56 SECOND ANNUAL MEETING. 
which I will direct to you at Longleat this day, with the 
request that you will kindly submit them to the consider- 
ation of the meeting, and trusting that they will oblige me 
with any observations or criticisms which may occur to them. 
The letter-press already printed is too confused to trouble 
you with. The catalogue ofthe statues, and the recognition 
ofthe grand scheme, must suffice; comprehending, as it does, 
the great doctrines of the faith, according to the Hymn of St. 
Ambrose, the Te Deum,—a religious homily in stone—and 
at the same time, an exhibition to the unlearned, of those 
spiritual and temporal Princes, who during 500 years had 
protected and advanced the faith, and the interests of Holy 
Church. This is the interesting point for the contem- 
plation of all observers, and the chief contribution I have 
to offer; and I cannot doubt that all who accept it will 
then agree that no monument in Europe, ancient or mod- 
ern, has ever embodied so magnificent and glorious a 
scheme. In the nine tiers of sculpture we have, first, nearest 
the ground, the foundation of all, the Prophets and Apos- 
tles. “ The glorious company ofthe Apostles praise Thee.” 
In the second, the Angels in Praise—“ To Thee all Angels 
cry aloud.” In the third, the history of the Creation, 
to the Patriarchs, and the New Testament—“ the Holy 
Church, throughout all the world, doth acknowledge Thee.” 
In the fourth and fifth, the historical tiers (so deeply inter- 
esting), may be included in this “ Holy Church,” and this 
may be deemed the continuation of the Worn, from 
Moses to Augustine, and thence to the time of Bishop 
Trotman. The sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth, illus- 
trate our belief, “ That Thou shall come to be our Judge,” 
in the presence of the Apostles, the nine Angels, and the 
Resurrection—subjects full of pathos and expression. Over 
the door, we are reminded—“ When Thou tookest upon 
