The Sun.
London, England, 1815-06-24 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

The• Order of the Day, for taking his Royal 11 g hn s s the
Prince Regent's Alessage.of yesterday into consideration, be-
ing moved—the Message (of which we gave a correct report
yesterday), wr,s again read by the
The Earl of E IiPOOL • rose anti Observed, he
shouldleel it ,a waste of their Lordships' time
indeed, if he
.presomed, alter what hall been so
ably and so eloquently stated, not only by his.
Noble Friend, bu't by -the Noble Marquis Oppo-
site, to address them in any detail respecting the
illustrious subject of his Royal Highness's gra-
cious Message. He.also felt it as superfluous for
him to sty any thing in the- view to impress upon
their Lordships the propriety of phcing not only
that illustrious person, but his family in a situation
in which they may exhibit a living mounment of
thejratitude•and generosity of the British nation.
In such an object, cimfidently anticipated the
cordial concurrence of their Lordships, not only as
a measure of justice to the illustrious subject of
it, but as a lateasure tif true national policy, in ex-
hibiting a Striking -mark to the people, of the coiin-
trv's grateful sense of the service of those who ex-
pose their persons, exert their talents, and shed their
blood for its honour or defence ; as all history will
prove that when once a country has. lost its miii-
tary character, or relish for glory as a vii tut, its
national independence and security hangs by a very
brittle thread. He proceeded- to move the Address
to his "Royal Highness, not because he thought
there could exist a doubt of the expediency of the
Vote, but because he thought it might be necessary,
in the way of explanation, to state a few circum-
stances to the House. With respect to the grants
not long. since conferred by Parliament on the
Dohe of Wellington, he had the honour to be one
of the trustees. The grants were made with great
liberality, to amount in the Whole to the sum of
500,0001. a certain part of which, it. was stipu-
lated, should be applied to the erection of a man-
sion. It being desirable to accomplish this in the
most-advantageous mode, the subject was several
times- under the.. consideration of the Trustees,.
which they found it impossible to effectuate
in any degree upon the principle iii - which
Parliament had voted the stun, without trench-
big too, extensively, upon that which was al,.
lotted as the annual 'maintenance of -his Duke-
dom and fantily ; and this he would venture to
say was the decided opinion of the Trustees.—
Under this impression, and with a view to that
which he was persoatted their Lordships felt for
all the former services of the illustrious Officer In
question, even independent of the unparalleled
triumph of the I Silt of June, in which (as his Noble
Friend had well said) he had reunited all the me-
rits of all his former transcendant military services,
and producing a result of, which there was
_no ex-
ample in the annals of this country, he_had no he.-
sitation in anticipating the conem rence of all
their Lordships, in a proposition which would:go -
tßobviate the dirricolties he had adverted to, and to
afford the illustrious Duke the real means olity}-
holding himself and fancily in that rank' to which
his trancendent and unequalled merits had so well
entitled him, and which he conscientiously be-
lievetl, would be at act both of national justice
and of policy. He then adverted to-the disinte-
restedness and inattention to his own private
interests, uniformly manifested by the Noble
Duke, particularly for some time, while. he
conarnanded in the Peninsula, where he had
only the ordinary
Staff allowance, and not
even that whiff a Commander in Chief usually
had for his table ;.on this. be Alai! never made the
slig.ltest representation. for himself, though he
had frequently made application on behalf of
others.--(Hear, bear !) After what had been

State !, 311(1 wis3t I,otoships we're themselves
aw*re of: he VL-4112iii no longer letain the ilonst,
laniSb fiisAll(l,.es-s tti the eviller-At eV:erit;
;tit liis
Hl4,l‘i6fk: sncl6ithlisional prO-
yision as Wdslil mark the high sense nteritioca
try -I',o.liati)etil of the troseevalent sertices a the
boke r&Wellingtoni anti the gratitude
licence of the Di itiO Nation,

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The Adirres, (in the iviestion being wit, was
:-cited by their ncia. dis. und
immediately adjourned to Monday.