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The Position Of Masonry In Great Britain In 1875 And Its Noble Charities.
The good and great Duke of Wellington , the finest soldier of his age—as I know full well from my father ( a good and high Mason ) , who was in the staff corps under him in the Peninsular war—utterly repudiated all decorations ; he truly maintained that it was for every British soldier " to do his duty . " If the soldier did his duty he only did that which he had been called on to do ,
the Duke looked on all men as equals in their several stations and capacities , he considered it nothing beyond his ( the soldier ' s ) duty for him to succeed , to fail was disgrace . Let us consider Masonry in this light . What do we each and all of us engage ourselves to do when we enter Masonry ? To devote our abilities ( if we have any ) to
acquire a true knowledge of our subject , to discharge to the best of our power the offices entrusted to our care , to instruct those not so well informed as ourselves , in fact , whether we rule or whether we serve , to remember that wc arc all equals in Masonry , and to endeavour who can best work and who can best excel . We do nothing , therefore , in doing our duty but what we engage ourselves to
do on admission to our glorious Order—to fail is disgrace . Would to God this was the rule duly carried out . Think not that all can excel , that all are gifted with cqualabilities , some must rule , the rest must obey , but while saying this , I contend that the brother who serves to the utmost of his power , is as good ( as a Mason ) as him who rules ; the Great Architect has not gifted all men alike . Those who fail in
their duties , those who are disgraced , are those timeserving , those negligent , those half-hearted brethren , who do not busy themselves with the cares and troubles of the Order , who look listlessly on while others are doing their woik , who failed in all essentials . I would now show you how I think a brother who has done his duty might be adequately rewarded , and in a
manner more conducive to the good of the Order . We do not want display . The good Mason seeks no gewgaws to prove himself to the world at large . I low can we then recompense the brother who knows and does his duty r The proposition I am now going to make for the consideration of the Craft in general is not entirely my own .
We read in Scripture " By their deeds ye shall know them . " 'This we can do , but by other good deeds we can commemorate theirs . It has been proposed and rearl in the Masonic papers that all W . M . ' s , P . M . ' s , and those who deserve well of the Craft should be presented Life Governorships or more by their brethren . Surely this is a more fitting reward for good deeds , a more fitting
recompense for a worthy brother . If this proposal comes to be adopted , and those hitherto callous and half-hearted respond to our call , if due supervision is exercised in admitting true and worthy brethren , if the duties of our Order are duly impressed on the minds of our candidates , if they are duly instructed in and urged to respond to our great characteristic " charity ; " the amounts subscribed
lo our three several institutions will in future years be twenty-fold—aye , fifty-fold—increased . Seeing then that Masonry is in such a flourishing state , something more must , and can be done , to help the orphans , the widows , and the aged ; what more fitting time can there be than this ? in what more fitting manner can we inaugurate our Royal Grand Master ' s elevation to the
throne of Grand Lodge ? than by a large addition to the donations to our charities , thus laying down a precedent to be followed by all lodges in doing honour to those who have well and worthily discharged the duties of office . I would offer one more idea for general consideration by which we might extend our spheie of usefulness ! Oxfonl I know , and Cambridge , I believe , have opened their
several universities to unattached students ; our orphans who have received good education ( primary ami secondary ) from our Order , are most of them the children of parents in a better class of life , who , through no fault of their own , have fallen into difficulties and distress , they have been well brougfit up under our auspices ; cannot something then be done in cstablishinr / exhibitions at each of the
universities for unattached students from our Boys' School , the exhibitions would enable the young men to live , not in luxury perhaps , but in seme comfort , during their sojourn there ; smaller exhibitions of a second class might be established for boys and girls for the middle class examinations ; thus an opening in life could be made for those who have passed through our schools ; these exhibitions
to be tenable for definite periods , say three or four years , anil with due regard to character and conduct . Having placed my case before you , brethren , think the matter over carefully , those amongst you who are skilled in the matter , you who are ever seeking to do good . Of course the first increase of donations must be applied to our schools ; it takes large sums of money to endow
exhibitions ; all these points , however , can be compassed if the tide of prosperity flows , as I trust it may . Here then , brethren , is a new field open to you , Grand Lodge of Benevolence can , and will help you ; if our support is given to it , England may well say that it has
striven to doits duty . I have heard on good authority that in Sweden and Norway they have an orphanage containing 800 children ; if such is really the case , and 1 do not doubt it , England has yet much to do to hold its own in the field . of charity .
MoLi . n \ v . w'e OINTMENT AND PILLS . —These remedies have stood the test of rime , nnil opposition has proved fruitless , inconsequence of their sterling qualities of oll ' icacy , mildness , and certainty . They are unfailing in their operation on " the causes of disease , and in that common-class of disease , throat and chest complaints , are invaluable . The Ointment rtihhed perseverinelv over Ihe scat of disorder .
causer the irrilation to subside , and the congestive condition to he arrested , so that lire difficulty of hreathiuu ; , which is so distressing an accompaniment of these diseases , is soon relieved , and the lenilency 10 the development of Dipthcria , Ulcerated Tonsils , Mumps , Pleurisy , Hronchilis , and other alarming and dangerous diseases of these parts is at once checked and relief , [ olil : iincil . — Ani-r ,
Unveiling The Mayo Statue At Cockermouth.
UNVEILING THE MAYO STATUE AT COCKERMOUTH .
The long-anticipated and deeply interesting ceremony of uncovering the Memorial Statue of the late Earl of Mayo at Cockermouth came off on Thursday , August 19 , under circumstances of a most gratif ying and auspicious character . There was a large gathering of the nobility and
gentry of the county and of the inhabitants of the town and district , amongst whom the most tender memories of the late Earl will ever survive . The principal duty of the day devolved upon Lord Napier and Ettrick , who it will be remembered , being then Governor of Madras , assumed the chief direction of affairs in India when Lord Mayo was suddenly cut off by an assassin .
The history of the Memorial may soon be told . It was on the 13 th of February , 18 72 , that the news of Lord Mayo's assassination reached this country . In no place was the sad impression produced deeper than in Cockermouth , for in that place Lord Mayo had endeared himself to men of all shades of political opinion by the genial frankness of his manner and his kindness of heart . A
public meeting was held in the Court-house , which was presided over by Mr . William Wood , the High Bailiff of the borough , and attended as numerously by Liberals as Conservatives . At that meeting Mr . Isaac Fletcher , M . P ., paid an eloquent tribute to the worth and ability of the deceased nobleman . Mr . Fletcher said : " I believe that everybody in this room will admit that at no former period
in the history of our borough have the inhabitants been caller ! together upon a more melancholy or a more appalling occasion . A nobleman who for eleven years represented this borough in Parliament , who never had a contest , who three times had held office under the Crown , who hail been a cabinet Minister , and who was selected by her Majesty ' s advisers as Vicerov of India , who for three years
had discharged the duties of that most important office to the entire satisfaction of his Queen and of his country , has in one fearful moment been struck down by the blow of a base and cowardly assassin . Lord Mayo's career has been a somewhat remarkable one . Three times he had held the same office under the Crown , and on all of those occasions he distinguished himself chiefly by an entire
devotion to the duties of his office , by a conscientious industry , and proving to demonstration that he possessed all the high qualities of an administrator . When , in the autumn of 1868 , the Governor-Generalship of India became vacant , Mr . Disraeli , with that keen appreciation of character which I may say has always distinguished him in his selections for high office in the State , conferred the
office of Viceroy and Governor-General of India upon Lord Mayo , I need not reminrl you that that appointment provoked much hostile , and perhaps I might almost say unfriendly , criticism . Although Lord Mayo ' s talents were universally admitted , there were undoubtedly very many who held the opinion that he was hardly possessed of those superior qualities of mind and of
intellect which is essential in any one who undertakes such a gigantic task as the government of 150 millions of the natives of an empire who are more or less disloyal to the rule of this country . But Lord Mayo had been but a very short time in India when he amply proved that if he had not on former occasions displayed those great qualities it was because the opportunity had never been
afforded him . For three years he had held that office ; and he had grasped that problem of India Government more completely than any of his predecessors . He at once , by an intuitive perception , saw that the only mode of our permanently retaining our Empire in the East was by improving the means of communication , to develop the internal resources of India , by opening out railways and
communication through the various parts of the country , and by endeavouring in every W 3 y to alleviate the physical and moral condition of those under his sway . I do not know that I need say very much more in praise of Lonl Mayo . I le amply justified the choice of Her Majesty -, and the Duke of Argjle , in the House of Lords , and Mr . Gladstone in the House of Commons , both of whom
were hostile to him in politics , have admitted that he has conducted the government of India to the entire satisfaction both of Her Majesty and of themselves . ( Applause . ) It is , indeed , sad to think that a man like Lord Mayo , in the meridian of life , and in the midst of a great career , should have met so terrible and tragic 4 an end . Many , I believe , looked forward to his fulfilling his high office for
some time to come , and the qualities which he there displayed seemed to mark him out for high office if Providence had permitted that he should ever return to this country ; but , alas , all these expectations have come to an end , and I may quote these lines : Now is the stately column broke , The beacon fire is quench'd in smoke .
But I believe that both the present generation and posterity will admit that among the illustrious roll of Indian rulers there are few who have left behind them a brighter and 111 ne a more stainless life . " Mr . Fletcher concluded his address by moving a vote of sympathy and condolence with Lady Mayo , which concluded thus : — " And the meeting takes leave to add to this the assurance that
throughout Lord Mayo ' s long connection with the borough , as one of its representatives in Parliament , be never failed to command , in a remarkable degree , the honour and regard of all classes of the constituency , as well by his noble personal qualities as by the able and faithful discharge of his public duties . " At the meeting referred to , addresses were also delivered by Colonel Green Thompson , the Rev .
Canon Hoskins , the Rev . W . Williams , Mr . Ferdinand . lames , and others , it was resolved that , in consideration of Lord Mayo ' s former connection with the borough , anil as a memento of the local appreciation of his personal virtues no less than of his public worth , steps be taken to erect a suitable and abiding memorial of the lamented statesman . All ranks anil classes joined cordially in the movement , and
Unveiling The Mayo Statue At Cockermouth.
in a short time an eminent firm of sculptors , Messrs . Wills of Euston-road , London , were commissioned to execute a ' statue in marble . A committee , consisting of a number uf influential gentlemen , was formed , and of that committee Mr . Jonathan Mitchell was appointed the Honorary Secretary . A better man could not have been selected for the office , for Mr . Mitchell has laboured hard and
indefatieahkto make the movement , which culminated in the proceedings of Thursday , worthy of the man whose memory it was designed to honour , and the success which has crowned it is due in a very great measure to his exertions , which have certainly been ably seconded by his colleagues . The appeal for subscriptions was heartily responded to , and in a short lime between £ Soo and £ 1100 were collected . AC fust
it was suggested that the memorial should take the form of a public hall , but this idea was quickly abandoned , and it was finally decided that the memorial should be a statue of Lord Mayo . Accordingly , on the 14 th of November , 1872 , an agreement was entered into by Mr . Bowerbank and Mr . Jonathan Mitchell , on behalf of the Mayo Memorial Committee , with Messrs . W . and T . Wills , sculptors , of
172 , Euston-road , London , to make and complete the statue by the month of June , 1874 , for the sum of £ 800 . The statue was not , however , finished till the beginning of the present month . At one time it was in contemplation to place it at the end of Station-street , but the Committee finally resolved that the site for it should be the centre of Main-street , near the Bush Inn , and when the pedestal
arrived at Cockermouth it was placed in its position by workmen , superintended by Mr . Phillips , the contractor for the Whitehaven Wet Dock , acting for Messrs . Wills , and Mr . Pickering , of the firm of Pickering and Crompton , of Whitehaven , engineers , acting on behalf of the Memorial Committee . There were 144 subscribers to the memorial , in sums
ranging from 5 s . to £ 50 . Lord Leconfield , the Hon . P . S . Wyndham , and the Earl of Lonsdale each subscribed £ 50 , and the two former added £ 25 each to their first subscription , to aid in defraying the expenses connected with the unveiling ceremony and the alterations to the street , Among the other principal subscribers were Colonel Green-Thompson , £ 40 ; R . Senhouse , Esq ., £ 30 ; George Moore ,
Esq .. £ 2 $ ; George Mawson , Esq ., £ 2 } ; II . Bell . Esq ., £ 23 ; John Sterling , Esq ., £ 20 ; Trustee of the late J . Harris , Esq ., £ 111 ins . j Mrs . Ann . Thornburn , £ 20 ; Sir Wilfrid Lawson , £ 20 ; IT . Henhouse , Esq ., £ 20 ; W . Fletcher , Esq ., £ 20 ; I . Fletcher , Esq ., M . P ., £ 20 ; W , Wood , Esq ., £ 20 ; T . A . Hoskins , Esq ., £ 15 ; His Grace the Bishop of Carlisle , £ 10 10 s . ; the late J . Wybergh ,
Esq ., £ 10 ; W . L . Alexander , Esq ., £ 10 10 s . ; Lord Muncaster , £ 10 10 s . ; Messrs . S . and S . G . Saul , Carlisle , £ 10 10 s . ; Mr . W . Banks , Highmoor House , £ 10 ; Mr . J oseph Bowerbank , £ 10 10 s . ; Rev . J . Wordsworth , £ 10 ; Mr . D . Rapley , £ 10 10 s . ; Mr . John Ashley , £ 10 10 s . ; Mr . Joshua Jenkinson , £ 10 10 s . ; and W . N . Hodgson , Esq ., M . P ., £ 10 10 s . The contract with Messrs . Wills ,
the sculptors , was signed in November , 1872 , by Messrs . Mitchell and Bowerbank , on behalf of the Committee . The-itatutc reached Cockermouth on Friday week , and was pla ' ord on the pedestal on Monday . We can congratulalenhc artists upon the success . of the work which has now left their hands . It is nine feet in height , and is carved from a block of fine Sicilian marble . The form ,
like that of him whose counterfeit presentment it is , is noble and commanding j and the attitude is imposing , as , befits one who held a beneficent and almost regal sway over two hundred millions of his fellow creatures . He is represented in his robes as Viceroy , which are very effectively arranged . The left hand rests on the hip ; the right grasps a scroll . 'I he likeness is admirable ; it would
have been impossible to render the manly and vigorous countenance with more fidelity . The massive pedestal of Cornish granite , twelve feet high , bears but one worrl"Mayo . " In modelling the likeness , the sculptors were much assisterl by suggestions from Lady Mayo and the Hon . Percy Wyndham , M . P ., both of whom visited the studio on several occasions , and took great interest in the
progress of the work . 'The whole structure will be surrounded by iron rails , at each comer of which a lamp is to be placed . The total expenditure will amount to £ 1000 . 'The position of the statue has been well chosen in the most central and broadest part of the Main-street . The proceedings were remarkably favoured by the weather . It was a glorious Hay of early autumn , a
grateful breeze tempering the rays of an almost Indian sun . From tarly morning th « streets of the town presented a busy and animated appearance , and a considerable number of visitors from the neighbouring towns and villages proceeded to Cockermouth by the early trains . This number was largely increased on the arrival of the trains from the cast and west about noon . There was no attempt
made to decorate the town , as it was thought by the Memorial Committee that such a proceeding would be out of keeping with an event which partook of a sad and solemn chaiacter , and one calculated to awaken very painful recollections . The whole of the tradesmen ' s shops and p laces of business were closed at twelve o ' clock , and from that hour till three in the afternoon the traffic in
Mainstreet , between Station-street and Sullart-street , was stopped by order of the Local Board of Health . In front of the statue a platform was erected for those who had to take part in the ceremony of unveiling , and running m the line of the street on each side was a stand , with seats rising one above another , for the accommodation of the subscribers to the Memorial Fund and the ladies . 'I l '
space between the stands and within the enclosure was reserved for the officers and members of the Ei ghth Cumberland Rifle Volunteers and the Friendly Societies . Upon the rifle corps , in the first instance , however , devolved the duty of keeping the line of procession clear . About halfpast twelve o ' clock the spectators began to take their p laces in the street , upon the grand stands , anil at the windows . The band of the Rifles was in its appointed position in
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The Position Of Masonry In Great Britain In 1875 And Its Noble Charities.
The good and great Duke of Wellington , the finest soldier of his age—as I know full well from my father ( a good and high Mason ) , who was in the staff corps under him in the Peninsular war—utterly repudiated all decorations ; he truly maintained that it was for every British soldier " to do his duty . " If the soldier did his duty he only did that which he had been called on to do ,
the Duke looked on all men as equals in their several stations and capacities , he considered it nothing beyond his ( the soldier ' s ) duty for him to succeed , to fail was disgrace . Let us consider Masonry in this light . What do we each and all of us engage ourselves to do when we enter Masonry ? To devote our abilities ( if we have any ) to
acquire a true knowledge of our subject , to discharge to the best of our power the offices entrusted to our care , to instruct those not so well informed as ourselves , in fact , whether we rule or whether we serve , to remember that wc arc all equals in Masonry , and to endeavour who can best work and who can best excel . We do nothing , therefore , in doing our duty but what we engage ourselves to
do on admission to our glorious Order—to fail is disgrace . Would to God this was the rule duly carried out . Think not that all can excel , that all are gifted with cqualabilities , some must rule , the rest must obey , but while saying this , I contend that the brother who serves to the utmost of his power , is as good ( as a Mason ) as him who rules ; the Great Architect has not gifted all men alike . Those who fail in
their duties , those who are disgraced , are those timeserving , those negligent , those half-hearted brethren , who do not busy themselves with the cares and troubles of the Order , who look listlessly on while others are doing their woik , who failed in all essentials . I would now show you how I think a brother who has done his duty might be adequately rewarded , and in a
manner more conducive to the good of the Order . We do not want display . The good Mason seeks no gewgaws to prove himself to the world at large . I low can we then recompense the brother who knows and does his duty r The proposition I am now going to make for the consideration of the Craft in general is not entirely my own .
We read in Scripture " By their deeds ye shall know them . " 'This we can do , but by other good deeds we can commemorate theirs . It has been proposed and rearl in the Masonic papers that all W . M . ' s , P . M . ' s , and those who deserve well of the Craft should be presented Life Governorships or more by their brethren . Surely this is a more fitting reward for good deeds , a more fitting
recompense for a worthy brother . If this proposal comes to be adopted , and those hitherto callous and half-hearted respond to our call , if due supervision is exercised in admitting true and worthy brethren , if the duties of our Order are duly impressed on the minds of our candidates , if they are duly instructed in and urged to respond to our great characteristic " charity ; " the amounts subscribed
lo our three several institutions will in future years be twenty-fold—aye , fifty-fold—increased . Seeing then that Masonry is in such a flourishing state , something more must , and can be done , to help the orphans , the widows , and the aged ; what more fitting time can there be than this ? in what more fitting manner can we inaugurate our Royal Grand Master ' s elevation to the
throne of Grand Lodge ? than by a large addition to the donations to our charities , thus laying down a precedent to be followed by all lodges in doing honour to those who have well and worthily discharged the duties of office . I would offer one more idea for general consideration by which we might extend our spheie of usefulness ! Oxfonl I know , and Cambridge , I believe , have opened their
several universities to unattached students ; our orphans who have received good education ( primary ami secondary ) from our Order , are most of them the children of parents in a better class of life , who , through no fault of their own , have fallen into difficulties and distress , they have been well brougfit up under our auspices ; cannot something then be done in cstablishinr / exhibitions at each of the
universities for unattached students from our Boys' School , the exhibitions would enable the young men to live , not in luxury perhaps , but in seme comfort , during their sojourn there ; smaller exhibitions of a second class might be established for boys and girls for the middle class examinations ; thus an opening in life could be made for those who have passed through our schools ; these exhibitions
to be tenable for definite periods , say three or four years , anil with due regard to character and conduct . Having placed my case before you , brethren , think the matter over carefully , those amongst you who are skilled in the matter , you who are ever seeking to do good . Of course the first increase of donations must be applied to our schools ; it takes large sums of money to endow
exhibitions ; all these points , however , can be compassed if the tide of prosperity flows , as I trust it may . Here then , brethren , is a new field open to you , Grand Lodge of Benevolence can , and will help you ; if our support is given to it , England may well say that it has
striven to doits duty . I have heard on good authority that in Sweden and Norway they have an orphanage containing 800 children ; if such is really the case , and 1 do not doubt it , England has yet much to do to hold its own in the field . of charity .
MoLi . n \ v . w'e OINTMENT AND PILLS . —These remedies have stood the test of rime , nnil opposition has proved fruitless , inconsequence of their sterling qualities of oll ' icacy , mildness , and certainty . They are unfailing in their operation on " the causes of disease , and in that common-class of disease , throat and chest complaints , are invaluable . The Ointment rtihhed perseverinelv over Ihe scat of disorder .
causer the irrilation to subside , and the congestive condition to he arrested , so that lire difficulty of hreathiuu ; , which is so distressing an accompaniment of these diseases , is soon relieved , and the lenilency 10 the development of Dipthcria , Ulcerated Tonsils , Mumps , Pleurisy , Hronchilis , and other alarming and dangerous diseases of these parts is at once checked and relief , [ olil : iincil . — Ani-r ,
Unveiling The Mayo Statue At Cockermouth.
UNVEILING THE MAYO STATUE AT COCKERMOUTH .
The long-anticipated and deeply interesting ceremony of uncovering the Memorial Statue of the late Earl of Mayo at Cockermouth came off on Thursday , August 19 , under circumstances of a most gratif ying and auspicious character . There was a large gathering of the nobility and
gentry of the county and of the inhabitants of the town and district , amongst whom the most tender memories of the late Earl will ever survive . The principal duty of the day devolved upon Lord Napier and Ettrick , who it will be remembered , being then Governor of Madras , assumed the chief direction of affairs in India when Lord Mayo was suddenly cut off by an assassin .
The history of the Memorial may soon be told . It was on the 13 th of February , 18 72 , that the news of Lord Mayo's assassination reached this country . In no place was the sad impression produced deeper than in Cockermouth , for in that place Lord Mayo had endeared himself to men of all shades of political opinion by the genial frankness of his manner and his kindness of heart . A
public meeting was held in the Court-house , which was presided over by Mr . William Wood , the High Bailiff of the borough , and attended as numerously by Liberals as Conservatives . At that meeting Mr . Isaac Fletcher , M . P ., paid an eloquent tribute to the worth and ability of the deceased nobleman . Mr . Fletcher said : " I believe that everybody in this room will admit that at no former period
in the history of our borough have the inhabitants been caller ! together upon a more melancholy or a more appalling occasion . A nobleman who for eleven years represented this borough in Parliament , who never had a contest , who three times had held office under the Crown , who hail been a cabinet Minister , and who was selected by her Majesty ' s advisers as Vicerov of India , who for three years
had discharged the duties of that most important office to the entire satisfaction of his Queen and of his country , has in one fearful moment been struck down by the blow of a base and cowardly assassin . Lord Mayo's career has been a somewhat remarkable one . Three times he had held the same office under the Crown , and on all of those occasions he distinguished himself chiefly by an entire
devotion to the duties of his office , by a conscientious industry , and proving to demonstration that he possessed all the high qualities of an administrator . When , in the autumn of 1868 , the Governor-Generalship of India became vacant , Mr . Disraeli , with that keen appreciation of character which I may say has always distinguished him in his selections for high office in the State , conferred the
office of Viceroy and Governor-General of India upon Lord Mayo , I need not reminrl you that that appointment provoked much hostile , and perhaps I might almost say unfriendly , criticism . Although Lord Mayo ' s talents were universally admitted , there were undoubtedly very many who held the opinion that he was hardly possessed of those superior qualities of mind and of
intellect which is essential in any one who undertakes such a gigantic task as the government of 150 millions of the natives of an empire who are more or less disloyal to the rule of this country . But Lord Mayo had been but a very short time in India when he amply proved that if he had not on former occasions displayed those great qualities it was because the opportunity had never been
afforded him . For three years he had held that office ; and he had grasped that problem of India Government more completely than any of his predecessors . He at once , by an intuitive perception , saw that the only mode of our permanently retaining our Empire in the East was by improving the means of communication , to develop the internal resources of India , by opening out railways and
communication through the various parts of the country , and by endeavouring in every W 3 y to alleviate the physical and moral condition of those under his sway . I do not know that I need say very much more in praise of Lonl Mayo . I le amply justified the choice of Her Majesty -, and the Duke of Argjle , in the House of Lords , and Mr . Gladstone in the House of Commons , both of whom
were hostile to him in politics , have admitted that he has conducted the government of India to the entire satisfaction both of Her Majesty and of themselves . ( Applause . ) It is , indeed , sad to think that a man like Lord Mayo , in the meridian of life , and in the midst of a great career , should have met so terrible and tragic 4 an end . Many , I believe , looked forward to his fulfilling his high office for
some time to come , and the qualities which he there displayed seemed to mark him out for high office if Providence had permitted that he should ever return to this country ; but , alas , all these expectations have come to an end , and I may quote these lines : Now is the stately column broke , The beacon fire is quench'd in smoke .
But I believe that both the present generation and posterity will admit that among the illustrious roll of Indian rulers there are few who have left behind them a brighter and 111 ne a more stainless life . " Mr . Fletcher concluded his address by moving a vote of sympathy and condolence with Lady Mayo , which concluded thus : — " And the meeting takes leave to add to this the assurance that
throughout Lord Mayo ' s long connection with the borough , as one of its representatives in Parliament , be never failed to command , in a remarkable degree , the honour and regard of all classes of the constituency , as well by his noble personal qualities as by the able and faithful discharge of his public duties . " At the meeting referred to , addresses were also delivered by Colonel Green Thompson , the Rev .
Canon Hoskins , the Rev . W . Williams , Mr . Ferdinand . lames , and others , it was resolved that , in consideration of Lord Mayo ' s former connection with the borough , anil as a memento of the local appreciation of his personal virtues no less than of his public worth , steps be taken to erect a suitable and abiding memorial of the lamented statesman . All ranks anil classes joined cordially in the movement , and
Unveiling The Mayo Statue At Cockermouth.
in a short time an eminent firm of sculptors , Messrs . Wills of Euston-road , London , were commissioned to execute a ' statue in marble . A committee , consisting of a number uf influential gentlemen , was formed , and of that committee Mr . Jonathan Mitchell was appointed the Honorary Secretary . A better man could not have been selected for the office , for Mr . Mitchell has laboured hard and
indefatieahkto make the movement , which culminated in the proceedings of Thursday , worthy of the man whose memory it was designed to honour , and the success which has crowned it is due in a very great measure to his exertions , which have certainly been ably seconded by his colleagues . The appeal for subscriptions was heartily responded to , and in a short lime between £ Soo and £ 1100 were collected . AC fust
it was suggested that the memorial should take the form of a public hall , but this idea was quickly abandoned , and it was finally decided that the memorial should be a statue of Lord Mayo . Accordingly , on the 14 th of November , 1872 , an agreement was entered into by Mr . Bowerbank and Mr . Jonathan Mitchell , on behalf of the Mayo Memorial Committee , with Messrs . W . and T . Wills , sculptors , of
172 , Euston-road , London , to make and complete the statue by the month of June , 1874 , for the sum of £ 800 . The statue was not , however , finished till the beginning of the present month . At one time it was in contemplation to place it at the end of Station-street , but the Committee finally resolved that the site for it should be the centre of Main-street , near the Bush Inn , and when the pedestal
arrived at Cockermouth it was placed in its position by workmen , superintended by Mr . Phillips , the contractor for the Whitehaven Wet Dock , acting for Messrs . Wills , and Mr . Pickering , of the firm of Pickering and Crompton , of Whitehaven , engineers , acting on behalf of the Memorial Committee . There were 144 subscribers to the memorial , in sums
ranging from 5 s . to £ 50 . Lord Leconfield , the Hon . P . S . Wyndham , and the Earl of Lonsdale each subscribed £ 50 , and the two former added £ 25 each to their first subscription , to aid in defraying the expenses connected with the unveiling ceremony and the alterations to the street , Among the other principal subscribers were Colonel Green-Thompson , £ 40 ; R . Senhouse , Esq ., £ 30 ; George Moore ,
Esq .. £ 2 $ ; George Mawson , Esq ., £ 2 } ; II . Bell . Esq ., £ 23 ; John Sterling , Esq ., £ 20 ; Trustee of the late J . Harris , Esq ., £ 111 ins . j Mrs . Ann . Thornburn , £ 20 ; Sir Wilfrid Lawson , £ 20 ; IT . Henhouse , Esq ., £ 20 ; W . Fletcher , Esq ., £ 20 ; I . Fletcher , Esq ., M . P ., £ 20 ; W , Wood , Esq ., £ 20 ; T . A . Hoskins , Esq ., £ 15 ; His Grace the Bishop of Carlisle , £ 10 10 s . ; the late J . Wybergh ,
Esq ., £ 10 ; W . L . Alexander , Esq ., £ 10 10 s . ; Lord Muncaster , £ 10 10 s . ; Messrs . S . and S . G . Saul , Carlisle , £ 10 10 s . ; Mr . W . Banks , Highmoor House , £ 10 ; Mr . J oseph Bowerbank , £ 10 10 s . ; Rev . J . Wordsworth , £ 10 ; Mr . D . Rapley , £ 10 10 s . ; Mr . John Ashley , £ 10 10 s . ; Mr . Joshua Jenkinson , £ 10 10 s . ; and W . N . Hodgson , Esq ., M . P ., £ 10 10 s . The contract with Messrs . Wills ,
the sculptors , was signed in November , 1872 , by Messrs . Mitchell and Bowerbank , on behalf of the Committee . The-itatutc reached Cockermouth on Friday week , and was pla ' ord on the pedestal on Monday . We can congratulalenhc artists upon the success . of the work which has now left their hands . It is nine feet in height , and is carved from a block of fine Sicilian marble . The form ,
like that of him whose counterfeit presentment it is , is noble and commanding j and the attitude is imposing , as , befits one who held a beneficent and almost regal sway over two hundred millions of his fellow creatures . He is represented in his robes as Viceroy , which are very effectively arranged . The left hand rests on the hip ; the right grasps a scroll . 'I he likeness is admirable ; it would
have been impossible to render the manly and vigorous countenance with more fidelity . The massive pedestal of Cornish granite , twelve feet high , bears but one worrl"Mayo . " In modelling the likeness , the sculptors were much assisterl by suggestions from Lady Mayo and the Hon . Percy Wyndham , M . P ., both of whom visited the studio on several occasions , and took great interest in the
progress of the work . 'The whole structure will be surrounded by iron rails , at each comer of which a lamp is to be placed . The total expenditure will amount to £ 1000 . 'The position of the statue has been well chosen in the most central and broadest part of the Main-street . The proceedings were remarkably favoured by the weather . It was a glorious Hay of early autumn , a
grateful breeze tempering the rays of an almost Indian sun . From tarly morning th « streets of the town presented a busy and animated appearance , and a considerable number of visitors from the neighbouring towns and villages proceeded to Cockermouth by the early trains . This number was largely increased on the arrival of the trains from the cast and west about noon . There was no attempt
made to decorate the town , as it was thought by the Memorial Committee that such a proceeding would be out of keeping with an event which partook of a sad and solemn chaiacter , and one calculated to awaken very painful recollections . The whole of the tradesmen ' s shops and p laces of business were closed at twelve o ' clock , and from that hour till three in the afternoon the traffic in
Mainstreet , between Station-street and Sullart-street , was stopped by order of the Local Board of Health . In front of the statue a platform was erected for those who had to take part in the ceremony of unveiling , and running m the line of the street on each side was a stand , with seats rising one above another , for the accommodation of the subscribers to the Memorial Fund and the ladies . 'I l '
space between the stands and within the enclosure was reserved for the officers and members of the Ei ghth Cumberland Rifle Volunteers and the Friendly Societies . Upon the rifle corps , in the first instance , however , devolved the duty of keeping the line of procession clear . About halfpast twelve o ' clock the spectators began to take their p laces in the street , upon the grand stands , anil at the windows . The band of the Rifles was in its appointed position in