=Source.=--_Annual Register_, vol. 104; _Chronicle_, p. 41.
This great merchant (Mr. George Peabody), mindful of his reception in
this city of his long sojourn, has made to its citizens the splendid
gift of £150,000, with the one only condition, the exclusion from
its management of all sectarianism in regard to religion, and of all
exclusion in regard to politics. The following is the letter which
conveyed this noble gift:
LONDON,
_March 12, 1862_.