ry prediction and observation of which had been exactly
verified by events." His desire to stand by his order, to uphold
government by that order, and to maintain its revenues by the protection
of territorial produce overpowered alike his sense of justice, and his
patriotism.

In 1843, he resumed the office of "commander-in-chief of the land
forces," which he held until his decease. In his management of the
army, he displayed the same repugnance to reform as in civil life, and a
determination to resist all changes that lessened aristocratic influence
in its government, or the promotion of its officers. The liberal views
and measures which spontaneously emanated from the Duke of Cambridge,
in 1858-9, would have been impossible to the Duke of Wellington, except
under such a pressure of popular power as made a concession of some
things necessary to preserve others. The improvements which gradually
grew up in the condition of the common soldier seldom, almost never,
had his approbation, and were generally carried out by successive whig
governments in opposition to the commander-in-chief.

On the 10th of April, 1848, when the great Chartist meeting took place
near London, the dispositions made by the great duke to put down any
attempt at insurrection, excited the admiration of all military men.

At no period in the Duke of Wellington's history did he so fully enjoy
the confidence and respect of his countrymen as when death approached.
The mode of his death was such as might be expected at his advanced
age. It was easy--as the lamp expires when the oil which fed it becomes
exhausted. One of the honours which he bore was that of warden of the
Cinque Ports; he was therefore staying at Walmer Castle when his brief
but fatal illness occurred. His remains were there placed in a coffin,
which the inhabitants and the troops of the surrounding garrisons were
permitted to see. On the 10th of November, the body was removed to
London, and laid in state at Chelsea Hospital, where a vast concourse
of persons were permitted to see it. Thence it was taken to the
Horse Guards, whence the funeral procession went forth to St. Paul's
Cathedral, in the dome of which, beside the body of Nelson, it was to
be deposited. The funeral was the grandest which ever took place in
England, or perhaps in Europe. Military representatives from all the
important nations in Europe, except Austria, attended. Vast multitudes
of people crowded the thoroughfares