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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECt;MBER 2', 1864.

BUILDING GROUND.—urrY of LONDON.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the CITY
LANDS COMMITTEE will meet at GUILDHALL, on
WEDN ESDAY, the 14th December next, at One o'clock
precisely, to receive PROI'OS LS for a BUILDING LEASE
for 80 years of the site of the PREMISES, known as No. 114,
Fenchurch-street, and No. 17, Billiter-street, in the City of
London.

chequer, and then there came out another feature in his
character,one of the moat invaluable qualities that a states-
man could possess. He inspired confidence. (Applause.)
By that sort of undefinable sympathy by which we were led
to place our trust where trust was deserved, men ti usted
him. They trusted in his wisdom, his discretion, and,
above all, in his sincerity. (Applause.) By thus going up
each round of the ladder, he attained an elevation which did
not make him giddy, and which, at each step, seemed to
place him in that position which, by nature, he was best
qualified to fill. (Applause.) He believed —and there were
many around him who believed—that if Sir G. C. Lewis's
life had been sparred, he would have occupied the highest
place in this country, and obtained his niche alongside
Walpole, Chatltam, Pitt, Peel, and Palinereton. It was
not to be so, and regret must always mingle bitter feelings
of disappointment with their recollection of his career. He
(Sir J uhn Walsh) placed the monument in the custody of
the family on the part of the community of Radnor. (Ap-
plause.) He hoped that the monument would hand down
to the latest posterity the record of Sir G. Lewis's name
and of their regard and affection. (Applause.)
The Earl of CLARENDON, who was very warmly greeted,
said he returned his sincere thanks for the invitation with
which ho had been honoured, and which enabled him to
take part in that deeply interesting ceremony, and to lisle
to the speech of the right hon, baronet, which contained a
complete biography of the friend whom they all alike la-
mented, and to the feeling terms in which ho had dedicated
to the memory of that friend the beautiful monument that
had just been exposed to their view. (Applause.) It was
is monument of no ordinary description, whether as re-
garded its artistic beauty or symmetric proportions, or the
noble, generous, and affectionate sentiment that had led to
its erection, (Applause.) Such a monument he considered
not only as a record of the feelings of those who had the
beat opportunities of kowing Sir G, Lewis's worth, but also
as an enccuragement to others far and near to follow in
his footsteps and to emulate his bright example. (Ap-
plause,) Such a monument, erected to him by his

Further particulars may be obtained upon application at
he Architect's Office, Guildhall.
FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller.
Guildha'l, Nov. 15, 1861.

all classes and of every variety of political opinion in
that country, honoured his memory and reflected the
character of him who, neither in public nor private life,
made an enemy nor lost a friend. (Applause.) It was
a particular satisfaction to him that the hon. baronet had
so completely narrated to them the different phases of
their lamented friend's public life, because his (Lord
Clarendon's) connection with Sir G. Lewis, in more
ways than one, almost unfitted him to speak of him as he
deserved, but if there was one high quality by which he was
characterised more than by another, it was his love of
truth,'and he (Lord Clarendon) should be false to his memory
if he said a word that was tinged with exaggeration or
stamped even by the prejudice of affectation. (Applause.)
He felt that he ran no such risk when he recalled to their
memory, from which it could not have faded, from the uni-
versal response of approval and sympathy which was given
by the whole country (aye and by foreign countries also, for
among the wise and good abroad their lamented friend held
the highest place)—to that speech of Lord Palmerston at
Hereford on a similar occasion, when with all the force that
truth gave to eloquence he narrated the services Sir G.
Lewis had performed to his country, and lamented the loss
to the nation and himself of his departed colleague. (Ap-
plause.) It was a perfect picture, if a picture could be called
perfect that had no shadow. But in truth there was no shade
to introduce. He (Lord Clarendon) well remembered a re-
mark made at the time, and the correctness of which im-
pressed itself on his mind, that the calm judgment and un-
impassioned reason of Sir G. Lewis protected him from the
defects which usually accompanied and often obscured
shining merit such as his. (Applause.) It was these high
qualities which guided him in the formation of his opinions,
which were the result of investigation and reflection, and
never of personal or party influence. He could defend,
when occasion required it, with a vigour peculiar to him.
self, but never with obstinacy.:He was always open to rea-
son, whether in or out of Parliament, whether in speech or
in writing. No one arguing with him was ever offended,
or ever omitted to acknowledge that he had contended
against a chivalrous opponent by whom no unfair advantage
would be taken. Of faculties such as his, applied in all
their fulness to public affairs, it was impossible to over-
estimate the value. The case with which ho despatched
business, the lucidity of his judgment, the correctness of his
decision, the consideration and courtesy which he exhibited
to all those who had official connection with him; in short,
his intense desire to do right and do good, which was his
view of public duly, made him prominently successful in
all the various ()fliers which ho was called upon to fill
(Applause.) W leen ho (Lord Clarendon) made use, of that
term prominently successful, it was ittelrum hint to intend
that which would of all things lie more distasteful to Sir G.
Lewis, to institute a comparison between himself and other
great and good. men who still remained, and would, he (Lord
Clarendon) trusted, never be wanting in this country. (Ap-
plause.) Ho know he had the support of public opinion
when he said that the Sovereign and people of this country
were never served with greater efficiency end fidelity than
by their lamented friend—(hear)—and yet in the midst of
all his arduous duties, up to the latest period of his exis-
tence, he found time for study, and he (Lord Clarendon)
knew of no instance of any man to whom study of the se-
verest character and of the most abstruse subjects appeared
to afford the same genuine pleasure, in fact he was only
exercising and indulging a power of acquiring knowledge
that in him was perfectly marvellous. His profound scholar-
ship, his intimate acquaintance with the philosophy and
literature of ancient and modern times, hie many published
works upon widely different subjects, long ago placed him
in the foremost rank of men of letters—but the remarkable
thing was that he never worked for honour, and cared not
for fame, If he could remove a prevailing error, or eluci-
date an important fact, if he could furnish information that
appeared to bo wanting in politics, philosophy, or science,
his ambition was satisfied, though his modesty led him to
doubt his success. (Applause.) Erudition such as
his, such honesty of purpoEe, suck desire of
power to do good, were rarely found in the same man.
It was rare indeed, to use the words of the Dean of St.
Paul's, to find a man who might have aspired, and
who, as the hon. baronet had fairly observed, would have
succeeded to the highest dignity in the State, who at the
same time would do honour as a Greek professor in the
most learned University in Europe. It was as his true
character, as the nature and variety of his public services
became known, that lac gradually, but without any effort
or intention of his own, wound himself round the hearts of
his countrymen and obtained their unlimited confidence.
(Applause.) It was no exaggeration to say that his death
was mourned as a national loss, because every individual
in the country felt that ono had been snatched from among
them in the fulness of his intellectual power, who could and
would further serve his country, and who could be ill spared.
The public feeling was faithfully represented in Parliament.
On the day the news of his death was received, a distin-
guished member of the Opposition moved, and the motion!
was seconded by the leader of the Opposition, that the house
should adjourn in honour to his memory, because they had
never had among them so trustworthy, so conciliatory, so
conscientious, or so beloved a man as Sir G. Lewis. (Ap-
plause.) As a statesman, a scholar, a man of commanding
ability and unflinching honesty, Sir G. Lewis was known
to the country et large; but the country 9 t large could not
follow him into private life, and there judge him as ho de-
served, where he was seen to most advantage. (Hear, hear.)
That assembly and that beautiful monument attested un-
mistakably that the country appreciated the worth and
mourned the loss of such a neighbour and such a friend—
(applause)—but of what he was in the innermost circle, in
the sanctum of domestic life, he (Lord Clarendon) wart per.
haps better able than any one present to testify, for during
20 years of the closest fraternal intimacy, every day of
which increased his respect and affection for him, he never
saw his temper ruffled, never heard him say an unkind word,
and never know him miss an opportunity to do a kind act.
(Applause.) His unwavering good nature, his keen sense of
honour, his power of adapting himself to every character
and disposition with which he came in contact, made the
youngest child as much at ease with him as the most intel-
ligent man, and concentrated in him the love of the domestic
circle. (Applause.) Of the dreary and irreparable blank
that now existed there, he could not permit himself to
speak; but in the name of her to whom the hon. baronet had
alluded in such feeling terms, of her whose happiness he
(Sir G. Lewis) rendoted cloudlestewhose sorrow could only
cease with her life, and who would have been present in
person as she was in spirit, if her feelings and failing health
had permitted—in her name ho (Lord Clarendon) expressed
her grateful sense of the kindness which had enabled her
brother to take part in the ceremony by which Radnorshire
did honour to herself. (Applause.)

'The Bishop of ST. DATED'S said his acquaintance with
Sir George Lewis never had been particularly intimate. It
dated, however, from a period of between 30 and 40 years
ago, and was founded upon their common studies. The
precise origin of it was a periodical publication which ho
(the Bishop) at the time conducted at Cambridge, and the
volumes of which were enriched by many most valuable
contributions from the pen of Sir G. Lewis, who had stated
in his work on " The Languages of Europe derived from the
Latin," that that work was originally intended as a contri-
bution to that periodical. Tho bond of their acquaintance
such as it was, was formed by their fellowship in the studies
in which they took a common interest. Ho (the Bishop)
looked back, however, to that bond with very great personal
pride and satisfaction. Sir G. Lewis was of all men least
ambitious of fame or glory. That kind of glory, indeed,
which was associated with the roar of cannon and the blare of
trumpets was one which he not only did not seek, but which
he would have shunned. There was, however, another kind
of glory which, though he did not seek it, he most eminently
achieved. A definition of true glory, which he would have
adopted, said it consisted of three things in general : love,
general confidence, and general admiration. No man pro-
bably was ever more extensively loved ; no man, as they all