and many great qualities
of the Dean are so well known to all of you, and are so well
appreciated throughout the length and breadth of the land, that
it is almost superfluous in me, and would be almost out of
taste, were I now to go through the long list of all that he has
done from the day in which his name came into prominence. Still,
as the churchman, as the scholar, as the man of letters, as the
philanthropist, and, above all, as the true friend, his name
must always go down to posterity as a great and good man, and as
one who will have made his mark on the chapter of his country's
history. To all classes he felt alike--to rich and poor, to
high and low--he was, I may say, the friend of all; and it is
most gratifying on this occasion to see here present the
representatives of all classes of the community, and especially
of the great labouring class to whom he was so devoted, and who,
I think, owe him so much.

"It is also deeply gratifying, I am sure, to the Dean and those
who take a deep interest in this meeting that we have the
advantage of the presence to-day of the Minister of the United
States. As I was saying, not only was the late Dean appreciated
and looked up to in this country and in Europe, but also by that
kindred country across the Atlantic to which he so lately paid a
visit, and where we know that he received so much kindness and
hospitality. I heard from his own lips on his return from
America the expression of the great gratification he derived
from his visit, and of the hope--of what, alas! was not to
be--that he might on some future occasion be able to repeat it.

"There is much more that I should wish to say in regard to one
whom I so deeply deplore, and to whom I bore so great an
affection. But I am sure it is not the object of this meeting to
make long speeches, and as many speakers have to follow me, I
will only again express the gratification I feel in being here
to propose the resolution which I now have the honour of
bringing before you."

The resolution was seconded by Earl Granville. The Hon. J. Russell
Lowell bore testimony to the honour in which the memory of Dean Stanley
was held in America, and said he felt sure that many of his countrymen
would be delighted, as some already had done, to share the privilege of
helping this memorial.

The Archbishop o