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the public countenance of the highest authority; and incalculable indeed (as has been well observed) is the good which has accrued to English morals from this single source, at a period especially which has been unhappily marked by the relaxation of so many morals and religious ties through the pernicious prevalance of a false philosophy.-- "Of our late Queen's parental virtues, the surest test is to be found in the tender and unwearied attentions of such of her Children and were present to watch over her last protracted illness. -- It would be unjust not to say, that the constant solicitude, the undeviating attendance, the unremilled exertions for her comfort, displayed in an especial manner by the two leading members of her Family, have been such as to stand an example to the land of filial ostentation, at the same time it was most replete with affection and true sensibility. --As a wife, the illustrious object of our present notice has left us the highest example. --Blessed with a consort who had centered in him all the characteristics of the affectionate father, the loving husband, and the mild and upright prince, the most unbroken unity of affection for more then half a century knit their hearts together. --Where ever one appeared there the other was to be seen; whether in the ceremonies of their Court in the relaxation of public amusement, in the attendance on Divine worship, or in the midst of their numerous family, they were always side by side. --Long after our good afflicted King became unconcious of her care, his faithful partner zealously continued to him her constant personal attention; and well do I remember, when on an occasion immediately antecedent to her last illness, she attended a public examination of the national Schools of this Metropolis. and heard a Thousand poor Children joining in the prayers of our church, and begging spiritual blessings on the head of their suffering Monarch. well do I remember --for I myself witnessed it-- the Fear of conjugal affection, the fervour of conjugal piety, with which her lips breathed forth an Amen o the supplication. -- "This brings us lastly to her Christian character. pious and regular in her devotional exercises, she followed them up with those practical duties without which religion is but a name. --What she believed to be right she did, and acted not from feeling only, but from principle.
