patriotism of the
Republican and the grasping, sordid ambition of the
prijudieed and interested Royalist. The millions of
money, in total, ahsorbed by our Artunatc diliverer—
the 70,0001. taken by him from the 400,0001.
raised for the rc/id: of the poor sufferers at
famed Waterloo—where candour confesses that

Napoleon (with an army only partially disciplined and
sparingly supplied with arms*) was on the point of
routing our Great Captain of the Age, but for the
timely arrival of Blucher with fresh troops. What
mould the Great Captain have probably been now, had
not Baird allowed him to retrieve his folly and mishaps,
at the commencement of his sanguinary and bloody ca-
rcer in India ? He has gloated on the public revenues
ever since that period ; and his family, even his
mother, have been supported by the public bounty.t
Washnagton suffering his estate to decay, whilst labour-
ing for the publis weal—he does not take advantage
of the misguided frenzy of a time when men were mad
with the idea of glory (at a cost of only five hundred
millions) without sufficiently understanding why they
so acted ; he refuses to have even his estate (his real es-
tate, not presented by the nation, impoverished by long
absence in the war) to be improved at the public ex-
pense, " but set himself to work with his usual straight
ibrwardl: simplicity to improve his lands and make up
'by thrift and care for his losses." He did rot place
his favourite ladies on his country's revenues ; his
manly and generous feelings met their reward in the
estimation and respect of his countryman ; his was
not the abject and sordid military notion of plun-
der that spurred on a cold and calculating
nature merely for the desire of ridiculous titles and
wealth, but that pure spirit of patriotism who serves
his country when he feels she is wronged : such men's
fame live in the hearts of their posterity, which no ridi-
culous effigies or mountebank equestrian statues can
effect. The man who receives the " Quid pro Quo"
even to satiety must shrink from comparison with him
who does not sully his straightforward honour with base
lucre. But the narrow-minded conceive pomp and glitter
are necessary to make character effective ; and truly
with our heroes it is. The speculative soldier figlts for
honour and profit, he receives both from a nation ;
surely then obligation is cancelled.
your most obedient servant,
L. P.

* The sudden arrival of Napoleon, and the immediate
necessity of an engagement, prevented him from procuring
from the manufacturers more than a bare sufficiency fur
two-thirds of his army.

Within a month this man, to the shame of the Mi-
nistry, has had from the property of the country--1,5201.
worth of the stores of the count!), for " my statue; 3001.
per annum to Captain Gurwood, who has blazoned my
name by publishing my despatches."
# I have used the word, as we are so surfeited with it
as regards the character of our " hero." •

GERMAN and BRUSSELS PA PERS.

It appears that the expense of the army in the months of
January, February, and March, was above twelve millions
of francs, about four millions per month. After the re-
duction of its force, which will immediately t.,ke place,
and will reduce it to about one fifth, the month of April
will cost three and a half millions, nearly 800,000 francs
less than the proceeding months.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 2.—General Debbits, Governor of
the fortress of Maestrict, has just died, after a long and
painful illness.
A letter from Diest of the 30th March, says—The fol-
lowing are the new positions which our troops will occupy
in a few days :-_The two regiments of cavalry now in the
camp will take the place of those stationed on the second line
at Aersehot, Rillaer, Sichim, Montague, Ballen, and Herch-
la-Ville. Those latter will be cantoned in the environs of
the Camp. The staff of the 2d division, commanded by
General Goethats, will leave Aerschat, to go to the Camp,
in the room of the staff of the Ist division, commanded by
General Brias, which returns to Louvain.
HAGUE, APRIL 2. —The Russian Crown Prince arrived
on Sunday at the Palace of the Prince of Orange, and
went immediately afterwards to the Palace of the King.
—Journal du Commerce, d'Anvers, April 3.
MuNicn, MARC!! 28.—Don Jose di I.lranga, lately
Lieutenant-GenerA in the service of Don Carlos, Hon
Jose Tegeiro, late Chamberlain, and Fernandez Rogue, '
late Cabinet Messenger to the Pretender, arrived here
yesterday from Paris, and set out this morning for
a.,zburg.

RATISDONE.-The Advertiser for the Upper Palatinate
and Ratisbone, Lt its Number of 20th March, says " The
seizure of the work, the Monk and the Nun; or, Library,
published by Jemsch and Stage, Augsburg, 1839,
was ordered by a Ministerial rescript, with injunctions, at
the same time, to proceed with equal rigour against the
booksellers in the kingdom who publish contemptuous at-
tacks on the Protestant Church.

ALEXANDRIA, MAnctt 7. The Turkish Admiral
Osman Bey, has returned to this city from
Zemlensk to-day, on board the Turkish steam-boat,
that brought him here tr.) return to Constantinople.
He returns without having accomplished the object
of his mission, as he could not wait for the Pacha,
who, on his part wishes for nothing more earnestly than
not to have to confer with any body on his affairs. The
French steam-boat did not arrive till yesterday evening ;
but it is known that the despatches for the French Consul
are extremely vague, and do not allow him to make any
direct declaration. The apprehensions of the French mer-
chants here arc, consequently, not allayed.—Allgemeine
Zeitung, March 3O.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Times of this morning, in the course of a leading
article on the subject of the dispute between this country
and the United States, respecting the boundary line, ob.
serves as follows :—" Should the result of survey, or com-
promise, or arbitration, be the establishment of the claims
of England to the Aroostook soil, the fierce and intract-
able woodsmen who have already seized upon it, will set
up their right of possession, countenanced by the injunc-
tions of Mr. Fox to Sir John Harvey to suspend or abandon
his own, heretofore acknowledged, authority to resist such
invasions, and will organize a war pro aris et focis against
England herself, within her own territorial boundwries,
wherein they will be backed by ' sympathizers' from every
corner of the Union, and negatively by the timid or tacit
sufferance of the feeble Government of Mr. Van Buren or
his successor."

The Morning Herald say s, in reference to the approach-
ing debate in the Commons on the 15 h :—" Lord John
Russell means to require at the hands of the House a vote
of confidence in his Government. Yet all the chile his
Lordship knows perfectly Kell that 140 section of the Com•-
mons—that no portion of the community—entertains the
slightest confidence in the administration of which be forms
a part." In another leading article on the new French
Ministry, our Contemporary remarks :—" As to the thing
called a Cabinet, which has just now crept into that short-
lived existence by virtue of the creative power of a royal
ordinance, it is not a removal, but a confirmation of the
difficulties which surround the French King and the French
throne."

The Morning Chronicle, commenting on the recent pub.
lie meeting at Edinburgh to support Ministers, observes:
" Those whom the lesson at Edinburgh fails to convince of
the necessity of connecting the existence of the Ministry
with the abandonment of the present suicidal system, may
be pronounced incorrigible. It is a sign of the times
which all who run, may read." Our Contemporary con-
tains another leading article on the subject of Ministers, in
which he says :—" Flo Aile to them ? No, we are hostile to
the system which has multiplied the occupants of the Op-
position benches from one to three hundred; and which
renders nugatory, or reduces to a minimum their plans for
promoting popular education both in England and Ireland.
If they take that hostility to themselves, they are welcome "
The Morning Post, referring to the present position of
Ministers, makes the following remarks :—" It seems to
us that the strongest and most prevalent political desire
which now exists among rational and sincere people in
this country is to have an able Government. This we
believe to be the wish of sensible men of all parties."
The Morning Advertiser remarks, in the course of an
article on the present state of parties We are at a
loss to find any party whom we would recommend as the
guide of the popular demanstration. The ultra- Reformers
are too violent—the moderate Reformers arc too apathetic.
These are the only parties, however, honestly meaning
what they profess, the rest are merely speculators in the
chances which the collision of parties may present to them,
reckless of all considerations, but their own aggrandise-
ment."

Prince Alexander Lieven has returned to Naples,
where he is Second Secretary of Legation to the new
Russian Ambassador, his Excellency Count Gourieff, ap-
pointed in the room of Count Nl3tuszewic.
WOBURN ABBEY —The Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Ahercorn, Lord Griroston, Lord Russell, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Ellice, are on a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Bedford. Their Graces, at the close of the
rece!s, will proceed for a few days to Camden Hill.
His Royal Higlwess the Duke of Sussex has
appointed L. Walker, Esq., to be comptroller of his house-
hold, in the room of Henry Frederick Stephenson, Esq.,
of Arlington-street, who resigned, on receiving the ap-
pointment of Commissioner of Excise.
The marriage of the Marquess of Douro and the
Lady Elizabeth Hay will be solemnized at St. George's
church, Hanover-square.
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is shortlytown from Leicestershire.