New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-17
VIVA, will the Ministry do-The Duko-insn
observation-disclosures.

The aIl-abs0rbing questionhere, IN the puohc
,a q, ,,;vs,e conversation are What will the
Ministry do TO keep their places until Christmas ns'
= ,her nolcvt Have they any policy What they
do with the Engsh Church question and ConVoca'.oh
what win they do with the Irish Church question and The
RELIGIOUS Equality" agitation Wna WIZ tney ~ !"
l..r a., ornositon az home and maintain peace
sbrosd On all these points their policy quite
nv 10 the public and almost everybody THINKS un'
tnovp 10 the Ministers Themselves In Tact pubic opn'
nm itself 40 unsettled and divided all these ques-
tops that clear opinion and firm decision, az 70 wnat
practicable or would be popular when mooied in the
Parliament and in the Press ia almost any
Minister to guess. Free trsde is probably the only
question upon which the country s unanimous, in ts
opinion as far clear working majority OF indusn'
tel parties Is concerned. Proteconsts themselvesare
partially converted 20 the free trade policy, and ooz 70
other means for compensation for the losses they De-
lieve they have sustained.
In this dilemma, Ministers are making "hs' ','J
can Of incidental questions 10 divert the pubic n' "
long as possible from fundamental quesaoD' i"0
Of Wellington has furnished them Tor wees pe01
an aIl-absorbing incident Of pubic gossip anu
g,. life and death and burial his character career
"a orne his merits and defects his honors and MS
nnocro,s Offices his private sayings and pecuisre'
.,,isng In fact which could be thought oil or lhs'
.,ned has been publicly discussed in every shape anu
20 IN occupy the public mind until the meeting Oh
Parliament in November next and even then nus iu'
,er,l will OCCUPY oil the world, both In ana out Oh
E.,, duy;ng the period Of ten or twelve days Sone
~ tho biob and noble friends Of the late Dahe' are
even ecurng 10 the common people on the cuarac'ei
and merits of the DlustTiOus warrior ana sIAte"nau'
Lat week the Earl Of Elesmore delivered lecture IN
the eourthouse at Worley On the Lie ana character
nj the Duke" The noble Earl stated that It was now
nearly thirty years since he was fret Distinguished oy
the friepdship Of the Duke Of Wellington. During
that lengbened period he had maintained an uninter
ruuted social intercourse To him he was indebted on
one occaon for the loan Of his iayorte seat OF stain
heldsaye and on another, during IN entire winter WIN
him for the occupancy Of the still more famous wal
mer Castle where he had passed many hours enhsnt-
eped and instructed by convene with his noble ineno'
In contrasting the character Of the Duke oil Wellington
with the distinguished statesmen of the early part oil
George IFS reign, he could not avoid pointing out one
trait which marked every action from hs hrst entry
10 public life until his death, VIZ his single hearted de
,o,ion 10 the interests Of his country. What the no
BILE Earl means by this is not very clear unless II DC
,bs, other stsesuen Of that time not narrow
" and exclusively deyotedto the interests oil Eagan'
alone regardless OF the interests of other countries or
that Wellington was IAOlc u4AAHsSA ~o''~ '"~. sJf
In serving the interests Of his country without regard
10 his own private interests. presume the latter
was the meaning Of the lecturers remark The
noble Earl then says that In another point the late
Duke was worthy of al admiration, and that was
his generous treatment OF those whom ne OPP
posed On one occasion the noble Earl took the
liberty Of inuuring of the Duke whom His Grace con-
siderod the greatest military hero OF whom we bad
record, and his reply was Hanibal but Of Hannibal
beyond the fact OF his being dstin, pushed warrior
we had few memorials Of his life and character We
hnow that he loved Carthage, hut We also knew that he
hated Rome as much az holovcd Carthage; and in this
rospect even our mott distinguished naval hero, Nelson
himscll formed marked contrast 20 Wel'n.ton Tor,
while the one wac Il ecourge 90 I'll tic enemies q our
country the other like the watchdog Of England
slc2t aud respectful III friends hut eagerly ready "a
pounoe upon every Ia private lie, the noble Ice
iurcr knew none who was more Jealous Of the hono
and good name Of another than tie Duke who ncvc
could DO betrayed into onyious or un3aarded e2
precision Of opinion toward the declared on ,le
al our County,
This tlink, ia really very mobile tr.it in the lst'
Dukes character and which denotes very "a
pcrior mind But let follow the lecturer, wao says
"Anothcr characteristic might be named that he scru
puously avoided the perusal OF all historical criticisms
upon his battles These he never could be induced g.
read and the reason FOR his Indifference 10 be oul
IN his desire 10 avoid al public Conot and nowspapf
contradiction Many Other fine traits OF character
were given By the lecturer bat 1t would be tedious to
dwell upon them here may mention, however, tina,
immense preparations ere beng made IN London lor
the funeral which likely 10 ake piscc about the Il
Of November All the great oIiies IA the Kingdom are
proposing to erect monuments to the memory Of ide
departed Duke and Manchester alone the other day,
subscribed 1000 in few houra Cor thhpurpose. Tao
discononted rrh are not loud and universal III their
admiration Of the Duke, although he was native OF
Ireland Political nnipsty, however, has blindc lthcui
10 his real merit and made them partial ana unjust al
their appreciation Of his character The lrish temp
In sOurcd into mania; and no wonder, wacn ",
think OF what the people andtho country have cidur3l
recent English traveller IN the Wet O. ireland gives
heart rendng people and their general! dc
sertion ufhcir homes ~ more mportan difference u
the country ailsgc orin the County
Mayo) cannot well be imagined, says this writer ci
the change is, from being stocked With men, wonci
and children, to being stocked with sheep aud cee.
BY what means is the change effected = he con
tnucs-"By very simple ones" he replies" The
whole population Of distrc, meny miles in extent ar
simply turned out into the roals to 40 where they
please, and live on die rs they There
seems to be in the cjocting landlords very happy
stSto of indifference to the question what becomes of
the people. | inquired anXiously whore the people
were gone 10, who few months ago inhabited one o.
thcse districts, lately ,hickly populated, and now
sheepwulk. was told by gentleman agent who
stouty defended (onthe plea Of necessity the proceed
ings in question that some of them (wao had luie
property were gone TO America; that many we've in
anion workhouses that some were IN the lower parts
Of the great towns Of I'm land, Scotland ana iyand
but that in his opinion the greater part Of them w,rc
dead"
TAs Taes has very remarkable article on this sub
ject in todsys impression in which arros as the
Irish landlords AMI their vces but devise norcncl
except apathy and really absurd s,iemP, to Palaie the
evil by forcing the Landlords 70 pay rates maintain
the poor, which rates they oen tail to pay bu; that IS
abuse and "the abuse says IAe seS only proves
The nLier mros slhity Of dealng with nonnlatan 10