13 NOVEMBER 1915, Page 18

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND HIS BOOTS. [To THE EDITOR

Or THE "SPEOTATOE."1 SIF,—In order to close the debate on the incident in the life of the Duke of Wellington referred to by your correspondent, May I be allowed to state the fact as it happened P Lord Wellington was on hie way to take up the oommand, in Portugal, and on the night of the storm was naturally asleep in his cabin. Being roused by the captain of the transport and informed that she was in danger of being driven ashore, he only said "Then bring me my boots." Of course he pre. ,ferred facing the shipwreck on deck to being drowned in his cabin. —I am, Sir, &c., THE EDITOR OF " REMINISCENCES OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON," BY FRANCIS FIRST EARL OF ELLESMERE, 13 Lower Berkeley Street, W.