Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-19

contemporary memoir, and coIlections Of latter. .,
p. Even then, t 10 probable that reader ,iII ao,
'ee Impressions Of his own time In the outward
Se o. another, without regard to their essence ara
Nah'y That . all We could hope to do with ths n..,S
Hnen 'eorse, Prince Of Wales hrst broke sv.v spr M,
va, snn,t anu ,h ouIst upon the to-p Lord Apgessy
-, youth tnen-the contemporary Of that yery d.,
~ ie lt'hee whom ~e buried at w indsor ousr;er of
e.n.ury ago-a jaded volnptusry exh.u,t,d Win III
L., tso.e y. years OF luxury and self indulseoce-
u'tes hect that George Ill came to the ,h,nns -
,a ao year i'oo-irjo'cing, as he sid-poor msnf-io
ue hame OF Briton; that George Prince ~ yv,
was born in 1852, and the MARQUIS Of AnsI. W
ne vas thus year older than NspoIeon Bonsn.,, 20
a,poieon died on the 9Th Of May lssl-th., 4, ,o s
% years aso-at the age Of 5s. mere a,,.,s.,y, ~,
ut such dates should be an re eoouent 10 ~
'oho~e The records Of hso-y, or mixed In EIh - ~.
ev onfing The present century, than apy ron,..n ~
much mos. o, Us .he Diaries of Lord Byron offer
don society when he n young man u., ~. oo .
'ne LeSant de tells Us OF the dAndes and -.o,.,. -
'nat iiin', and TO W they sto,ic.l 6,r,ss W
these men were TO Lord Auciesey m,,. h,s. wv.
ronodsd Cape Forty before they devised tb.;r osu
or es4olshed Their imper,ineut Of bad .st. n
nau been da d. when they were learning m 1t e
more obabls still, lay puIipg in the ann, ef ,So Or
II II had become man, and put away chdisb ,h;n.'
uS 1au won reputation with the Dnke of Yo,f \,
cen ho, ns ~, nIa h married his first w children had
Isn torn 10 him, and his marrsge bad been H.
solved He had courted death Il the e,nnon ..,.s u
"e "ee pont-hy the sabres edge in order n
nyer sn,. G -heh he thought and
e'' surely u'd man give greater proof, of s,c.;,
opon this point OF hs history we win NOT .p,,
ttniy the 'ment ia i'll chosen for rejecting nnon r
''d eaku"sses which occurred half cen,ury h,sL
we're redeemed by half century of evo.io' A' ana
selves we confess We take pleasure in ths ou
OF Tue old mans stately form he was to be seen
Us. ue very modsl-as IL il expressed by tbs b.,Lss
phrase-"of an officer and q eentlem,n ~ ~ Ane!eu
ony this He belonged a race OF mobiles vbo b.s uos
passeu away from among lie the ast Of the -.
ana we shall know them 10 more. Your modern E,ISs
peer is sharp land agent or cony.vanrcr o. ngnsa
hair Splitting law lord, or If he be Of a youuger sna.
uoh he is painful devorrer OF blue books man rs.d
70 Talk Tor three hours upon the condition Of fsn,,.I
or the statistics of tandelions in the connie ~ 81
nob'eman he Is rot in the in which Lord
was one. Society may possibly have gained by ~.
oS SIMPLY notfy the fact that genius is extinct
OF winch Lord Anglesey was brilliant e.,nnIr "
was a man pre- eminently fearless and brave hr, - o
courteous and of highbred manner II l. v.rv ,, h.
na ufe had given him great advantages OF form and
ng and the Of his rank and nosj,;
might have helped him hat in the same d;,s.,;
out, independently OF all tha there was about him r.
dignity OF kind heart aud of man rbo r.ns.,. IL ~ e
oecau-e he respt cts himself is
lhere Is not much more to he said. We lamont ov.,
uhumey late OF young born child because b,5 H.,
lie been spar. d, the little creature which E.. 80 w us
N'@eh anu inaniste might have done so much pn,, ,s
stage OF lie, arc won for itself honor and pre,,
M e present case we hnd ourselves expressing a sorrov
S We ino'' elsnediy feel Tor the loss Of man who
nau attained greater than w- his survivors c.n
hope To reach. All who ever came into cont,r, ;,h n
sse! must snare in the regret but there Sometime
% ,r,iu ~. & man considerations purely personal
CaI
period; we have doue With George ILL., aud the Princa f
Maes, and The war Of the Titaus and George Nv
hse,w ;,h a' Al's"n would have gone back to his IL
oary Wth greater sense OF the realities Of that great %
from Seeing Lord Anglesey by in the public
. vas one OF tue men who had fought out the orest
struggle, There may be other survivors bp, Lord A.
glesey had this In common with the Great D,ks a.,
ne was ever before We saw him con,;,r,i, -
evr!where In the parks in the streets in asssHtM".
a parties, or stretching down Long Reach in the psarI
n's g'eaI manssi set Lord Anglesey ever about
among Dis country men. More than this n. vs. .I
'eaay w''h kind act for those whom he could oblive
ana WIN courteous denial for those who had .sksd from
nun tha which was not in his power to give Ifba Ala
no, act ihe highest part in the worlds history all he
on ne oid ~e and that throughout nigh fourscoro
years ank ten. During portion OF this period he NC
supieu important employments civil and military and
ou'ns oil OF % he tesined hr"asy worius eve
And that world is ungrsefu for wherever ,Ss
OF his death Is told all will be sorry thar .od Lcrd
Angesey gone at last, and have a kind word and a
KIND thought for his memory. With him the old race of
nooes welnigh burnt out; of the Paladps Of the
last war Lord Befesford, Lord Londonderry, and Lord
have not been slow TO rou their great general
even in the grave.