The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-01 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—On the 29th day of July Mr. E. S. Ellig,
of Liecester, accompanied by three Foresters, viz,
Mr. W. U. Heygate, M,P., Mr. Daly rimple, secre-
tary of the Forester's fete, and a gentleman whose
name I do not know, a surgeon at Leicester, met
Mr. Coxwell and myself
.at the Great Northern
Ilutel, London.
• At this meeting it was stated by Mr. Dalyrimplo
that the Foresters would subscribe if legal proceed-
ings were withdrawn ; if not, they would subscribe
to defend the action, and that a very small sum
from each would raise a large sum.
After some little time, Mr. Heygate left, pledgs
ing himself to me to assist in raising a sufficient
sum to prevent loss to Mr. Coxwell.
Then Mr. Ellis and myself retired to ano-
ther room, and he said that on the way
to London he was told the only difficulty
in raising the money among the Foresters was
the step of taking legal proceedings against them,
and that, from what had been said to him in the
railway carriage, and just repeated in my presence,
he thought that immediate steps would be taken by
the Foresters, and the money would be raised in a
short time. He then entered into the following
agreement with me :
" Upon the understanding which is now entered into,
that Mr'Coxwell does not take legal proceedings against
the Foresters for the damage to his balloon or apparatus, I
agree to and guarantee that Mr Cornwell shall receive a
sum of £5OO to aid him in replacing the balloon and appa-
ratus, the L5OO to be paid within two months of this date,
this sum to be entirely independent of any money collected
by Mr Glaisher's committee."
Mr Ellis wished me not to mention this agree.
ment to any one, and only permitted me to speak
in strict confidence to Mr Coxwell and Mr Carttar,
his legal adviser, about it, with the expectation that
the money would be raised, and that no one else
should know of the agreement but ourselves.

On our return to the room I learned that a pro.
mise had been exacted from Mr Coxwell to write
to the London papers to the effect 'that legal pro-
ceedings would not be taken against the Foresters,

the natural effect of which, when written, was to
check subscriptions to my committee. 'We parted
with the understanding that energetic steps would
be taken to redeem the pledges thus given to us.
On Sept. 24 the Mayor of Leicester forwarded
to me a draft of £BO, the amount of the Leicester
subscription, telling me that it was totally inde•
pendent of the Foresters, in addition to some sums
forwarded to me before the Leicester subscription
commenced, viz., £lO 10s. from Mr Ellis, £lO from
the directors of the gasworks, and £lO 10s, from
Messrs Robinson
On the 29th inst. Mr Ellis, with the Mayor of
Derby (Mr George Baines), met Mr Coxwell and
myself at the Great Eastern Railway, and Mr
Ellis paid Mr Coxwell a sum exceeding £386 out
of his own pocket, being the difference between
the amount of the Leicester subscriptions and £5OO,
in redemption of his promise.
May I ask, is it possible that 70,000 inhabitants
of Leicester will allow this noble citizen, jealous of
the honour of their city, to be at any:loss to himself
in keeping that honour untarnished ?
With respect to the Foresters of Leicestershire,
I will at present only say that their want of self-
respect in the past two months has deepened the
tain on them ; and if they do, not take steps to
redeem their pledges, given by their secretary and
ethers, by collecting a sum of money at once and
hand;ng it over to their protector, so that ho is not
at all injured by his generous acts, the stain on the
order will indeed be black and irremovable, particud
laxly as the receipts of this fete exceeded the exe
penditure.—l am, sir, yours, &c.,
JAMES GLAISIIER,
Chairman London Committee.
Blackheath, Sept. 30.