ociety,
our most cordial and our warmest thanks for the extensive and
liberal way in which the local committee have made their
arrangements. It is to them we owe this magnificent
entertainment in this fine tent, and also the excellent
arrangements which we see before us. Lord Sefton told us not to
make many speeches or long ones. I will, therefore, not make any
further remarks, but, before sitting down, allow me to thank you
in the name of the Princess for the kind way in which you have
received her. I can assure you it has given her great pleasure
to be present at this second visit to the Royal Agricultural
Society, and this her first visit to Manchester. We both feel
deeply grateful for the kind and hearty welcome which we have
received, not only from Manchester, but from the inhabitants of
Lancashire."

THE PEABODY MEMORIAL. UNVEILING OF THE STATUE IN THE CITY OF LONDON.

_July 23rd, 1869._

The best memorials of George Peabody, American citizen and
philanthropist, are the piles of buildings which stand as monuments of
his generous liberality, and of his desire to advance the physical and
moral welfare of the poor of London. He received from the Queen of
England, and from many public and official bodies, warm recognition of
his beneficence. But it was also fitting and right that in some public
place a Statue should be erected, to perpetuate his name and his
likeness, as well as to commemorate his good deeds. The citizens of
London, headed by all the leading men of the Metropolis, subscribed for
the Statue, which now adorns the site on the east of the Royal Exchange.
The Prince of Wales, having consented to perform the ceremony of
unveiling the Statue, was received at the Mansion House by the Lord
Mayor, where a distinguished company had assembled. In response to the
toast of his health, the Prince said:--

"I thank you for the compliment you have paid me in drinking my
health. I assure you it is always a pleasure to me to be present
here at the Mansion-house. It is not, indeed, the first time I
have received the hospitality of the Lord Mayor and of the City
of London. We are assembled to take part in a great ceremony,
and I accepted with much pleasure the invitation and the
privilege of unveiling the statue of Mr. George Peabody. After
the appropriate remarks the Lord Mayor has made concerning him I
have little t