Addresses of Condolence on Death of the Dulce of Clarence, xxiii 
Lord Egeeton op Tatton, in 
seconding the motion, said : There 
are many members of this Council 
who could in more eloquent language 
than myself have seconded the Ad- 
dress of Condolence, but none could 
do so with greater sincerity and feel- 
ing. I had the pleasure, during the 
year of my presidency, of announcing 
to the Members of the Society at the 
General Meeting held in the New- 
castle Showyard that the Prince whose 
untimely loss we now deplore had 
expressed his desire to be enrolled as 
one of our Members ; and it is now 
my melancholy satisfaction to second 
the Address which has just been 
moved. I am sure His Eoyal High- 
ness’s love of a country life would, if 
he had lived, have made him .m emi- 
nent and active agriculturist. As all 
who had observed his public and pri- 
vate life must have seen, he had 
those qualities of thoughtfulness and 
eminent good sense, joined with that 
peculiar charm of manner and cour- 
tesy, which the President has well 
said are inherited from his parents, 
and which combine to make a popular 
constitutional sovereign. But the 
hand of Providence has willed it 
otherwise ; and we can only humbly 
and respectfully offer our sincere con- 
dolences to Her Itlajesty the Queen 
and the other members of the Koyal 
Family on the loss they have sus- 
tained. From Her Majesty the So- 
ciety has received such signal favours, 
that everyone present must feel it is 
specially our duty as agriculturists to 
express our humble and loyal sym- 
pathy with Her Majesty in her great 
affliction. In doing so, we are ex- 
pressing, not only the feelings of those 
in this room, but of the great body of 
those engaged in what is the largest 
and most important industry in this 
Kingdom. 
Address of Condolence to Their 
Royal Highnesses the Prince and 
Princess of Wales. 
The Duke of Richmond and Gor- 
don, in moving the Address, said ; As 
a Member of this Society since its 
very beginning in 18i>8, 1 hope I may 
not be considered presumptuous in 
rising to move an Address of Condo- 
lence with Their Koyal Highnesses 
the Prince and Princess of Wales at 
the loss which they have sustained. 
I have had many opportunities of 
observing the deep interest which the 
Prince of Wales has taken in the 
welfare of our Society ; and it is not 
necessary for me to point out that 
His Royal Highness has identified 
himself with the agricultural interest 
on all occasions. The Princess has 
accompanied His Eoyal Highness to 
many of our Shows, and I am sure 
every Member will desire that the very 
first opportunity should be taken of 
presenting an Address of Condolence 
with Their Royal Highnesses in their 
sad affliction. I have had the honour 
for many years of the friendship of 
Their Royal Highnesses, and I can 
speak of the very devoted affection 
which they bear to their children. 
There are no parents in the United 
Kingdom w'ho are fonder of their 
family than the Prince and Princess 
of Wales. They had scarcely been 
relieved from the anxiety attendant 
upon the illness of Prince George when 
they were crushed down by the death 
of their eldest son, after only a week’s 
illness. The Duke of Clarence, as has 
been truly said, was one of the most 
popular men in the countrj'. He be- 
gan life in the Navy, where he was 
popular ; in the Army he was equally 
popular ; in the University those who 
had known him there tell me that 
there was no more popular man than 
His- Royal Highness ; and in society 
I do not think he had a single enemy. 
With every expectation of happiness ; 
with marriage in prospect, at no dis- 
tant date, to one of the most popular 
and amiable Princesses of the Koj'al 
F'amily — a marriage which we all 
know was entirely with the approval 
and the sanction and, I may say. with 
the delight of Their Royal Highnesses 
his parents ; with every hope before 
him of a career as illustrious as that 
of his father and of our Gracious Sove- 
reign the Queen — he has been sud- 
denly snatched from us by the hand of 
Death. The subject is one too sad for 
us todwell upon, and if I were to speak 
for a much longer time I could not use 
language that would better show Their 
Royal Highnesses how we sympathise 
with them in their deep sorrow than 
the words of the Address which I now 
beg to move : — 
