The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-26 00:00:00

THE HERO OF SCINDE.

THE NAPIER TESTIMONIAL.
On Saturday afternoon, the Committee of the Napier
Testimonial assembled at the United Service Institution,
• in Whitehall-yard, for the purpo-e of taking into con-
sideration the state of the funds at their command, and the
amount of subscriptions still outstanding. Amoi,g those
who were present were—theßi..fht Hon. the Earl of Ellen-
• borough, the Right Hon. the Earl of Harrington, Gene-
' ral Aitchison, Lieut.-Colonel Kennedy, Captain Claxton,.
R N., George Jones, Esq., R A., and several other gen-
. tleinett who have taken either an active part, or a lively
interest, in the project of raising somewhere in the streets
of our metropolis a suitable public monument to comme-
morate the late illustrious General Sir Charles James
Napier, the heroic conqueror and administrator of Scinde,
the glorious victor of Meannee and Pyderabad.
The Earl of Ellenborough having been voted into the
chair, the report of the joint secretaries, dated July 22.
1854, was then read by Colonel Kennedy. It proved
to he a report in every re-pect, we are bound to say,
eminently satisfactory. It showed that, notwithstand-
ing the suggestion circulated by the committee, recom-
mending that subscriptions should be restricted to small
sums, yet the subscribers had been so numerous, and
some of their contributions so liberal, that an amount
has already been realised, amply sufficient, it is calcu-
lated, to raise a statue twelve feet high, namely, one of
colossal dimensions. This, according to the estimates
obtained—estimates of a reliable character, and provid-
ing, moreover, that the first class of artists that the
country furnishes shall be employed in the design and
erection of the monument. As illustrative of the satis-
factory operation of the principle of small subscriptions
recommended, it may be well to give the following quo-
tation from Major Wynyard, Birmingham, when for-
warding his 10th list :—" In forwarding this last list
likely to be sent from hence, a significant fact should be
noted. The ten lists have contained, besides the contri-
butions of other classes, the unsolicited subscriptions of
upwards of 1,600 pensioners from the Coventry, Glou-
cester, Northampton, North Stafford, Shrewsbury, and
Wolverhampton districts, and in a period of great priva-
tion and high prices."
It was next intimated by the report "That a simul-
taneous movement having been set on foot in India for
the erection of a public testimonial in that country to
the memory of the late Sir Charles Napier, it has not
been deemed advisable to take any very active steps to
bring the subscription list for the home monument before
the Indian public."
The grtsss amount of the subscription list reaches the
large total of 2,7081. Os. sd. The amount actually paid
into the bankers', 2,3991. 19s. Bd. Incidental expenses,
1171. 10s. 6d. The sum actually in bank, 2,2821. 9-. 2d.
Altogether,. as already observed at the outset of the re-
port, it is estimated that a sufficient sum has even now

been secured to the funds of the testimonial to supply
the amount requisite for the raising a gigantic in. tal
statue of the Hero of Scinde upon a huge granite pedes•
tat. The report here adds—" That several subscribers
and members of the committee have expressed an opi-
nion as to the eligibility of giving an additional record by
the erection of a tomb, somewhat in accordance with
the accompanying design, over the body in the Ports-
mouth churchyard ; but that the family desire to erect
this tribute themselves, and measures are accordingly
being taken for its execution."

Finally, the Report said, "That a change having
taken place in the organisation of the Scinde Camel
Corps, the commander of that corps has forwarded the
colours of that regiment, with a request that they may
be placed in the Portsmouth Military Chapel, inserting
under them a marble tablet, with t'-‘e following inscrip-
tion, all of which has been executed according to his de-