THE LATE MR. EDMUND STURGE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—The death of Mr. Edmund Sturge, In his eighty-fifth, year, on June 28th, removes, probably, the last link of that small anti-slavery band who worked under the inspiration of such leaders as Clarkson, Wilberforce, and Buxton. For nearly thirty years Mr. Surge has been the chief figure and the guiding spirit of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, to whose work he devoted the greater part of his time, and a portion of his moderate income. He must have been well known to the Foreign Secretaries of a whole genera-. tion, all of whom, of whatever party, listened to his counsels. with deference and respect, whether they were able to carry out his wishes or not. The catholicity of his mind was such that when Cardinal Lavigerie delivered an oration to a meeting. convened by the Anti-Slavery Society, the unique spectacle was witnessed of a plain Quaker occupying the Chair, with a Cardinal of the Romish Church on either side of him, with, both of whom he was proud to be in cordial sympathy on anti-slavery grounds. Such men are not easy to be replaced, and his loss will be felt not only here, but in the far-off recesses. of the Dark Continent.—I am, Sir, &a., OnA.s. H. ALLEN, Anti-Slavery Office, 55 New Broad Street.
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