The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-10 00:00:00

SIR GEORGE POLLOCK.

The resolution proposed on Monday, in the Court of
Common Council by Sir Peter Laurie, for the vote of
the freedom of the City to General Sir George Pollock,
for his brilliant services in India, which vote was delayed
in consequence of an erroneous impression in the Court
that it was necessary to wait until the return of the
Gallant General to this country, has, we are given to
understand, occasioned much satisfaction amongst his
relatives in town. The estimate formed of the extra-
ordinary services rendered by the brother of the Chief
Baron of England may be seen amongst other hearty
acknowledgments in the following resolution enclosed in
a letter written by Mr. Rogers, who, it will be remem-
bered, served the office of Sheriff of London and Mid-
dlesex, in a very distinguished manner in the year 1841,
to Sir Peter Laurie,
Passed at a mewing of the inhabitants of Calcutta, at
the Town-hall, Oct. 7, 1841, " That a gold medal and
sum of money (to be deter.nined by the amount of sub-
scription raised) to he calkd " The Pollock Prize," be
presented annually to the most distinguished cadet of
the season, at AddiscombP, to commemorate the fame
and services of Sir George Pollock, and that subscrip-
tion books be circulated in the three presidenciet to
raise a fund for this purpose; n) subscription to exceed:
fifty rupee:;. •
With reference to the above, subscribers are requeAed
to remit the amount of their subscripions to the Bank of
Bengal, the Union Bank, or to any of the following gen-
tlemen appointed by the sth resolution, a Committee to
carry the above into effect:—
Brigadier Frith,
Lieut.-Col. Burlton,
Cheape,
17 Hawkins,

Mr. 0. Doroda,

I, Higgins,
„ Sutherland,
~ Storm,
~ Allen,
„ Gilmore, .
„ A. Rogers,
Gillanders,
Dr • Gardner,
Capt. Rogers,
Dwarkanauth Tsgore,
Rustimajee Cowasgee,
Prosonseamer Tagore,

Forbes, .-s ,

Irvine,
Pownery,
Pattie,
Rittray,
Tucker,

If
Mr.

Baron,
•P
E. M. Gordon.
Hen y Moore,
99 ,
Dickens,
It will not be the amount subscribed, but the act of
subscribing, which will mark the desire of the subscriber
to forward the above resolution.
The followina is a copy of the letter of Mr. Rogers,
in which the above quoted resolution was enclosefl. It.
was alluded to on Monday, in the Court of Common
Council, by Sir Peter Laurie:—
"Calcutta, May 23, 1843.
`My dear Sir Peter Laurie,—l have been intend-
'"? . day after day, for some time past, to write
yon, but somehow time has got the start of
and, unfortunately, without my having any
excuse to otter for the delay in carrying
tray good intent. May I ask you, however, before
ntermg into the direct object of my letter, if you re-
,ollect having given it as your opinion at a party,
where I had the pleasure of meeting you, ' that per-
sona abroad took no note of the proceedings of the
Corporation of the City of London, and of my having
remarked, in reply, that so far as my experience went, I
felt justified in saying that, instead of distance lessen-
ing, it lent intense interest to every thing that passed
in- that great body ? And now let me assure you,
Sir Peter, from the experience I have had since I
left London, as well as from that of my ,former life,
I find persons abroad better informed and taking
deeper interest in your movements than those
at home. If, however,. thi Indian community had
ever been wanting in attention to the proceedings of the
magistrates and the Corporation of the metropolis of
Britain, you have, cf late, taken the best method of fix-
ing their attention on your doings. I refer to the ho-
nour and distinction you have conferred on Nott, and
Pottinger, and other Indian officers. But whilst you
have been showing well-merited applause and more sub-
stantial marks of your approbation on those able and
gallant men, there is one who, by still remaining at his
1)04 of tiarigr?r and of duty, seems to me to have been
aepriseci, by that fact alone (absence) of his share of
thosv honours. I feel assured, when reminded of this
circumstance, that no one will be more ready than your-
- self in lending your powerful aid in obtaining fur the
absent some.mark of the City's approbation.
" I had the pleasure of meeting at your hospitable
board a brother of Sir George Pollock's, and this cir-