XXIV 
Monthly Council, Fehrum'ij 3, 1892. 
TO THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE 
May it please Your Eoyal High- 
nesses : 
' We, the President and 
Council representing the general 
body of Governors and Members 
of the Royal Agricultural Society 
of England, desire to express to 
}’Our Royal Highnesses our deep 
and heartfelt sorrow at the griev- 
ous calamity which has deprived 
your Royal Highnesses of your 
dearly loved son, and the nation 
of a Prince whose high personal 
qualities had already endeared 
him to the hearts of the people of 
this Empire. 
The great promise of the youth 
of His Royal Highness the Duke 
of Clarence, his diligent and con- 
scientious devotion to duty, and 
the vista of happiness which ap- 
peared to be opening for him in 
the immediate future, have com- 
bined to unite the whole nation 
with your Royal Highnesses in a 
PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. 
common sorrow, and to intensify 
the universal grief at his sudden 
and melancholy decease. 
The Royal Agricultural Society 
of England has received so many 
marks of your Royal Highnesses’ 
favour and interest in its work 
that the Members of the Society 
feel as a personal loss the death 
of His Royal Highness, and they 
desire humbly to be allowed to 
approach your Royal Highnesses 
with the assurance of their earnest 
and respectful sympathy in your 
sad affliction. 
Given under the 
/ \ Common Seal of the 
f \ Royal Agricultural So- 
. 1/.6. j cjgt;y of England, this 
/ third day of February, 
1892, 
Feversham, President. 
Richmond & Gordon, Trustee. 
Ernest Clarke, Secretary. 
Mr. Bowen-Jones, in seconding 
the Address, said : It is a melancholy 
satisfaction to me, as the senior 
ordinary Member of Council present, 
to second the resolution which has 
been so ably and pathetically pro- 
posed by the noble Duke. As a large 
a.ssociation, representing the agricul- 
turists of England, we, in common 
with all Her Majesty’s subjects 
ti.roughout tlie vast dominions of the 
Cro-wn, desire to express our sincere 
.and respectful sympathy with His 
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 
Her Royal Highness the Princess of 
Wales, and the other members of their 
family on the .sad calamity which has 
fallen upon their House by the death 
of the Duke of Clarence and Avon- 
dale. Although this loss is irretriev- 
able, let us hope that the spontaneous 
outburst of sympathetic respect 
which has been shown throughout the 
length and breadth of the land, and 
the heartfelt syrnpathj’ that pervades 
the mind of each and every one of 
the members of the Council of this 
Society, in the affairs of which the 
Prince takes such a deep personal in- 
terest, may to some extent prove a 
solace and consolation to His Royal 
Highness and the Princess in this 
their hour of trial and tribulation. 
The adoption of both Addresses 
was then put by the President, and 
carried unanimously in silence, all 
the Members standing. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote then moved, 
Earl Cathcart seconded, and it was 
unanimously resolved : 
That the Addresses of Condolence 
be engrossed upon vellum, that the 
Common Seal of the Society be affixed 
thereto, and that each Address be 
signed by the President, a Trustee, 
and the Secretary. 
The late Duke of Devonshire. 
The President then said that it 
was his painful duty to announce 
the death of one who was a very 
highly valued and esteemed member 
of their Council, the late Duke of 
Devonshire. The late Duke was 
endowed with great wealth and with 
large estates, but he was endowed 
with something more valuable still. 
He was endowed with that knowledge, 
