The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-26 00:00:00

GATE:I3OIAD.

A special moeting of the Gateshead Town Coun-
cil was held on Tuesday for the purpose: of adopting en ad-
dress to her Majesty of condolence under the bereavement
she has sustained in the death of the Prince Consort. The
Mayor presided, and having briefly stated the object
for which the meeting had been called, on the motion
of Mr. Alderman Hodgson, the following *skims wee una-
nimously adopted:
"May it please your Majesty,—We, the mayor, alder-
men, and burgesses of the borough of Gateshead, in coun-
cil assembled, desire to express to your Majesty our earnest
and sincere sorrow and sympathy on the lamented death of
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. His Royal MA-
IM= the Prince Consort, during the whole period of his ali-
ases with your Majesty, was the active promoter sad the
zealous advocate of all thine social movements which have
for their object the advancement and moral elevation of the
people. The large share which be took in the development
of toe Ezhition of NM ; in the institution of the National
Museum at South Kensington ; bin active and practical
interest in the progress of agriculture, the encou-
ragement of art and development of science, will be re-
membered with grateful admiration when this age shall
hive passed away; whilst his active assiz..ance to philanthro-
pic institutions, his social and private virtues, will ever live
in remembraree. It is the fervent prayer of your Majesty's
faithful subjects that in this great national and domestic
trial your Majesty may be sustained and supported by the
knowledge that the singleness of purpose, the stadiums of
aim, the high muse of duty, the public merits, and the
private virtues of your late illustrious Consort are remem-
bered and venerated by a united and devoted pee*: sad
that your Majesty mar, by the blessing of God, be enabled
to bear this seven and unexpected bereavement with forti-
tude and resiguatice ; that our Majesty may long be
spared to discharge the important duties of your high posi-
tion as Queen of this peat country, and that you may be
enabled to feel some alleviation in your great sorrow and
trial in the affectionate regard of your royal children. to
whom their departed father must ever be a high and illus-
trious eromple, and in the respectful and sincere gratitude
sad regard of a loyal and devoted people."

THE SCOTTISH ROMAN CATHOLICS.
A pastoral address has been issued by Dr. Gull.,
Roman catholic bishop of the eastern district of &Wand,
in which be refers, in the most feeling terms, to the heavy
afflictioe which has befallen her Majesty. After alluding to
the peaceful and prosperous tenor of her earlier life, the
bishop proceeds as follows :—`• But • cloud has coins at
length to overshadow the brightness of her long sod pros-
perous for the guards test watch the regal rights of
earthly palaces cannot defend their threshold against human
grief, when, like • veiled and mysterious stranger, sorrow
obtrudes her ominous presence upon kings, and seats herself
beside the bed on which they know that they shall die. Oh,
now then more fervently, more lovingly than ever, let our com-
mon prayer be heard ; no longer, for • time, as the shout of
joy or of triumph, but as the chastened utterance of a whole
nation's mourning. God save the Queen! God save her
bitter trial; for, weeping, she bath wept in the night,
and her tears are upon her cheeks,' and she has ' become as
a widow!' But we feed, beloved brethren, we may not re-
move the pall that screens the sacredness of her affliction,
nor profane its billowed nature by venturing here to dwell
unnoassisrily upon its depth. She has lost the distin-
guished Prime who wee the faithful companion of her life
the toed husband of her choice, and the father of
slisrant
offspring. Well might she be forgiven if, while t
beside his yet unclosed pave, she had forgotten for the
time that she was still s' Posse. Let it be written then, GREAT NOWIIIII2Ig HOSPTTAL,
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"Suppose that our old ancestors bad not left to us the
Salk law, and picture to yourselves a queen of France,
young and fair, cheating for her husband • foreigner
who would not be king. What • delicious dream for
this young prince! but also what an awakening after
the honeymoon of his popularity! What pamphlets,
what couplets, and what caricatures! One of two things
must happen—either this unfortueste man must shame-
fully Ay to escape from our popular injustice, or he must
try to crush our and to overthrow our laws. Prince
Albert, for whom • decent mourning has just bees asked
and obtained yonder, has never been placed in this dangerous
alternative. The nation received him
_politely, not as a
stranger, but as • guest ; lee rendered to England courtesy
for courtesy ; he gave to the crown numerous heirs, and
created a family truly royal. Modest and delicate, he kept
discreetly within the pale of politics ; his dearest study wee
the education of hie children ; in his hours of leisure he
encourapd art and industry so well that., after having lived
more than twenty years near the throne, without ever
having base popular in the Preach souse of this terrible
word,he dies regretted and esteemed by • great people, and
his funeral is honoured by a ' decent mourning.' 0

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