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Character, Life, And Times Of His Late Royal. Highness , By The Public Press.
of tlieir children , constitute a chapter over which we would willingly have drawn a veil , had not the falsehoods of sycophancy required that the truth should be alluded to . As a minor foible , his Royal Highness was distinguished by that almost invariable concomitant of "liberalism , " an intolerance of opposition . Nothing could be more genial ancl cordial than the conduct of the royal
Duke towards those who approved of his schemes ; but to oppose them , or to slight his Royal Highness ' s patronage , was occasionally to invite his enduring displeasure . As a prince his Royal Highness had many good qualities : not the least of which was that beloved and respected the people amongst whom liis lot was cast . His affection for the English people was unfeigned and
intense ; and if occasionally it merged towards an extreme so as to present the seeming anomaly of a prince of the royal blood countenancing anti-monarchical principles , it must be attributed to the circumstances of his early habits and the associations of early years . To the continued prevalence of the influence of these habits and associations is , perhaps , to be attributed the somewhat startling jjrovision in bis will , for the
interment of his Royal Highness's body in tbe public cemetery at Kensal Green . His Royal Highness , however , is now no more . Light lie the earth upon him ! He had many virtues , which may we all imitate . To add that he had some failings , is but to say that he was human .
{ From the Manchester Guardian . ) We have given , from the columns of our London contemporaries , such details connected with his Royal Highness , his last illness , and its final close , as we considered would be interesting to our readers ; and , though one of the last of our attempts would be to sooth with flattery " the dullcold ear of death , " even when it is the death of one of the
, great ones of tbe earth that is reminding us in trumpet-tones of our own mortality , we are bound to express our opinion that his late Royal Highness had attainments and virtues of a high order . A consistent liberal politician , submitting to sacrifices and deprivations for his opinions throughout the worst of times , a firm and . enlightened friend of religious as of civil liberty , an ardent lover of science and literature , and the active
promoter of every benevolent undertaking that coulcl establish claims to his support , he was a prince—nay , " he was a man , take him for all in all , we shall not look upon his like again . "
{ From the Liverpool Times . ) The Duke of Sussex , in common with Earl Grey , the Earl of Leicester , and others of the same standing , who had fought the battle of civil and religious liberty through those stormy and troublesome times
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Character, Life, And Times Of His Late Royal. Highness , By The Public Press.
of tlieir children , constitute a chapter over which we would willingly have drawn a veil , had not the falsehoods of sycophancy required that the truth should be alluded to . As a minor foible , his Royal Highness was distinguished by that almost invariable concomitant of "liberalism , " an intolerance of opposition . Nothing could be more genial ancl cordial than the conduct of the royal
Duke towards those who approved of his schemes ; but to oppose them , or to slight his Royal Highness ' s patronage , was occasionally to invite his enduring displeasure . As a prince his Royal Highness had many good qualities : not the least of which was that beloved and respected the people amongst whom liis lot was cast . His affection for the English people was unfeigned and
intense ; and if occasionally it merged towards an extreme so as to present the seeming anomaly of a prince of the royal blood countenancing anti-monarchical principles , it must be attributed to the circumstances of his early habits and the associations of early years . To the continued prevalence of the influence of these habits and associations is , perhaps , to be attributed the somewhat startling jjrovision in bis will , for the
interment of his Royal Highness's body in tbe public cemetery at Kensal Green . His Royal Highness , however , is now no more . Light lie the earth upon him ! He had many virtues , which may we all imitate . To add that he had some failings , is but to say that he was human .
{ From the Manchester Guardian . ) We have given , from the columns of our London contemporaries , such details connected with his Royal Highness , his last illness , and its final close , as we considered would be interesting to our readers ; and , though one of the last of our attempts would be to sooth with flattery " the dullcold ear of death , " even when it is the death of one of the
, great ones of tbe earth that is reminding us in trumpet-tones of our own mortality , we are bound to express our opinion that his late Royal Highness had attainments and virtues of a high order . A consistent liberal politician , submitting to sacrifices and deprivations for his opinions throughout the worst of times , a firm and . enlightened friend of religious as of civil liberty , an ardent lover of science and literature , and the active
promoter of every benevolent undertaking that coulcl establish claims to his support , he was a prince—nay , " he was a man , take him for all in all , we shall not look upon his like again . "
{ From the Liverpool Times . ) The Duke of Sussex , in common with Earl Grey , the Earl of Leicester , and others of the same standing , who had fought the battle of civil and religious liberty through those stormy and troublesome times