Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-03-10

pendency of the ir,al Of the late Queen of
England, the Duke, avowed his inteniion
OF sitting and voting on the subject, wien
her fearless and eloquent advocate, Mr.
Broueham) put bin TO the bush, and caused
him 70 rccede f.r the nioneut from his re-
solutions, by aEuding e. his afair with Mrs.
May Ann Clarke and to- Col. Wardle's
charges. Ia the Parliament Of 1890. he
made flaming speech m opposition to the
Catholic Claims, and concluded by saying
that bill shall Heyer pass so help me
God" which brought. down upoHrh.s.s all :
'Iq .,-ns Of satire a.A spleen, the fr,ends
of Catholic emancipation could bring into
service; and which alone, will probably have
a tendency to hand his name down TO the
remotest posterity
H. the latter part Of his life, he was much
attached to the turf, and was punctual at
tendant at all the races, particularly those
of New Market He loved wine, was fond
Of play, and in fact vas attached to- all the
fashionable follies and vices of the day.
and in the common acceptance of the term
was proiessed and constitutional rake. In
private life he was distinguished for that
charity which is called virtue-was mild,
atlable--generOus,-a to fault, and
to the distressed and suffering, a friend and
benetactor
In his political career he was equally un-
fortunate and unhappy an arstocrat by
birth education and practice, he looked
upon the extension of liberty as an evil of
vast magnitude, and as tending to the
! downfall Of thrones. AS a religionist, he
was bigoted and austere and believing as
he did, IN the iniallbility of the Protestant
Church, he was ready and anxious to per-,
secute the Catholics, and to deprive them
OF their inherent rights and immunities, and
to deprive them OF the free exercise oftbGir
religious opinions and dogmas.
His personal appearance, till within
few years, Was more than ordinarily pre-
possessing; and when youth he was ac-
counted one of the handsomest OF the no
bility, and as very interesting man His
complexion was fair and delicate, without
being very feminine he was something
above the ordinary height of men, and his
whole person, bespoke sound and vigo-
rous constitution; before his death he
was exceedingly corpuIent. As public
speaker, he would have been interesting,
had his voice been as flexible and as capa-
BILE of meditation, as his manner was easy
and prepossessIng He spoke with an an
imation, which told that he felt and APP
| pretended the subject under discussion -
and when engaged in debate his full blue
eye sparkled, and with unusual vivacity rol-
ed upon the audience.
The Duke of York, possessed some vir-
tues, but a disparity of vices beclouded
them, and taken all and in ALL" he was
Just such man as the world might spare
without staining loss-and Just such
one as il might not abhor, if in its possess
| ion
The Duke of York died on the fifth day
of January last, at the residence OF the
Duke ofRutlaDd, Arlington-street, LONDON,
in the Gath year of his age In the course
Of his life he had received numerous titles,
and among others those of luke Of York
and Albany, F. EkQf Ulster, Bishop OF Os-
naburgh, Field Marshal, Commander in
Chief Of all the British Land Forces, Colo
mel of the first Regiment of Foot, Colonel
in Chief of the sixlieth Regiment of Infant
ry, Officiating Grand Master of the Order
OF the Bath, High Steward Of New Wind
sor, Warden and Keeper Of the New For
est, Hampshire, Knight of the Garter, and
various foreign Orders.
The succession to the throne of Eng
land in consequence OF the demise of the
Duke Of York, devolves on the Duke of
Clarence, who is now the Heir presump-
tive; and in the event of his decease with