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would recollect a public meeting at which a terrible amount of dis- 

 satisfaction was expressed on the part of some people at the proposi- 

 tion. He should never forget, if he lived for a thousand years, the 

 anger of one man, who wound up a violent speech with this declaration, 

 " Eddication is a cuss." They were beaten ; but subsequently at 

 another town meeting they were enabled to carry out all that Sir Cordy 

 had ardently looked for— the establishment of a Free Library and 

 Museum. When elected President of that Society, and when he first 

 took the chair, he said, " I hope to see your libraiy a part 

 of the town library ; and you established in the rooms of the 

 Pavilion." He lived to see that wish fulfilled, for it was during 

 the chairmanship of Mr. Alderman Abbey, the present Mayor, 

 that the Institution was opened ; and the Chairman met him 

 one day m the building and said, " Cannot your Society make appli- 

 cation for accommodation in the Free Library?" That application 

 was made, in proper time it was considered, and one of those who 

 urged the adoption of the report of his predecessor, was Sir Cordy 

 Burrows, who lived to see his wish carried out, and when it was 

 carried out, said, " Well, we have got the only scientific society where 

 it ought to be — in the Free Library and Museum." They were, therefore, 

 apart from what they might feel individually of Sir Cordy, deeply in- 

 debted to him for the interest he took in science generally, and the 

 interest he brought to bear on the establishment of the Society in its 

 present locale. He could go on telling more of what he knew of Sir 

 Cordy, and the kindnesses he had experienced at his hands, as all 

 men had who had worked for the advancement of literature and 

 science, but he must not take up further time, and would simply 

 second the motion. 



Mr. C. F. Dennet wished to be allowed to say a few words. 

 Perhaps there was no one in that room, or in the town, who had 

 during the short period of four or five years had more experience of 

 Sir Cordy in the little ins and outs of life than he had. He came to 

 Brighton a stranger, and was thrown into the society of Sir Cordy, 

 who from the first received him kindly, and, to use an American ex- 

 pression, they had " cottoned " together. From that moment to the 

 day of his death there was a continuous course of kindness shown to 

 him by Sir Cordy ; and he was not the only stranger who would be 

 glad of the opportunity to speak in his praise. Sir Cordy had been 

 his medical attendant, and when he had been suffering from drooping 



