The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-11 00:00:00

SATURDAY.

ATTACK ON THE STOCKPORT UNION WORKHOUSE.—
Francis WarHirst was charged with breaking into the Stock-
port Union Workhouse, on the 11th of August last, and
stealing therefrom two tons weight of bread, 201bs. of meal,
201bs. of mutton, 201bs of cheese, and two pounds in money.
The facts of the case were briefly as follow :—On the 10th
of August last, it was determined that a meeting should be
held at Hyde on the following morning, and accordingly
about 20,000 persons assembled and marched towards Stock-
port. On their arrival a large portion detached themselves
from the main body, and went about demanding and extorting
money and provisions from various parties. Shortly before
the mob arrived at the Stockport Workhouse, they stopped
at a public-house called the Windsor Castle, where a great
quantity of bread was thrown out of one of the windows to
them. The prisoner, who was in the mob, then called out,
" Now lads to the bastile !" and accordingly they went there.
On arriving at that place, the porter, thinking it was intended
to turn out some persons who were employed at the work-
house, in obedience to the demand of some of the mob,
turned out the workpeople. They, however, were not con-
tent with this, but demanded admittance into the house,
which the porter refused. Some of them then got over the
wall, took the key from the porter, opened the gate, and in
rushed the mob. There was immediately a cry of " Where is
the store-room ?" and the mob went to that place, ransacked
it, and carried away all the provisions, consisting of
about 700 loaves of bread and other provisions. They also took
from the room of the relieving officer a quantity of money.
The prisoner was seen among the crowd, and was observed
getting over the wall into the yard and making towards the
store-room.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Matthew Baddeley, John Hesketh, Thomas Hilton,An-
thony Daffy, Joseph Wright, William Hargreaves,
thane Swan, Thomas Summers, William Stoner, L
Greenall, Robert Brooks, John Siddell, Stephen Simpson,
and Err Hadfield, were indicted for participating in a similar
offence. They were all convicted, and the learned Judge,
after a severe reprimand, sentenced them to twelve months'
imprisonment each and bard labour.
John Smith, Wm. Mellor, Jas. Smith, Charles Howard,
Joseph Cohen, John Silva, and William Seddon, were then
brought before his Lordship to receive sentence. The sen-
tence on John Smith, William Mellor, James Smith, Joseph
Cohen, and John Silva was, for the first offence, that they
should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month,
and for the second offence, namely, robbery in company,
that at the expiration of that period they should be tran-
sported for ten years. Howard and Seddon were then sen-
tenced to one month's imprisonment, and then to be tran-
sported for life.

Francis Warhurst was then placed at the bar to receive
sentence, and after an address from the learned Judge, who
pronounced him a confirmed thief, he was sentenced to be
transported for life.
•

This terminated the business in this court.

ROBBERY OF DIAMONDS TO A LARGE AMOUNT.—Mr.
De Wolf, a diamond merchant of Berlin, went to Covent
garden theatre on Wednesday night, accompanied by two
friends, and while sitting in the boxes' he observed close to
him a person with whom he had been, during the early part
of the evening, in conversation, at a coffee-1110P in the city.
On his leaving the theatre with his friends he missed a tin
box containing naked diamonds, value £9,000 from his
person.

LIVERPOOL
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CORR E P OAi'b kNeE,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—The time is now drawing on when it will be the
di4ty of every' conservative burgess, so entitled, to exercise
his privilege of voting for a representative in the Municipal
Council ; it is highly necessary that the person to whom he
delegates this trust should be not only of ability and re-
spectable standing in society, but of unswerving principles.
Not having heard anything to the contrary, I presume
thist it is the intention of the conservatives of Great George
and West Derby Wards, to again put in nomination their
retiring councillors, viz. those honest, consistent conserva-
tives, Mr. Thos. Robinson and Mr. John Smith. By
adopting this course, they could not: possibly take a step
more calculated to stultify themselves and their party in the
eyies of every honest-minded man, no matter to what party
or, sect he may belong. Ido hope, therefore, that they will
bang forward other candidates—men more worthy to advo-
cate the cause; who are really of true protestant and con-
sekvative principles, and, knocing. dare maintain them ;
who will not be turned aside by the canting liberalism which,
I :am sorry to say, has characterised not only the above-
mentioned, but other individuals in the council-chamber,
pOfessing the principles of conservatism.
As I stated previously, let them bring forward men worthy
to tight for the cause. I Would suggest to them Mr. John
Rigby, Mr. Peter Hope, and a host of others.
Above all, let thedi be bestirring themselves early, (as
they are now doing in St. Peter's and Castle-street Wards,)
recollecting that the odds against them are 10 to 6, and not
to rest content with merely replacing the number that re-
tire,. but to add to the majority now in the Council.
I am, Sir, &c.
A CONSERVATIVE NON-ELECTOR.
•
Liverpool, sth Oct. 1842..:

LIVERPOOL LETTER-CARRIERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,—My particular attention has been drawn to a letter
addressed by " A Letter-Carrier of many Years' Standing"
to the editor of the Liverpool Chronicle, and inserted therein
on the Bth instant. I feel surprised that this subject has
been so long neglected, for, from personal experience and
the information of numerons mercantile friends, I feel as-
sured that the safety and regularity of commercial, mercan-
tile, and monetary transactions, in a most important mea-
sure, depend upon the prudence and good conduct of this
laborious but ill-paid class of public servants. When such
is really the fact, the respectable and discerning public can-
not but admit that 20s. per week remuneration is most in-
adequate to the importance of a letter-carrier's services, and
maintenance of his family. It is no great wonder that an
occasional felony or misdemeanor takes place by one of these
public servants abstracting a sum of money from a money-
letter, when daily and innumerable temptations are thrown
in his way, perhaps too when having a numerous family to
provide for, or where sickness may have reduced him to
destitution ; for where is the protection from such casual-
ties ? It would, in my opinion, be a judicious act to make a
classification of the letter-carriers ; and those of long stand-
ing, irreproachable conduct, and superior intelligence, to
receive a more liberal remuneration. By such means the
merchants, tradesmen, and public would secure the best.
most honest, punctual, and indefatigable exertions of this
useful and indispensable class of men, and at the same time
they would be placed beyond the reach of temptation and
necessity. lam the more induced to make these observa-
tions, from the pride I feel in the honesty, regularity, and
civility of the present carrier in my district, which is so much
at variance with some of his predecessors and others. If
such general services can be permanently secured, both the
post-office establishment and the public will assuredly de-
rive an acquisition and advantage.
No class of individuals can be more interested in the ho-
nest and regular distribution of their publications than the
proprietors of newspapers ; I therefore trust that the various
editors, of whatever political grade, will advocate the cause
of these individuals, and thereby secure their own and the
public interest. With such interest no doubt something,
almost anything, may be done to alleviate their circum-
stances ; and if a proper, application also be made in the
right quarter for such a reasonable purpose and beneficial
result, I have no fear it will be attended with every success ;
and as the Lords of the Thasury have the power of promo-
ting, classifying, and pensioning off superannuated servants
in the Customs, Excise, and other establishments, the New
Postage Act will similarly empower them in this branch of
the revenue, and it is confidently to be hoped they will exer-
cise their discretion accordingly.
Oct. 10th, 1842. • JUSTICE.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL
INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, Om 1.
The following members of this university have been admit-
ted into holy orders by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury :
DEACONS.—A. Barrett, of Worcester College ; T. H.
House, Worcester College ; E. H. Burnett, Merton, Col-
lege ; A. P. de Tessier, Corpus Christi College ; E. A. Fer-
ryman, University College ; T. Bayly, Magdalen Hall ; B.
B. G. Astley, St. Alban Hall.
PRIESTS.—Rev. C. Bedford, New College ; Rev. W.
Bushnell, University College ; Rev. T. G. Clarke, Queen's
College ; Rev. E. W. Pears, Magdalen College ; Rev. G.
M. K. Ellertun, Brasennose College.
And by the Lord Bishop of Exeter :
DEACONS.—C. H. Archer, of Balliol College ; H. Edwards,
Lincoln College; R. L. Bampfield, Trinity College; W. E.
Vigor, Worcester College ; W. C. Clack, Worcester College ;
W. N. Richards, Wadham College ; F. E. B. Cole, St. Ed-
mund Hall; J. L. Harding, New Inn Hall.
PRIESTS.—Rev. W. F. Everest, Magdalen Hall ' • Rev. C
F.D. Lyne, Pembroke College; Rev. S. Johnson, Merton.
College ; Rev. E. W. T. Chave, Worcester College ; Rev.
J. F. Kitson, Exeter College , • Rev.M. Tylee, St. Edmund
Hall.
Colonel H. Vyse has presented the Rev. G. S. H. Vyse,
of Christ Church, to the rectory of Pilsford, Northampton-
shire.
.The Rev. W. Pedder, of Bilsennose College, has been
appointed Nicc-principal of the Wells Diocesan Theological
College.
The Rev. F. M. Knollis has been appointed to the curacy
of Costock, Nottinghamshire.
CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 1.
TRINITY COLLEGE.
NEW FEI.LOWS,:—SIIOrtIy after nine o'clock this morning
the following gentlemen were announced as having been
elected fellows of this society _—Henry Augustus Marsh,
Richard Pike Mate, Charles William King, Robert Watt,
Theodore Preston, Edward Cope, Arthur Cayley. At the
same time the Rev. George Adam Browne was elected vice-
master, in the place of the Rev. John Browne, resigned.
THE CHURCH.
The following appointments have taken place :
The Rev. Charles Badham, 8.A., of Emanuel College, to
the curacy of St. Barnabas, Liverpool.
• The Rev. C. W. Lamprell, of Clare-hall, to the perpetual
curacy of West NS, ickham, in the county of Cambridge.
The Rev. Ashby Blair Hazlewood, 8.A., of Christ's Col-
lege, to the curacy of St. James's, Westminster.
The Rev. Thomas Wm. Irby, 8.A., of St. John's College,
to the rectory of Rushmere, Suffolk. Value, £217.
ORDINATIONS.
On Sunday last, the 25th of September, in the cathedral
church of Salisbury, by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury :
PRIESTS.—Rev. Thomas Burbage, 8.A., Trinity College ;
Rev. Francis Randolph, 8.A., St. John's College • Rev.
John Josiah Day, 8.A., Corpus Christi College; Rev. R.
Peace Baker, 8.A., St. John's College.
DEACONS.—Edward Birnie, 8.A., Queen's College ; Jas.
Beck, M.A. Corpus Christi College; Benjamin Whitelock,
8.A., St. John's College; James Joyce Evans, M.A., Tri-
nity College.
On the same day, at Exeter, by the Lord Bishop of
Exeter :

PRIESTS'—Rev. George R. Pryan, B.A.,St. Catherine
Hall. •
DEACONS.—Charles Edward Parry, 8.A., Christ's Col-
lege ; Alfred R. Tayler, 8.A., Trinity College ; Edward
Ramsay Prother, 8.A., Magdalen College.
On the same day, at Peterborough, by the Lord Bishop of
Peterborough :
PRIESTS.—Rev. Wm. Henry Beauchamp, 8.A., Christ's
College. Rev. Philip Brett, 8.A., Emmanuel College ; Rev.
Alexander Douglas, 8.A., Magdalen College; Rev. Wm.
Elcoll, 8.A., Queen's College; Rev. Alexander Grant
Ilildyard. M.A., Pembroke College ; Rev, George Powell,
8.A., Trinity College; Rev. Joseph Edward Rose, 8.A.,
Trinity College.
DEAcoNs.—Henry Smith Anders. 8.A., of Caius Col-
lege; Joseph Watson Ayre, 8.A., of St, Peter's College ;
William Bennett, 8.A., of St. John's College ; Reginald
Bryan, 8.A., of Trinity College ;
William Syme Powke,
8.A., of Queen's College; William Gardner, 8.A., of
Queen's College ; William Mignott Kerr, 8.A., of St.
John's College ; James Sutherland, B.A. of Queen's Col-
lege.
On the same day, at Carlisle, by the Lord Bishop of
Carlisle :-
PRIESTS.—Rev. Charles Anthony Oak, BA., of St.
John's College ; Rev. Taylor White, 8.A., of St. John' s
College.
DEACONS.—Christopher Barker. 8.A., of Emmanuel
College ; John Halifax, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College.
CLERICAL PROMOTIONS.
Rev. Benj. Harrison, M.A., late Curate of St. Swithin's,
to the Rectory of All Saints, Worcester, vacant by the re-
signation of the Rev. Erskine Neale.
'Rev. John Henry Carnegie, M.A., formerly of Catharine
Hall, Cambridge, to the vicarage of Cranbourne, with the
Chapelries of Farewood and Beveridge annexed, in the Rural
Deanery of Piroperne, and Archdeaconry of Dorset, vacant
All Saints, North-
by the cession of the Rev. F. H. Pare ; patron, the Marquis
of Salisbury.
Kerr, to the Curacy
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Rev. W. Bennett, to the C ' k;
the Rev. W. L. Fowke, 13. A uracy of St. George's, Whitvfie
to the Curacy of Stonesb -of Queen's College, Cambridge,
8.A., of Queen's College, Sutherland,
Y ; and the Rev. James __
Cambridge, to the Ctiracy ofFleck-
ney, all in Leicestershire.
itev. Henry Smith Anders 8.A.0f Caius College,, Cam-
bridge, to the Curacy of Feirthing”s
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Watson the Rev.
Watson Ayre, B.A ,• of St. Peter's Colle
ge, Cambridge, to
the Curacy of Wellingborough ; the Rev. williayn Gardner,.
of Queen's College, Cambridge, to the curacy of Rowell,
with Orton • and the Rev. Thomas Henry Manning' 8.A.,
of Trinity College, Dublin, to the Curacy of Naseby, all in.
Northamptonshire.
Rev. C. W. Lamprell, formerly of Clare Hall, Cambridge,
to the perpetual Curacy of West Wickham, Cambridgeshire
patron, the Earl of Hardwicke.
Rev. Hugh M'Diarinid, to the Church and Parish of An-
charade,in the•presbyteri of Mull and county of Argyll.
Rev: John. Earle, to be Chaplain of Her Majesty.s Settle-
ments on` the Oubbia.
Rev, Henry Howe
11 Griffiths, Perpetual Curate of Llan-
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samlet, Giamorganshire, to the perpetual Curacy of Llanwi_
nio, Carmarthenshire.
Rev. William Sherwood, to the perpetual Curacy of St.
James, Bradford.
Key. G. H. Scott, to the Vicarage of Ifieldeu urux, vacant
by the death of the Rev. S. J. Lewin.
Rev. Edward Francis Manley, to the Perpetual Curacy of
Poulton-le-Sand, Lancaster.
Rev. Wm. Yarker, formerly of Caius College,
Cambridge,
to the Curacy of Wriham, Cumberland.
Rev. John Cresswell, to the Perpetual C
Wernetli, Cheshire. Curacy of St. Paul's,
Rev. Henry George Bailey, to the Perpetual C ac
Hurdsfield, Cheshire ; patrons, the Trustees y of
Charity. rustees of Hyndman's
Rey. James Hargreaves, to the Rectory of West Tilbury ;
Rev. William Jackman, LL.B
bridge, to the Vicarage of Pal •, of Trinity College, Cam-
the death of the Rev. Job _. kenhatn, Suffolk, vacant by
celior. n Edgar ; patron, the Lord Chan-
Rev. Thomas Roe, B.A
that Rectory, vacant b • , Curate of Osre, Somerset, to
y the death of the Rev. J. Blackmore.

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THE HEATHER BELLS 0' SLEVIE TREWS.

TO MY AULD FRIEN' NANNIE LOGAN.

By the Author of " Rathlin."

The flower that decks the mountain dell,
An' blooms amang the simmer dew,
It is the bell, the bonnie bell.
The heather bell o' Slevie Trewe !
On Slevie Trewe the sky was blue,
On Stevie Trewe the grass was green,
And there the lang wild heather grew
Wi' blushing 'crest o' crimson sheen.

My wee bit house—my hame—was there,
Beside the well, the moorland spring,
Whar light and little was my care,
And I a merry, thoughtless thing!
I ken't but little o' the town—
Its wealth, its misery, an' crimes;
But gambol'd on the heathland brown,
The cantie lad o' ither times.

What I could play, or work at will
Amang my ain auld simmer knowes ;
And Oh! I love the heather still,
For Freedom heves whar heather grows!
What though her hills and ha's be rude,
And culture may hae missed the road,
'Mang heather wild, in solitude,
There Freedom hath her blest abode !
An' let me wander as I might,
Since there we prayed and parted last,
Her holy fire an' shining light
Were sunk an' set, or waning fast.
I needna' say how much I fret,
I needna' say how sair I pine ;
But mem'ry canna weel forget
The frien's an' flowers we lo ed langsyne.

An' far an' wide my feet have ranged,
By stormy waste, an' watery flood;
The warld is changed, and I am changed,
But has it been for ony good?
An' when, at night, in sleep I sink,
About the braes will fancy bide ;
An' waking, then, I weep an' think
0' Naniie Logan's ain fireside.
I needna wail, there's nane to feel;
I needna speak, there's nane to speer ;
Sometimes they talk o' hearts o' steel—
Gude kens, there's plenty o' them here.
An' cunning men have wranged me sair
In wicked word and evil will,
They couldna' scaith me ony mair,
An' yet I maim na' wish them ill.

But faitlifie memory lingers on,
Amang the heather bells sae braw,
Whar' care was cow'd, an' life was fun,
E'er yet the fause, fause warld I saw.
An' when I dream o' pleasures gane,
The tear comes down my wither'd cheek :
I just become a second wean,
An' what I feel I canna speak.
When to the sea the sun had gane,
I won'ered at the far red West,
On bonnie Slevie Trewe alane,
While sitting by the laverock's nest ;
Or wended owre the moor at e'en,
To Nanny, a' my tales to tell,
An' wish'd that Nanny was a queen,
For I was rich enough mysel'.
An' art thou bale and lieven' yet,
My guid auld frien', in ither days?
Cauld wather, an' queer folk I've met,
Since last I left our heather braes.
I think on a' that ye hae said,
A kinder heart I never knew ;
An' 0 ! I wish that I had made
My hame for aye by Slevie Trewe.
For weel they ken'd, and lo'ed me there,
Whar Freedom lieved, an' heather grew,
Ere wicked men, an' withering care
Had chilled an' made me what I'm noo.
Yet what I was, or what I am,
It boots but little now to say—
The peaceful scene and holy calm
Are fled for ever, and away.
Belfast Newsletter.

LITERARY NOTICES.

Dublin University Magazine, for October. Dublin : Wm
Curry, jun., and Co. London : W. S. Orr and Co.

The contents of the Dublin for the present month are
more than ordinarily excellent ; and that is saying much.
Of Harry Lorrequer's " Our Mess " we have spoken al-
ready. We have, in addition, several very able articles,
amongst which we may number those entitled " Belgium "
" Irish Character, by an Anglo-Hibernian"—and the re-
view of Madden's " Lives of Illustrious Irishmen." The
" Narrative of the Affghan War" is continued, and increases
in interest.

SIMILARITY OF CHARACTER
BETWEEN THE TWO NOBLE BROTHERS, THE LATE MAR.

QUIS WELLESLEY AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

We are right glad that in recording the character of the
late Marquis Wellesley in our last Journal, we took occasion,
as it was impossible not to do, to allude to that of the elder
of the surviving brothers, the Duke of Wellington—whose
life may Providence long preserve. We were right also in
alluding to the similarity of their characters ; the announce-
ment of our intention to draw a parallel between them hav-
ing been the cause of our receiving some hints thereon from
two of our correspondents. The first directs our attention
to a postscript to Blackwood's Magazine for June, 1810,
wherein the character of the Duke is faithfully drawn, par-
ticularly in some traits in which it bears so remarkable a re-
semblance to that of the Marquis ; and when we add, upon
the authority of our respected and frequent correspondent,
that the reputation of the writer in Blackwood stands so high
in the literary world as to rank him as one of the best and
most eloquent historians of the day, it would be indeed in
very bad taste not to prefer an extract from this postscript,
which is so pertinent to our object, to any description of our
own. Whether our correspondent alludes to Nitpier or to
Alison, we know not ; they are both reputed contributors to
Blackwood ; at any rate their names will descend to posterity
as two of the most popular historians of their age.
Our other correspondent has sent us a parallel between the
Carthaginian General Hannibal and the Duke of Wellington,
equally applicable to the character of his Grace, except in the
vices which stained that of the former. To this communica-
tion also we gladly give insertion.
The article in our last journal could not have been perused
by any one acquainted with Indian affairs during the last
sixty years, and with those of the Peninsular war in Spain,
without being convinced how congenial were the feelings and
objects which the two noble brothers always had in view ;
both urging upon the Hume Ministers for the time being, as
is verified by the despatches of each, now recently made
public, the same line of action, the same bold and enlightened
and comprehensive measures ; both complaining of the
narrow and contracted views of the ministry at home, by
which they were enervating the sinews of war, paralyzing the
efforts of our armies (particularly in Spain), and thereby pro-
tracting, to an almost indefinite period, the decisive and
glorious conclusion of two of the most sanguinary wars which
it lay within the grasp and power of " the Duke" to bring
to a successful close. The only difference, indeed, is, that
what the two brothers agreed upon and devised in the closet,
the Duke alone carried out and accomplished in the field.
In regard to another parallel in their characters and con-
duct, they appear to have each trod in the same steps in
their government in Ireland, and in the emancipation of the
Roman Catholics; having both advocated, voted for, and
eventually witnessed the carrying of this latter measure.
But we are forgetting the writer in Blackwood ; who had
in the early part of the article which has been pointed out to
us, been congratulating himself upon the similarity of his
own and the Duke of Wellington's views upon the China
war and the opium question :
" And here (the writer says) we cannot help saying a word
or two of one of the few men in any period who has lived to
see his own consecration in human affections, and has had a
foretaste of his own immortality on earth. Let us briefly
notice the Duke of Wellington's present position amongst
us ; which is remarkable, and almost unique. Until within
these few years this great man had been adequately appre-
ciated according to the means which the nation then pos-
sessed for forming a judgment of his merits. We measured
him, that is to say, by his acts. Europe had seen him as a
soldier ; had seen him as an ambassador—no ceremonial am-
bassador, but in a general congress of nations still rocking
with the agitations of convulsions without a parallel, as a me-
diatorial ambassador for adjudicating the rights of the world ;
finally, Europe had seen him as a prime minister of England. In
the first character, as the leader of the faithful armies' which,
under whatever name, did in reality sustain the interests of
human nature and the cause of civilization upon earth, it
would be idle to speak of him. In the two last characters,
it was the general feeling of England, that the Duke of Wel-
lington had exemplified ' the majesty of plain dealing' upon
a scale never before witnessed, and in functions to which
such a spirit of dealing was hardly supposed applicable.
Thus far we all did him right, but we also did him a great
wrong; and it was inevitable that we should do so. It was
a wrong which he bore cheerfully, and with the submission
Which he felt to be one of his duties as a public servant in a
free country. But it must have been bitter and trying to his
secret sense of justice, seeing that subsequent revelations
have exposed to view a peculiar and preternatural strength,
a compass of power absolutely without precedent, in that
very
ascriberdgaannhis character to which our popular error
for a space of elementarys weakness. Nobody can look back,
a general notiona or eight years, but he must remember, as
s a taunt often against the Duke of Wellington,
ponents, often saan,co urged against us by our political op-
from habits of 10,s fly Conceded by ourselves,—that, either
perarnent, he was too or from original vice of tern-
tical opinions ;in ricid and untractable in his poll-
ips rlaeanour too peremptory, too
uncivic ; that, with sbe
au;st virtues of the military cha-
racter, he combined omeg
political life ; that hiss no itsn worst disqualifications for
character of discipline upon thLee do to impress too martial a
aPuualicariervice ; that even his
virtues of a civic order were
directness and plain-dealing being ?mot
anotherwith this spirit—his
peremptory spirit which finds its aspect of that i
proper place in a
_ l
and that, finally, as to the substantial merits camp
of nationa ;
wants or grievances, apart from the de and manner of his
ufOrpae:taleinirasting
administration, not less by temper than by his
modes of
ex-
meinorabler"
perience, the Duke was incacitated
spirit of his age, and stood aloof. from a
the
thies. Thus stood public opinion, when a
retribution was rendered to the Duke's merits, and a saaoctooof
ment raised to his reputation, such as will co-exist with our
-
language, in the series of his Despatches, &c., Published by
Colonel Gurwood. The effect was profound. The Duke of
Wellington had long been raised as far beyond the benefits,
as he is beyond the need, of any trivial enthusiasm derived
from momentary sources or vulgar arts : and this book was
fitted to engage the attention of none but the highly culti-
vated. The reverence of the land for the Duke's character,
the gratitude of the land for the Duke's services, scarcely
seemed open to increase. But undoubtedly a depth of tone
and a solemnity approaching to awe, were impressed
henceforth upon the feelings with which all thoughtful
men regarded the Duke of Wellington as an intellectual
being. Now, first, it was understood what quality of
intellect had been engaged in our service, moving amongst
what multiplied embarrassments, thwarted by what conflicts
even in friendly quarters, winning its way by what flexibility
of address, watching all obstacles by what large compass of
talents, and compensating every disadvantage for the public
service by what willing sacrifices of selfish feeling. Were it
not for the singleness of purpose, for the perfect integrity,
for the absolute self-dedication, and the sublime simplicity,
we would sa
an ere '
is a Machiavelian subtlety of under-
standing I iith --apostolical grandeur of purpose, there
is here combined 1 address of a finished intriguer; and for
a service of nations upon the grandest scale, we see displayed
a restless and a versatile spirit of submission to circumstances
and to characters, according to all the experience of
this world, belongs naturally_ to modes of selfishness the ins st
intense. The wisdom of
in matters of IN-suffering.; the policies of al-
lowance Practice; the spirit of indulge ice to