Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1828-07-04

time. It will not be IN our power to procvas,i.
What can the English aud French DOE Burn
Capital Every twenty years it is burned dos,
from one end 10 tie other. They have therefore /.
hope ui bending our will, but by the Russian arm,
at the gates Of Constanunople viii they, and viii
the Ausrians consent to that 2 Say they wl
Suppose them at this moment encamped at Fraph,,
nav shall only suffer now what we must sui,a
soon. We will make glorious resistance W.
will retreat to Brussa, Adena, Aleppo, Damascus
but the honor of Isamisln, and the Cafal Shall 70.
main unimpaired.'
The London Morning Herald, since the Drvv
OF WELLINGTON s recent elevation to the head or
the British cabinet has frequently edited its reader,
with accounts of his Grace's domestic and official
habits. Mr.. Hamilton the Examiner, has tried HI.
hand at the same thing, with tolerabe sue.
cess. An extract OF two may be found amp..
ing
Some account of the Duke of Wcllington-(Not
from the Morning Herald -The Duke of Wellmu.
ton rises about eight. Before he gets out of he'd
he commonly pulls off his night cap, and while he is
dressing, he sometimes whistles a tune, and occa.
sionally damns his valet. The Duke OF Wellington
uses warm water in shaving, and lays ona greater
quantity of lather than ordinary men. While shay
ing, he chiefly breathes through his nose, with
view, is conceived, of keeping the suds out Of h
mouth and sometimes he blows out one cheek
sometimes the other, to present better surface 10
the razor. When he is dressed, he goes down to
breakfast, and while descending the stairs, he COM
monty takes occasion to blow his nose, which he
does rather rapidly, following tup with three has
ty wipes of his handkerchief which he Instantly de.
posites in his right hand coat pocket. The Duke
of elngtons pockets III the skirts of his coat.
and the holes perpendicular. lie wears false hor.
zontal flaps, which have given the world an erronc.
Gus opinion of their position. The Duke of Wei.
ngton drinks tea for breakfast, which he sweeteu,
with white sugar, and corrects with cream. He
commonly stlrs the fluid two or three times with Il
spoon, before he raises it to his lips The Duke
Of Wellington eats toast and butter, cold ham, ton.
que, fowls, beef, or eggs, generally those Of the
common domestic fowl. During breakfast tie
Duke Of Wellington has newspaper, either in his
hand or else on the table, OF in his lap. The
Duke OF Welllngtons iavorite paper is the Erni.
: ner. After breakfast, the Duke Of Wellington
stretches himself out, and yawns once. He then
pokes the fire and whistles. Ii there be no fire,
he goes to the window and looks out. AT about ten
O'Clock the General Post letters arrive. The Duke
OF Wellington seldom never inspects the super.
: scrlption, but at once breaks the seal and applies
: hllnselt To the contents. he Duke oi ellington
: appears sometimes di,plcased with his correspcn
. dents, and says pshag in clear voice.
n
: The Dukes daily manner of mounting his horse
t is the same that it was the morning of the so
ious battle Of Waterloo. HIS grace first takes the
n rens in his left hand, which he lays the pun
II mel Of the saddle he then puts his left foot in the
G strrup, and with spring brings up his body, an
l. his right leg over the body ofhe animal by way o.
If the tail, and thus places himself in the saddle b
then drops his right foot into the strrup. puts m
l. horse to walk, and never fails of being adm
IS rabe equestrian.
o
IF AT the Treasury, the Duke does nothing h'
81 think. He sits on eathern library char WI:
St his heels anda good part Of hi, legs on the table
rs When thus in profound thought, he very ireqneh'
1t y closes his eyes for hours together. and mak|
IN an extraordinary and rather appalling noise throus
is his nose
le
off The characteristic Of the Dukes oratory IS o'
witty, the next thing to silence. As brevity the sol
n of wit, it may confidently be affirmed, that IN va
I'd quality, Lord North and Sheridan we're fools con-
H. pared with him.