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TC-19000807-V0017 TYNWALD COURT. DOUGLAS, Tuitsoei, Aunt/NT 7. 1900. rresent: In the CounCil—His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor, the Lord Bishop. the Clerk of the Rolls, Deemster Moore, the Attorney-Generil, the Reeeiver-General, the Archdeacon, the Vicar- General ; in the Keys—The Speaker. 'Menus R. Clneas, R. Cowell, D. Maitland, J. .loughin. J. R. Kerruish, .7. J. Goldsmith, W. Quinn, W. Goldsmith, T. Allen, Jas. Mylchreest, W. J. Kermode, .7. T..Cciwell, and W. A. Hutchinson. THE LATE DUKE OF COBURG. The members of the Court rose as his Excel- lency began to speak. The Governor said: My Lord 13ishop and gen- tlemen of the CounrAl. Mr Speaker and gentlemen of the House of Keys,, I would like, before J proceed, to say a few words to you in recommen- dation.of my resolution, to read to you a telegram I sent to the Master of the Household—a great• friend of mine—Lord Edward Clinton, who is :0' Osborne with the Queen at the present time— and the answer I received from her Majesty. My telegram was to this effect :— WM you very kindly preSent my humble duty to her Majesty, and offer, as an old and. I hope. faithful, servant my deep personal regret o' the thmented death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. who always extended to me a. friendship I shall n ver forget. The Legislature of thiS Cslaud, tine of the most loyal parts of her Majesty's dominions. meet on the first a.vailtahle opportunity to pass an address to her Majesty. This is the reply I received from Lord Edward: Am desired by the Queen to thank you very much for your kind expression of sympathy.. As I have said, this is the first available oppor- tunity for holding a. Court. I was obliged fur- different reasons to lick]. it over. This is rather a holiday time. 7 was obliged to put off the meeting until to-day; otherwise I would have asked you to meet together a little more promptly. With regard to a. memorial service, I am sorry we could not have one. I was very anxious to give the Tynwald Court the oppor- The late Dube of Coburg. TYNWAt,D COURT, August 7, 1900: 609 tunity of attending if possible, but it is i of here exactly the same as in London, where the Peers and members of Parliament are present art the seat of Government. They have to mane from all part.s of the Island, and, as I have said before, it appeared to me, from what was represented to me, that there was no earlier available daze before this for the service; and so as this ay seemed very convenient for the Court, and dial not seem to me, sorry as I was, convenient for a memorial service, I was obliged to dispense wish it. I think it right that the Governor of this Island should always invite the Legislature to come with him to any State service that takes place, and if I could have asked you to come ro Doug:as twice I would have done so. To-day as unfavourable for it from all points of -view; I did not like to lac you to come here twice, be- cause we always join together to attend a me- morial service. If 1 have made a mistake, I, at all events, decided what I thought was for the best, and 1 hope you will excuse me if I aid wrong. 1 should have liked to have had the service, and. should have liked to earry on the whole matter in the same way as it has been dope. in other parts of the Empire; but it was perfectly impossible. Before 1 say anything more, I must. say that my own personal regret for his late Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha is not only deep, but very sincere. I sad the happiness of his Royal Highness's friendship, for many, many years; he was always the same, always true and kind. When young, I remember that he came to my father's house in Suffolk - -now mine—the same house. I was often at Clar- ence House with him, and I remember, years and years ago, when 1 was one of the secretaries of Lord Mayo's memorial fund—ho was murdered in the Andaman Islands while Governor-General of India—and a menthe: of the House of Commons was joint secretary with 'De. I can only say this, that a. large sum was collected owing to the -action taken by his Royal Highness, and those connected with me, and my friend in the House of Commons. We got a very large RUM I em quite certain—I can recollect this from may own knowledge of him, and my acquaintance with his. Royal Highness—that he was always ready to attend to business of any kind. His Royal pima- nests. as we all know, was a gallant sailor, and ;le did good service for his country well and faith- fully. He was a Prince we always loved and re- The late Duke of Coburg. 1510 TYNWALD COURT, August 7, 1900. spected, and, above all, a. :rue and kind friend. I had the .honour of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Coburg's acquaintance. I shall never forget her Royal lEghness's kindness to me, and I think you will all join with me when I offer my humble sympathy with the Queen and •ae Royal Family in their great. am, terrible distress. feel it very deeply. I wilt say no more, excent that I will read to you the few touching words that the Princess of Wales placed on the wrealh sent by her Royal Highness. These words have touched my heart, and I think will touch hearts the same:— To dearest Alfred, in loving memory, from his devoted sister Alex. "Sleep. our beloved, and take thy rest! Now comes peace! Good night!" I think these are touching words; and I will now read to you the address:— To the Queen's Most Excellent, Majesty, We, the Lieutenant-Governor.ncil. Doem- :eters. and Keys of the Isle of 2kitMn in Tynwald assembled humbly desire to express to her Majesty the deep concern they feel at the great loss which her Majesty nas sustained by the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinbuigh, second Son of her Majesty the Queen, and to condole with her Majesty cn this melancholy occasion; to assure her Majesty that this Court will ever feel the warmest interest in whatever concerns _her Majesty's domestic relations: and to declare the warmly felt wish of this Court for the happi- ness of her Majesety and her family. Proceeding, the Governor said: I copied as nearly as I could the words of my very kind and oid friend, Lord Salisbury, who is a master of litera- ture. Of course, I altered it. to snit the circum. stances of the Isle of Man. This is the second resolution, to be presented to her Royal Highness: Resolved, " That this Court condole with her Royal and Imperial Highness the Duchess of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha. Duchess of Edinburgh. on the great loss which she has sustained by the .death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe. Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh. I will ask you to sign this in the usual way amongst us in Tynwald Court assembled, and will ask Mr Speaker to kindly second the resolu- tion. The Speaker: May it please your Excellency, on behalf of the House of Keya I beg to second the resolution which you have just moved. We unite with you and your Council in offering our heartfelt condolences to her most. gracious Majesty. She has indeed undergone more than her full share of the sorrows which arc incident to our common humanity. Already bereft of a The late Duke of Coburg. TYNWALD COURT, August 7. 1900. all beloved husband, a son, and a daughter, she has now, just after she has received a severe shalt by the dastardly attempt on the life of her eldest son, the Prince of Wales, lost her second son, the Sailor Prince. It is our wish, and the wish of her Majesty's loyal subjects, the Manx people, whom we represent, that God may comfort her, and that she may be long spared to continue her glorious and magnificent reign over us. With regard to the second resolution, I am sure that the bereaved wife of his Royal Highness the late Duke, has also our utmost sympathy. I beg to second both resolutions. The motions were put to the Court by his Ex- cellency, and agreed. to. The Lieut.-Governor: I will take rare that these are prepared and forwarded to the proper quarter. I May say that I am very grateful to Sir James Gell, the Clerk of the Rolls, for repre- senting us at the funeral of the late Lord Loch, and I have no doubt the Keys are grateful to the Speaker for representing them. I would like to read to you a very touching letter which I have received from Lady Loch, who is a very old friend of mine, in reference to the address passed at the last Tynwald Court :— 23. Lowndes-square. London, 10th Jnly, 1900. Dear Lord Henniker.— May I eels your Excellency to accept yourse'f, and convey to the niernhere of the Tynwald Court, my most heartfelt thanks, and that of my family, for their very touching address of con- dolence on the death of my dear husba-nd.
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