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The information which was generally received and printed last Satur- day, respecting the return of the Earl of Derby from Balmoral, and the removal of the body of the Duke from Weimer Castle to Apsley House, official as it looked, has proved incorrect : Lord Derby, as will be seen, was then at Balmoral; and the body of the Duke remains at Walmer Castle.

All doubt as to the question whether the body of Wellington should be publicly buried, and where, was set at rest on Wednesday afternoon, by the publication, in the second edition of the morning papers, of the fol- lowing official letter, addressed by Lord Derby to Mr. Walpole.

" To the _Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Secretary of the Home Department. " Balmoral, Sept. 20, 1852. " Sir—Her Majesty received with grief, on Thursday last, the afflicting intelligence of the sudden death of the late Duke of Wellington. "Although the Queen could not for a moment doubt that the voice of the country would be unanimous upon the subject of the honours to be paid to the memory of the greatest man of the age, her Majesty considered it due to the feelings of his Grace's surviving relatives that no steps should be taken, even in his honour, without their previous concurrence: and, accord- ingly, on the same evening, in obedience to her Majesty's commands, I wrote to Lord Charles Wellesley, (the present Duke not having returned to Eng- land,) to ascertain whether the late Duke had left any directions, or whether his family desired to express any wish on the subject ; and suggesting the course which appeared to her Majesty beet calculated to give expression to those feelings in which the nation as one man will sympathize with her Majesty. " Having this day received letters from the present Duke and his brother, to the effect that the late Duke had left no directions on the subject, and placing themselves wholly in her Majesty's hands, I hasten to relieve the public, anxiety by signifying to you, for general information, the commands which I have received from her Majesty. " The great space which the name of the Duke of Wellington has filled in the history of the last fifty years—his brilliant achievements in the field —his high mental qualities—his long and faithful services to the Crown— his untiring devotion to the interests of his country—constitute claims upon the gratitude of the nation, which a public funeral, though it cannot satisfy, at least may serve to recognize. " Her Majesty is well aware, that, as in the case of Lord Nelson, she might of her own authority have given immediate orders for this public mark of veneration for the memory of the illustrious Duke, and has no doubt but that Parliament and the country would cordially have approved the step ; but her Majesty, anxious that this tribute of regard and sorrow should be deprived of nothing which could invest it with a thoroughly na- tional character—anxious that the greatest possible number of her subjects should have an opportunity of joining it—is anxious, above all, that such honours should not appear to emanate from the Crown alone, and that the two Houses of Parliament should have an opportunity, by their previous sanction, of stamping the proposed ceremony with increased solemnity, and of associating themselves with her Majesty in paying honour to the memory of one whom no Englishman can name without pride and sorrow.

"The body of the Duke of Wellington will remain, therefore, with the concurrence of the family, under proper guardianship, at Walmer Castle, until the Queen shall have received the formal approval of Parliament to the course which it will be the duty of her Majesty's servants to submit to both Houses upon their reassembling. As soon as possible after that ap- proval shall have been obtained, it is her Majesty's wish, should no unforeseen impediment arise, that the mortal remains of the late illustrious and venerated Commander-in-chief should, at the public expense, and with all the solemnity due to the greatness of the occasion, be deposited in the Cathedral Church of St. Pees • there to rest by the side of Nelson—the greatest military by the side of the greatest naval chief who ever reflected lustre upon the annals of England.

"I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, "DERBY."

A guard of honour consisting of a captain's guard selected from the

depOt of the First Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, took up their station in Weimer Castle on Thursday. The state coffin reached the Castle on the same day ; and the body being placed within it, a pall was thrown over. The room is carpeted with black.

The present Duke and Lord Charles Wellesley left Walmer at ten o'clock in the morning. The Duchess of Wellington had departed for London on Wednesday.

The City of London is desirous of paying its tribute to the memory of Wellington. At a meeting of the Common Council, on Thursday, the following resolution, moved by Mr. John Wood and seconded by Sir Peter Laurie, was adopted- " That it be referred to a committee, now to be appointed, to consider what mark of respect should be paid by the Corporation of London to the memory of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and report their opinion thereon to this Court."

Reports were current, last week, that the Doke had died without a will ; and psychologists were beginning to busy themselves with the pro- blem, how such a man could have died intestate. Their dissertations were out short by the produetion of the will : it was found on Saturday night, at Coutts's bank, and dated so far back as 1818.

New evidence has thrown a light on the disputed question of Welling- ton's birth-place, and birth-day. A letter appeared in the papers of Thursday, signed " Charles Egan," supplying the following quotation frem an Irish journal—the Dublin Mercury of May 2, 1769.

"Biarn.—In Merrion Street, the Bight Honourable the Countess of Mornington, of a son."

Now the registration of Wellington's baptism, placing that event on the 30th of April, creates a difficulty, which an affirmative answer to one little question will remove. Is it not probable that the officiating minis- ter of St. Peter's Church dated the baptismal register according to the old style?

As every authentic glimpse of the last moments of Wellington is wel- come, even if not recommended by novelty, we quote the following from

a letter addressed to the Medical Timm and Gaze. tte by Mr. Hulke of DeaL " About half-past eight this morning, [14th September,] my father: re- ceived a note from Walmer Castle, stating that the Duke of Wellington wished to see him; He immediately went to the Castle. His Grace corn- plained of uneasiness.about the cheat and stomach ; was then perfectly con- scious, and answered questions put to him with correctness. Some medicine was ordered, and during its preparation his Grace took some tea and toast. Shortly after leaving the Castle, my father received another communication, stating that his Grace was much worse ; he had had fits similar to those he was subject to. My father and I went directly, and found his Grace in bed, unconscious ; eyes turned a little upwards, fixed ; pupils of medium size; skin warm and moist ; respiration very laborious, from accumulation of mu- cus in air-tubes. Before our arrival, his valet had applied a mustard pout- tice to his chest, as on a former occasion this had given relief. Dr. M'Arthur soon arrived, and Drs. Hume and Fergusson were telegraphed for. , Dr. M'Arthur advised a mustard emetic to be given ; having prescribed one with advantage for the Duke several years ago under similar circumstances. This and other measures were now of no avail. His Grace became very restless, tried to turn on his left aide ; occasionally there were slight twitching' of the left arm. When raised in bed, his breathing was much more free • and this induced us to place him in an easy chair, when his respiration became much less embarrassed : his pulse sank, and Ills Grace was now placed more horizontally ; the pulse rallied for a little time, and then gradually declined; the breathing became more feeble ; and, at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock p.m. his Grace breathed his last. So easy and gentle was the tran- sition that for the moment it was doubted. A mirror was held before his Grace's mouth ; its brightness was undimmed, and he was no more." Among the contributions which affectionate remembrance have ;milled respecting the Duke, we find the following interesting communication in. the _Evening Mail of Dublin. "Having enjoyed the rare privilege of being admitted into the domestic circle of the late Duke, it may not be uninteresting to mention a few brief nminiseences of that illustrious personage, which display points of character not generally known, and that seldom come under public observation. In- deed of meeting an Iron Duke, such as he was commonly represented, no- thing could be more attractive than the unaffected simplicity of his manner- and the dignified ease of his deportment. In conversation he never evinced the slightest particle of assumption, and it was quite obvious that extreme modesty was his natural disposition. Sincere in his religions convictions, he was punctual to the minute at the stated hours of divine service, and it was. edifying to witness his unostentatious devotion amidst the rural congre- gation of his own parish.church. Remarkably fond of children, he delighted in visiting the admirable infant school which he established at Strathfield- saye, and was often affected almost to tears by the innocent hilarity of the little group by whom he was surrounded. " His household arrangements were conducted on a scale of suitable ele- gance ; while, owing to his quiet and temperate habits, he never gave the servants the least unnecessary trouble, which made him beloved as a master. In the management of his extensive estates, the same sound sense, correct kidgment, and practical wisdom appear, as have marked his grand career. The vast sums he expended in building labourers' cottages show the atten- tion he bestowed on the wants and comforts of the working classes under his control. In fact, his whole property presented the aspect of a kind of model farm, and no defect escaped his vigilant eye. Nearly the wholeproe.eeds of the rental were appropriated in improved cultivation, and in ameliorating the condition of the tenantry. His Grace's portion of the union did not supply a pauper to the district workhouse. A single instance will suffice to• prove his humanity. One of his keepers was killed, in an affray with poachers, who were arrested and convicted : he immediately ordered his well-stocked preserves to be thrown open, saying that he would not allow his men to be murdered, and other people transported, for the sake of a par- cel of birds and some paltry game. The sufferings of the Irish poor during the famine period engaged his deepest sympathies • and he expressed him- self with the utmost warmth and feeling on the subject of the savings-bank failures, considering these deposits of hardly-acquired earnings as a sacred trust, to be repaid, without reference to legal technicalities, on the implied faith of an Imperial obligation. He seldom took the pains of contradicting any calumny with regard to himself, or to refute any aspersions on his fair fame, however destitute of truth. Among these may be reckoned the false report that he denied the place of his nativity, and repudiated the land of his. birth. No statement can be more utterly unfounded or untenable. On the contrary, 'he was proud of Ireland; bestowed- the deserved praise on those noble qualities with which her sons are distinguished, but was grieved and wounded to see that warm-hearted people misled and misdirected by senseless tirades against everything English—fostering national animosities and en- gendering sectarian strife. He certainly was impressed with the idea that he was disliked by his own countrymen, but could not account for the un- merited prejudice that prevailed. It is to be hoped that this misconception will now cease.

"He often remarked, that the secret of success lay in embracing every opportunity of being useful ; and that he never forgot the golden rule which- he early learned in the Church Catechism, of doing your duty in that state of life to which it shall please God to call you.' ".