The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-11-15
THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF RICH.
NOND.

The death Of the Duke of Richmond.
which took place at bis residence, will
revive among the readers of military his
tory some of the incidents of the battle
of Waterloo. 1t was at the house of the
father of the Duke that the ball took
place in Brussels three days before the
battle, where Wellington first received
the news Of the advance of Napoleon,
and which gave occasion for Byron's
spirit-stirr!ng description-"There was
a sound revelry by night,' &c. The
Duke ust deceased was then Lord
March. and an aid dc-camp to Yelling
ton 1t will be remembered that the
British chief was very anxious for the
safety of the farm Of Hougomout 1t
was the key to the British positions, and
against that farm, the value of which tho
keen eye Of Napoleon readily detected,
the French attacks we're chiefly leveled.
Several times during the day Lord Sal.
tous here held The con, nao, 4 Afr a. I-.~--l-
the Duke Of Welllnston's perpetual in
quiries, Saltous at length exclaimed:-
Don't be a id fool, March. Tell his
Grace we'll hold the place while man
is left Back rode Lord March to the
Commander in-Chief, cxclaiming: "lt's
all right, sir, Saltous is there" Well
lington did not send again Thirty-two
years subsequent to the battle Of Water.
loo, Lord March now become Duke Of
Richmond, made great efforts in the
House of Lords to procure the grant Of =
medal for the soldiers of the Peninsula.
The Duke of Wellington was opposed
to the grant, on the ground that it would
make decorations too common; he thought
they should be reserved for great deeds
and events. At length the feeling Of the
country was aroused, and it went with
the Duke of Richmond. The medal was
allowed, and it was then found that there
were no fewer than nineteen thousand
individuals alive who were entitled to
the meda|-a strong proof Of the longey-
ity of those who follow the military pro-
fession 1t was subsequently found,
when war medals became general, that
there were two hundred and seventy
survivors lin lS4o) of the battle of
Assvr, in India. which took place in
1908, and five hundred survivors of the
battle of Moida, which occurred in 1906,
and at which only six thousand British
were present.
The Duke of Richmond died rich
man but his brother illustrated the lot
Of younger sons in country where the
law of primosenlture obtairs. Lord
William Lennox was SO poor that no
found it necessary to marry vocalist,
Miss Patton, for the sake of livelihood.
He regularly drew her salary and spent
it; but the arrangement did not exactly
suit cher ladyship." a divorce was OBJ
tanned, and Lady William became Mrs.
Woed. Lord William has since subsist-
ed on his authorship. lie writes sport
ing books and "reminiscences, and ill-na-
tured critics often pretend to discover =
strange verbal resemblance in his works
to the works of earlier authors-'singu-
lar coincidences, no doubt. Lord Geo.
Lennox is an officer in the army, and
often holds a small place of honor about
the Court. Lord Arthur Lennox is .
militia colonel.
The death Of the Duke of Richmond
vii! be much regretted in sporting cir
cles, for he encouraged racing. and his
house at Goodwood was the scene Of elc-
CANT hospitality N Y Erening Post.
In Detroit, the other day, a young
man who had been for some months des-
perately enamoured of maiden, to whom
he had made many presents, discovering
that she was about to desert him, en-
dcavorcd to get back his gifts by enter
ing her roon and carrying them off He
was found there by the girls mother and
arrested for larcency. The legal decis-
ion in this matter will be looked for with
interest b. many heretofore generous but
now repentant lovers.
The habit of drinking can be cured
by giving the drinkers all the liquor they
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