Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-26

of his handkerchief, which he instantly uepo
sits In his right-hand coat pocke'. he DUKE
of Wellingion's pockets are IN he skirts oil Ms
coat, and the holes perpendicular lie wears
ialsc horizontal flaps, which nave gwen Tue
wo Id an erroneous opinion OF heir position.
The Duke of Wellington drinks lea Tor break,
fast, which he swee,ens with white sugar, aha
corrects with cream He commonly s'lrs the
Huid two or three times with spoon before he
raises it 10 his lips, The Duke OF Wcllng'o on
eats toas, and butter, cold ham tongue io"l',
beef or eggs, aud som'tine, both meat a"o
eggs, the eggs are generally those oil we eo,''
mon domestic fowl. During breakfast 'ne
Duke Of Wellington has wapaper ei'"'r ~
his hand, or else on the Iablr, or IN MS zap nc
Duke Of Welling,on's favorite paper IS tfe
Eroo,ine,. After breakfast the Dukr Of Wrl>
linpton srretches himself out and yawns once,
He ten pokcs the fire and whistles. 'h'''
is no fire. he Goes to the window and looks out.
A. about ten o'clock the General Pos letters
arrive The Duke Of Wellington seldom or
never inspecls the snperscri?uon, bat al onc'
breaks The seal and apple, himself to The con-
tents. The Duke # ~ ellington appears some
times dis pleased with his respondents, ana
says psha,c IN clear, loud voice. About t'is
time toe Duke of Wellington rcti'es Tor ie"
minutes. during which i i, impossible to &C
count for his mo,ions with the L sirabie eXacll-
tude Al eleven o'c lock, if the weather is I'M,
the Dukes horse is brought to the door. Ire
Dukes horse on these OCCASIONS IS always Sad
died and bridled. The Duke's ho,se Is ordi>
n,rily The same white horse he rode al w aler-
loo, and which WAS earen by the hounds at
S,ratbiirldsay. His hair is Of chestnut color.
Before the Duke goes out, he has his hal ana
gloves brought him by servant. i he Duke
of Wellington puts the ha, on his head and lAe
gloves on his hands The Dukes daily mans
ner of mounting hi, horse is the same 'hat !.
was on the motnrng of the glorious battle oi
Waterloo. His Grace first takes the rein I'D
his left hand which he lays OF the 2"mmei OF
the saddle, he then pu,s MS lef loot In the SUI
rup, and with spring brings up his body, ana
his right leg over the body oil he animal oy
way of the tail, and thus places himself IN IN"
saddle: he then drops his right loot INTO the
s,rrup, puls his horse TO walk, and "evcr 'a'''
off being an admirable equestrian w hen ae-
oualntaoces aud friends salute tie Duke ~ 'hr
streets, such is his ff1biIi,y hal he either bows,
tou ches his hat, or recognizes lheii cl>liiy III
some way or other. The Duke Of Willing on
very commonly says, CHOW are you $ d
fine day''-"IIow dye door "Hpw d., a"d
makes frequent and various remarks on me
wea her, and he dust or The mud, as IL may De.
At lively, O'Clock on Mo days, Wednesdays,
ard FRIDAYS, the Dukes Mas;er comes 'ot ach
him his Polite al economy. The Drke makes
wonderful progress in his studies, aad Ill., IN
structor is used plea ,au'ly /" observe, that "'ht
Duke gets on Ikea house on h.e. Al the
Treasury the Duke does nothing bat think
lie SIT, on lea,htrn library char, VITA his
heel, ana good pa,t e his legs on the table.
w nen t.us in prolouad thought, he very Ire
quently clio, es HIS eyes for hours t"Sethe', and
makes untxtraordirary and rather appailing
noise through his nose. Such is The Duke oil
" rllineton's devotion to business, that he
eats no luncheon. The duke is a rigid econ-
omsi. lie hos cut of' the wax candles Of oil
except the priacipal sec: c'aFies, and suhs,itu>
ted dips. lie HIS also caused the fire Ut dii-
ferent public Offices to be opened two hours
earlier than was usual, in order to bring on
the general engagement. In uae House oil
Lords he Dukes manner OF 2roc' eding is this
he walk up TO the fireplace, turns his back
upon II, separates the skIr's oi his coat, toss
ing them over The dexter and sinister arms,
.hrusts his hands into his hreeches' pockets
and thus STANDS al ease. The characteristic OF
the Dukes oratory is a breyi.y, the next thing
to silence AS bre,iry is the soul OF wit, 1t
may confidently be affirmed that in this quality
Lord North aud Sheridan were fools compar-
ed with him
N. Alexandra de Ia Bordc, son of the bank
e 1 hal m ,rpp win, poSSeSSp1 an I'm nle