New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18
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~, ST Henry Tagtor, ~ The yincteenn cent,lrg
Inc Duke Of NcllingtOn's dispatches are 20
course admirable in dealing with njlitarv ,a 0 Ot
nue. put they can only be appreciated by be-
Ing Ieaa In succession He could appreciate them
mtmsei, and aVow 1t with characteristic frankness
Inc late L.. Aberdeen from whom heard itl re-
PSatea 70 the Duke what Lord Brougham had said
Ihao When one reads those dispatches one secs how
II Is that there is only one great General i'm n 80
ouiy. 10 winch the Duke replied " BY God II il
quite true and when read them myself / ca,,,os
conceive how can ever have written them. '-''O'
there Is another little incident, betokening a pru
uental shrewdness In the exercise of authorit,5 -,
TINS Instance military authority which was told ma
py pit OreNille Though not to be found in his me-
molrs AT least as hitherto published on the autboFrv
oil LORD tltzroy Somerset The army was i'm retrsaSy
ana having 70 crUss river, the Duke had given
e INC evening before the crossing that one
nait should cross by bridge and the Other a., a
i3rd some miles further up. Early In the morp;nS
ee Dhe rode up 10 the ford but found no troops:
ana after waiting some time as none came in sgb,'
ne rode back IN dismay, thinking be had LOST b;::
generals of division had met IN the moTnnr, 80
lndng that rain had fallen in the night tbsv Ia
ha9 the audacty To counteTmand the Dukes Orders
ana pass the whole army over the brIGge =, ths
PS OF the rear Lord Fzroy expressed has
nothing" WV 'iouS' said
In official dealings, the Duke is said to have held
t %i.m 700 much hrmness any position he had once
taken taken up. remember remarkable letter from a
Lousn, gLand ola General Sir Lionel smith to whom
nr;zo 20 @ an IoiuSng certain moneys claimed as
prIze OF war IN an Indian city which had been an
cboSo ~ sptte oI the evidence produced, the Duke
S UnOso 10 peHeVe that the money had been re-
moved before the capture and Sir Lionel tIr.d oe
PiocuSHlS arguments and evidence TO no nur,,,se
Tcpleu az last, with unofficial plain dealing Nv,
Loru Duke, you know in your own mind where Ia
money was. The Duke may have been uuiust hnt
ne was not ungenerous some time aftertya ths
secretary OF State for the Colonies was coutennl,t
ing the appointment of Sir Lionel to a firSi5,iass
government at critical period, and wrote 70 IL
puke Tor ms opinion of him. The reply was fbat IL
placed" AZ "'iSH h0 Couiu 20
. Mhen twenty-five years OF age Elliot was Minis
cI LehlpOtent1Ty at the Court of Munich and We,
wenty Tour at the Court of Berlin in the latter a.
81 trederck the Great The relations het,Teso
I1ssa ana England Were not altoget her friendl,-
dI uie personal intercourse between Elliot and
leuerlck was very much the reverse Frederick in
gulg III glDeS and SneerS but little discussed ana
nnot IN sklIfnlly equivocal retorts respe,.iabe
Ia on frederlcks at the Court OF ST. James
Was recalled and replaced by a notoriousiy III
Fellow, merely 20 spite the English CAN
T ! Mhereupon What do they say of - IN
LONDON y asked Frederick, in a t:.un.in, ton.
Dlgle repreSentant de VOtre Majestic rarIi"j
Elnot, Oowlng 10 the ground. This did moi mend
matters, ana the King would not speak 10 n lot az
scNeI's successive leNeeS. Elliot highly indi,nast
" as ,tohghg Tor an opoItunlty To bo revenge win.
hleiHgehce having arrived that Hvder Ali 6aj
laue successful lnroad into the Carnatic the KIM
a tSheu IN wicked way: M. Elliot oui est %
yer an Gun SAT- 81 blen aTTangcr VoS affareS auN
iildles sire" replied Elios, " c'eSt nm yienX
rpe3Spole, qoi beaucoup pieTses yuisins mais an,
Oicu mercl commence a radoter."