Star.
London, England, 1827-01-12 00:00:00

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THE LATE DUKE OP tORK.

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ng illness of the. late Duke,
uring the long a—icti h* Royal
, deemed essential for his comfort, that is
;rens should have an invalid chair; and one was
,tired to be .
t ma
in, y b de. according to the position he was
his disorder, but it did not an-,
we/wiled to sl
The King and the Duke of Sussex both sent
oirs to their Royal and addicted relative. His Me-
hair answered the purpose, being more adapted
reale state of his Royal Highness.
T of the Latin inscription on the coffo of his fork:
Highness the Duke Pf Nock
Here is Deposited,
The Body • ".
Of the Mat Illustrious Priam
• FREDER ICE, •
Of Brunswick Lumeabarg,
Dube 91 york and Albany,
.Earl of Plater;
• Of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,
And Knight
•
Ot
tbe Most is seerable Mary Order of the Bath,
of the Meet Ilisitriesss and Most Potent Monarch,
GEORGE THIT tOURTH,
at , Meg of Great Britain and Imbed,
fir tile GI" Defender ache Faith,
King of Hanover, At.
lilt Dlldmoths Fifth day of J
Ldie Ye% of war Loaa MDCCanCINVII.
Inahe 64th Tear of kb- Age.
'TOTE OFCONDOLENOE BY THE COMMON COUNCIL
Yesterday, a Court of Common Council was holden
at pursuant to requisition, for the purpose of
ening, by a resolution,. its deep sense of regret at
the lamented death of his late Royal Highness the Duke
York and Albany. The Court wis most numerously
wended, it being the first that had been held since
he election of, its present Members. The Lard
idefos presides!.
His LoaDlititt, read the letter of the Secretary of
State for the Home Department (Mr. Peel) officially
communicating the demise of his Royal Highness, and
Abes red, that, however the Court might differ in opinion
a minor matters, his Majesty did not reign over 0101,
ruly loyal subjects than his faithful Quietist( Last
Jon; who took advantage of this, the first MOW= 111
which they could possibly meet, to express their profound
,ornow for the late melancholy event that deprived his
.lajesty of an attached Brother, the Army of a beloved
Commander,and the Public Institutions of the City and
of sloe Country at large of one of their warmest sup-
Afters. This they did in the los mof a Resolution, as.
it was not usual to addles: the Crown so recently alms
An event that could not be mentioned to his Majesty
without occasioning painful feelings. The Court had
other business to transact this day; but, as a mark of
respect to his late Royal Highness, and the Royal Fa-
mily, I.e would suggest the propriety of seteredies k
to the next Coot; day. Stich a practice was INNSon
occasions like the present.
The usual business transacted on the first Cant day was then
formany suspended, ao the motion of Mr. S. Dixon and Mr. De-
?sty Oldham.
Mr. Deputy Ountem proposed the Resolution in-
verted in the first page. Hy the, death of his Royal
Highness his Majesty was deprived of an affectionate
Brother—the Public Institutions of a kind Patron—
the Army of a most efficient Commander-in-Chief—and
the City of London of one of its warmest and most eon-
descending friends. As a brother, his Royal Highness
.tood high,perhaps the highest, io the affecuonate regard
if the Royal Family, as the heartfelt solicitude and
cordial attention of all its Members, during his pro,
riacted illness, strikingly evinced. This, indeed, might
naturally be expected, from bis conciliating manners,
and from that unchangeable affability of temper for
which his Royal Highness stood pre-eminent. Those
amiable qualities endeared him to all—to the City
of Loudon in particular—for his Royal Highness was
iistinguished more than any other member .01 the Royal
Family, for his kindness to the Corporation. When his
oealth permitted, he never failed to preside at the nume-
rous Public Charities, ti which he was a subscriber. They
lately witnessed the kind interest betook in the prosperity
01 the Institution, while laying the foundatioo-stone
ot-
Christ's Hospital; and they also witnessed his condescen-
sion at the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the
New London Bridge. He need not dwell upon his merits
is Commander-in-Chief ; they were declared by the pie-
eat high condition of the British army—by its discipline
—and by the attention that was paid to the comforts of
the Officers and soldiers. His successor would have an
arduous task to achieve, if he hoped to win the same uni-
eersal regard from those under him ; he hoped, however,
se would imitate she conduct of his truly lamented pre-
fecessreor —(Cieers).
Mr. Favitud. seconded the resolution with the great-
it satisfaction, not only on account of the manimous
and heartfelt manner in which it had been received, but
from his cordial concurrence with the sentiments ex;
gessed by its Hon. Mover. The unostentatious affability
of his Royal Highness was above all praise, and it was
evident on all public occasions that Ilrought the Mem.
on: of the Court in contact with him. He (Mr. Favell)
lappened to be near him when inspecting the proposed ,
improvements of Colonel Trench, and could bear tes. '
• any to the warm interest he took in, and the patient
attention he paid to, all the Colonel's arguments and
&notions. His Royal Highness was on that occasion
attended by an Illustrious Lady, who, like him, had
seen snatched away by death—the late Duchess of
Rutland--and who participated in his anxiety for the
proposed improvements. He need not dwell upon his
loss to the British army ; that was too sell known to
tequire any comment.
Alderman WAITHMIAN wished to bear testimony to
the judicious manner in which the resolution was
worded, and to the discreet and apposite observations of
both the moves and seconder, with which he fully con-
curred.. It was a greatsatisfaction to him, on occasions
likr the present, to witness the unanimity of feeling
which was so desirable, and to be called on to listen to
no observation which did not meet his and the Court's
fullest approbation. It was twist grateful to him to
bear testimony to these things, and also to concur, as he
did, most cordially with the Resolution.
The Resolution was-then unanimously agreed to, and ordered to
be advertised.—The Curt then adjourned.
The following Address was unanimously adopted by
a General Vestry of the Parish of St. Olave, Southwist k,
convened by public notice, on Wednesday last:
6 We, your Majesty's loyal subjects, Ike. la. beg to lay at your
Majesty's feet the dutiful expression of our condolence, on the la-
mented decease of his Royal Highness the Duke of York. We
Deeply participate in the sympathy which your islajesty's, faithful
subjects in general feel in your Majesty's sorrows, on thiernost
afflicting occasion.
" When we consider the trankendant services rendered to your
Majeny and the British Empire, by his late Royal Highness, a.
Commander-in-Chief of your !slajesty's land forces—services.wbith
have manly contributed to raise England to a state of greats so.
aed glory unparalleled in her annals, and which have diAingunben
hal 'loyal Ikbetuwes u one of the MOGI illustrious benefactor. I. his,