New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-17
THE GREAT DUKE.
PERSONAL REcoILEcTIoNs OF wELL1NG.
TON.
.ar A. pOs in M,lrray's Magazine.

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Lady dc Ros in Murray's Magazine
The following narratives and anecdotes were tola
me On various occasions by the Duke. and taken n9w
by me at the time some of them are OF & e
value and all appear to me Interesting as haVins Cum"
ifo Wa h Castle Sept 10, 1s42The Duke tod US
that when he went, the morning OF INC doN Mini
~ obsepyed a great many oddlooklng people ABOUT,
who showed marks Of dissatisfaction; % ssemhied
ne u eany tbs maeistrate came to him and offered
his services but the Duke sad iOu can W. With
The only thing you can help me 10 Ipeons Inn for the
great danger would be In my MISSING In he Started
ing 70 turn back on the @G and Increasing gentleman
d d TtIhmrv nut himself exactly behind him. when
great protection TO h' Sao I old discharged sol
d, came and offered their services, and he placer
them on each SIDE Of he h ordered them to face
with heir backs to his legs, as be had lin on
the mob running IN before nun they anu cot TO Lncons
Inn, Where he joined by number, o OF sDd the
who escorted him on S aRu ." Of triumph
ladies' waving their handkerchlefs at ne nno ~
and gentlemen az their , doors Would not do was
easy enough TO go in but how was 70 go ou scrane
the difficulty Ike people e gs' sn easy TO got out
Oh Wisn the Duke reached Stable Yard and got into
sre be djd bmt The mob rushed through passage
near the Duke Of suheTsnds h4pse s eRecraons at
nsInv Hnnse cate 1t was fortunate that the streets
were perfectly dry and t3e o nsIt him. He said he
saw a coal wagon come by with some Anxiety
Tho nuke had received a great many intimations
st ba was To be assassnated, and therefore ou ho ~
10 any public fees. Once IL had been arIahs thev
his life should be taken at bal maSqTS o nsxt day
Febmary IL 1918 he had dnnerparty, aiter ~hon
he vent TO Mrs cranfurds for hall an rn nGu into his
own porte cochere shot was fired Inc dune % IA
that the coachman in driving full galoP' is,teT
had knocked down the sentry; and that sng tbs
niece had gone Off and began reproaeIhiang Nv w
coacnman who then told him that man noa dasb1S
him which was the cause Of the coachihan ua i
into rbe gateway BY thus rushing In tho coachins
certainly saved the Dukes life. for the shot %a s r
exactIy AZ the corner of the carriage whefe the
sat and It never touched the carriage b3r ar
footmen The next day the ats nauIres
etc THE Duke went out. On his return nc s sad
found the Commissioner there ana on SsAh h man re-
n1ed Non MILFORD jc cherche topionFs "a pane
The Duke endeavored to persuade; n ~ ,He nv firing
s So Nm ~ Without noi having had bali 70 him With
TWO Of the Dukes servants wete wAhns y aiS
EVENING eve bich " evdenty must have beer 49, aassn'
CsntiIlon He was taken and tied' ~" -'''so
As ,e the had SSt snS b % Of over bis fort
Mole ,hen Minister of told 10 me para ts shorty l
aieE Nageie2 srs With him when be became thought
III and LAYING down his cue he ga, o ~ 70 MN IN
q inS edReleniiy to expe he EserF Pewes
had these reverses, he said occuri,ys NJ = ~ % ~
on ,e hal might have saved the game but that spr,
was now worn out and never could again 70 eNpeotea
to reyvs no GENT through lis wonderful campaign Of
Champagne with activity perhaps Snparaileea III
his former wars The Dukes nvaFiabie comment Oh
Napoleon was He was not gentleman"
Mr. pitt was remarkable for never answering any
LIE writing as RelQOm anu a.
little as possible Lord Grenve, on the otner manu-,
was extremely punctua eT IN sae srea political event
ford Crenye wrote a detailed account OF u 10 Loru
Wellesley at Calcutta tsSDS vim naa Sh Rs letter With
the observation that knowing Mr.. Pitts bad PTacsee
D not Er9g he ho1gG + proper ack would have
H. the ship which was conveying ths I eter wa wa
t e y eng railing into the hands Of tho French
Government Lord Grenve's letter was immeda sody
published in the MonleSuGE S SlS Spyy observed
that q he hoped Lord Grenville would not pe IN
hurry t. call BIS TsetbS Duke o. a nG w Of NJ PIT Dec
II, 1880 at strathfeldsaye, said that the iat oi n
character was being too sangnne, INA. nc snd dd moi
project and then imagined IL was done anu u'u nus
enter enough into the details
The Duke told as that among his A. D. c's, whom
he went to Spain there was blunt Captain, VINO
knew nothing OF the refnements OF life, ana VINO ic
wIet each box contained. The other A. ID. C.'s had
each their box OF backing, and another Tor Doofees
what YOU like but see plainly they arc wooden,legs
what a desperate set Of fellows you must be|-im
aginng they all meant to lose their legs
walme- Castle, Oct. 10, 1s3s.-The Duke said,
awhen Buonaparte died, was at OLD Cra"iora.s IN
claimed, 'Quel evenementP Talleyrand, who was
present said, Non co nest plus un eveneheh'' co
nest maintenant qu'une nOuvelle
man who squinted very much asked TaiIeyrand
Comment Won't les affailes present Islieyrana
looked at him moment and answered, CONNIE
yousvoyez." y III
S. SAGE Dec. il, 1s39.-The Emperor Paul, meeting
an Engllshman one day in ST. Petersburgh who did
not take OK his hat TO him. inquired me reason ana
on being tod at a ne ~aS egS s s
to wear spectacles for tue rest OF his life.
strathledsaye, March 1s45.-The Duke told MS a
story of Madame de stael, 10 show the Importance OF
She was extremely DESTROYS that Monsieur Benia
min Constant should have some g9od place, Sqa she
applied to Biaess 70 make him go Scn rsnT 0A'a
q En- bien, Siors }ait ie SfinisTo d'EtaLs
mon, celia ne Sc peut pas'
" Alors fates lie Huisser."
"Non. 10 ne peux pas
Z" Eli bien donc-pfiez-le diner.' And even that
was refused.
ale was very silent man in company remem-
Der story Arbuthnot told mo of him: When he was
either at Houghton Holkham, he had, contrary TO
the rules Of the house. Killed number Of hen pleas
ants he carried them homo himself, but he did not
dare 10 show them, 50 he secretcd them behind his
bed, and they were only discovered when he left the
house."
@PeOple arc SO fonds said the Duke. Of talking Of
q respectable man. The waiter at the Salon, when
pressed on a duel inquest admitted that It meant a
imam in good clothes' Lord Liverpool used TO talk
OF respectable men,, and when pressed him as 10
what that exactly meant, never could got Catis-
factory explanation. / my object was TO bring
him 10 the admission as this waiter-that II
| meant man IN good clothes"
After Sir Arthur Wellesley returned from India he
was one night in the House Of Commons sitting be
tween Sir ] shelley and some other great sporting
books which aroused HIS curiosity. and 10 their IN
| finite amusement he asked What books they were
| falling Oft"
"During all my experience said the Duke Of
the leaders both civil and military in SPAIN i never
met with spaniard Of superior education nor In.
deed do | believe there has been anything like a good
education IN that country since the Jestfs were a
nelled from it they not only looked TO the instruction
Of YOUTH but they took care TO bring their pupils nm
IN The habits OF gentlemen. As 10 military educafion
am persuaded that the best education for an officer
Is whatever may be considered the nttest education
! for gentleman, whether In England or elsewherc
Lot that be the foundation, and II is easy 10 add such
technical science may be necessary for an officer