Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-16
FOREIGN.
FRoMoURL0NDoN CORRESPONDENT
BosroN (ENe. ! SrprrnRrR 20 1870


BosToN, (ENe.) SEPTEMBER 80, 1852.
We are here at the centre of one of the richest
agricultural districts in the United Kingdom the
metropolis of what, in the days of CHAUcER, were
called
THE drowned lands of Lincolnshire; I"
but which have, by the industry and skill of man,
been rescued from the watery element, and, by the
and OF stupendous entertainments and extensive and
scientific works of drainage, been turned into one
OF the best gran-producng and cattle-feeding dis
tricts in the world. The old town of Boston and
its neghborhood has also produced its full proportion
OF useful, pious, and learned men, among whom may
be mentioned several of the Pilgrim Fathers who emf
grated to and founded your Eastern States and the Rev.
JOHN COTTON, who having been elected from the vicarage
OF this town ON account Of his resistance to religious
DOMINATION and tyranny conscience sought for
home In the Western world, and became very early
preacher Of the gospel in the settlement which has now
become your beautiful and fourishng city of Boston
New England and which received that name we believe
In compliment to the learned and pous elected minister
from Boston in Old England.
The younger Boston has far outgrown in population,
wealth. and Importance the elder one vet seems to be
happy in recoecting the connection and in the weekly
newspaper of this place. published on the 21s instant
there is long account Of the proceedings of the Town
Council relative to the receipt of valuable collection of
books MAPS onsraving5 aud documents presented by
Mr. j. p BIcELow, late Mayor of young Boston, to the
borough Of old Boston The proceedings terminated
with an address of thanks to the Corporation of your
Boston, from which we extract the concluding para
graph:
The Council of this ancient borough of Boston in
tracing back the history of her long course of peaceful
industry though chequered by frequent vcisstudes re-
oices in the prosperity Of her daughtercy the other
side OF the Atlantic, which has borne her for
than two centuries; and while seeking however made
quately, to convey the cordial of friendship and
good will with which these reciprocal tokens of regard
and affection are received pledges between the
children OF those ancestors whom the Mayor
of the city of Boston has feeingy referred fervently
prays that the intimate and kindly relations which SO hap
PLY cement Boston, New England, and Boston, Old Eng
land may ever prevail between America and Great
Britain"
This is as it should be and truly pleased to re-
cord transaction in which this native town bore SO
conspicuous part May these instances of friendly
feeling and intercourse rapidly increase in number.
They tend to strengthen the general bond of union which
we trust and hope will always be maintained between the
two countries and which is necessary to the repose
and progress Of the universal human family.
The Duke of WELLINGTON, and matters connected with
and arising out of his DEATH yet engross the principal
part of the public attention Every portion of the Dukes
yassed over, and with almost universal tone of appro
baton The active ministerial life of the deceased seems
to be regarded with less popular favor than any other
part of it. This is doubt owing in great measure to
his having been at time associated with men whose
harsh and arbitrary deservedy incurred public
odum. On more than one occasion the Dukes rigid
conservatism was broken upon by sudden yielding on
questions that seemed to involve important principles his
having done is brought forward by some persons
as instances Of political inconsistency but in opinion
his conduct these occasions based upon and was
the fruit Of thorough consistency of character In this
respect, highly regard the and fame Of Sir
ROBERT PEEL, who the Dukes colleague in some of
these sudden reyersa of policy we think the latter con-
trasted favoraby with the former. Perhaps
men, more remarkably and thoroughly opposed to each
other in character united in course of poti
cal action. Nature to have exhausted on them oil
her powers Of moral and physical distinction To the
one was given tough and hardy bodily conformation,
rgidity Of viii never relaxed in its tension not scorn-
full but steadast indifference external Judgments to
the other exquistey delicate nervous system which
shrank from the touch Of pain and finally yielded to
bodily injury from which thu Duke would probably have
recovered in month will capable of being strung to
great and sudden efforts but unable free his life from
the influences of early association profound and almost
which acted not the less orcbly from its conjunction
with pride and reserve which led the seduous con-
cealment Of sentiment all but the most important
occasions In intellectual endowments the two
much alike both had the same practical sa-
gacy, the ntuitive perception Of the precise mo-
ment when the time for action had arrived the
mand of all their in great pers the same Eng
lish, busness-like mastery details
II perhaps the bane Of PEELs life to want that
strength and simplicity which we're the leading charac-
erstcs Of the Duke. He yielded nothing to him in the
commences Of his patriotism and struggle between
his private interests his party ties his most deeply
cherished associations and the good Of his country
hung for q moment undecided. OF Sir RoBERr PEEL, as
of the late lamented HENRY CLAY may be truly said
that they never, in a single instance,
TO party gave up what meant for mankind
Always statesman-and, up TO the time when his last
great detection from the principles Of his party severed
50 many alliances, party man-PEEL more than once
found himself compelled to break through all the recog-
missed rules Of party associations and disncumber him
self from all the restraints Of party allegiance and party
confidence.
The Duke Of WELLINGTON affected to be states
man he always held sedulously aloof from the people,
and made it his sole political principle if he can be said
to have had any, to govern for the people, and BY
them. lie protested extensive range Of political view,
and limited his aim to ruling justly and ably for the
hour is true that such system very likely sooner
or later to lead to embarrassment but may OCCASION
ally without danger, occupy brief space in the political
history of free peoples and ruler who processes no
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