THE RIGHT REV. REGINALD HEBER, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF CALCUTTA. London, May 14, 1828. In the course of last year, some of the personal friends of the late Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta, having assembled for the purpose of testifying by some public act their respect for the memory of one so distinguished by his genius and learning, so virtuous and so amiable in private life, and so thoroughly devoted to the great cause in which his life was lost, resolved, that a Subscription should be opened for the purpose of defraying the expence of a Monument, to perpetuate those feelings of admiration and esteem, and to transmit to posterity a record of his eminent services in the propagation of Christianity in India. The encouragement, which in a very short time they received, in the promotion of their object, induced them to enlarge their original plans, and to comprehend not merely the erection of a Monument to Bishop Heber, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, but also, if at least any surplus should remain, the endowment of an Oriental Scholarship in honor of him. At a Meeting of the Committee, held this day at the house of the Right Honble. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, M.P., it was resolved that, while they rejoice in the support which they have already to acknowledge, it is their duty to announce to the friends and admirers of Bishop Heber (and in no way can they appeal to them more appropriately than by annexing this statement to his Journal) that the amount subscribed, in furtherance of these designs in honor of his memory, still falls short of the sum required for the Monument only. Subscriptions will be received by Messrs. HAMMERSLEY & Co. PallMall; Messrs. HOARE, Fleet-street; Mr. MURRAY, Albemarle-street; Messrs. HATCHARD & SON, Piccadilly; and Messrs. RIVINGTON, Waterloo-Place, and St. Paul's Church-yard. And letters on the subject may be addressed to the care of Messrs. HAMMERSLEY & Co., to Sir R. H. INGLIS, Bart. M.P. The Estimate of the Monument is £3000 0 0 The Amount subscribed is 2895 6 0 |