ajiittcss of Condolence to l^ee iWaiestg t^e (®ueen, 
on tl)e JSeeease of 1^. la. 1^. tl)e ^prince Consort, 
Adopted by the Annual Meeting of the Yorkshire 
Philosophical Society, 4th Feb., 1862. 
To the Queen*s Most Excellent Majesty, 
^^May it please your Majesty,—We, the members of the 
Yorkshire Philosophical Society, heg leave to express our 
heartfelt sympathy with your Majesty under the heavy affliction 
with which it has pleased Almighty God to visit your Majesty, 
your Poyal family, and this nation, in the death of His Royal 
Highness the Prince Consort. 
^^We feel the more solicitous to offer the tribute of our 
condolence on this melancholy occasion, as your Majesty has 
graciously condescended to be the Patroness of our Society. 
While we deeply deplore the untimely decease of one who 
adorned a high station by his eminent virtues and varied 
attainments, we gratefully remember that His Royal Highness 
was ever foremost in aiding the advancement of science, and in 
the support of those measures which had for their object to 
alleviate suffering, to diffuse knowledge, and to promote the 
moral and social improvement of your Majesty’s people. 
We believe that the beneficial effects of His Royal High¬ 
ness’s illustrious example will not be confined to our own 
