The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-13 00:00:00

THE WELLINGTON STATUE.

The final meeting of the General Committee ap-
pointed for superintending the erection of the Wel-
lington Statue was held, on Thursday last, at the
Mansion-house, Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart., in the chair.
Mr. Masterman, M.P., the treasurer to the fund
raised to defray the expense of this admirable work of
art, laia his accounts before the Committee.
Sir PETER LAURIE congratulated the Committee
upon the completion of their business, and stated that
it was a source of great satisfaction to those who had
been engaged in it to find that the highest public
praise had been bestowed upon the splendid memorial,
which formed the last of the series of the magnificent
works of Chantry. He then moved that the trustees
should discharge all bills and claims upon the Com-
mittee, and pay over the balance to the executors of
the late Sir Francis Chantry, and that copies of the
minute-book containing the proceedings of the Com-
mittee be printed, and a copy to be sent to each
member of the Committee, and that the minute-book
be signed by the members, and presented to the City
Library.
Sir 3 °ITN PIRIE seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.
Thanks were then unanimously voted to Mr. Rain-
bow, the honorary secretary; to Mr. Masterman, the
treasurer ; to Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Masterman, Mr.
C. K. Barclay, and Mr. Richard Lambert Jones, the
trustees ; and it was also moved and agreed to, that
the trustees be requested to get the inscription imme-
diately put upon the pedestal, viz.—" Wellington "
on each side, and " Erected, 18th June, 1841," on
each end.
Thanks having been voted to the late Lord Mayor
and to Sir C. S. Hunter, the Committee was dissolved.

COLONEL MAXWELL'S " ADVENTURES." - This
work, which has been so long announced, from the pen
of Colonel Montgomery Maxwell, commanding the 36th
Regiment (brother of Sir Murray Maxwell). is to ap-
pear, we understand, in a few days, and' will, no doubt,
create very considerable interest. The following is an
extract from the Prospectus :—" These Adventures,
(transcribed from the author's manuscript journals)
will comprise the facts and experiences of more than
twenty years of a life spent amidst the most stirring
scenes, and in immediate connexion with the most im-
portant and interesting events that have agitated Europe
during the most remarkable period of modern history.
They will include the minute details of the writer's many
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Joachim of Naples and his Queen , the King and Queen
of Sardinia, the king and Queen of Etruria, the Em-
peror of Austria, the Archduke Charles, the King of
Prussia, &c. The following are among the various
countries (besides England), the manners and customs of
which are illustrated in the course of these Adventures,
namely, Italy, Sicily, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium,
Holland, the West Indies, North America, &c., in each
of which the author resided under circumstances which
necessarily imparted to him the most intimate knowledge
of their people, their manners, and their social and poli-
tical institutions."
THE MATHEW FUND. -- Yesterday evening a
meeting was held in the Hall of the National Associa-
tion, at half-past eight o'clock, for the purpose of adopt-
ing measures, in conjunction with the several other
bodies formed for the alleviation of the pecuniary em-
barrassments
in which the Rev. Theobald Mathew had
been involved by his exertions in promoting the cause of
temperance amongst his countrymen more immediately,
and generally amongst all classes in Great Britain. The ,
Rer. J. Janel having been unanimously called to the
chair, proceeded to dilate, at considerable length, and
with much' power, upon the benefits which Mr. Mathew
had conferred upon the community, and the vast sacri-
.fices he had made, both of personal ease and family
affection, and concluded by expressing an ardent hope that
Englishmen, Irishmen, Scotchmen, and Germans, his
(Mr. Janel's) own countrymen, would unite, heart and
hand, to rescue so noble and pure-minded a philan-
thropist from the painful pecuniary difficulties in whiol
his own generosity alone had placed him. A series of
resolutions, embodying the anticipations of the Chair-
man, were adopted with Reclamation, after which the
meeting separated,