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Article FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE LATE THOMAS DUNCKERLEY, ESQ. ← Page 5 of 5 Article ON PARENTAL PARTIALITIES. Page 1 of 3 →
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Further Particulars Of The Late Thomas Dunckerley, Esq.
The next year ( 1766 ) I was honoured with the notice and friendship of several persons of distinction , who endeavoured to convey the knowledge of my misfortune to the Princess Dowager of Wales and Princess Amelia ; but it did not meet with success . In April 1767 , General O . ( who had known me for several years ) acquainted Lord PI . with my situation : and that nobleman , with the assistance of Mr . W . laid my mother ' s declaration before the king .
Plis majesty read it , seemed much concerned , and commanded that an inquiry should be made of my character from Lord C . and Sir E . W . who had known me from my infancy . The account they gave of me was so satisfactory to the king , that he was graciously pleased to order me a pension of iool . a year , from his privy purse , May 7 , 1767 .
The next morning I received the following letter from Lord H . " Sir , I saw General O . last night , and am happy to find that we have not been unsuccessful in our attempt to serve you , and hope it will be an earnest to something better . My friend Mr . W . had the happiness to lay your case before a king , possessed of every virtue that can adorn a crown . Don ' t call on me to-morrow ; fori am going
to Chatham with the Duke of Gloucester ; any other time , I shall be happy to see a man possessed of so fair a character , which I value above every thing in this life . Your friend and humble servant , Friday morning . PI . " ! I had also the honour of congratulatory letters from the Duke of Beaufort , Lord Viscount Townshend , General Oughton , and many of my friends .
On Parental Partialities.
ON PARENTAL PARTIALITIES .
TO THE EDITOR .
SIH , THE partiality of a Parent to a particular child , when his children are equally deserving , is an act of injustice so extremely oppressive , that one would imagine a father , capable of any paternal tenderness at all , must be shocked at the least inclination to it . Nothing is more plainly dictated by Nature , than an equal and orderly
distribution of parental care and attention . It is a lesson we may learn from eveiy species of Animals , whose unerring Instinct is never warped by prejudice or passion . Man only presumes to sin against this universal law , and usurps an arbitrary and absolute right , to cherish or neglect his offspring , to lavish away the superfluities and luxuries of life upon one , and deny the common conveniencies of it to the other , as humour and caprice direct him .
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Further Particulars Of The Late Thomas Dunckerley, Esq.
The next year ( 1766 ) I was honoured with the notice and friendship of several persons of distinction , who endeavoured to convey the knowledge of my misfortune to the Princess Dowager of Wales and Princess Amelia ; but it did not meet with success . In April 1767 , General O . ( who had known me for several years ) acquainted Lord PI . with my situation : and that nobleman , with the assistance of Mr . W . laid my mother ' s declaration before the king .
Plis majesty read it , seemed much concerned , and commanded that an inquiry should be made of my character from Lord C . and Sir E . W . who had known me from my infancy . The account they gave of me was so satisfactory to the king , that he was graciously pleased to order me a pension of iool . a year , from his privy purse , May 7 , 1767 .
The next morning I received the following letter from Lord H . " Sir , I saw General O . last night , and am happy to find that we have not been unsuccessful in our attempt to serve you , and hope it will be an earnest to something better . My friend Mr . W . had the happiness to lay your case before a king , possessed of every virtue that can adorn a crown . Don ' t call on me to-morrow ; fori am going
to Chatham with the Duke of Gloucester ; any other time , I shall be happy to see a man possessed of so fair a character , which I value above every thing in this life . Your friend and humble servant , Friday morning . PI . " ! I had also the honour of congratulatory letters from the Duke of Beaufort , Lord Viscount Townshend , General Oughton , and many of my friends .
On Parental Partialities.
ON PARENTAL PARTIALITIES .
TO THE EDITOR .
SIH , THE partiality of a Parent to a particular child , when his children are equally deserving , is an act of injustice so extremely oppressive , that one would imagine a father , capable of any paternal tenderness at all , must be shocked at the least inclination to it . Nothing is more plainly dictated by Nature , than an equal and orderly
distribution of parental care and attention . It is a lesson we may learn from eveiy species of Animals , whose unerring Instinct is never warped by prejudice or passion . Man only presumes to sin against this universal law , and usurps an arbitrary and absolute right , to cherish or neglect his offspring , to lavish away the superfluities and luxuries of life upon one , and deny the common conveniencies of it to the other , as humour and caprice direct him .