The equestrian statue of Sir Thomas Monro, executed by Sir
Francis Chantrey, has been just finished. It was viewed on Monday last by the Monro committee and by his Grace the Duke of Welling- ton, who expressed themselves in terms of the highest possible admira- tion of the workmanship and the design. Sir Francis Chantrey has placed the horse in a new position—standing upon the four legs. The statue actually looks no longer cold. The Duke of Wellington is said to have described the whole performance as above all the language of praise. It is admired for another great excellence not often witnessed ; the man is placed on the proper part of the horse, not too much towards the neck, like the old rider at Charing Cross, nor too much towards the tail, like some more modern efforts. The counterpart of the Monro horse is to be placed over the grand and expansive gateway in front of Buckingham Palace, with George the Fourth for a rider. Whether the statue of the Duke of Wellington, about to he erected by Sir Francis Chantrey, and for which the public are indebted to the sugges- tion and the exertions of Sir Peter Laurie, is to be on this place is not yet known. The Monro statue cost, we understand, 9,0001.— Times.
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