XXll 
Monthly Council, Fehriiary 3 , 1892 . 
of a Prince in direct succession to the 
Throne would be an event which would 
afflict the Crown, and give great con- 
cern to the country ; but to lose a 
Prince who was so precious to Her 
Majesty and to her family, and so 
beloved by all who had the honour of 
knowing him, is a calamity — perhaps 
one of the greatest calamities which 
have ever befallen Her Majesty and 
the nation at large. His Royal High- 
ness the Duke of Clarence inherited 
many of those qualities which dis- 
tinguish his illustrious parents. No 
one has ever been brought in con- 
tact with His Royal Highness without 
being struck with his kindness of 
heart, his courtesy, his consideration 
for others, and his readiness and 
anxiety to discharge those duties, 
philanthropic, social, or otherwise, 
which devolve upon one in his high 
station. A goorl and high-minded 
Prince has passed away, and from 
every quarter of this vast Empire 
have come evidences of the sense of 
the great loss which the nation has 
sustained. Her Majesty the Queen 
has ever taken a deep interest in the 
operations and work of this Society, 
and I am sure every member of the 
Council, and, beyond the Council, 
every member of the Society and of 
the great agricultural community at 
large, will be anxious to express their 
heartfelt sorrow and deep sympathy 
with Her Majesty in the great trial 
with which it has pleased Providence 
to visit her. It is om‘ fervent prayer 
that the touching words of Her 
Majesty in the letter which she has 
addressed to her people may be fully 
realised, and that God maj’^ give her 
strength to bear this trial and health 
to rule for years to come over a 
devoted, a loyal, and an attached 
people. 
I beg now to move the following 
humble Address of condolence to Her 
Majest}’ the Queen : — 
TO THE queen’s MOST E.TCELLEXT MAJESTY. 
May it please Your Majesty: 
^Ye, the Pi'esident and Council 
representing the general body of 
Governors and Members of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of 
England, beg leave humbly to 
approach your Majesty with the 
assurance of our deep and heart- 
felt sorrow at the untimely death 
of His Royal Highness the Duke of 
Clarence and Avondale, and of our 
earnest and respectful sympathy 
with your Majesty in youraffliction. 
The high promise of His Royal 
Highness's youth, the many ami- 
able qualities which endeared him 
to all with whom he came in con- 
tact, and the happiness which 
appeared to be in store for him in 
the immediate future, have all 
combined to intensify the national 
sense of the loss which your Ma- 
jesty and your people have sus- 
tained by his sudden and melan- 
choly decease. 
We are always mindful of the 
gracious interest ever taken by 
your Majesty and the other mem- 
bers of your Majesty’s family in 
every subject connected with the 
agriculture of your realm, and we 
desire to a.ssure your Majesty that 
no class of your subjects is more 
devotedly attached to your throne 
and person than the agriculturists 
of England. 
In their name and on their 
behalf, we humbly beg to express 
to your Majesty their deep sense 
of the heavy affliction which has 
befallen your Royal House and 
the nation at large by the death 
of His Royal Highness: and we 
earnestly pray that the Almighty 
may vouchsafe to your Majesty 
health and strength to guide for 
many years to come the destinies 
of the Empire over which your 
beneficent rule extends. 
Given under the 
Common Seal of the 
Royal Agricultural So- 
ciety of England, this 
third day of February, 
1892, 
Feveesham, President. 
Egerton op Tatton, Trustee. 
Ernest Clarke, Secretary. 
