The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-27 00:00:00

THE PEABODY STATUE.

Mr. Peabody has addressed the following letter to th
committee charged with the erection of this statue :
"I have the honour to acknowledge your communication►
of the 28th of July, announcing the inauguration of Mr.
Story's statue of myself near the Royal Exchange by the
Prince of Wales, and I have to express to you individually
and collectively my warmest and kindest thanks for the deep
interest you have manifested in the undertaking from its
very inception, and my gratification at learning that the
assiduous attention which you have devoted to it has been
so perfectly crowned with success. The international cha-
racter which was given to the ceremonies has been espo.
daily gratifying to me, as everything has over been which
ccu'd tend to connect more closely the two great nations
of England and the United States, both of them very dear
to me, and never more so than at the present time. I feel
under the deepest obligations to the Prince of Wales
for the cordiality with which he accepted your invitation,
and for the graceful manner and kind expressions with
which he accompanied the ceremonies of unveiling the
statue; and it has given me great pleasure to learn that
on that occasion my friend Mr. Motley, the American
Minister, addressed, B 3 I believe for the first time in public,
an English audience. And it has been a source of great
satisfaction to me that an eminent American sculptor
should 'have so well performed the task you gave him.
and that your choice has been sustained by the
verdict of the London public who have manifested
so kind an interest and approval in the result. I
notice with much gratification among the list of sub-
scribers that a large number of the working-men of London
aided the undertaking by their subscriptions. I can but
hope that the course of my life, now drawing towards its
close, may justify, when finished, all the honours which
have been so freely bestowed on me, of which this is one
of the greatest ; and I cannot more strongly express my
feelings than to say that I do not believe there could be
found in the whole kingdom a man of any rank, however
high, who would not feel honoured by such a noble testi-
monial as you have just dedicated to a humble American
citizen. With great respect, your friend and humble
servant, " GEORGE PEABODY.
" Baltimore, Aug. 31."

The Austrian Government has directed experi-
ments to be made with a view to the adoption of the Mon-
crieff gun carriage in the Austrian artillery.
A Newhaven oyster fisher brought up in his dredgo
the other day, an old sabre, supposed to be of Frew li
manufacture. The sabre is slightly curved at the point,
and has a brass hilt. It is now in the possession of Mr,
George Demnster, Newhaven.

SUGGESTIVE NOTES.—The following notes are
taken from the medical records of a sailor now on board
the Dreadnought hospital-ship :—" Paid off on the sth
ult ; received ns and spent all but a few shillings in a
fortnight. Darin; that time daily allowance of liquor
ernisisted of about forty glasses of ruin, two gallons of beer,
three or four glasses of gin, and a glass of brandy, with
milk in the morning."

To ANGLERS.—French ingenuity has invented a

new amusement for persons waiting for the appearance 0.

tuose on whom tutu val. A lady in Earls has had placed
in her drawing-room an immense marble shell, in whi li
are to be seen a great number of fishes of various specie?.
A gentleman called upon her for the first time the oil )1
day. "Madame is at her toilette," said the servant, "but

if, while waiting for her, rnmsiour would like to pass
his time in fishing, he will find here hooks, lines, and
bait. As for fish, the shell is full of them."—Thiladelvkia

Paper.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A MERCHANT. —A sad in-
cident is reported to have happened on Saturday in a train
from London to Hastings. Mr. Robert Kenward, a gentle-
man residing at Icklesham, near Rye, was a passenger, and
left London Bridge in good health. He kept up a conver-
sation with a fellow-passenger until the arrival of the
train at Croydon, when he suddenly dropped the conversa-
tion, and died. The deceased was a first-class season
ticket holder from London to Hastings, and holding a very
respectable position in the county of Sussex as a hop mer-
chant, having offices in the Borough, Southwark.

DISCONTINI7ANCE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES'S
FIAMIIKRS.-IL is announced that it is the intention
of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to give up
his splendid pack of harriers. The announcement has
been made within the past few days, in a circular from
Viscount Bridport, the master of the hounds, to the
principal farmers of the neighbourhood of Windsor,
over whose farms the hounds have hunted. His lord-
ship says :—" It being the intention of the Prince of Wales
to discontinue keeping his pack of hounds, I cannot allow

you to hear it from any other source than from myself,
and I am particularly desired by his Royal Highness to
warmly thank you for the courtesy you have always shewn
him, as well as for the liberal feeling you have evinced fcr
so long a period, by permitting the hounds to hunt over
your land." _
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A YOUNG LADY IN A TRANCE.—A most singu-
lar case of protracted somnolency has taken place at Hartle-
pool. A young lady, about 28 years of age, named Clarke,
who is on a visit at the house of Mr. Drake, supervisor, of
Hartlepool, fine° Tuesday, the 14th inst., has been in a
condition of overpowering sleep. She has been attcn led
by Dr. Inglis, who frt,7l time to time has administered douches
of cold water, by which means she has been for a few
seconds occasionally restored tO a slight degree of con-
sciousness, and at these intervals food in a fluid state his
been administered, but these semi-waken]. intervals have
been so rare that for the most part sustenance could only
be secured by the administration of injections more than
once. Slight paralytic symptoms have been visible—hence
the only ground for fearing for the ultimate issue of the
case, which, it is needless to add, excites great interest
among the medical profession, and not a little among the
public generally. We learn that the young lady, up to
this time, has enjoyed excellent health, and that her vital
power is fully of the average standard enjoyed by persons
of her age and sex.—Northern Daily Express.
PROPOSED ABDUCTION OF PRINCE ARTHUR BY
TILE FENIANS.—The Fenian Brotherhood held two meet-
ings yest'rday at the Fourth-street head-quarters. The
Circles of f::e Manhattan districts met to transact ordi-
nary business, an the executive committee assembled by
special call. Genera; O'Neil, R. M‘Cloud, P. J. Meehan,
James Gibbons, and E. L. Cipxy and others, were present.
Although the press were exclm.:,"d, it was ascertained that
the chief business transacted was the .7eception and inspec-
tion of the rolls and reports of the branch of the
organisation, which as a member of the committee .7Premied
it, " was in a most perfect state of discipline,
ready to take the field." The chief leaders of the com-
mittee were in favour, it is said, of an immediate move on
Canada, as in their opinion at the present moment the

material aid and sympathy of the United State) would be
with them. The result of the deliberations was not given
to the reporter; but in another room a number of the
men were seen inspecting their firearms. From authentic
sources it was ascertained that the committee had under
consideration no less important a matter than the abduc-
tion of Prince Arthur, either in Canada, or in this country,
should he pay us a visit. Indeed, it is said that the matter
received the endorsement of every member of the com-
mittee, who deem the Prince a very fair hostage for the
Fenians now in prison in Ireland, as well as for those who have
been incarcerated in Canada. 'Whatever the committee
may have done or will do, the men loudly complain of the
anticipated visit to the United States, and are bound to
force their chiefs to action. It is vory significant, how-
ever, that some half-dozen of the very smartest of their
men—one a well-known scout of the Union army—left this
city suddenly at a late hour last night for Buffalo. The
members of the committee will give no information as to
the abduction of Prince ./Ohur..--New York Times,
Septergbpr.l3.