The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-08 00:00:00

THE ABBOTSFORD SUBSCRIPTION.

THE support and assistance given by the
late Sir Walter Scott, in 1826, to his booksellers,
involved him in the ruin which fell upon their establish-
ment, to an extent alike unexpected and unprepared for,
hut which ultimately proved not less than 120,0001.
Ruinous as this demand must have been, it is yet obvious
that, after surrendering to its payment the whole of his
property, he might have secured to himself and his family
the fruit of his subsequent exertions, and realized from his
later works not less than 70,0001. The whole of this
sum, with whatever more a lengthened life might have
enabled him to obtain, he, with manly and conscientious
feeling, appropriated to the benefit of his creditors. In
thus devoting his talents to the acquittal of obligations not
originally, though legally, his own, be laboured with a
degree of assiduity, and an intenseness of anxiety, which
shortened his existence by overstrained intellectual exer-
tion. He lived not, indeed, to complete the task ; but
what he bad secured, when added to the property and
copyrights previously destined for the support of his family,
enabled them, by incurring deep personal responsibility, to
satisfy nearly the whole amount of these debts, for which
their father had been rendered liable. This has been done,
and the sacrifice is complete ; but Abbotsford can no longer
be the home of his children. Such were the stainless and
irreproach►ble principles of that mind whose intellectual
power was only equalled by its moral worth; and, from
this plain statement, those who have long and justly ap-
preciated the writings of Scott may learn to love and ve-
nerate his virtues. It is thought that no memorial can
be so appropriate to his name as: the permanent mainte-
nance of the house which his residence has rendered classi-
cal, and the preservation of a library and collection of na-
tional antiquities which his admirable taste selected, and
which his genius made available to works that are in every
hand, and have carried the glory of English literature
through every civilized region of the earth. Is it, then,
too much to expect from a nation so justly proud of his

fame that, in requital for so many hours of pleasure derived
from his writings, they will be eager to subscribe to a tri-
bute of gratitude alike honourable to the giver and the re-
ceiver; to show that, in a country like this, literature has
also her triumphs, and genius its 131enheims, bestowed by
a (treat and cultiv.tted people on the children of him whose
life was shortened by his integrity, and whose name is
immortalized by his works ?
Amount already advertised £2,064 9s.

SECOND LIST.

Dr. S. Butler -El 0 0
Juo. Capel, Esq.
G. Clint, Esq., A.R.A.
T. Crofton Croker, Esq 2 2
The Earl of Ca,narvon
At Messrs. Coutts and Co'S.
Lord Chief Commissioner
Adam lO 0
Win. B. Alexander, Esq 5 0
Edw. M. Archdall, Esq 1 10
Rev. Wm. Antrobus 1 1
W. W. Antrobus, Esq 1 1
W. Hunter Baillie, Esq lO 0
Sir Theodore Broadhead lO 0
Walter Boyd, Esq 5O 0
Mrs. Baillie
Mrs. Agnes Baillie lO 0
Mrs. Joanna Baillie lO 0
Lady Noel Byron lO 0
Earl of Carlisle 2O 0
Lord Carrington lOO 0
Sir Alexander Creichton 2 2
Wm. Chisholine, Esq 5 5
Gen. George Constable 5 0
F. Chantrey, Esq, B.A 25 0
C. W. Mike' Esq lO 0
Adam Duff; Esq 2 2
David Dundas, Esq.
Mrs. Anne Ellis
Empson, Esq 2 0
Lady Emily Foley
Forbes, Esq., Sleaford 1 0
Charles Hatchett, Esq 5 0
The Earl of Haddington 25 0
Hopkinson, Esq., of
Stamford 1 0
Sir William Knighton
W. W. Knighton, Esq..— 5 0
Charles Klanert, Esq 1 0
Hugh Lindsay, Esq.
S. Majoribanks, Esq.
John Murray, Esq. 25 0
Itt. Hn. Sir R. Peel, Bart 5O 0
Lady Pole 1 0
Thomas Sergeiint, Esq 1 1
Lady Louisa Stuart
Lord Skelmersdale . 2O 0
Lord Viscount Strangtord,
G.C.8.10 10
Hon. G. Sidney Smythe 2 2
lion. Lionel S Smythe 1 1
Hon. Percy S. Smythe
Seth S. Ward, Esq 0 10
Mrs. Ward
Thompson Ward, Esq. , 0 5
Charles Ward, Esq 0 5
Miss Catherine Ward 0 5
Miss Fanny Ward
Francis Worship, Esq 0 10
Thomas Watson, M. U 5 0
Hon. J. Stuart Wortley 5 0
At Messrs. Childs and Co.'s.
Ralph Addison, Esq..-- '2 0
Chas. Bourchier, Esq.
'l'. P. Brown, Esq.
Right Hon. Sir Samuel
Shepherd
Wm. Scroope, Esq ... lO 0
Rev. Dr. Woodcock
Mrs. Woodcock
Miss Woodcock
Sirs. Wheable
John Wormald, Esq.
J. Wood, Esq.
Mrs. Wood
At Messrs. Call and Co.'s.
T. Lister Parker, Esq. 5 0

At Sir R. Carr Glynn, Bart,
and Co.'s.
E. Greenaway, Esq 1 1
J. Greenaway, Esq ......
J. D. 1). Kingsland, Esq 105.6 d.
C. Mills, Esq lO 0
At Messrs. Gosling and Sharpe's
Earl Brownlow lO 0
John Beames, Esq 1 1
John Dawkins, Esq 5 0
W. E. Gosling, Esq 5 0
Mr. Baron Gurney lO 10
E. S. Hardistry, Esq.
L. R. Hoycs, Esq 2 2

The Rev. C. Heathcote 1 1
S. Carter Hall, Esq '2 '2
Mrs. S. C. Hall 1 1
At Messrs.Hammersleys
Robert Maitland, Esq 1 1
Rennell, E,q '2 0
At Messrs. Berries and Co's.
Lord De Dunstanville
Rev. A. Edwards 1 1

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At Messrs Hoare and Co's.
Captain J. Colville
IL Merrik Hoare, Esq 2O 0
The Misses Elizabeth and

Jane Pearson
Marchioness Dowager of
Lothian
Abel Mosey, Esq.
Mrs. Mosey
Duke of Northumberland 100 0
At Messrs. Lloyds and Co's.
A. B. C. 1 0
!Joseph Gawin, Esq 5 0
Thos. Moore, Esq.
Mrs. Moore
James Moyes, Esq. 3
Tyrone Power, Esq.
Sir Peter Parker, Bart 1 0
Lord Viscount I'orchester 30
At Messrs. Robarts and Co's.
George Hibbert, Esq 'lo 0

E. Stanfield, Esq., A R. A. 2 0
By John Stuart, Esq.
C. H. Barber, Esq 1 1
Neal Borland, Esq 1 1
'l'. Chandless, Esq.
Thos. Clarke, Esq.
Mrs. Clarke
Miss Clarke
S. Pepys Cockerell, Esq 2 2
Samuel Duckworth, Esq 2 2
Edmund R. Daniel, Esq 1 1
Nathaniel Ellison, Esq 2 2
George Haldame, Esq 1 1
W. C. L. Keene, Esq 1 1
S. Lovat, Esq.
E. J. Lloyd, Esq 1 1
W. L Lowndes, Esq 2
J. D. Norton, Esq 2 2
K. J. Palk, Esq.
'l'. Purvis, Esq 2 2
T. Pemberton, Esq., K.C 2l 0
G. J. Penn' Esq.
R. Richards, Esq 1 I
H. Randell, Esq
J. W. Spurrier, Esq 1 1
Joseph Stinton, Esq 1 1
C. T. Swanston, Esq., K.C 2 2
J. Stewart, Esq 1 1
W. Skirrow, Esq 2 2
G. J.Turner, Esq 1 1
J. G. Teed, Esq 2 2
E. Wilbraham, Esq 2 2
R. Wray, Esq 1 I
At Messrs. Twinings and Co.'s
Rev: J. Humfrey 5 0
Rev. 1)r. Hughes 5 0
J.Hughes,Esq., Uttington 20 0
R. Twining, Esq 1 0
Miss Twining
By J. Hughes, Esq., Uttington.
Mr. Atwood 0 5
Archdeacon Bailey 1 1
R. B. Bailey, Esq 1 I
Mrs. Bailey
'Lady Bernard
'John Capel, Esq., M.P 5 0
E. Currie, Esq 0 10
Mrs. Currie
Mrs Grierson
Christopher Hodson, Esq 0 10
Mrs. Hughes 1 0
J. Maberley, Esq 0 10
Mrs. Maberley 0 10
T. A. Maberley, Esq 0 5
J. J. Maberley, Esq
S. E. Maberley, Esq...
Mr. Neild 0 10
Mrs. Neild 0 10
Miss l'ouchett
At Messrs. Veres and Co.'s.
Mary Banbury 5 0
Henry Petrie, Esq ...

Joseph Douglas, Esq 5 5
Lady De Grey
C. Edward Dodd, Esq 2 2
At Messrs. Drummond's.
Rev. C. F. Annesley
Right Hon. W. Sturges
Bourne
Hon. A. Barrington
Earl Bathurst
.1. Backhouse, Esq 5 5
Dowag. Countess of Clare 1
Right Hon. Lord Dover 10 0
Lady Davy 5O 0
Rev. Dr. E. C. Dowdes-
well lO 0
P. Hadow, Esq 5 0
Miss flow
J. Arthur Lloyd, Esq lO 0
Miss M. I'. Lloyd 5 0
Miss Jane E. Lloyd 5 0
Miss Elizabeth Lloyd 5 t,
Lieut.-Gen. Macauley
Sir James Scarlett
Rev. It. Sheepshanks 5 0
Miss Sheepshanks
Rev. Richard Ward
Thomas Wood, Esq.

Vim Fraser, Esq.
Mrs. S. E. Fielding 0 10
Lord Viscount Goderich 9.5
Lord Bishop of Glou-
cester
..:At Messrs. Praeds and t'o's.
John Howard, Esq I I._
Subscriptions received at all the Bankers in London, and
the principal Bankers throughout the country.
N.B.—The Lists of Subscriptions commenced by Local
Committees at York, Leeds, Cheltenham, Chichester,
Shrewsbury, Brighton, Oxford, and other places, will be
published, as they proceed. R. A. DUNDAS, Sec.
Royal Society of Literature, St. Martin's-place, Dec. 7.

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