The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 180

WILKIE TESTIMONIAL.

An adjourned meeting of the Committee appointed to
consider the best mode of commemorating the name of the
late Sir a Wilkie, was held on Saturday at the Thatched
House tavern, St. James street, for the purpose of elect-
ing an artist to carry out the resolution agreed to at the
last meeting, for erecting a statue to the memory of that
distinguished and lamented artist.
Amongst those present we noticed Sir R. Peel, Lord
blabon, Sir P. Laurie, Sir Charles Forbes, Sir William
Newton, Sir M. A. Shee,,Mr. Charles Dickens ("Boz"),
Mr. A. Cunningham, Mr. Landseer, the Bishop of Llan-
daff, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, &c.
Sir R. PEEL took the chair, and said that it would be
desirable to appoint a Sub-Committee for Cie purpose of
superintending the work of the artist who should
be selected by the meeting before the election took
place.—(Hear, hear.) He had a list of names, and he
hoped that no gentleman would object to serve upon the
Committee, as the duty would not be onerous. He
should therefore propose that the Sub. Committee shonld
consist, in addition to the already appointed officers,
of the. Duke of Sutherland, the Duke of Buc-
clench, Lord Mahon, Sir Thomas Mahon, Sir
Martin Archer Shee, Sir William Newton, Mr.
Phillips, Sir Moses Monteflore;Mr. Burnett,Xr. Rogers,
and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere.

The proposition was agreed to.
The Bishop of .LLANDAFF said that he had been in
communication with Mr. 13ehnes, who was well known as
a distinguished artist, had requested him to
propose his name as a candidate, but owing to
an inadvertence on his (the Bishop of Llandaff's) part,
he had omitted to send his nun* to the Secretary. lie
wished, therefore, to move that the name of Mr. Behnes
be added to the list of candidates.

Sir PETER LAURIE said he was sorry to oppose"any
proposition of the Right Rev. Prelate, but a resolution
was come to at the last meeting that the name of no
candidate could be received after the 25th June.
After a short conversation it was decided that the
name of Mr. Behnes could not be admitted.
Mr. STuncx said he wished to obtrude himself on the
meeting for a few moments. He had had the honour of
proposing the name of Mr. Bailey as one of the candi-
dates. At the last meeting some allusion was made to
Mr. Bailey refusing to sign an address of
condolence to the sister and other relatives
of Sir David Wilkie, proposed at the Royal Academy.
He (Mr. Sturch) wished to read a letter which he
had received from Mr. Bailey, stating the rea-
son of his objections, which were, that the
same compliment had not been paid to the
relatives of West, Lawrence, Flaxman, Stoddart, and
others, who had shed such lustre on their country. He
thought it just to that artist to state these facts, lest
prejudice should get abroad with respect to Mr. Bailey.
The following artists were then proposed, and a ballot
commenced, viz., Mr. E. H. Bailey, Mr. Thomas Camp-
bell, Mr. H. Weeks. Mr. J. G. Lough, Mr. M. L. Wat-
son, Mr. W. Marshall, and 31r. E. Joseph.
The ballot was then proceeded with, and at the ter-
mination Mr. Joseph was declared to be the successful
candidate.