The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-28 00:00:00

MEMORIAL TO THE LATE LORD

HBRBERT.

PUBLIC 11EBTING-(THIS DAY.)

A large pubic meeting of noblemen and gentlemen was
held this day at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's,
for the purpose of adopting such measures as may result in
an appropriate memorial to the late lamented Lord llerbert
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided
on the occasion, and amongst the noblemen and gentlemen
on the platform were—

General Sir John Burgoyne, .Viscsunt Palmerston, the
Chancellor of the E.xchequer, Earl Granville, Earl Russell,
the Duke of Newcastle, Sir G. C. Lewis, the Rev. G. R.
Gleig (Chaplain-General), Earl Cardigan, Bishop of Ox-
ford, Lord Henry Lennox, Hon. W. Cowper, Hon. A.
Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. Headlam (the Judge Advocate), Mr.
S. C. Hall, Colonel B. Caffage (Royal Artillery), Mr. Du
Cane, M.P., Sotheron-Estcourt, M.P,, and Thomson
Hankey, M.P.

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in opening the meeting, said
he could only say he felt gratified in being ...nrrounded by
so large and influential a meeting. Some time after the
death of the late Lord Herbert, he was waited upon by
some friends to ascertain whether ho would object to pre-
side at a meeting like the present. Before giving his
consent, he consulted the noble lord at the head of
the Government, and that noble lord at once
urged him to do as he was requested. He felt the
present assembly had met together without the slightest
political object; for had it been otherwise, ho as a soldier
should not have been present. (Cheers.) During his
acquaintance with the late deceased nobleman he enter-
tained the highest personal regard for him. (Cheers )
There were those around him who had had the honour and
privilege of his acquaintance for a much longer time than
he had, and to those noblemen and gentlemen he would
leave the resolutions. He had known Lord Herbert long
enough to find that he was a man of indomitable
energy, and his labours for the improvement of the
British army were of inestimable value. By improving
that army a great benefit was conferred on the country;
indeed, so great was it, that it was impossible amply to
repay it, He would not detain them, by occupying their
time, further than to say that a more disinterested public
servant never existed than the late deceased nobleman,
whose memory they were assembled to perpetuate. (Cheers.)
He would now call upon Lord Palmerston to move the first
resolution. (Cheers.)

Lord PALMERSTON (who was received with loud cheer-
ing) said. he had been called upon to move the first resolu-
tion, which was—" That thi3 meeting desires to express
its deep sense of the loss which has befallen this country
by the untimely death of Lord Herbert, and is anxious to
pay a fitting tribute to his eminent public services as a
Minister and a Statesman, and to the self sacrificing zeal
with which he discharged his different duties." The late
Lord Herbert, he need scarcely observe in such an assem-
blage as that, was ono whose great aim and object was to
further the glory of this country and the happiness of his
fellow-man. (Cheers.) By the death of se highly dis-
tinguished a public servant the country had sustained a
loss that would long be felt. As a public man
li.rd Herbert was looked upon with confidence and
respect, and in the House of Commons he was ever listened
to with the :,',.r.atest attention, and in the course of the
many brilliant di plays of his eloquence he evinced a
knowledge of the most comprehensive character. Even
when called upon to speak sarcastically the arrows of his
wit, though sharp and telling, were never Upped with gal'.
His manly bearing showed the high lineage from whence he
came ; and he bore his honours with a meekness
that was extraordinary. In the House of Commons his loss
had never been filled, and now, when he had altogether
passed from this life, the country had lost a devoted ser-
vant and the British soldier a firm and unflinching advo-
cate and friend. (Cheers.) The many benefits he had, in
conjunction with Miss Nightingale—(immense cheers—
secured for the soldier, had gained for him the affection of
all classes; and now that they were called upon to perpe-
tuate his memory, he felt it would be done in a manner
worthy of a great country, and worthy a great people who
had reaped the benefits of his skill and intellect. (Loud
cheers.)

General PEEL said he had great pleasure in seconding the
resolution. He had long enjoyed the friendship of the late
Lord Herbert, and a more sincere and attached friend to the
soldiers of the British army never existed. His great ob-
ject was always the improvement of their condition, and up
to nearly his latest hour that work was uppermost in his
mind.

His Royal Highness, the CHAIRMAN, then put the re-
solution, which was carried amidst loud applause.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the second
resolution, which was as follows :—That a subscription be
raised for the purpose of erecting a statue, and also the
endowment of exhibitions and gold medals in connection
with the army medical schools at Chatham, to be awarded
to those who show the greatest knowledgQ of the best means
of preserving the health of troops in barracks and in the
field. Those, said the hon. gentleman,who knew the late Lord
Herbert best could not estimate his loss. He was ever a
most wise and prudent coanseller, and though in his public
and political life he was thrown in contact with those who
differed from him, yet he never heard that he had made an
enemy. He was a noble, kind, and generous man, and his
memory, ho was sure, would always be treasured up by
every one who took an interest in the welfare of the British
soldier. (Cheers.)

The resolution having been seconded was carried unani-

mously.

Other resolutions nominating a committee to carry out
the intentions of the meeting having been agreed to, the
proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to his Royal
Highness for his presiding over the meeting that afternoon.