New-York daily tribune., 1843-09-02
:" But harF rap comes gently at the door,
Jenny, wha kens The meaning o the same,
Tells how aneebor lad cam o'er tie moor,
I'n do s1,ne 1rrands aud cnnrnr her haInen -


Tc do some errands, aud convoy her hame."
There is, too, a glorious group by Claxton, en-
titled :" Sir Joshua Reynolds and his Friends. =
These . Friends Of whom there admirable
full length portraits are no less personages than
Edmund Burke, Horace Walpolc, DIR. Nudge
BENJAMIN West Sir W. Chambers, Sir George
Beaumont, Alderman BeydclI, Lord Mulgrave
Sir William Hamilton, David Garrck, Richard
Cumberland Admiral kcppel, James Boswell,
Lord Burgherzh DR.. johnson, with Mrs. Mon
taprc. Mrs Siddons. Marchoness Ihormond,
(Sir j. RS nccc,) Mrs. Cholmondcey, Angelica
Kaufman, Mrs. 1hralc, and Fanny Burney
We went to Chelsea, where you know the Hos
pita for old and disabled soldiers is situated, on
Sunday. and after the Church service was over,
VIC were allowed, and indeed invited by the old
veterans (many OF whom went stumpnlg 1t along
with wooden legs to walk through their apart
ment. Here are admirable quarters for men who
have worn themselves out IN The armies of Eng
land, but the hospital is far less extensive than
that for old sailors at Greenwich, and but very
few of the tens of thousands who arc "broken
and bruscd'' in battle ever find their way to
Chelsea. We saw the pensioners at dinner, which
was excellent in quality and prousc IN quantity.
They all speak with strong feelings OF gratitude
of their cnjoyments and uxurles. Most of the
pensioners here have gone through the Pcninsular
wars. talked for some time with one who was
at Corunna with Sir John Moore. There were,
they sad two or three pensioners among them
who were in Canada during our late war with Eng
land, but did not find them They invariably
and voluntarily spoke with strong and indignant
abhorrcnce Of tie Duke of Wellington, who. it
seems, though | was not aware of it, when Pre-
micr, cndcavorcd to break up and discontinue the
Chelsea Hospital. do not know what his mo-
tivcs or reasons were, but if he designed to cast
these war-worn veterans, who dealt and received
the hard blows which secured him fame and for
tune, upon the cold world, homeless and house
less, there is a refinement of cruelty and mgratl-
tude in his nature that should cause the present
generation to detcst his character and postcrity
10 loathc his memory.
The Dining Hall Of Chelsea Hospital is hung
with trophy Coors and Standards, from the Duke
of Marlborough's victorious battle of Blcnhelm,
to the inglorious butcheries of the British Army
in China. Among these emblems OF British va
lor, arc the sangulnary evidences that England
has been at war with almost all the Nations of
the Earth There arc three stands of American
Colors displayed in this Hall. One was taken at
Washington could not learn the history fthc
other two, but an old veteran who heard me In
Quirng came up and remarked thathe had heard
a PcnSoner who was IN the fight when one OF
them was taken, say" that tie Yankee Eagte
cost more British bLood than dnY other Stand ot
Co!orsin the Hall" There is nothing very NOR
tilylng in seeing two or three captive American
Eagles, with =" E. -plurbus Unum'' in scroll sus-
pended from their alons, provided thercls neither
dishonor nor cowardicc united with their capture
And if it were otherwise | should be lndenmiied
by the reflection that in the way OF trophies, we
can display ten times the number Of British Co
lois, Flags, Cannon and Ships of War, as cvid-
enccs OF American valor and prowess.
| have had but little leisure, and no facilities
bat such as arc open to all, for obtaining political
information here. | infer, however, from The
course Of the debates in Parliament, and from
the newspapers, that the power OF the Tory MIN
istry Is upon the wane. The Wing Peers and
Press evidently feel stronger, and some old rats
who retreated in the flush of Sir Robert Peel's
triumph now begin to put their heads cautiously
out of their holes If, as | apprehend, the facu-
ties oil the Duke of WELLINGTON are failing hun,
not only the Tory Administration, but the but-
iSh Empire, must be prepared for terrible shock
With HIM crumbles one of the MAN pillars that
upholds this gigantic structure. lie has been
tower of strength to England not only N the
Field but IN the Cabinet
INTELLECTUAL PRoGREss l. THE present Gen
he