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Show Slraw Thrown Ott rnjll.h tv.l. By tho death of the duko ot Wellington Welling-ton tbo English pension list will bo eased by 820.000 n year. The sum Included In-cluded twu separata pensions granted to tho Iron Ilukn. Tho first wa In 1810, a pension of 810,000 n year on account ac-count ot "tho brilliant nnd decltlie victory vic-tory obtained" by him at Talavera on July 12, 1S0D, and waa given to "Lieut-Oen. "Lieut-Oen. Ird Viscount Wellington" by Oeorgo HI. The second pension at 810.000 also was granted In 1812 on Viscount Wellington's advancement to an earldom. |