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without exception ? Any description I can give will I 

 feel sure fall very far short to set forth in a sufficiently 

 strong way the respect and love in which they were 

 held for their universally kind and gentle manners. 

 Without any kind of ostentation, they were dignified ; 

 though high-born themselves, they were affable and 

 courteous to those below them ; and the kindly greet- 

 ings of the good old Earl (who died in 1844) and 

 the two ladies in their red habits, as they rode up 

 to where old George Slack and his hounds were 

 awaiting their arrival, will long be remembered by 

 all those who had the honour and privilege of their 

 acquaintance, should any such be still remaining. 

 I will then only remark that Lord Lonsdale was a 

 type of " The fine old English gentleman, One of 

 the olden time," and that his wife and daughter were 

 the worthy wife and daughter, in all their ways, 

 thoughts, and deeds, of so worthy a husband and 

 father. It is now long since they have disappeared 

 from amongst us, but from having in former days 

 had the great pleasure and privilege of knowing 

 them intimately, and from having as a youngster 

 received invariable kindness from them all, I can- 

 not refrain from expressing my affectionate feelings 

 towards them, and paying in very feeble terms 



