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London, England, 1863-12-14 00:00:00

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A NOBLE TRIBUTE.;

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(From the limes of This Horning '•)
His Royal Highness the Prince Cc. wort.
BORN 26TH AUGUST, 1819.
DIED—Two YEARS AGO TODAY-14THDECEMB. Mt, 1861.
it is two years to-day since the countr.v 'was
suddenly
roused from one of the fondest e`i*amte
ever
indulged in by short-sighted man, Ina pree
sent beset with troubles, and through a future a ark
with uncertainties, there was at least one stable
trust on
absolute confidence of and gentle prince
eteheynoassteiossnedfotuhned
wrehpoolsee.heaArt wain Sde
con-
stitutional tenderness of the Sovereign, and uset 1 .
a personal loyalty and a con-
but even ideal con:
that. lofty place
n tvYn whether abroad, .paseing not only example,
of the coo
the more im mediate c;rel
aebroad, or at home, or in
of Royalty, showed the
All the circumstances:
want of such e guide, help, rend friend, and such,
by a rare fortune, there
Consort. The nation lookeds found in the Prince
checquered yes*. to the risingmrfaca:Tinci‘:;..
yet not without some referees with much hope,
and the ex-
pandingto a sadly
interests that had sprung cut of tyhinst'w dud varied.
danthority
connection, and the
broodeCt"
Over this ever widening prospect there
together
sure to be respected, one eye that coPu'l
one soft and genial light; there was 0:_ uni on.
command love, one voice that could never alwaya
epleadof in
vain, one who could at the same time hold
and distribute over new fields of duty and
useful-
ness. With this best of human securities, we al
contrasted our happier lot with that of any former
generation and any living people. We would take
nothing on trust, so we criticized and even re-
stricted within due limits this boon, which might
}YR too much, but could not fail. The Prince Con-
sort had learnt what he could do and what he could
not do; and that little region of his own, WOl.l by
" his own sword and bow," circumscribed, es it
were, by one day's furrow line, and watched by
jealous nei_labours, he, made a dominion. Yet, in
this country of domestic life and unobtrusive in-
fluences, we all thought more of the Prince as the
led
.prop of his household. Indeed, to this' one duty
and the service of his Queen he had bore
other consideration, so that, whatever ehte he was
he was alone in fact—the perfection of a Re.)
in quality, in hope, in speculation, or capeeity, this
a that already covered Europe any anticipationband. Then all at once he was taken away, and an
eidhus-
arthhinadg bwehcoiemheiatsistheevebrrdigiflihteaithalf
power
with a continual presence and a en'sible
In due time it came out that the
pageant of a t lin
set,
ptorirneccealcl
°tons:et
mind's eye.
had been even s
more of a necessity than most of US
imagined, and th at he had become one with ti`le
Sovereign not only e
inl affection and mystic tie—ini
bort, mind, and
le from their but in every act of Royalty..
Bir his aid alone hadu
nree mnehetitvi
charge' conscientious! the Queen been enabled to dis-
Jae__n n Common sense might
great variety of duties either
anxio:
ey or burdensome by their
mhaivneutsetiasnpOpesed p
ea as
and
the state of R,: oylty is not approvede as much, but
one
upon
irl
whieb. it is
easy to be sensible ae'd considerate. It is the object
of envy, of admiration, and somewhat even of awe,
but not of sympathy. We don't pity Sovereigns
under ordinary circumstances, and pity
e, is the only
key thatecan ever open to one
uman heart the mys-
tery of another, and disclose to
els the overwhelening
difficulties and necessities of each other's position.
The outside of a princely career 'vet the eye, wed
became as customary as the order of Nature it
self ; but " the sublime life," as it has been justly
called, was within, and few indeed of th e multitude
who saw in the Prince the most fortunette cf men
would themselves have borne for a sinle w.weekhie
s
round of duteous toil. A better insight iik
story of that life only served to prove the greee mess
of the loss suffered by the survivor. It is belis°. te-
e ved
that she sought a dreary and ineffectual con
flon in a long struggle to do single-hande daily d, withoeit
cheering voice and helping hand, the work
that had been lightened in a labour of love. For-
tune, however, it was felt, had brought and was.
still bringing a more real alleviation and comfort,
and one in proportion to the great scale of the cala-
mity. No Royal family in the world can be called V)
prosperous and happy to mortal eye as this of ours.
The Prince hod done his work, and his reward was
come. His children were responding to his care,
and were rising, one by one, either to take his
place
in the Royal councils or to establish homes and
houses of their own. Hove many would gladly die
if by so doing they could leave their families well
on with the world, started fair, and giving happy
earnest of a brilliant future ! So all hoped that the
Queen would look to the future, not in order to forgett
the past, but to see the past in the future, and then
absent in the group that met the eye. Perhaps it
was too natural to contrast her case with that of the
typical widow. desolate, friendless, perhaps childless,
destitute, with a blank where there should be a
i future, and, as if more were wanting, robbed, in-
sulted, and persecuted. But in thes.q matters, un-
less we have more sympathy than falls to the share
of most natures, we are the slaves of types and con-
ventions. Experience shows that anythin the
sufferer has, or receives, or expects, or has to dgo—in
A word, the whole outside world, be it ever so
splendid, is clothed with the dark hue and loaded
with the dull weight of the one master sorrow. o,ate
side things only reflect the light within. A
darkened palace is not so bright as the dell that is
penetrated by the smallest ray. A routine of plea-
sant occupation may become crushing bondage
when it has to be borne alone. What should be
happiness is misery where there islene to share it.
So the nation, slow to rn, perhaps,
but yet by no means thoughtless or un-
feeling, has seen without murmuring a Royal.
retirement without a precedent in our his-
tory. It has seen troops of princes fluttering,
about, more than Royal pageants, an.l a glori-
ous future anticipated in the splendours of t he hour,
at the time that the true Sovereign of our allegiance
was out of sight, but never out of mind. We believe
that her Majesty would hitherto have found it abso-
lutely impossible to break from the world of meneoe
ries in which she has been living. It is vain t tel
.o tee,
the absent that they ought to be present. you ma
summon the human spirit from that vasty deep, but
it will not come when you do call for it. Nat
will take its course, and for a time there is no break-
will urke
ins the spell in which are interwoven all the ea
plea-
sures and all the pains of a life, Yet,
later, there comes a time when
the sooner or
continual con-
templation of one who is gone leaves
be desired which life and action something to
He still lives, and it must be
He is not a memory, an imat, in the living world.
His works are in the world, tee, but a real existence.
his work and asks his ',nd the world continues
spirits of men, and still aid. He dealt with the
advance and to
not stopped—there improveis all about him ;he bas
provement he quickened
still the progressive ini-
still room for allh and shared. There is'
word of wisdom/ e did, and oceasion for every'
admirer, the that he uttered. The warmest'
that the object cos. loving heart could never imagine
at once into of its regards, if worthy, was to sink
the day. nothingness when the spirit had left
or death ' All goes on still, and the interval created
or an is no more than that created by distance
y ether temporaryhavetombs? obstacle. What would the
this
A se
lwished could he have foeesceneng
e pAu
schharda I life l
lin thetin paos_ta?,esA? d 111
and dumb tootwheirs
wallankin: rlt A grief
world ? No. In
due time the mpst pious memory changes its garb,
death itself shines through the past in the light of
a victory, and what we naturally celebrad
ta e undpresenter a
revered name is a living history an
power.
The Prince Consort, it must be considered, was
eminently a practical character. This is a quality
not to be measured by the work actually done, for
that work may have but narrow opportunities ; it
may
may lie under the surface
ractical to meet diffi-
; it even consist
much in prevention. It yeas p
culties with the quiet force of a sound judgment ; it
was a proo7 of practical sense to enjoy the respect of
successive Ministries and the sov
of ereignsctical abroad. It
required a high degree pra power
as well as rare devotion to do so much in
so short a time for the encouragement of
British art and science, and mat improveme
nt irt
all matters relating to health, erial wellbeing,
and mental elevation. Many of our Pr'
had their ideal as marked in their memoriesinces have
their lives, but those ideals hive generally as in
the sentimental order. It was either been of
heroism, or a wild spirit of adventure, a superstitious
pomp and pageants, or a
gallantry,
or a rivalry, or a foppery, or or a bigotry,
with the hour. The Prince some folly sure to Zs;
appre-
ciated his adopted count consort better 13
aimed at practical be,,, .rHY and the 0, • casion. He
land his home, he --".84 Laving made Eng-
it. Such a- I. resolved to lee •
,ftme Ethe i 4 ve his mark upon
power, and 5ug,,,,,t, " still h
' 1 a line have practical
honourable nehieem nt of duty, sacrifice, and
called no to live and e - A numerous family is
and to win the 10170 act in the spirit of its father,
and usetuluees. ri` / of nations by active goodness
or reliuquiehed It
is a movement to be sustained
her strength
th It could only be from o.dit3trust of
lead a at her Majesty would hesitate to
work
the securite so necessary to the welfare of nations,
world. ../ of Governmente, and the peace of the
v,,,.. o rrinees in these days must prove their
""v, For the •re taken at what they do. It
a
was thus thatthe Prince Consort made for himself
Pe4it ion hytter ti-
n+n Re gave lOW, and bt!', E „,
card his debtor, it is thus that his survivo— - '
prove their affection for his memory, and pet
his moral presence among to.

PR1CE.....—..4d.
STAMPED ...M.

the Monday warning without showing any signs
of their presence. As soon, however, as the na-
tives knew that they were fairly gone, and nothing
but a garrison of 25 volunteers ItlE at the stockade,
they began a fierce attack in great force, their
numbers being at least 300 men. The small or
rison resisted stoutly, and returned the fire with
spirit, keeping the Maories from attempting an
actual escalade. The heavy and continuous firing
was soon heard at other camps and posts on the
south road about four or five miles off, and detach-1
ments of small force were sent out from several of
these. As these gradually arrived at the scene of
action the fight became more equal, and in the
4fternoon was waged almost on a perfect equality,
one party being in the clearing, and the other
under cover of the edge of the bash. The fallen
logs afforded excellent cover for our MID, and the
vast superiority of our marksmanship was soon
apparent. Before evening we had fully 150 men
upon the ground, and the tifttives seeing that they
were about to be charged made off, taking With
them, as usual, all the killed and wounded they'
could venture to reach without fear of being them-
selves shot. No wounded men whateverwere fe
our hands, but the bodies of nine natives
and buried, which had fallen too far withinl fell
takenaigtee
for their comrades to remove. Very many were
seen to fall who were dragged off into the bush ;
and the most moderate estimate of the native killed
and wounded makes it at least fifty men. Our own
loss was three men killed and seven wounded in the
engagement, which was wonderfully little when it
is considered that it lasted nearly a whole day, and
the firing never ceased during the whole time, and
was so heavy as to be distinctly heard over a dis-
trict of many miles in extent. The whole district
has since been placed under the able command of
Colonel Nixon, the commander of the Colonial De-
fence Force, who, with a flying column of between
two and three hundred men, is constantly traver!-
ing it in search of natives. It appears that this
has frightened the Maories across the Waikato, fl
there are manifold traces of their exodus in great
numbers at a favourite crossing-place, Their return
must, of 'course, be provided against, but in the
meantime it is no trifling moral advantage to have
driven them headlong out of such a stronghold as
,his bush afforded.