Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-06
TIE LATE PRINCE CONSORT OF ENGL AND.

We received by the latest srriVsls from Esglind IL
digs Of the death Of Albert Fauz August kal EmaI-
u,l Prince ConSort Of England and Duke OF SAKE &c.
burg Gotha. He born a. R0seuAu on the 26.h q
August 1919, and entered the University OF Bowa il
1887 as q student OF jurisprudeics. &c devoted him.
e with great assduity his studies during three &C..
demcal seasons At the close of the hif year,
10 1885 he LETT the University, aud 10 Jiy OF that year.
he visited England, TO be present at the CORONATION
Victoria. At hodaelmas, he returned TO C5hnrg, hav
ing for the first time made the acquantrce OF his future
wife After his departure, busy 10 poiatinf
him out Her Msj esty's intended consou. The minis
teral papers dsnrd IT, bug The young Princes return u
England, during the autumn OF 1882 folosipg Up pre-.
yOus visit cf his uncle Leopold King Of the Begiars,
corrobora,td it, The Green form lily ANNOUNCED IL T.
be fact her Pryy Council IN Noremosr Of that year
and the mari g. solcmnizsd Gu the Ia FebruaT,
1910, and Parliament decrecd the Prince the hap6-
some allowance Of $3.50 600 per aunnm. By
the act he was na:urA!zed, and received the till
Of Royal HshuosI by patent, the right 10 quarter tb
royal arms OF Eogland, precedence ~ royal
next to tn Queen and WAS mad F.incs Consort -
orier 10 Couaci in 1857. Besides I'll this, he Was
III mber q the Pryy Council Chief Steward OF the D1ohy
OF Cornwall, Lord Warden of the Sanparits Governor
aid Constable OF Windsor Castle Gend Ranger Of WiaG
scr, St James and Hyde PHks; lld MGFshal ant
Colon in Chief Of the Rh Brigade, Cooael c! u,
Geenader Guards Captain General and Coorcl Of IL,
City OF London Arliil,Ey, kngbt Of the Garter u,
Tniste and Of 81. Patrick; ase g. Q. B G. G. n. g..
Aotng Grand Master OF TIE Ofur @! me Ettb, an
Knight Of the Golden Fleece. His scholastic -Luilies
Eglsnd chancellor Of the University O. Cambridge
LII D.. D. o. L. aud Ph. D. He Master Of
t.e Trinity House, and President CT the Royal
Con mission Of tie Patriotic Futd, fer the re.
ltf OF the widows and orphans OF eolieia
clmsu and marines who fAl u tie Cr.m.a
war AS President OF the Society of Att, he was the
chief promoter Of the Great Exhibition in 1851 Of th
Indulry OF ell Nations.
Psince Albert was great admirer and patron Of ait
"a.
skill IL music, aud wss more than a MEDIOCRE poet De.
barred by his po lion from any iIterfGeEcs with poll
Tics be devoted bimsei personally tae care OF his
cLdrsn education aud the progress Of the arts and
cenoes aud general phlanthropc OH cts, srcb IN,
dwellings Of the working classes" sanitary and Other
charitable insi uious, &c.
BE almost continuously dyed great popularity among
al classes in England, bu one interruption thereto OF
caring. That when in lS5, :, rumors gained cur
Ielcy that he taking andus interest in political af
frs and thatshe even holding communications with
some Of the German courts, which prsjudicsl 70
Rrish Interests ha: the ministers thought mecca
slry close up ell doubts by explicit denial of be
report, iIom their p'aces IN P4EliaIaeat.
Prince Albert interested himself in agriculture, bctt
practical and sc.enc carried oct several important
eGteiiments With GGoh spirit ard success His farnil
s;oc. frequently exhibited, and gained nsDy prize
from agricultural institutions.
The deceased Prince the next brother, ard, At
the time oil his marriage with u ieeG Ec.oIi Waa reil
p;csumpive oil the DGse Of sazo-Coburg. We believe
thai that title gas deyoved upon Of hs sons s9me
years ago. his ancestors AsgrsTes O. Messen iu
TO twelfth century, and Electors Of the Empire irom
ii35 to l547, when the electoral digEty passed
the collateral iue Of this house. ghose presCn: head
il the King of SsIoay.
Ia domestic lie Prscs Albert has always CT joyed the
reputation heing most ompary. In the relation OF hug
b md saG father report has always held hin up as
r.ddol aud think may be truly said TIA such were
he respect aud esteem in which s personally held
by the psope OF BuglAld, shat hi; dsah, ia the very
prime OF lite, will be uziVcfssAy and sincerely tepOrtd
n. o. Piesyuns.