The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-11-12
WHOLE NO. SOC.
From the lIome Journal.
The late Duke of Wellington.

Inc man that ali England kuew by
sight, aud look of It's hat 20, is no more.
A few years ago, we used 20 see him
canIcriUg about the parks of London,
erect and firm upon his horsc--Il hearty.
bale, old man, venerable with gray hairs
and areat hsiory, ths observed Of all
observers, reverenced by The vory pops.
lace that had, few years before, pslled
him through rio streets, broken tho win.
dows Of his house. and made his apart
menrs resound With execrations. AS he
galoped along the broad avenues; every
man that recognised him would tenlnva
bis hat, and every such marx Of tespecl
the Duke used 10 acknowledge by plac-
ing the fore hIgor Of his right hand, ms
quick, rigid, military manner, against tho
bim Of his hal, not accompanying ths
act by the slightest inclination of ihs
head. In passing through crowd, the
long finger would remain in its position.
(exacily in line with his Immortal nose,)
as long as the peoples continual salutes
required continual acknowledgement.
He was like the other park eqiksifians
attended by a servant, (lf we recollect
arigh., } green livery and iof course) top.
bcols-who roda hundred Yards behind,
on better, or better looking, horse than
that ridden BY the Dixie himself. Usual.
iy, there was nothing military in tho
Dukes attire.
A brilliant scene becomes visible TO
The eye Of memory as we write. II is
customary, when tho qieen is sick; or
has presented to the greaifuI empire
another prince uf The blood royal, Tor the
members Of the aris,ocracy 10 drive to
The palace, and gD through form Of in.
qury after her majesty's health, and of
enrolling their names in book, that she
may loarn who Of her subjects has paid
this mark Of, respsct. The ceremony
may he absurd, but the display OF eqni.
pages in from; of The pllAce is splendid
in the extreme, and extracts large crowd
OF spectators. A great space is covered
with carriages waiting their turn TO drive
up, and the scene is enllvened BY lhe
gay lveries of countless oIt.tideB and
rootmen. The Duke Of Wellington, who
never would assume the ways or use the
privileges OF an old man, approaches on
horseback. He is dressed in the usual
plainness Of the morning--a tweed sack
and peppel-and.salt pautalooas. a
Black s,ri GaaEi lea .sasn;niif III E
The court is in The morning aRd thai 10
is of the court. He ,eins up close 10
where we stand-every head is instantly
uncovered, and The ducal fGGeE is glued
10 the dncal hat. No, ill hs dismoun,s
do we perceive that lie is intirm. Tho
servant has ridden up aud dismounted;
the Duke gives him tbs reins Of his horse,
whispers brief direction in ais ear, and
is lost in The crowd around the entrance
TO the palace. Iu FIVE minutes he re-
turns, and remounts his horse with evident
difficulty, but when he is in the saddle
he seems at home aud al ease, and can
,ers lightly oifiowards Hyde Park, with
his finger doing continuous duty in re-
spending 10 the ssluta,ions Of his country
men. ns eH
The Duke, IN those days, was one Of
the very few peers who we're regular at
pendants al the House Of Lnrds. The
sessions of that slow and digmfsd body
arc NOT numerous nor lnnr. bat, out Of iis
four hundred aud forty members, il is
rare to see hundred present at netime.
They meet about four or five o'clock in
the afternoon, aud remain in session from
ono hour 10 tfres hours. Il was in the
House OF Lords that we fret caught
glimpse Of the Duke Of Wellington. He
was setting Oh one Of the front benches,
with his arms folded, his hat drawn doqn
over his face, one leg over ibe other, sp.
parently desirous OF a nap. We remem.
Der ne wore large, lonse, white pan,a.
looms. To one locking down from the
strangers gallery, he had peculiarly
insignificant appearace; and, in fac',
while asking information respecting the
difFeren, members, we spoke Of the hero
Of Waterloo "as that Insignificant little
man down there, with baggy irouserss'
When we we're informed that that insig-
nifcant-looking individual was the Duke
Of Wellington, our aslonishment was ex.
IRENE. Towards the cnd Of the session
he changed bis posture, and before the
adjournment, rose and spoke minute or
two, in a coiloquial, business-lika tone.
The honors paid to the Duke, both in
his own aud in other countries, extraordi.
nary and numerous as those honors were,
did not seem to unsettla bis equilibrium
in any perceptible degree. We are in
clined to think thai his unpopular ineaG-
ures, when minister, were dictated BY
honesty and patriotism. lie thought tho
British constitution as perfect . couiri-
vance az human wit had ever achieved
and he sincerely abhorred the IDEA Of in-
producing into i radical change. He
was we'll nsmed, The Iron Duke. He
was hard tough, persistent, indefatiga.
bic man, Of most upright Intentions, OF
inconupiibie fidelity, and narrow under
standing.
II has been said that the Duke Of Vel.