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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 5, 1869.

An American merchant of enormous wealth dies
in London, and there is universal grief at the flash-
ing by telegraph of the tidings of his demise through-

out his native land, the United States, and his adopted
home the United Kingdom. Ile expired, not prema-
turely, being at the time of his decease in his seventy-

fifth year, and yet his passing away is regretted ai
though he had succumbed to disease in his heyday
rather than in the days of his decrepitude. The re-
putation of GEORGE PEABODY is as exceptional in its
way as that of JOHN KYRLE, commonly called " The
Man of Ross," or that of JOHN HOWARD,
the great Philanthropist. The difference be-

tween PEABODY and KYRLE was this, that
whereas KYRLE was doing good munificently accord-
ing to his comparatively narrow means as a private
gentleman, with a small estate bringing him in no
more than an annual income of £5OO sterling,
PEABODY was squandering his munificence wholesale
on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, being himself

one of the merchant princes of the modern Tyre and
Sidon, confronting each other from the opposite shores
of England and America. The splendour of Mr. PEA-
BODY'S charities, two worlds recognise as altogether ex-
ceptional. W h ere as HOWARD had regard to the necessi-
ties of a single class, PEAI3ODY had a heart of melting
kindness for all classes indiscrimately, so long as they
were in need of assistance. It was not for the relief
of the unfortunate occupants of the public prisons
that he cared, as in the instance of our own world-
famous philanthropist—it was for the very poor, the
very neglected, the very indigent hid away in squalor
in the holes and corners of our densely peopled me-
tropolis. The great apostle has said that charity
covereth a multitude of sins. It is tho pecu-

liarity of Mr. PEABODY that the world knows
nothing about any fault or blemish of his—
it only knows of his resplendent benevolence. Be-
sides, one might say of him, as in nearly identical
words what POPE sang of BELINDA—
" If to his share some [human] errors fall,
Look [at his Life] and forget them all."
His name was beloved during his existence by his
own immediate contemporaries. It will be revered,

as well as beloved and honoured, by after generations
to a remote posterity. The distinguishing peculiarity

of his character was it 3 great simplicity. He was
only ostentatious in one way—by the magnitude of
his superb benefactions. Nearly half a million of
money he has lavished on the poor of London. Up-
wards of half a million of money lie has distributed,
with hands of imperial charity, among not only the
destitute, but among others of his own transatlantic
countrymen. The difficulty was, at last—as to how
either England or America could re3pectively indi-
cate their appreciation of his glorio us gifts. The
Government, or the heads of the Government, in
each country found themselves almost battled,
certainly bewildered as to how, in any marked
way to indicate their recognition of the good and

great deeds of this peerless benefactor. The
Queen of ENGLAND would gladly have bestewel
titles and honours upon the American citizen, only
that the American citizenship which was the prid3
of this grand Philanthropist, forbade his acceptance
of what are simply but as baubles in the sight of
one who has been born and bred in the midst of
Republican Independence. All that was left for her
MAJESTY to do, her MAJESTY did. The QUEEN pre-
sented her own portrait exquisitely painted as a sou-
venir of friendship to the large-hearted American
gentleman. Tho QUEEN wrote, with her own hand,
her thanks to GEORGE PEABODY, for his magnificent
generosity to the more necessitous among her people.
The City of London, itself, indicated its sense of Mr.
PEABODY'S generosity by erecting iu the midst of
its principal mart, a white marble life-size effigy of
the American Philanthropist, sculptured by the hand
of an American artist. After seventy-five years of
a blameless life, GEORGE PEABODY "sleeps well,"
loved and honoured by us all, and with a certainty
in the future that his name will long be held in
tender and most grateful remembrance.

" THE depression in trade continues." There are
signs of this on all hands. Shipbuilding has deserted
the Thames ; scores of mills are shut up, or working
half-time. in Lancashire ; and (so says the Registrar-
General) " the marriage rate in the second quarter of
the year was the lowest recorded in any correspond-
ing season during the last quarter of a century." In
fact, our young people are practising Malthusis m
without knowing it. As for the City—
meaning by that term the various tribes of
brokers, promoters, directors, and advertising agents
—it is almost in despair, at the continuance of a
financial winter severe and prolonged beyond all
precedent. If it be any consolation to us to
know the causes of this melancholy state of
things, we have that consolation abundantly. We
know, for instance, that the London shipwrights
asked such high wages that the master shipbuilders
could not pay them, and met a strike by a
counterstrike. We know that Lancashire men
have been building too many mills and over-
stocking the market. But most of all we
know that City men have made English commercial
morality a synonym for fraud. In every department
of City enterprise have there been disastrous failures,
disgraceful disclosures. One class of companies after
another has proved to be infected by the dry rot of
dishonesty. Railways, banks, insurance companies,
finance companies, have each in turn been made a
spectacle for the whole world to gaze at. Each fresh
disclosure seems to be worse than the last. The
doings of the Albert Insurance Company have made
every policy-holder in the kingdom feel that the self-
denial which he has practised in order to secure an
income for his children on his death may prove
useless, and that those for whom he denied himself
many a luxury and comfort may become
beggars. The Imperial Land Company of Marseilles
is the latest, would we could say it will be the last,
great joint-stock sensation. It is stated by the liqui-
dators of the company that a sum of £764,719 has
been taken from the shareholders by the directors,
for that while the second profess to have paid
£1,109,323 for the purchase of certain property in
Marseilles, they paid really only £344,604, and put the
rest into their own pockets. Such is the statement
made, not by us, for we have no personal knowledge
of the affair, but by responsible and official persons.
We do not know how far it is a truthful statement.
Mr. MOWATT, chairman ofthe Credit Foncier Company,
who is accused of having absorbed one-half of this
amount, denies the charge. The fact that it has been
made will give another shock to public confidence,
if, indeed, confidence can be said to exist. It will
be said by the quiet man inexperienced in the ways
of the financial world, that where there is so much
smoke there is sure to be some fire, and that if
City men holding an Official position can accuse a

body of director's of taking for their own use two out
of every three pounds entrusted to them by the share-
holders, it is time for him to forswear all speculation
and to trust to the sweet simplicity of the Three per
Cents.

At a special general meeting of the Marseilles Com-
pany, Mr. Mow.trr, the person most largely in-
volved in the accusation, made some revela-
tions by way of clearing himself from the charge
of fraud. How far he succeeded we will not
undertake to say. Tie (the chairman of the Cr&lit
Foncier Company) stated that this company had
agreed with the Marseilles Company to accept a
commission of £300,000 for launching that concern.
It was a long price ; but then £06,000 of it was
spent in advertising, and £79,000 was lost in
" supporting the shares at a premium in the market."
Nevertheless there was still a handsome margin left

for profit. A bonus of a quarter of a million sterling
ought to have made the shareholders of the Credit
Foncier Company wealthy men. Unfortunately for
them the gentlemen who are so handsomely paid to
manage their affairs were contented to accept pay-
ment in debentures to the extent of £120,000,
and bills to the extent of £240,000 ; and
£6,000 was all the cash which they re-
ceived. Mr. MowATT, the Chairman of the Credit
Foncier Company, says that these bills are waste
paper, and he goes on to characterise the Marseilles
Company as " one of the most gigantic frauds ever
perpetrated in the history of joint-stock companies."
As the creditors and the shareholders of that concern
seem to be of the same opinion, we suppose that the
statement is not far in excess of the truth. Only
one would like to know where has the
money gone ? On the one hand the liquidators
of the Marseilles Company declare that the
directors have made away with two - thirds
of the
Mr.
half of it being absorbed
by
On the other hand, Mr. MowATT
pmaiodw upA T cra.pital, one
declares that the, Credit Foncier Company, of which
he is chairman, has been a heavy loser by the
Marseilles Company. The money must be somewhere
we suppose. He would be a very venturesome man
to say where. There is one place where it is not,
and where it nevgr -will be ; in the pockets of the
shareholders of the " Imperial Land Company of
Marseilles."

In addition to Mr. Justice Blyes and Mr. Baron
Bramwell, mentioned onWednesday, blr.J ustice Mellor will be
the third election judge for the current year.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses l'rincess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and
Prince Leopold, arrived at 'Windsor Castle, from Scotland,
at nine o'clock on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday an explosion occurred at a colliery in
Staffordshire, and three men were badly injured. One of
them was much blunt on the back, but whon it was proposed
to assist bim home he declined the assistance, and walked,
home unaided "so as to prevent his wife and family becom-
ing alarmed."
On Wednesday, after morning service at St. Patrick's
Cathedral, the Clerical Synod of Ireland was finally dis-
solved, under commission front the Archbishops of Armagh
and Dublin, by the Right Hon. John T. Ball, 31. P., Vicar-
General of the Province of Armagh, and G. Battersby, Q.C.,
Judge of the Provincial Court of Dublin.
-

A meeting of the License Law Amendment League
has been held in the Mechanics' Hall at Halifax, and
was mo !erately attended. Mr. Edwnrd Crossley occupied the
chair; and speeches wore delivered advocating further re-
strictions on the sale of liquor. Resolutions were passed in
which thomeeting
expressed its gratification at the of
the Government
to deal with the subject next session; re-
commending that while the magistrates should be the licens-
ing authority, the ratepayers should fix the number to be
granted; promising
support to the League; and ordering
that copies of the resolutions should be sent to the Prime
Minister, the Home Secretary, the President of the Board of
Trade, and the members for the borough and the Riding.
Un Wednesday, at the L^amington Police Court,
before Colonel Maelien and a full bench, Robert Rose, of
the Sltakspeare beer-honse, Leamington, was charged
with keeping his premises open for the purposes of bet-
ting. The information was laid by Thos. Parker, fruiterer,
Warwick, who deposed to having bet ss. to 10s. with the de-
fendant that Electricity would win the sweepstake at New-
market. There. were b..air,g lists on the counter, and de-
fendant entered h;s and other bets in a betting book. lie al6o
sum several sums paid to different parties, and himself next
day received 158., as Electricity won. He admitted he occa-
sionally bet, but denied that he knew one-bal of the prnialty
had been proved, and fined the defendant £lO and £2 10s.
inflicted went to the infcrmer. The bench held the offence

expenses.
Au inquest has been held on the body of Morton,
the man shot at Belturbet ou Monday evening. A verdict
of wilful murder was returned against one of the prisoners,
named White and against six others as accessories. They
were committed for trial. The funeral of the deceased was
attended by au immense concourse of people:

si
Iry ordr,F„,

lIER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 4.

The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princesss
Beatrice, and ithe Ladies and Gentlemen in
waiting, left Balmoral yesterday at oue o'olock,
arriving at -Windsor this morning at ten minutes
before nine.

LATEST INTELL MENGE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

MIERICA.

(Per French Atlantic Cable.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.
the National Steamship Company's steamship
Erin arrived here to. day.

The Cambria (of the Anchor line) also arrived

out to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1261 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1271; the lowest, 126+.
Sterling Exchange on London lOB4.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 lls+.
tc " 1885 ll4.
t 4 " 1867 llsa.
10-40 ic
Illinois 1374-.
Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland 26c.
Petroleum—Standard White 3se.
Flour, extra state, $5.55c. to $6.15c. Corn, of
mixed, sl.oc.

DALMATIA.

CATTARO, Nov. 4.

No fighting occurred to-day. The insurgents
of Sisic and Veilaje have announced their inten-
tion to surrender, and were ordered to deliver
up their arms by to-night. Colonel Schoenfeld
moves to-day from Budua against Bretic. To-
morrow there will be a general advance of the
troops against Sobori.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Nov. 4, Evening.

Admiral Lopebe went to the Palace this after-
noon and declared to the Regent that, after mature
consideration, he considered it his duty to persist in
his resignation. lle added, however, that he would
support the Cabinet.

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, NOV. 4.

The difference with the Spanish Goverment in
reference to the appointment of Senhor Corvo as
Portuguese Minister at Madrid is said to have been
arranged, and Senhor Corvo will remain at his
post.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, Nov. 4.—Threel o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

41 per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent

End of month 71 40
Credit Mobilier ~ 200
Transatlantic 2ll 25
Credit Foncier 1662
Paris Gas 1567 50

Bank Shares 2755
Ital'an 14ives 53 85
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan
Do. Debt 43 25
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred —

RAILWAY

Cash_
Orleans
Western
Northern
Strasburg
Lyons and Mediterrauean
Southern..... 6lBl
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
llothan

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THE LEIGH MINI MENORIAL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Su ,—.fir. Durham's letter on this subject in your
to-day's paper evidently proceeds from the assump-
tion that the committee intended to remunerate him

for his own labour—an assumption not warranted

by the facts, as I shall proceed to show. Mr. Dur-
ham agreed with Mr. Hall to execute the memorial
for 100 guineas—cost price in fact—for he asserts
that he did not desire any gain from it. Mr. Hall

then proceeded on this understanding, and in mo-
ney and promises raised about £7O. In 1868, after
the matter had been in abeyance for three years—
for it was originated by Mr. Hall in October, 1865
I consented to become Honorary Treasurer, and at
once set to work to raise the requisite deficieacy,
using a prospectus Mr. Hall drew up and bad
printed, in which appears the statement that he had
" obtained from Joseph Durham, A.R.A., a design
for a monument, the estinuted cost of which would
be about £l5O, Mr. Durham being willing to under-
take the work for the mere expense of employed
labour and materials." At my interview with Mr.
Hall he told me that a friend of his in Glasgow
would supply the railings at cost price, or, if ne-
cessary, " for nothing." Between August 31 and
October 20, 1868, I got in about £194, and finding
I had enough money for all purposes, I called a
meeting of the committee at my office to give pro-
per authority to Mr. Durham to proceed in his work.
The meeting was held on the 26thof Oct., and Mr.
Robert Browning having been voted into the chair,
called on Mr. Durham to produce his design and. ex-
_ _ _ _

plain it. Mr. Durham did both, and Mr. Hall men
tioned the railings in the same terms as he had done to
me in August. Mr. Durham said the memorial could
be erected for about £lOO, but on it being under-
stood that railings and more ground might have to
be purchased the following resolution was passed
(the Chairman saying to me, as a matter of form,
" 1 suppose we've money enough, Mr. Treasurer ?"
to which I replied in the affirmative) :—" That
the design of Mr. Durham be adopted, and carried
out within the proposed sum of £150." Mr. Dur-
ham then undertook the entire work. The com-
mittee next discussed for about half an hour what
inscription should appear on the pedestal, and as
soon as a decision on the point was arrived at, and
a motion put and carried, the chairman called on
me to make my financial report. I laid on the table
a statement of moneys received and promised, and
sums paid and owing for advertising, printing, &c.,
and stated that, taking the outside cost of the me-
morial at £l5O, we should have a surplus. I re-
quested that I might be authorised to announce
that no further subscription was necessary. Whilst
I wrote the resolution a discussion arose as to what
should be done with the " surplus." I looked up,
and suggested that it should be applied to the pre-
servation of the memorial. Mr. Durham here said
that as the material would be Sicilian marble, which
would last for ever, it would not require " preser-
vation ;" and he added, " If there is any surplus I
should be glad if you will give it to me for my la-
bour." The request was heard in silence, except a
" Yes, '
yes," from Mr. • and by way of getting
out of an awkward pause, the chairman held in his
hand the resolution I had written and put it to the
meeting. It was, of course, carried ; and upon its
authority I did announce to the puyic " that
no further subscription is necessary.' With a
vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting broke
up. This is a simple record of the facts, and in
case it should be remarked as curious that I did not
make my financial statement first, I may explain
that it was perfectly well understood among us what
funds were applicable to the work in hand ; indeed,
immediately before the meeting, Mr. Browning's
subscription was limited to a guinea, as we had
" enough, and more than enough, money," as Mr.
Ilan pat it. Of course, being aware of the general
knowledge of the state of things, I felt it would be
egotistical in me to open the proceedings of the
meeting. Besides £l5O was the sum named in the
prospectus by Mr. hall. After the meeting I had
some correspondence with the chairman, in which I
expressel sarprise at Mr. Durham's request f )r the
" surplus," after being advertised for ti ree ) cars
as honorary sculptor, and said that if the commit-
tee had contemplated payment to a sculptor they
would, I suppose, have asked for designs from other
sculptors as well as Mr. Durham, and selected what
they considered the best, as was done for the
1
Thomas mood Memorial ; and the chairman replied
that ho agreed with my view, adding, with re-
gard to Mr. Durham's request, "But the silence
which followed was significant enougb, and I hope

you will hear no more about it." Yet Mr. Durham
acts and writes as if the committee, on the 26th

October, 1868, had agreed to remunerate him for
what he had volunteered to do gratuitously ! I
_ _

have within the last few days laid nay remembrances
before Mr. Browning, as I have just recorded them

here, and he replies,—" I entirely agree with every
word in that letter; the facts were just as you
say ; indeed what do you want of me more in the
way of corroboration than that passage in a letter of
mine you quote to me?" This disposes of the
idea that obtains in the mind of one gentleman that
the committee voted Mr. Durham £l2O for the

memorial and £3O for himself ; or if not (so runs this
gentleman's " exactitude of memory") they agreed
to pay Mr. Durham out of the surplus. It scarcely-
matters to him which ! Mr Durham says the com-
mittee voted him £l5O. I deny that the resolution

adopting his design votes him- £l5O absolutely—it
simply votes the payment of expenses of carry-
ing out that design to any amount under £l5O.
The next meeting of the committee was held on the
27th July, 1869, and Mr. S. C. Hall took the chair.
Mr. Durham reported what he had done, and laid
on the table a sketch of the railiugs,which the com-
mittee admired, and said would do very well. Nos
a hint did Mr. Durham give at the possibility of
the £l5O being exceeded. We then decided who
should be asked to unveil the monument, which
Mr. Durham said would be ready for inauguration
on the 19th of October. When this matter was
settled I said " That is all the business ;"
and Mr. Hall then said across the table,
" Well, Joe, don't you want some money ?"
Mr. Durham answered " Yes." Mr. Hall inquired,
" Will a hundred pounds do ?" Mr. Durham said
"Yes;" and a resolution was passed, voting the £lOO,
and confirming the resolution of October 26, 1868,
limiting the cost of the memorial " within" £l5O.
The resolution is worded thus, is in Mr. Hall's

handwriting, and signed by him :—" That the sum
of one hundred pounds be paid over to Mr. Dur-
ham, A.R.A., on account of his claim for the monu-
ment to Leigh Hunt, in accordance with a resolu-
tion of the 26th October, 1868. (Signed) S. C.
HALL." This resolution could hardly have been
passed if the committee had been informed
by Mr. Durham that he had incurred or was
likely to incur expenses in excess of the £l5O, I felt
that uo money ought to be paid to Mr. Durham until
he had rendered an account of his expenses ; but I
was silent and paid the cheque, hoping that on the
day of settlement he would be able to satisfy us in
every particular. The next meeting of the com-
mittee was held on October 8, 1869, at which I re-
..

ported Lord lioughton's consent to unveil the monu-
ment, and I received authority to arrange for the
ceremony, issue tickets, &c. I reported that, after
paying everything, we should have a surplus, and
suggested a complete list of the subscriptions being
advertised in the Times on the day of the cere-

mony, ...
so that the public might know who
had done homage to Leigh Hunt's me-
mory. The cost was estimated at .£l2 or
£l5. After some discussion this was unanimously

agreed to, Mr. Durham being present throughout,
silent, and therefore it is to be supposed acquiescent.
No more business was done. Mr. Durham was

asked by Mr. Gruneisen, the chairman, if he wanted
any money, and he replied—" No ; let it stand over
till the next meeting." If Mr. Durham had asked
for the remaining £5O I should have oppose] its
payment until Mr. Durham had convinced the
committee by vouchers that he had spent the entire
41.-150 on the memorial without profit to himself.
The ceremony took place on the 20th of October.
I called a " final" meeting of the committee to wind
up the affair. Mr. Geo. Godwin presided, and I
laid on the table a statement showing all the sums
paid and owing, appropriating £l5O to Mr. Dur-
ham, leaving a clear surplus of £7 lls. 2d., which
I considered good management. Of course Mr.
Durham's bill of extras, when read, changed the
aspect of affairs, and although I read all the resolu-
tions which had been passed, and the passage from
the prospectus, and pointed out that a deficiency
instead of a surplus was Mr. Durham's fault, the
committee by a majority—for all did not vote—
allowed his claim. I refused to collect any more
money and thereby stultify the committee and
myself, and Mr. Edmund Oilier good naturedly,
but, as I think, very unwisely, undertook to do so.
It was understood that no public appeal for money
was to be made. I was ordered to pay Mr. Durham
the "balance" of £5O, and considering that as his
"extras" had been allowed it would be folly to
question his expenditure of the £l5O, I paid
him the money. This time he did offer me
the vouchers for the extras amounting to £4l 12s.
6d., but I refused them, as I did not question
his payment of the sums, but protested against
essential parts of the memorial not being covered
by the £l5O Since the meeting I have been
taken to task for " ignorance" and " mismanage-
ment," because I had not obtained from Mr. Dur-
ham the vouchers for all his expenses out of the
£l5O, which he now denies my right to have. I
did write to Mr. Durham touch as he repre-
sents, and surely if he has spent the entire £l5O on
the monument-, as well as the £4l, he can have
no reasonable objection to my having the bills for
both amounts. In the absence of these bills, sub-
scribers generally will think Mr. Durham has made
a profit out of what he volunteered to do without
profit to himself. The public sulscribed in the
faith of Mr. Durham's giving his own labour, and
the committee had no power to act inconsistently
with that understanding without first consulting
and obtaining the consent of every contributor.
Mr.W. Carew Hazlitt, for one, who brought £l3 3s.
from himself and friends, assures me that if he had
known the monument was not " purely gratuitous
and honorary,'; he would not have contributed one
shilling to it. I know others of the same opinion.
I maintain that the resolutions passed preclude the
notion of Mr. Durham's being paid more than he
was actually out of pocket ; it is impossible
that they can do the contrary, as the
committee bad no power to remunerate Mr.
Durham any more than they could have
paid Mr. Hall, Mr. Oilier, or myself for our ser-
vices, if we had been mean enough to ask for re-
muneration. I have simply related the history of
the entire proceedings of the committee, and in
doing so ain. convinced I have given the most con-
clusive answer to Mr. Durham, who omits all dates
—speading over several meetings matters that
were settled previous to the passing of the very
first resolution. I repeat that if he wants to
make his position tenable he will produce his
vouchers for the expenditure of the whole £l5O, as
well as for the £4l. Mr. Oilier says we ought to
have those vouchers, and blames me for not ob-
taining them prior to the last meeting. In reply
to Mr. Durham's implied charge against me of ex-
travagance, !allow me to say that every penny I
have expended of the fund has been sanctioned by
the Committee, before whom I have laid every bill
and receipt. Owing to the matter having lain in
abeyance for three years I had to spend £l3, in ad-
vertising in 1868, to restore public confidence ; and,
again, owing to the delay of a year by Mr. Dur-
ham, I had to spend as much money last month in
advertising the ceremony of unveiling, and that
tickets might be had on application to the honorary
officers. About £4 has been spent in printing ;
about £3 10s. more in postages. I have written
between 400 and 500 letters in the matter, and sent
out through the post about 200 tickets ; and
the rest of the money has gone in £4 engraving in
the Art Journal ; Kensal-green Cemetery Com-
pany for platform, police, turf, &c., at " unveil-
ing," £5 12s. 6d. ; expense of list of subscri-
bers, &c., in Mr. Hotten's Memorial Edi-
tion of Leigh Hunt's Essays, £lO ; and
sundries (i. e., stationery, &c.), £1 17s. ld. ;
leaving a balance of £7 11s. 2d. Considering all
the circumstances of the case, I do not think the
matter could have been done with equal eclat for
less money. That Mr. Durham should mar the
brilliant conclusion of what his friend Mr. Hall
originated and worked hard for gratuitously, by
allowing money to be collected for himself on the
strength
of the love that exists for the memory of
Leigh Hunt, is a matter so painful to contemplate,
so
foreign to the soul of a true lover of art. that I
quite concur in the hope that Mr. Durham will be
" shamefaced" on a recapitulation of the facts, if he
was not when he made what, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary, must bo considered
an unjustifiable demand on the committee.
It is little to the purpose that his charge
for a similar monument would be 280 guineas ;
he agreed to erect the one in question to
Leigh Hunt "within the sum of £150," and to make
no profit out of it—to do it, as he sail, with tears
in his eyes, to Leigh Hunt's grandson, " for
nothing," because of his "love" for Leigh Bunt!
Very handsomely indeed has he fuled that l-Npro-
mise. The Memorial itself is beautiful: how
sad that it should be made hideous by the dis
closure that it is the offspring of—not Love, but--
Cupidity

Yours Ldthfully,
S. It. TOWNSIIEND MAYER.
95, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.,
November 4, 1569.

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