The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-05 00:00:00

" The following is a synopsis of the week's work :
—On the morning of the 14th, Gen. Birney, having
crossed the James, above Four Mile Creek, during
the night previous, attacked the enemy's works and
carried them by assault. Gen. Foster's brigade led
the advance, with the Ist brigade en echelon, the
whole supported by Hawley's brigade. Desultory
skirmishing was maintained till about 11 o'clock,
when the corps, moving along the Kingsland-road,
crossed Four Mile Creek, intending simply to form
a junction with the 2d Corps, which had landed
from transports, and had driven the enemy back
into the country from this point. Finding the road
obstructed and covered by a battery, the troops were
quickly formed for attack. The works were carried
easily, and were found to contain four Beinch siege
howitzers, all of which were brought cff. A junc-
tion was then formed with the 2d Corps without
trouble at Strawberry Plains. On the 15th the 10th
Corps moved to the right of the infantry line.
Picket and artillery fighting occurred. The day
following was marked by a very sanguinary little
affair. Tne position of the enemy not being clearly
understood, Gen. Terry was instructed to recon-
noitre and see what was in his front. Gen Foster's
brigade was pushed forward, and discovered the ap-
proach to that front of the enemy's position to be
unattainable, as it was beyond steep ravines and
deep ponds. Foster,
.therefore, changed his front
forward on his left battalion, so as to bring him
against the flanks of these obstructions. Pond's bri-
gade was formed in battalion columns, in mass, on
Foster's right,Hawley's brigade supporting. In this
manner they charged the works, and carried all but a
portion in the centre, which were on the verge of a
steep precipice. Without stopping a moment at the
works, they rushed on after the retreating enemy.
Coming to a dense forest their foe again halted.
Our troops were manceavred until they had been
brought to face to the rear of their original position,
and all were in one line of battle along the edge of
the woods. Meanwhile General Birney moved his
division up to and manned the works, as also did
Colonel Craig, who bad been detached from the 2nd
corps to assist at that part of our line. Under cover
of the forest the enemy concentrated from other
points, when they should have been, but were not,
attacked, and dashing against Foster caused him to
retire to the works, the enemy following in turn.
At the works our men fought them gallantly fur
some time, but the enemy having occupied the por-
tion of the works we had not possessed ourselves
of, poured from it a galling, enfilading fire, forcing
us to retreat to more tenable ground. The enemy
did not follow from their works. Our loss in this
affair will exceed 1,000, among whom are 51 officers.
Colonel Craig was killed while cheering on his men.
The rebel loss will not prove small. Among their
dead was found General Victor Girardy, who, by
the way, had been recently promoted from a cap-
taincy for successfully repulsing the late attack of
Burnside on Petersburg. Among our trophies were
six stands of colours. Works were immediately
thrown up commanding the position, and until the
attack of the enemy on the evening of the 18th but
little more fighting was done. Then, as you are
aware, the enemy were badly repulsed wherever
they attacked. On the 17th General Birney's bri-
gade was sent out to reinforce Gregg's cavalry,
who had been attacked in force. Birney moved
by way of Charles City Court-house road, and strik-
ing the enemy in flank, compelled him to retreat
precipitately. We have had plenty of rain lately,
and the roads are quite soft."
A despatch from Harper's Ferry, of the 23d,
gives the following details of the battle near
Charlestown, Virginia, in which the Federals were
compelled to retire :

" A brisk engagement took place yesterday, two
miles beyond Charlestown, between the army of
Western Virginia and the rebel force now in the
Shenandoah Valley. The battle commenced at
eight o'clock in the morning by a heavy column of
rebel infantry and cavalry attempting to pierce our
extensive front near Summit Point. After a sharp
but decisive struggle our skirmishers were compelled
to give way. The Ist division, General Wilson, of
General Torbett's cavalry corps, were engaged on
our right, and suffered heavily. General Macins
tish's brigade, of that division, lost nearly 300 men,
but only one officer was seriously injured. Acting
Adjutant Lloyd, 22d Wisconsin Cavalry, and three
other officers, were slightly wounded, but have not
yet their commands. The movement had evidently
for its object the possession of Martinsburg, for at
the same time the attack was made at Summit
Point another false movement was made against
our extreme left, and the attacking column moved
slowly down toward our right ; and then suddenly
a new body of rebel troops appeared in front of our
right, the 6th corps. A short but determined battle
took place. The 6th, Bth, and 19th corps forresti
in line, from right to left. The 6th corps bore the
brunt of the engagement, and the 2d division lost
heavily—some 300 wounded, and from 60 to 70
killed and missing. The loss of the rebels was as
great. Among the officers wounded in the 6th
corps are the following. .—Lieut. Col. G. E. Cham-
berlain, Ist Vermont; Lieut. Col. A. A. Hale, 6th
Vermont ; Mejer G. W. Dwinell, 6th Vermont;
Capt. D. B. Tagbor, 6th Vermont ; Lieut. Redene
bath, 614 Pennsylvania ; Lieut. C. Money, 2d Ver-
mont: Lieut. J. N. Price, 61st Pennsylvania;
Acting Adjutant John Caldwell, 61st Pennsylvania.
Our right drove the enemy for over a mile, and
then fell back to their old lino, holding it until 10
o'clock, when our entire army retired toward Hall-
town, where they now lie in line of battle on the
first range of hills in the immediate vicinity of that
place. The Bth corps, General Crook, were only
partly engaged, and lost but few men. The left
consisting of the 19th corps, General Emery, were
not engaged, as their line rested on the Berryville
pike. Oar entire line extended from the Berryville
pike, on the right, and on the left, to Smithfield
pike, on the right, and occupied the commanding
line of country running between these two roads,
situated some two miles from Charlestown. Our
cavalry, after the enemy had shifted his front
from our left to our right, returned down the
Berryvil
le pike, and passing through Charlestown,
bivouackedie in the fields to the right::of the town.
lastAlelr night troops were passing through Charles-
town in the direction of Halltown, and the scene
by moonlight was an extremely inspiring one. The
cavalry were left in front of Charlestown, and their
pickets relieved the infantry before daylight, At
sunrise Forward' was sounded, and the entire
cavalry corps moved forward and took up the
position abandoned by the Bth and 6th corps. As
I rode away en route for the ferry, a sharp and
continuous skirmishing fire broke out, and lasted
until 9 o'clock, when it suddenly slackened, and
before I left Halltown it had entirely ceased. Our
cavalry have orders to push through to Martine-
burg, and the infantry are busy pitching impromptu
camps along their line of battle, awaiting the

result. Rumours are afloat that the rebels are
crossing the Potamac at Martinsburg. What truth
there is in them I cannot say. Certain it is, how
ever, that the rebels have possession of Martinsburg
whatever may be their ultimate intention. Large
numbers of loyal citizens are here endeavouring to
reach the places of safety further north, leading to
a total abandonment of the valley."
A Washington despatch of the 23d contains the
following :
"A letter from Hagerstown, dated the 21st, says
—‘ A detachment of the 3d Virginia Union Cavalry
entered Martinsburg yesterday about 2 o'clock and
drove out the rebels. At the latest accounts the
place was still held by our cavalry-men. General
Averell holds the river fords, and is keeping a
watchful eye on the movements of the rebel raiding
parties. The excitement here occasioned by the
anticipation of an invasion has somewhat subsided."
The New York World has a despatch from Wash-
ington, 9.30 p.m. of the 23d, to the following
effect :
" It is not learnt here that any engagement be-
yond continued skirmishing has yet occurred on the
Upper Potomac. That which took place on Sunday
and yesterday morning is represented as being
severe, our losses being considerable. The enemy's
cavalry in small bands have been reconnitering the
river fords, but no attempt to cross has yet been
made. It will be impossible for the enemy to force
a crossing without a general engagement. At last
accounts our cavalry had reoccupied Martinsburg.
The enemy's main line stretches south of Martins•
, burg some ten miles, but does not rest its left on the
Potomac as stated. Gen. Averell's command holds
all of the river fords. Generals Averell and Couch
have prohibited the transmission of despatches over
lines from Upper Potomac without their approval."
The following are the latest despatches relative to
the Georgia campaign :
" Louisville, Kentucky, Aug. 22.
" On the 13th inst., in front of Atlanta, the 15th
corps charged on the rebel works. At the same time
Carlin's line of skirmishers called upon the rebel
soldiers in a rifle pit to come over to our side. About
200 of them leaped out and came into our lines
amid the fire of the remaining rebels. Carlin then
advanced a strong skirmish line, took possession
of the rebel rifle pits and now holds them. They
are within 300 yards of the enemy's works."

Washington, Aug. 22.
"The official news from Atlanta is hopeful.
Authentic information received here shows that Gen.
Kilpatrick has returned from his raid on the line of
the Macon Railroad without any serious loss, but
had a fatiguing and hard time. He brought in one
piece of artillery and 70 prisoners. He effectually
destroyed the road for two miles, and injured the
track for ten miles in various places."
" Cincinnati, Aug. 23.
"A special despatch to the Gazette from Knox.
villa says:—Wheeler struck the Knoxville and
Chattanooga Railroad between Hawassi and Lon.
don, destroying communications for a time but do-
ing no serious damage. Gen. Steadman is driving
him towards Knoxville, where Gen. Carter has
forces in front."

A despatch from Louisville, Kentucky, of the
22d, says:—" The Nashville Times contains a re-
port that Gen. Wheeler's rebel forces have croesed
the river above Chattanooga, though there is a
report that he has gone to East Tennes-
see. The last is discredited. It is reported that a
train bound from Knoxville to Chattanooga was
captured near Cleveland by the rebels, and that an
empty train bound from Chattanooga to Atlanta
was also captured by them. This occurred on Thurs-
day. The fortifications of Knoxville can resist effec.
tually five times the number of men in Wheeler's
force. Gen. Stuedman's wound was only a slight
scratch under the eye. He drove the rebels for five
miles, and then escaped to Chattanooga. A discredited
report prevailed at Nashville that the rebel General
Buckner had been killed i❑ a recent battle."

The Macon Telegraph of August 15 contains the
°allowing :

" All the reports which we published yesterday
have proved premature, although the city is still
full of extravagant rumours of exploits of General
Wheeler and his cavalry. From a responsible
source we learn that General Wheeler crossed the
Chattahoochee river on Thursday night with three
separate bodies of cavalry, numbering several thou-
sand effective men, and proceeded on his march for
the enemy's rear. Oa the following day a picked
body of mounted men were started on a secret expe■
dition of great importance, the result of which has
not transpired. We also learn that a distinguished
general in the army of Tennessee informed a Gene-
ral that on Saturday last, ono week ago, General
Roddy with thousand men, started from Opelika
to co-operate with General Wheeler. These ac-
counts are probably correct. It is well known that
our cavalry have started for the enemy's rear. In
a few days we shall have authentic information of
their exploits, when we trust to give our readers a
gratifying account of the destruction of Sherman's
line of communication. A great deal depends upon
this expedition, and we trust it will in every respect
be a successful one."

The following items appear in Southern papers:
" The large number of Federals we have been
capturing lately, says the Augusta Sentinel, has
increased the number of prisoners at Andersonville
to over 30,000, and the cry is 'Still they come.'
We learn, says the Macon Telegraph, that not a day
passes without from 100 to 1,000 arrive and are
added to the number."

Official despatches from Admiral Farragut had
been published :--

"Flagship Hartford, Mobile Bay, Aug. 8.
" Sir,—l have the honour to inform the Depart.
ment that Fort Powell was evacuated on the night
of the sth inst. The rebels blew up much of the
fort, but we took all of the guns and those of the
best quality. We took some covered barges also from
Fort Powell and Cedar Point, which do us good
service as a workshop. The fleet engineer and fleet
paymaster came on the Stockdale with iron, &c,, for
the repairs of our vessels. On the afternoon of the
6th the Chickasaw went down and shelled Fort
Gaines, and on the morning of the 7th I received a
communication from Colonel Anderson, commanding
tbd fort, offering to surrender to the fleet and asking
the best conditions. I immediately sent for General
Granger, andAin the evening had Colonel Anderson
and Major Browne on board, and the agreement
was signed by all parties. At 7 a.m., August 8,
Fleet Captain Drayton, on the part of the navy,
and Colonel Meyer, on the part of the army, pro-
ceeded to the fort to carry out the stipulations of
the agreement, and at 9.45 the fort surrendered,
and the stars and stripes were hoisted on the staff,
amid the cheers of the fleet. Enclosed 'are copies
of the letter of Colonel Andersor_l and the reply of
Granger and myself.

" Very reepeuttllly, your obedient servant,
" D. G. FARRAGUT, Rear-Admiral
" Commending W. G. B. Squadron."
" Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretory of the Navy."
"Head-quarters, Fort Gaines, Aug. 7.
"Admiral Farragut, commanding naval forces
off Dauphin Island,--Feeling my inability to
maintain my present position longer than you may
ace fit to open upon me with your fleet, and feeling
also tbe uselessness of entailing upon ourselves further
destruction of life, I have the blaout to propose the
surrender of Fort Gaines, ita garrison, stores, &O. I
trust to your magnanimity for obtaining honourable
terms, which I respectfully request that you will
transmit to me, and allow me sufficient time to con-
sider them and return an answer. This communica•
tion will be handed you by Major W. It. Browne.
—4l am, Sir, very respectfully your obedient servant,
"C. D, ANDERSON, Colonel commanding."
" Flagship Hartford, Mobile I3ay, Aug. 7.
" Sir,—ln accordance with the proposals made in
your letter of this morning for the surrender of Fort
Gaines, I have to say, after communication with
Gen. Granger, in command of our forces on Danpin
Island, that the only offers we can make are—l.
The unconditional surrender of yourself and the
garrison at Fort Gaines, with all the public property
within its limits. 2. The treatment which is in corn-
formity with the custom of the most civilised nations
towards prisoners of war, 3. Private property,
with the exception of arms, will be respected. This
ocmmunication will be handed you by Fleet Captain
P. Dayton :and Col. Myer, of the United States'
Army, who fully understands the views 9f General

Saturday is usually a busy day with the inhabitants of
Hereford, as well as with those of most other towns, but
for onoe thoughts of business gave place to holyday keepiag.
Excursion trains from all the surrounding districts brought
in a large influx of strangers, who overflowed the hotels,
and even blocked up the principal streets. The churches
and other public buildings, all the inns, shops, and many
private houses exhibited flags, floral devices, and other
tokens of jubilation largely interspersed with complimen-
tary mottoes and words of hearty welcome to the Premier;
and this added to the crowds who perambulated the route
of the procession, admiring the varied display of bunting
or listening to the bands of the Volunteers, the Militia, and
the Odd Fellows, who were all mustering at different points
to form the escort, gave the whole city a most picturesque
aspect. The great centre of attraction, however, was the
front of the Shirehall, in St. Peter's-square, where the
statue stood, screened by a white cloth from the public gaze
until the right moment came for uncovering it. Here a
space had been enclosed, and a temporary platform erected
for the accommodation of the principal spectators, while the
open square beyond, from all parts of which a slight at least
of the proceedings could be commanded, was left available
for the multitude. Here, too, of course, the flags and tokens
of welcome to the Premier were thickest clustered, and the
fine old early English church of St. Peter's, which gives
its name to the square in which the statue is placed, was
dressed in the liveliest colours. At an early hour both of
these enclosed and unenclosed spaces were well filled with
persons who gave up the pleasure of taking part in the pro-
cession in order to make sure of good places for the more in-
terestinc portion of the ceremonial. Meanwhile, the civic
authorities and other local bodies went a short distance from
the town to receive Lord Palmerston at Wye-bridge-gate.
Here his lordship arrived at 12 o'clock in an open carriage,
with the Rev. Mr. Clive, the chairman of the Memorial
Committee, and also accompanied by Lord Somers. The
procession was then formed in the following order :
Superintendent of Police on Horseback.
Police Constables.
Flag with Royal Arms of England.
Militia Brass Band.
Militia Staff and Flag.
liirtute Secants Lodge of Odd Fellows, with Flag,
Victoria Lodge of Olt Fellows, with Flag.
Wolverhampton Lodge of Odd Fellows, with Flag.
Ancient Order of Foresters, with Flag.
Volunteer Brass Band.
Volunteer Rifle Corps, with Flag.
Subscribers to Statue and Citizens.
Officers of the Corporation and City Banner.
The Mayor (Mr E. Pateshall) and the ex-Mayor.
The City Magistrates.

The Aldermen. The Town Councillors. The Town Clerk.
The Chaplain of the City Gaol.
The Coroner.
The Magistrates' Clerk.
The Governer of the City Gaol.
The City Surveyor.
The Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, K.G.
The Fire Brigade.

Thus escorted, Lord Palmerston proceeded through the
city amid the enthusiastic .celnugationa of the crowds who
lined the entire route and filled every available window or
balcony, the bands at the same time playing lively airs, and
the church bells ringing out their merry peals. At length
the procession slowly threaded ita way into St. Peter's-
square, where the cheering was vehemently renewed, and
then passed within the barriers in front of the statue. The
company here assembled comprised Lord and Lady Saye
and Sele, Lady Emily Foley, Lady Langdale, the Bishop
of Ihreford, Colonel Clifford, NI P., Sir Gilbert Lewis
and Sir V. Cornewall (the brother and the nephew of the
lamented st,teeman), Air King King, M.P., and many
other principal inhabitants both of Herefordshire and
Radnorshire..

The first business was the presentation of an address from
the Corporation to the Premier. This took place under the
spacious Doric portico of the Shirehall, in the presence,
though certainly not in the hearing, of the vast concourse.
The Town Clerk read the address as follows :

"TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, X.,G.,

G C. 8., mitsl LORD OP THE TREASURY.
41 My Lord,—We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of
the city of Hereford, desire to express the gratification we
feel at the honour conferred upon us by your lordship's
presence in our ancient city, and gladly avail ourselves of
this opportunity to acknowledge the debt of gratitude we
owe to your lordship in having for so many years aided
cur ty.:loved Sovereign, by your wise and prudent counsel,
in maintaining the high position which she holds among
the nations of the world.

Permit
us also to express our admiration of thatexalted
feeling which has prompted your lordship to appropriate
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"We shall ever esteem it an honour that his name stands
recorded among the chief stewards of this ancient city, and
congratulate ourselves that, under your kind auspices, the
inhabitants of the city and county of Hereford will this day
dedicate a suitable testimonial to his memory.
. " We fervently hope that you may long be ;pared to par-
ticipate in the councils of this nation, and to see our much-
loved Country increase in prosperity under the administra-
tion sue government of her most gracious Majesty."
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under our corporate common seal, this 3d day 0
September, 1861."
In responding,
Lord PALMERSTON said,—Mr Mayor and gentlemen of
the corporation of the city of Hereford, I beg to thank you
moat sincerely for the address which you have been kind
enough to present to mo. I can assure you it affords me
infinite satisfaction to be present on this occasion. With
regard to what you have been pleased to say respecting toy
public services, I would only observe that the greatest re-
ward. which any man engaged in public life can hope to meet
with is the approbation and confidence Of big fellow citizens.
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It is tnest g:tati'iying to think that, at all events by ..
people of Hereford, who are so well entitled to form an opi-
nion on the conduct of thosa who era charged with the
adminis ration of ptablic affairs, the share which i have had
in the Managetnent of those affairs is viewed with approval.
I fhl, gentlemen, particularly interested in the ceremony of
to-day, because, independently of the great value to be
attached to the services rendered to the country by the man
whose loss we all deplore, I had the happiness of enjoying
the private friendship of the late Sir G. Lewis. Indeed, I
may say that I had a hereditary
because I had the good fortune to pright to that friendship,
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ossess the friendship of
his distinguished father. Between his family and mine
there has always subsisted the most intimate acquaintance.
Therefore, upon every ground, both public and private, it is
moat gratifying to me to have been invited to attend here
to• day, and to take part in a ceremony which is not only in-
teresting to those who were privately and publicly connected
with Sir G. Lewis, but which reflects so much credit on the
town which has erected this memorial of his distinguished
services. (Cheers.)
Lord Palmerston, having again thanked the corporation
for their address, then advanced to the platform on the left I
of the statue, which was the signal fox a4attaer buret of 1
cheering.

The itev. ARCHER CLIVE, speaking on behalf the com-
mittee, said,—My Lord Palaserstrin, ft May be known to
your lordship that tb.o friends anti neighbours of the late
Sir eeorgo Cornewall Lewis have endeavoured to Com-
m:oldt the great services which he rendered to this county,
and to England in general, by his distinguished public con-
duct, by perpetuating the recollection of them, as far as they
can, by means of a public memorial and tribute. As chair-
man of the committee of subscribers I have been requested
to ask your lordship to do us the honour to be present at
the inauguration of this statue. I will not Fay that I thank
your lordship for attending, for I feel sure that the esteem
and regard you had for our late departed friend invest this
duty with sincere, though melancholy, satisfaction to your
lordship. (Hear, hear.) I hope and trust the welcome you
have received this day from a crowd such as neither I, nor
I believe the oldest man in Herefordshire, ever witnessed
before, will show your lordship that we are happy to see you
here, and to give you a sincere greeting with all our hearts.
(Cheers.) It has been the object of the subscribers to this
memorial to raise for our departed friend a monument
formed of materials the most imperishable which the quar-
ries and mines of our country can produce. We have endea-
voured that in soma respects it should, like him, wLom it
commemorates, be simple and unpretead!ng, IV Q have not

to ask your lordship to sanction the exaggerated praise of a
lying epitaph, for we have placed nothing on the base of
that statue but that which every person here who is quali-
fied to judge can say is the truth, and nothing but the truth.
(Hear,:hear.) 'We have said upon the base of the statue that
he was a wise and honest statesman ; and for confitmetion
of that part of our epitaph we may appeal to your lordship
who first called him to the very important office of Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer of this great country. Your lord-
ship's political experience discovered in the man, who had
worked with unremitting attention and with great ability in
the somewhat subordinate but still important office of Com-
missioner of Poor Laws, those talents which afterwards
shone forth more brilliantly in the high position of Minister
of finance, and which secured to him from the greatest com-
mercial population of the world, the city of London, a degree
of confidence and respect which I will not say no other Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer has equalled, but which certainly no
other man in that situation has ever yet exceeded. (Cheers.)
We have, therefore, your lordship's testimony that he was
a wise and honest Minister. We know him ourselves to
have been honest, because we are well aware that he might
have continued until his dying day in that position which
he so ardently struggled to obtain—the position of a repre-
sentative of the county of Hertford, had he been a less
honest man—had he chosen to disguise the opinions which
he held, and which were then unpopular. (Hear.) But he
was an honest man, and he asserted his opinions. I don't
blame those who rejected him—not at all. They acted ac-
cording to their opinions, and he acted according to his.
All I claim for him is the merit of thorough-going honesty
of purpose. (Cheers.) Our inscription next declares that
he was a most profound scholar, Now, in all this vast
assembly I believe there is perhaps but one man who is able
to judge of the extent and depth of his scholarship—only
one man who can tell how deeply learned he was in the
philosophy and literature of ancient and modern times ; and
that man I rejoice to see present on this occasion—l refer to
the excellent bishop who presides over this diocese. (Hear.)
The next quality that we have ascribed to Sir G. Lewis is
that he was a true and firm friend. There are hundreds
here who can bear testimony to the truth of that assertion,
there are hundreds here who have known him in private life
and have seen him as a successful and as an unsuccessful
candidate, who have witnessed his total freedom from
rancour towards a political opponent. They have witnessed
that course of life which never made hire a single enemy in
the whole of his career; and having witnessed these things
and enjoyed the pleasure of his society, having known the
simpleness of his life, the unpretending goodness of his
heart, the kindness and courtesy of his manner to high and
low, gentle and simple, I say there is not one of those per-
sons who will not testify to the fact that he was a firm and
true friend. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, you do not want to
hear me any longer. There is one here who is far worthier
to address you. Bat I beg you to remember that we are
assembled to-day not to do honour to any living person or
statesman, however great his talents or however great the
confidence we repose in him. We are here to honour the
dead, and over that grave, for one day at least, I would say
let every feeliiaz of political asperity be hushed. Let us re-
member, as we do remember, because this statue is raised by
contributions from political opponents as well as from poli-
tical friends, that he who never made a single enemy would
regret moat deeply and bitterly, if he were permitted to be
conscious of what we are doing, that any other sentiment
than good feeling, peace, and love should prevail among
those who met to honour his memory. Let us do all we can
to hand down to posterity the knowledge that one great and
eminent statesman has risen up among us—that among the
gentry of England one was found, as I believe many more
will be found whenever they are wanted, to serve his coun-
try well and fill the highest and most important offices of
the State. (Cheers.) My Lord Palmerston, I have now
to request you to uncover the statue of your former col-
league, and kindly express to us your sentiments on this
subject. (Cheers.)
Lord Palmerston then drew aside the curtain which had
hidden the statue from view amid the deafening cheers of the
multitude, the troops simultaneously presenting arms,
salutes being also fired, and the militia band playing a slow
and solemn march. Meanwhile all eyes were fixed upon
the statue, which was at once instinctively pronounced by
all who knew the deceased to be a striking likeness. The
calm and mild features of the original are faithfully repro-
duced, and the artist, Baron Marochetti, has also been
singularly happy in catching his characteristic expression.
Sir George is represented standing with his arms folded,
as if in the act of addressing a public assembly, and his
whole bearing and attitude is pleasing and life-like. The
dress is not that of an ancient classical orator or statesman,
but the plain frock coat and trousers worn by an English
gentleman—a cos;ume which, if it in any degree impairs
artistic effect, has at least the redeeming merit of truthful-
ness. The figure is cast in bronze, and is 7ft. Gin. high.
The plinth which supports it consists of a block of un-
polished Penrhyn granite, upon which rests a moulded
polished pedestal—the total height of the memorial being
14ft. On the pedestal there is this appropriate inscription :
—" Sir George Cornewall Lewis, a wise and honest ke ates-
man, a profound scholar, a kind and firm friend ; M.P. for
the county of Hereford from 1847 to 1851; chief steward of
the city ; elancellor of the Exchequer from 1855 to 1858 ;
Home Secretary from 1859 to 1860 ; Secretary for War from
1860 to 1863. Tiorn 1896; died, 1863."
Alter a brief interval spcnt in examining this admirable
work of art.

Lord PALMERSTON stood forward, when ho was again
enthusiastically cheered. He said—Ladies and gentlemen,
I must, before I make any observations upon the occasion
which has brought us all together, thank you from the bot-
tom of my heart for the kind and flattering reception which
I have met with from the people of Hereford, (Cheers.) I
know well that the multitude which I now see before me has
assembled for the same ob)ect which has brought me also
among you. As my friend Mr Clive has truly said, that
object is not so much connected with the living as to do
honour to one whom we have lost. And indeed you must
all feel that there seldom, if ever, has been an occasion upon

which it is more natural, more befitting, and more becoming
for the citizens of a great community like the people of
Hereford to assemble to do honour to the memory of one of
their departed members. The practice of celebrating by
posthumous honours the distinguished services of men en-
gaged in the cause of their country is one which has been
observed by all civilised nations and in all historical times,
and it is founded upon two principles equally deserving of
recognition and resprct. In the first place it is an expres-
sion grateful and agreeable to those from whom it proceeds,
of their personal attachment and public esteem for the per-
son in whose memory such honours are conferred. Such
acts tend to invigorate in the living those feelings of
affection and regard which are the most ennobling senti-
ments that can animate the human breast. (Hear, hear.)
But in the next place, the motive of such acts is that of
holding out to the living generation, and to those who
may succeed the hope that those who render great and
distinguished services to their country will live, through
memorials raised to perpetuate their memory, in the reeol-
iectbn and esteem of their countrymen for centuries to
come. We all remember a most remarkable instance of the
way in which this feeling operates to stimulate men to great
enterprises. History records that when the great Nelson
was about to engage in his first famous battle he said, " I
am going fur the House of Lords or Westminster Abbey."
That is to say, he was conscious that what he was about to
do would secure for him respect and distinction during his
life if he lived, or, if the end was different, such posthu-
mous honours as his country might bestow. (Hear, hear.)
Nell,
you are now assembled to confer posthumous honour
on a great and distinguished statesman, who by the inscrut-
able decrees of Providence was taken away from us prema-
turely and at a moment when, in the full vigour of his age,
we might have expected from him the continuance of long
and useful public, labours. (Hear, hear.) All you can do
commemorate
that which you have met here to perform—vie., to
by a lasting memorial the respect and esteem
which his contemporaries felt for him, toad to hold out to
future ages an instructive and inspiring example to indnoe
them to emulate that career which he so honourably and
usefully followed. There has seldom been any man in a great
public career who so entitled himself to the respect and ad-
miration of his fellow countrymen as the late Sir Gt.fLewis.
(Cheers.) I may say that the whole active part of 'his life
was devoted, in Ono way or another, to the service of his
country. During the latter part of his life ho filled some of
the most ataluons and most important offices in the State.
He was, as my friend Mr Clive has observed, at one time
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and managed during the Cri-
mean war—a period of great anxiety and great difficulty—
the financial concerns of the kingdom; and it is perfectly
true that there never was a Finance Minister who acquired
and retained to a greater degree than Sir G. Lew-le did the
confidence of all that commercial community who a:9 8°
much interested in the accurate and efficient discharge of
the functions of that Minister, (Hear hear.) He then after-
wards took charge of the internal affairs of the country as
Secretary of State for the 1-Ictoe Depariment, and there,
in that perpetual intercourse which Lw had with the gentry,
the nobility, the corporations, and the different communities
connected title OUT domestic adminietration, he conciliated
their esteem, acquired their confidence, and so, With great
advantage, fulfilled the duties of that important post.
(Hear, hear,) A vacancy unfortunately happened, through
an event much to be deplored, in the office of minister for
the War Department ; and Sir George Lewis, not according
to his own inclination—because he would have preferred
remaining at the post which he then occupied—but at the
earnest request of myself and others connected with the Go-
vernment—undertook the more arduous duties of the War
Minister of this country. Those duties he admirably per-
formed, and I cannot charge myself with the belief that,
however heavy their pressure was upon him, they tended in
any degree to shorten his valuable life. Thereupon, in all
those great and important public positions, he fulfilled his
duties in a manner which won for him the respect, the
esteem, and the approbation of all coocerned in those several
departments, exhibiting at the same time a versatility of
talent which perhaps few men in an equal degree possesaed.
In his Parliamentary labours he was an able and efficient
debater. He stood up manfully against all opponents in
defence of hie own opinions, but with a calmness, a forbear-
ance, a power of cool logical argument, which, although
convinced many who had previously differed from him
in opinion, and although he confuted his political
antagonists, yet prevented him, even in the warmth of
debate, from ever reeking a personal political enemy.
(Hear, hear.) And those who know, in any sphere of life,
how much the passions are apt to be excited by finding