The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-13 00:00:00

RAMSGATE.--TUESDAY.

To the sincere regret at 64 inhabitants, their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Vt9n4ess Victoria left
Ramsgate this morning for Kensington Palace. Tim Royal
cortege consisted of a chariot and pair, in which was Sr.
John Conroy, the Duchess and Daughter in a chariot and
four, followed by three carriages and four, with Lady
.Flora Hastings, and other ladies of the establishment, at-
tendants, &c.
On their starting from Albion Houge a few minutes after
ten o'clock, a Royal salute was fired from the guns on the
pier. By command of their Royal Highnesses the carriages
were driven at a foot pace through the streets, which were
thronged with the inhabitants, who; with unfeigned• regret,
witnessed the; departure of did illustrious visitors. At the
top of the t9iiitt a truly gratifying sight presented itself.
The children belonging to the National, Sunday, and other
schools of the different persuagithiS (amounting together to
700, to whose funds the Duchess hadNtii a most liberal
contributor), were arranged in a long line on the Nide of the
road, attended, by their teachers, and as the Royal carri2g'es
passed at a slow pace, the children curtsied and bowed. a
grateful farewell to their kind patronesses. The Duchess
and Princess seemed much pleased with the appearance of
the children, who were afterwards regaled with a bun each.
At the limits of the town a number of gentlemen, and se-
veral respectable inhabitants, were assembled to pay their
respectful adieu to our Royal'visitors.
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During the residence of their Royal Highnesses 'in
Ramsgate, they have gained the affection and sincere -es..
teem of all telasses, by their extreme kindness and condes'.
cension. The benevolence of the Duchess has been un-
• bounded. No deserving cases of distress have ever reached
her ear in vain. _

Shortly after her arrival, her Royal Highness was gra.,
ciously pleased to bestow upwards of two hundred pounds
among the different schools and benevolent institutions in
Ramsgate, Margate, and Broadstairs, without any distinc-
tion of sect. Scarcely any subscription was set on foot in
the, town to which her Royal Highness did not liberally con-
tribute. We believe we do not err in stating that a sum
little short of Five Hundred Pounds has been bestowed in
charitable donations and contributions, by her Royal High-
ness since her arrival here Truly may it be said that she
has fed the hungry with good things, and caused the widow's
heart to leap for joy. In all her bounties her Royal High-
ness exercised the strictest inquiry and discrimination,
always bestowing her gifts in a manner most useful and ac-
ceptable to the wants of the parties.
Her Royal bounty has not been confined to charitable
acts alone, but has been extended to matters connected
with the general benefit of the town and neighbourhood,
among which may be included the organ just erected in St.
George's Church, the Scientifis and Literary Institution,
&c. &e. and (as the following copy of a letter will show)
to the Agricultural Association about to be formed in the
Isle of Thanet, for the encouragement of servants and la-
bourers.

(COPY.)
" Ramsgate, Jan. 7, 1836.
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" Sir,—l have received and laid before the Duchess of Kent
your note of this date, relative to the formation of an Agricul-
tural Association in the Isle of Thanet, for the encouragement
of servants and labourers.

" Her Royal Highness very readily accedes to the desire
expressed, that she should be the Patroness of it, as such re-
quests are always most congenial to the feelings.
" Her Royal Highness is happy to close her visit to the
Island, by being associated with the Gentlemen and Farmers,
in establishing so useful a Society, and one so calculated to
carry information, zeal, and reward, among those valuable
members of the community, the farm servants and labourers.
‘. Her Royal Highness will give, every year, a Prize of
Five Pounds to that labourer who shall be considered to have
brought up most creditably and usefully the largest family,
without receiving parochial relief.
" Her Royal Highness has directed Messrs. Austen and Co.
to pay annually to the Treasurer the sum I have just named.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
( Signed) "JOHN CONROY.
" To. Thos. Mayhew, Esq., Nether-court."
We cannot conclude without expressing our sincere hope
that their Royal Highnesses may again, ere long, condes-
cend to honour this town with their presence ; neither can
we express our sentiments and admiration in any words so
well as in the feeling reply of the Duchess of Kent to the
Address of the inhabitants of Ramsgate, on the arrival of
their Royal Highnesses in the town in September last :
" That it is the object of her life to render the Princess de-
serving of the affectionate solicitude she so universally in-
spires, and to make her worthy of the attachment and re-
spect of a free and loyal people."
We feel confident that this object will be duly attained,
and that, whenever it shall please the Almighty disposer of
events to place the Princess Victoria on the Throne of
these realms, the nation will feel a deep debt of gratitude to
her Royal Mother for the care With which she has so anxi-
ously watched over her earlier years.