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Imperial Parliament.
the last hour of his life —( hear , hear ); I say , if both these things can be said of him—as I am convinced they can , with the most perfect truth —I know of nothing that is wanting to entitle his memory to that unfeigned respect , on the part of your lordship ' s house , which is due to him as a British prince , and , I will venture to add , as a British
gentleman—( hear , hear ) . On these grounds , I beg to express my most entire concurrence in the motion of the noble Duke ; and on the part of all those who were favoured with the personal friendship of this illustrious personage , I beg to tender their unfeigned thanks to the noble Duke for the manner in which he has discharged this duty —( hear , hear ) . THE MARQUIS of NORTHAMPTON said lie should not be discharging
his duty to those who had honored him by electing him to succeed the late illustrious Prince in the office of President of the Royal Society , if he did not , on their behalf , express their sorrow at the loss which her Majesty and the country had sustained . His late Royal Highness did every thing hi his power to promote improvement in science and art ; and when the noble marquis who had just sat down reminded their
lordships that the noble Duke ' s name was associated with every advance that had been made in these important respects , "he ( the Marquis of Northampton ) believed that it would also be set down by the future historian that his name was equally associated , in common with all the members of the royal family , with all the charitable institutions of the country —( hear , hear ) . He repeated that he should not be discharging
his duty if he had not taken this occasion to express , on the part of the Royal Society , their deep regret at the loss of his Royal Highness . The address was then put and agreed to .
MEETING OF THE SOCIETY TOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS , MANUFACTURES , AND COMMERCE . At a meeting held on Wednesday evening , April 24 , William Tooke , Esq ., V . P ., in the Chair ; The Secretary having formally announced the death of his Royal Highness , the Duke of Sussex , who had presided over the Society for twenty-seven years ,
Ordered— " That the melancholy announcement made by the Secretary be entered on the minutes . " Resolved— " That this Society , at this their first meeting after the death of their Illustrious President , cannot refrain from thus recording the deep sense they entertain of the loss they , in common with the whole empire , have sustained by the afflicting dispensation which has
removed from his hi gh station , a Prince not more distinguished by his birth than by his discriminating patronage of all institutions calculated to promote the interests of literature and science in tlieir various depart-
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Imperial Parliament.
the last hour of his life —( hear , hear ); I say , if both these things can be said of him—as I am convinced they can , with the most perfect truth —I know of nothing that is wanting to entitle his memory to that unfeigned respect , on the part of your lordship ' s house , which is due to him as a British prince , and , I will venture to add , as a British
gentleman—( hear , hear ) . On these grounds , I beg to express my most entire concurrence in the motion of the noble Duke ; and on the part of all those who were favoured with the personal friendship of this illustrious personage , I beg to tender their unfeigned thanks to the noble Duke for the manner in which he has discharged this duty —( hear , hear ) . THE MARQUIS of NORTHAMPTON said lie should not be discharging
his duty to those who had honored him by electing him to succeed the late illustrious Prince in the office of President of the Royal Society , if he did not , on their behalf , express their sorrow at the loss which her Majesty and the country had sustained . His late Royal Highness did every thing hi his power to promote improvement in science and art ; and when the noble marquis who had just sat down reminded their
lordships that the noble Duke ' s name was associated with every advance that had been made in these important respects , "he ( the Marquis of Northampton ) believed that it would also be set down by the future historian that his name was equally associated , in common with all the members of the royal family , with all the charitable institutions of the country —( hear , hear ) . He repeated that he should not be discharging
his duty if he had not taken this occasion to express , on the part of the Royal Society , their deep regret at the loss of his Royal Highness . The address was then put and agreed to .
MEETING OF THE SOCIETY TOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS , MANUFACTURES , AND COMMERCE . At a meeting held on Wednesday evening , April 24 , William Tooke , Esq ., V . P ., in the Chair ; The Secretary having formally announced the death of his Royal Highness , the Duke of Sussex , who had presided over the Society for twenty-seven years ,
Ordered— " That the melancholy announcement made by the Secretary be entered on the minutes . " Resolved— " That this Society , at this their first meeting after the death of their Illustrious President , cannot refrain from thus recording the deep sense they entertain of the loss they , in common with the whole empire , have sustained by the afflicting dispensation which has
removed from his hi gh station , a Prince not more distinguished by his birth than by his discriminating patronage of all institutions calculated to promote the interests of literature and science in tlieir various depart-