The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-15

CORRECT as to Ountre Bras but by strange COincl-
cence IL assigned 20 the Prussans on the 18th |
the precise position which they attained BY a
heroic effort on the 18TH "The prussians having
on their part approximated to the English in tho /
course OF the day O7th), the junction of tbe I
armies Of Blucher and Wellington was effected at /
Genappc, where Wellington slept ON Eri,. i
night" Thus recalls another bistorjc,l tiuoy |
which has unluckily been perpetuntcd b,, ~ |
pencil Of genius on walls set 'or5rt 60 ~ "y the
poctlc truth In tho Seven,b I{cno,V e'S'",ic OF
mission on the Fine Arts fISi71 ~ sue Con
m6uded for the large e.. .--c sunlectre". me
side OF the Rn, Impairment ON Vie ea-t
OF I orde H. ,,,,.y" gallery leading TO 'he iI,nge
ion ana r,ir Waterloo The Meetnr. NJ Welinq-
Diue"er. Toe execution OF the design
was alloued TO Mr Maclise, wr,o after diiigcnt
inquiry, and VII q The full sD'lct0u OF the Com
mission, followed the popui ar belief In fixing the
place OF T.scNng at 10 Belle Alliance IL was
not until nc publication of the tenth yolup,e OF
the "Su c,lcmcutary Uosuatchcs - that the Dukes
pCrsnftei frgtituof,,y ON tho ,oipt ,oos nddnreI
In sY1ct8er to Nr. Mudrord dated Junc 4. 1916.
Eewrote -
"a remarkable instance Of the mlseboods cir
culated tbropsb me evidence of unonlcioI.des-
matches is Ia no found in the report of a meeting
between Marshal Bucher and me at La Belle
Alliance and some have zone so far as 70 have
seen tbe chair In which sat down In the farm
| bouse. IL happr rs that the meeting took place
after ten NJ night az the village of Genappe and
| ANYBODY who attempts TO describe with truth the
operoti6rs Of the ditIcrrrt armies will see that t
| could moi he otherwise"
| Centain GronoV has como 40 far ag 10 say that
| he was nrpeent with other officers az the meet
| inp at Ia Bctle Alliance. Confidently as the
| Duke writes there are strong reasons for sus-
| Meeting that he was mistaken As TO the precise
| Mace II h clonr from French o1ical accounts
| mai tbe French did not abandon Gen4ppe ull
| nost elev,n n, from the Prugsian that Blucher and
Ills stofr did NOT rCach IL Till near midnight: and
the probability is that the real place Of meeting
| las stated in the "Story of Waterloo" by Dr..
| Giip) was AZ a farm or hamlet called Hqis9, d1t
| RoI or Nai,on Rouge, some miles from the battle
| 6eld In Macliseis picture the signs of recent
! ord hloodv conf are crowded into the scene
Nth a,i lie nrndiroIitv of invGptiye genius-
fnr, ,ba t,,rr haored win tho dvipgond Inc dead
| 10 tbe shattered farm building with the derd
| ,igeons ON the raftcr Tho artists fame will Of
roI,rse rpst ON his treatpput Of the subiect from
| 6is o,1n and tho nCnuiar view. bntit Is not the
less TO be regretted that historical accuracy should
| no thus SET nj nauRbt without even the moor ex-
| cuse az tradition or n myth
| There is a passage in the leading article of the
| Times of Thursday the ODD announcing the vic
| tory, which partially confirms the Rothschild
| agents story
s.'Those who attended 10 the oporatoug of the
| Stocl, Fxcbanre ycsterd,v I2IsN were persn1dsd
| that tbe news Of tho dav bpf,re wouId he fol.
| lowed up by something still more brilliant and
decisive 0mninm rose in the course of the dav
| TO per cent premium and some houses gene
| rally suppoIed 10 possess the best inform alton
we're among the purchasers"
| Amongst the many specimens OF rich and varied
conversations, mat OF the LORDS Braybrooke
1AppII fSI0 II ooiiny M tho fine fnlI.Ien,tb
portrait Of John. Duke Of Marlboronph TSrd
Bray brooke told us some interesting and curious
anecdotes of him. When tbis great man Mt a
| very advanced aoo was called tn attend a conn
eli On the hest node of dc fepso from n tb,c.tencd
Invasion he pnve bis oninIon with his nsnaI
| firpnnpss and nenotratiop AGterwnrds be said
thnt for above fiftv wears he had served bis
| country and sbonld he bonnv To do 40 still Int
| tbat ne wos aware his facilities were imnaired
| AT present. he added he was fully conscious Of
| his drfciencv but he feared the time might soon
| come wbCn he would be no longer aware of it He
! therefore made IL his earnest request that he
| might never more be summoned to council, and
| tbat If elsewhere on apy occasion he expressed
| an opinion, no importance should be attached to
| a. or Difference maid 10 IT,
| at Il melancholy TO reflect how low was the
| DEGRADATION of that mind whose decaying powers
| 1rrre enual to sucb an act of magnanimity after
| having had more TO CRAFTY his yauity-first as
| the finest gayest man in Europe then as its
| creates, General and afterwards as its greatest
nepotator and etatesman after all this in n state
| of comuete imheciliry an absolute driyeler he
| was actually exhibited by his servants to all who
| chose To give an additional fee after having
| Stared at ali the msgnifcence of Blenheim In
| This manner nv grandfather (then a lad lust
| entered at Oxford behed the wreck of this great
| man. and has often described the melancholy
| spectacle TO Lord Braybrooke,"
This is q striking commentary on Pope's well,
known line -
| fro" hafioorouSns eyes 'ho s"eAms OF No'Ase now
| It's the plausible theory of an eminent ultra
liberal politician, that great men should neve
be consulted or listened to in advanced age, be
cause their authority increases as their judSmen
declines. This was spoken, We believe, with es
Pecial reference to The I'on Duke, whose attach
nent TO Brown Bess WAS within an ace Of ctuSint
the British army 10 be sent 70 the Crlme1 with
ont the wCapon-the MIME rlfe-Whlch went ia
TO decide DOln a ma a. lnkerman'
"a similar instance OF conscious decay ana
mapnhn'mlty, perhnPs eEeu superior 10 tuo DuH,
o. MhIlporoueu' Wss az Ine saIne Ilile nIeus'ole,i
ne Ia'e huIillrnl barIlhgloil oelng calieu upp
oy tiie run @huInuhity ~ 70 takr lhv Co,Dn A VI vi
nevt, irluseI ~ % ", Gay inS inaI is I'gntai powea
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