1884] RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE. 103 



the los.s of their departed friend, because one of the dearest 

 wishes of his life could not now be fulfilled — namely, that 

 he should live to see Lord Yarmouth regain the seat which 

 was lost at the late Greneral Election. It was not for him 

 to speak of his domestic virtues and his blameless lif^, of 

 his devoted attachment to his Queen, of the g-allant soldier 

 and true gentleman, but rather to recall to their remem- 

 brance the time when he first came amongst them, and 

 when he soon saw, with his usual tact and sound judg- 

 ment, and zeal for the cause of his party, that, in order to 

 counteract the influence in high quarters on the part of his 

 political opponents, the Conservative party in this division 

 were greatly in want of a leader, and he at once consented 

 to become president of the association, and from that time 

 until his death the welfare of the party and of the con- 

 stitutional cause bad been his unceasing care. And he 

 regarded this, as he did all other duties entailed upon him 

 by his distinguished position, as an hereditary trust, which 

 he fulfilled to the last wdth loyal and patriotic devotion. 

 Indeed, it might be truly said of him that he had left 

 behind him that which is " Moiunnonium crre jjere/iniiis,'' 

 the bright example of a long and honourable career unsel- 

 fishly spent in doing good deeds for the sake of others, and 

 an imperishable name, which they would cherish in fond 

 remembrance as long as the association existed. 



The resolution was appropriately seconded by Mr. Cove 

 Jones. 



Archdeacon Holbech briefly moved that the resolution 

 be forwarded to the Marchioness of Hertford, and that it 

 be engrossed upon vellum. He said that although the 

 resolution had been placed in his hands to propose, he was 

 confident that they were only trying to express what was 

 really beyond words, and that the feelings of all were at 

 that moment written deep in the heart. 



The Eev. William Miller ably seconded the resolution, 

 and made especial reference to the tact with which the late 

 Marquis had succeeded in uniting the several classes of 

 Conservatives into a compact whole, and said that every 



