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Character, Life, And Times Of His Late Royal. Highness , By The Public Press.
and the patience , and , considering his peculiar state of health , how he could have employed the labour which he must have clone , to have mastered so much on almost every subject which could be named . We have heard his praise most highly sounded from able men belonging to the Royal Society . While he was president of the Society of Arts , we had frequently the pleasure of hearing his shrewd and sensible remarks ,
having belonged to that body for many years . As a politician , he was most sincere , most upright , and most manly ; family feeling—royal animosity did not affect him . He pursued a steady , onward , liberal course . For details on this subject we must refer to another part of this paper ; but no one who ever heard him in his place in the House of Lords could be otherwise than delighted with the candour , the honesty ,
and the enlightened spirit in which he spoke . Unfortunate circumstances connected with his first marriage , we believe , greatly troubled him for some years ; but we are confident that in that transaction he
was much more sinned against than sinning . As to his politics , to which we have alluded , we have some reason to believe that though always a liberal , he would probably have shewn himself much more so if his peculiar situation would have permitted . We recollect that an individual , well known to ourselves , who had more than once , perhaps inadvertently , during a debate at the Society of Arts , called him " Mr .
President , " expressed a hope that he was not offended ( while , be it understood , all the rest of the members had been " Your Royal Highnessing" the Duke up to the seventh heaven ) . " My good sir , " said the Duke , " 1 always wish people to use proper terms in proper places . I am no Royal Highness here . I am president of this great and useful society- " The Freemasons , of whom he was Grand Master , will well
appreciate the observations we have made , at least , all who have met him at their meetings . It is a phrase of that immense and most valuable body , that no person can be a good Mason and a bad man . This was peculiarly exemplified in his Royal Highness ; for probably his character as a Mason was only exceeded by his virtues as a member of society .
( From the Edinburgh Observer . ) The immediate cause of death was an attack of erysipelas : but his Royal Highness also exhibited symptoms of being affected by a similar disease to that which terminated the life of William IV . The royal Duke was generally beloved—being liberal , in the broadest acceptation of the word ; benevolent , to the utmost extent of his means ; and affable and
kind to all with whom he had intercourse . He was a uniform supporter of the principles which placed his family on the throne of these realms ; and a constant adherent , in the House of Peers , of the party which successively recognised Fox and Grey as its leaders . The inter-
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.
and the patience , and , considering his peculiar state of health , how he could have employed the labour which he must have clone , to have mastered so much on almost every subject which could be named . We have heard his praise most highly sounded from able men belonging to the Royal Society . While he was president of the Society of Arts , we had frequently the pleasure of hearing his shrewd and sensible remarks ,
having belonged to that body for many years . As a politician , he was most sincere , most upright , and most manly ; family feeling—royal animosity did not affect him . He pursued a steady , onward , liberal course . For details on this subject we must refer to another part of this paper ; but no one who ever heard him in his place in the House of Lords could be otherwise than delighted with the candour , the honesty ,
and the enlightened spirit in which he spoke . Unfortunate circumstances connected with his first marriage , we believe , greatly troubled him for some years ; but we are confident that in that transaction he
was much more sinned against than sinning . As to his politics , to which we have alluded , we have some reason to believe that though always a liberal , he would probably have shewn himself much more so if his peculiar situation would have permitted . We recollect that an individual , well known to ourselves , who had more than once , perhaps inadvertently , during a debate at the Society of Arts , called him " Mr .
President , " expressed a hope that he was not offended ( while , be it understood , all the rest of the members had been " Your Royal Highnessing" the Duke up to the seventh heaven ) . " My good sir , " said the Duke , " 1 always wish people to use proper terms in proper places . I am no Royal Highness here . I am president of this great and useful society- " The Freemasons , of whom he was Grand Master , will well
appreciate the observations we have made , at least , all who have met him at their meetings . It is a phrase of that immense and most valuable body , that no person can be a good Mason and a bad man . This was peculiarly exemplified in his Royal Highness ; for probably his character as a Mason was only exceeded by his virtues as a member of society .
( From the Edinburgh Observer . ) The immediate cause of death was an attack of erysipelas : but his Royal Highness also exhibited symptoms of being affected by a similar disease to that which terminated the life of William IV . The royal Duke was generally beloved—being liberal , in the broadest acceptation of the word ; benevolent , to the utmost extent of his means ; and affable and
kind to all with whom he had intercourse . He was a uniform supporter of the principles which placed his family on the throne of these realms ; and a constant adherent , in the House of Peers , of the party which successively recognised Fox and Grey as its leaders . The inter-