The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-08 00:00:00

HE WELLINGTON TRIBUTE.

_ „Liming, then, that which is put Up is merely es a sort o 1"
teeler, and to incite criticism, that it may be amended—at all
events to hear what peopit? SR7-I shall unreservedly sin ale
ut to the very best, of 12"; judgment, and at once remark that
• representaiioa iv:monstrous! I! in almost all its parts. Such
statue in bronze would appear to overwhelm, if it
l'"e_ actually, such an archway ; the feeling would be dis-
agreeable—no trifle in these matters. Then, the proportions
must be incorrect, judging by the best extant—a pedestal of
six feet to a statue of thirty I—for this is all that can be dis-
tinguished in-most, many at least, points of view. The arch-
way is, generally speaking, lost until close to it, anti then, I
s!toulcl say, it wotild appear to tremble under its weight; at a
distance, viewing from the north-west side in Flyt'e Park, you
see only the six-feet pedestal, and the statue appears like a man
(it is assumed) on a dronn dary ! the part from the chest of the
rider to half way up the neck of the horse (intended as such)
giving the appearance of the hump of the dromedary, or it
may be an enormous paunch—the Duke of Wellington with a
paunch I But when you near the figure it is still worse, for
not only is it impuss ble to make out what the stoppage of due
proportion arises from—but the Duke's head is so enormous,
the nose so terrific, and the tout ensemble so grizzly, that a
mouth of adequate dimensions is imagined, and an Ogre stands
confessed ! I would not have an old French nurse make her
appearance under such circumstances for scmething, for in-
stead of the

an el

" Marlbrouk s'cn va t'en guerra
Mi romtorotomarom tearra,"
she might be 'delivered of the following ti.toggr:l, in terrorem
to all French young ones :
" Ceßanton de Gros ventre
Mange nos enfans—diantre!"
Alas ! for the Duke of Wellington—one of the bast propor-
tioned figures in make and height in Britain, with a counte-
nance essentially lioman—one that the chivalry of the lied
Men wculd term the eagle chief ! Then, again, how very dis-
courteous I—be turns his back, end of course his horse's tail,
on tho stranger, entcring for the first time the mighty metro-
polis of as yet a mighty nation.—A Second Letter by a eon-
tributor.

_,EANIINGTON SPA, SEPT. 6.—The Race Ball
on Tuesday evening at one Upper Assembly Rooms was very
numerously attended, and included some of our most dis-
tingui,hcd visiters. The Dowager Countess of Errol, Lord
Teynnam, Viscount and Viscountess llridport, Count de
Beranger, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Somerville, Lady
Fanny Hay, Mr. and Mrs. Chandos Leigh, the Hon. Misses
Hood, Lady Margaret Hay, Captain Skipwith, &c., were
among the company. At the Race Ball at the County Hall,
Warwick, last evening, Lord and Lady Dormer, Sir John and
Lad Mordaunt, Sir Francis and Lady Goodricke, Viscount
and 'Viscountess Bridport, the Hon. Miss Hoods, Mr. and
Lady Charlotte Palmer, Sir Alexander and Lady Cunning.. flame, tee., were present. The Hall and Countess of Claren-
don have arrived in Waterloo-place, from their seat, Grove
Park, Watferd, Herts, for the season. Sir Francis Holyoake
and Lady Goodricke and a party arrived on Monday from
Studley Castle, Alcester. Colonel Davies, M.P., and family
have arrived at Binsvvood Cottage. Lady Louisa Somerville
has arrived in Clarendon-square. Sir Thos. D. Aubrey is
emong the late arrivals. Sir Edward and Lady Mostyn and
family have left for their seat in Flintshire.
IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.
--An adjourned meeting of the day, in propsietors was held yester-
Old Broad-slseeF, Co/onel Robinson in the Chair.
The rd
ateport stated that, in coeformity with the intention note•
fle the last meeting, the directors had taken the lease of
an estate in Sligo, con'..aining about 5,700 statute acres, on the
possession of whick they eaiered at Lady-day, and they had
sir.ce been actively engaged in carrying on there the work of
draining and fencing. A part of the estate had already been
divided into farms, and the roads, which before had been laid
out, wore now undergoing a thorough repair. On the estate
in Galway the course of reclamation was also rapidly advanc-
ing, and much progress had been made in draining the boon-
dary fences. Other improvements had also taken place there.
The directors had recently received an offer of 6.000 acres of
land in the county of Kerry, and another of about the saute
quantity in Mayo, both of which were now under considera-
tion. It was gratifying for the directors to find that a good
feeling existed between the inhabitants and their agents, and
this fact, and the eagerness manifested to become tenants of
the Societe, sufficiently evinced the popularity of the measure
in Ireland. The number of shares disposed of had been
7,081, and the amount paid on the call up to the 30th ult. was
2,4601. The receipts for the past }ear, up to the 30th of
June, had been 5,199/. I4s. Id., and the expenditure
7991. 3s. 51., leaving a balance of 4,4001. 10s. sd. After
some discussion the report was received and adopted, and the
customary vote. of thanks having been presented to the chair-
, man, the meeting separated.
THE KENSINGTON POLlCE.—Yesterday a very
numerous Vestry Meeting took place of the parishioners of
Kensington,- convened for the purpose of considering the pre-
, sent. po..;tion of the parish in regard to the police ; and the no-
cessity of inquiring into the cause why the local magistrates
had discontinued their attention to the police cases, with a
view to requesting those gentlemen to resume their sittings,
d isc
and other minor affairs. There was a long and very warm
ussion.
MELA N'CIIOLY ACCIDENT.—Yesterday afternowl,
between one and two o'clock, as a fine boy, aged twelve years,
the son of Nlr. Jameson, builder, of Kentish Town, was riding
behind a cart, laden with Roman cement in casks, in ascend-
ing Pentonville-hill, the rope which secured them behind
broke, and one of them fell upon him, crushing his thigh in a
most dreadful manner ; he was immediately conveyed home in
a cab, and surgical assistance obtained, but from the nature of
the iniurict, it was found necessary to amputate the End) close
to the hip, and, n e regret to say, no hopes arc entertained
of his recovery.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH Thursday,
the read of Sandwich led to the altars in St. James's Church,
Piccadilly, the Lady M try Paget. One of the youngest daugh-
ters of the Marquis and Mareleoness of Anglesey. The ce-
remony was performed the Rev. Mr. Kingsley, Rector of
St. Luke's, Chelsea, in the presence of the Marque; and Mar-
chioness, th'.l., Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Templetown, Lady
Harriet Paget, and other branches of the family, excepting the
Countess of Uxbridge, who is residing at Maple llayles, near
Lichfield, and Lady Augusta Paget, who is at Dover. Im-
mediately after the ceremony the party returned to Uxbridge
House, and shortly afterwards the newly-married couple left
town for Hinchinbrook, near Huntingdon, where they will re-
main during the honeymoon. The bride was most superbly
dressed in a robe of Valenciennes lace.
The sittings of the Magistrates at the Chelsea Petty
Sessions have been discontinued consequence of thetoveas.te4-
men of the parish of St. Luke, ee;hel.:ea, ha ving-ercßruenedh. 'lit is
a salary to a gentleman, to act as clerk
itioat
bihtants will shortly
understood that a public n:eeting of the inhabitance
consideration this
la* convened for the purpose of taking
intoienee will arise to ti o
&termination, whereby great
ntings of the Magistrates.
he establishment of the
anta ognueereanb..ysgtinre havingpot
cact
_teGnfridicnetei.,ensvTiet
been broken up.
'G TOO LEARNEIS..--We
Kensington Petty Sessions has also, as we have already stated,
THE NorLE GETTING
under Tsh o
emotr i
—from, a number of rereetable
idn a
in East Luth.tan, was lately
fire
tee to the b
lectui eritnis, requesting the
fothei.!s'.terwise unoccupied e of the School-
room,r
I,ublic
certain
To this rersonable request the heritors
thourrht proper to c .
;dive ‘l-±cided refusal, the grounds of which
. hours when it was ot
may resdlly be guessed at, when we mention that one of the
twoersons who constituted the meeting at which the memo-
rial received, was the minister of the parish, who, akw
days previous, was hoard to remark, when talking with alio.
then on rateproposed lectures, that " he thought the pulple
were getting far too learned." If, by being " too ;earned,'
the Rev. Gentleman means that the people art.: beginning to
see through the hollow professions cri4 designs of' the
State Cleru, he is ?robahl ant trtii far wrong.2Scotsman,