e lamented Dean Stanley. The Very Rev. Dr. Bradley, the
new Dean, presided, and was supported by the Prince of Wales, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Granville, the
Duke of Westminster, and many eminent persons in Church and State. There
were also some ladies, and the representatives of Working Men's Clubs
and Institutes, the purpose being to honour the memory of Dean Stanley,
not merely as a high ecclesiastic, but as the helper of many good and
beneficent objects in social life. The proposed tribute was to take the
form first of a monumental memorial in the Abbey to the Dean, and also
to his wife, Lady Augusta Stanley, and to establish a Home for Training
Nurses at Westminster, an object in which Lady Augusta had taken deep
interest. The present meeting, however, was only to set on foot the
movement, and the first resolution was: "That the genius, the character,
and the public services of the late Dean of Westminster eminently
entitle him to a national memorial." This was moved by the Prince of
Wales, who said:--

"Mr. Dean, my Lords, and Gentlemen,--In proposing the first
resolution, which has been committed to my care, I desire to
express the very sincere pleasure, though I must call it the sad
pleasure, which I feel in being asked to move this resolution. I
do so with feelings of sorrow, owing to the long friendship and
acquaintance which I had with the late Dean of Westminster; and
yet with pleasure, as I have the satisfaction of proposing to
you a national memorial to which I am convinced the late Dean
was so thoroughly entitled. The loss which the death of that
eminent man has caused to this, and, I may say also, to other
countries, is indeed great. That loss was deeply felt by my
beloved mother the Queen, who bore for the late Dean the
greatest possible friendship and affection, and also by all the
members of her family.

"If I may be allowed to speak about myself, I had the great
advantage of knowing most intimately Arthur Stanley for a period
of twenty-two years. Not only had I the advantage of being his
pupil during my residence at the University of Oxford, but I was
also his fellow-traveller in the East when we visited Egypt and
the Holy Land together; and I am not likely to forget the charm
of his companionship and all the knowledge that he imparted to
me during that tour. The many virtues