No. III. SUMMARY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF FIELD-MARSHAL THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH THE PUBLIC HONOURS AND EMOLUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONFERRED UPON HIM. Born 1st May, 1769. Ensign 7th March, 1787. Lieutenant 25th December, 1787. Captain 30th June, 1791. Major 30th April, 1793. Lieutenant-Colonel 30th September, 1793. Colonel 3d May, 1796. Major-General 29th April, 1802. Lieutenant-General 25th April, 1808. General, in Spain and Portugal 31st July, 1811. Field-Marshal 21st June, 1813. Governor of Seringapatam 6th May, 1799. The inhabitants of Calcutta vote a sword of the value of 1,000_l._ to Major-General Wellesley 21st February, 1804. The officers of his division vote to Major-General Wellesley a gold vase, which is afterwards changed to a service of plate embossed with “Assye.” 26th February, 1804. Appointed a Knight Companion of the Bath 1st September, 1804. Thanked by parliament 8th March, 1805. Returned to serve in parliament 12th April, 1806. Sworn a Privy Counsellor 8th April, 1807. Secretary to Ireland 19th April, 1807. Negotiates capitulation at Copenhagen 5th September, 1807. Thanked in parliament for the same. 1st February, 1808. A piece of plate, commemorating the battle of Vimeiro, voted to Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley by the general and field-officers who served at it 22d August, 1808. Thanked in parliament for Vimeiro 27th January, 1809. Appointed to command the army in Portugal 2d April, 1809. Appointed Marshal-General of the Portuguese army 6th July, 1809. Created Baron Douro of Wellesley and Viscount Wellington of Talavera 26th August, 1809. Thanks of parliament voted for Talavera 1st February, 1810. Pension of 2,000_l._ per annum, voted to him and his two succeeding heirs male 16th February, 1810. Thanks of parliament for the liberation of Portugal 26th April, 1811. License granted in the name of the King by the Prince Regent, to accept the title of Conde do Vimeiro, and the insignia of Knight Grand-Cross of the Tower and