The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-01-20

not at all believe w ould to God that
we had been right, and that day had
not been cruelty sadaened in the after
noon"
After breakfast, as usual, she start
ed off upon arathble among the noun
tains, and had gone some distance;
when she discovered that she had not
her watch about her person.
"Here," wrote she, "I suddenly
missed my watch, which the -dedr old
Duke had given me and not being
certain whether had put it on or not,
/ asked Mackenzie" Zone of the
royal game-keeper)- to go back and
inquire" ="
The Queen continued her ramble.
AT the proper time, the party partook
of the cold luncheon they had brought
with them, and again enjoyed a roman
tic stroll among the lakes and water
falls Of. that picturesque region until,
about the. middle of the afternoon,
they reached. the beautiful sheet of
water called Dhu Goch: Here the
Queen got off her pony; and sat down
to sketch the scene ar6hftd her. At
this moment, the gaine-keeper Mack
enzie re::joined the party, saying that
the precious watch, the gift of the
Duke of W Wcllingtonj was, safe at
home, where the Queen had left it.
He also brought packet ofletters.
"Among them" wrote the Queen
in her diary, ..there was one from
Lord Derby; Which, 1 tore open, and
alas it contained the confirmation of
the fatal news: that England's, or
rather Britain's pride, her glory, her
hero, the greatest man she ever had
producsd, was no more! Sad day !!
Great and irreparable national loss :"
The Queen continued in a strain So
characteristic. that / wilt copy a few
more sentence:
"Lord Derby,;' she proceeds; GIN
closed few lines from Lord Charles
Wellesley, saying that His dear great
father had died on Tuesday, at o'clock,
after few hours illness and no suffer
ing. Gods will be donel The day
must have come the Duke was eigh-
ty-three. 1t is well for him that he
has been taken when still in the pos
session of his great mind, and without
a long illness-btft what a loss One
can not think Of this county without
the Duke'-our immortal hero
In him centred almost every earthly
henor a subject could possess. His
position was the high EST Gbjjeeet ever c;
had-above party-loolled up to by
all-revered by the whole nation-the
friend of the Sovereign: and ho,v
simply he carried these honorsa With
what singleness of purpose, what
straightforwardness. what courage.
were all the motives of his actions guild
ed. The Crown never possessed-and
| fear never ,riU-so aeooted, legal; and
faithful srbieGt, So staunch support
er! To as s(who, alas have lost, now,
so many of our valued and experinced
friends) his loss is irfetarabse, for his
readiness to aid and advise, if it could
Se Of use to us, and to overcome any
snd every difficulty. was unequaled.
To Albert he Showed the greatest
kindness and the utmost confidence.
His experience and his knowledge of
the past were so great too; he was
link which connected US With by
gone times, VIII the last century.
Not an eye will BE dry in the whole
country"
This passage is highly creditable to
the Qdeen's feelings, though perhaps
less so to her understanding The
Duke of Wellington was indeed "a
great soldier, and an eminently just
and honorable man. He was; how
ever, very far indeed from being the
greatest man England has produced
His understanding, except in military
matters, was not of a high order; he
was the infexible foe of all that is
most enlightened and progressive.
He was IF the opinion Gf we may
Judge of his opinions by his conduct)
that England and the government OF
England were so nearly perfect, that
any important change whatever must
be change for the worse.
During the time whsn he, was
Prime Minister, his inmovable op-
position to Liberal measures made him,
Tor short time, The most unpopular
man in England. His beautiful and
spacious house, near the principal en-
trance to Hyde Pork his ,country's
gift, was assailed BY the m6b', and its
windows broken. At the same time,
his statue, just within the park, was
pelted; but as it was made of iron,
the stones rolled harmlessly about the
pedestal of the statue, and lay within
the ratings. The indomitable old
Tory, Justly indignant at this outrage,
boarded up the windows Of MS house,
and refused for LONG time TO inhabit
i it, or to have It repaired. He did,
however, at length, SO, far relent as to
have the windows replaced and to live
in the house as usual but the stones
which had fallen about the statue were
n6t removed for some years, and / saw
them myself in 1843.
At that time, every American, Oh
getting access to the gallery of the
House of Lords, desired FIRST Of all to
have the Duke Of Wellington pointed
ont to him. I we'll remember seeing
the Duke, sitting III his accustomed
seat, in his acct1stomed atitdde-his
arms folded, his legs crossed, and his
hat drawn over His eyes, as though he
had seated himself fof al afternoon
hap, He had singui1al1y insignificant
appear eafiaIee alice while geattH 3htts, as he
was slightly hndefsized, aid his formi-
tEst55lee t9EisiA55illee hose &as; concealed. It was a
%aahrimn %aarmn ut a1ttesTrhioon, and he had on white
trousers. SelGo.n aas an innocent
rA,.4L. 4 ca6A. ,,AI..a. aefon;shnd thar I