New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-29

which he Rad won by his yalor and con-
Duct in vaiiou, important military ser
vices. Ga his arrival 10 En- Land in
the spring Of 1906. he was ordered 70 Join
tie Earl of Cathcart and General Don,
who were attempting a junctiOn with the
allied Austrian and Russian armies IN
contemplated march 10 Paris. This plan
fell through, and, contrary to the advice ot
Gen. Wellesley. the troops were remauded
70 England. He now took MS seat as
member Of the House of Commons, and
in ths following year accepted the Office OF
Secretary for Ireland. In the summer Of
this year. 1907. he again engaged in active
service. and held a distinguished post in
the expedition against Copenhagen. GA
his return to England. he We ordered to
the Peninsula. and arrived al Corunna
July 20. 1908. After the Convention oil
Cintra. 20 which he gave a reluctant 81
sent. he resumed his functions a, Irish
Secretary, until the Reorganization OF the
army in lo09, when he assumed the com
lnand and arrived at Lisbon on the pa April
of that year. The battle of Ta.averea was
fought on the 9th OF June, ia which the
French, after desperate struggle, were
driven over the Abenne. For biz conduct
in this campaign, Wellesley was elevated
to the peerage, by the title Of Baron DOu
70 and ViscOunt Wellington, with a PEN
sion of $4,000 year. After succession
of victories in Spain and Portugal, in the
summer oflsl3 he made 4 triumphal entry
into Madridand at thcsame time was created
Marquis of Wellington by the Prince Re-
gent. A series of brilliant successes ensu
ed, he battle of Toulouse terminating hi
seventh peninsular campaign. Returning
10 England in he spring of l-ll, Yelling
ton was received with the public honor,
due TO his admirable service, a grant of
half million sterling was made to him by
the Commons; aud suitable pensions were
also bestowed on hi newly enno5led leu
tenants. On the 18th Of June, 1915, the
battle of Waterloo was fought and sue
ceeded by the cspitulatOn of Paris to the
allied armies Oh July 3, 1915. Wellington
was appooted to the command of the army
of occupation. and on the final evacuation
Of France returned 30 England in 1913.
From this time. the close of his mill
tery career may be- Gated. but he soon OBJ
tanned distinction ia the management of
civil affairs. On the resignation Of Lord
Goderich. in 1928, Wellington was in
stIucted to form new cabinet, and in so
gave his adhesion TO the measures for
Catholic Emancipation. Since that date,
he has taken an active part in the Leading
political movements OF England, main
tair ing the strictrst Conservative vie Va uu-
I'll the last extremity, oad never leaving
lis position till he found further re,i3tance
to progress without effect.
The rise Of Wellington was much slow
er than that OF his great rival Napoleon,
but his good fortune proved far more ca
during. Napoleon was a genius; Wei
ipgton n soldier according to the most ap-
proved rules of the art of killing. NIpo-
leon, star wa, favored by tie French
Revolution; Wellington by his aris,ocrat.
ic birth aud connexions. Had France re-
NAMED Bourbon. Bonapar;e had reyer won
a name in history; had England been
Republic, Wellington had Fever been ia
nous. Napoleon's inspirations we're trans
cendenl; Wellington never missed an op-
poItunitX ror squandered two lives where
one would suffice. Napoleon, though at
last defeated and disciosned, ills the
wider space 10 History; Wellington has
fewer (if any crimes recorded against
him as man. Napoleon has most admir-
ers 5moDg those who never saw either;
Wellington provoked less hatred and
yengeful ire among those whose homes he
invaded and whose fields he oyerra1. He
was strict disciplinarian, and believed
buying whatever his army needed cheaper
in the long run than taking it by force
wherein he offered from his great rival,
and was clearly in the right But would
not the world have been better and hap
pier this day if neither Of them had ever
been born?
Since writing the above, We have re-
ceived by the Hermsnn 1hc Lond0n Times
of the 18th, which announces the death of
the q" Iron Duke in the following simple
terms:
"DoyER, Tuesday P. 81
"Hh Grace the Duke Of wellington wal seized with
Illness this morning, and expired at Wsmsr CasLls at
quarter past this afternoon sfser succession of