The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-25 00:00:00

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE

PRINCE CONSORTS MEMORIAL

The following is the text of the letter from the
Prince of Wales to Lord Derby, referred to in the
Krim ss of August 19 :
"Birk-hall, Scotland, August 11.
"My dear Lord Derby,-1 have been much
pleased by the perusal of the report of your com-
mittee, and by your recommendation that the
national monument to my beloved father shall be
placed in Hyde-park, and so designed and situated
as to connect itself with whatever may hereafter be
done in further development of the objects for which
he suggested the purchase of the Kensington estate.
" It would be a great satisfaction to me to be
able to assist in any way towards the success of
plans devised by him, and calculated, in his belief,
to effect much public good.

" If I cannot bring to the work his great know-
ledge and excellent judgment, I can at least bring
good will and earnestness to the cause. lam most
anxious to give proof of this feeling, and concur-
ring in the hope that you express that sufficient
funds may be provided for its completion, I shall
be glad, when the proper time comes, to contribute
2,0001. towards the central ball, the erection of
which you suggest as the commencement of build-
ings which we may hope to see, at no distant
period, filling the space between the Horticultural
Gardens and the road, and dedicated to those edu-
cational purposes in which be took so deep an
interest. —I remain my dear Lord Derby, yours
very sincerely, ALBERT EDWARD."

Lady Dc Dunstanville leaves town to-day on a
visit to the Earl of St. Germans, at Port Eliot, en route to
West Cornwall.

Baron James de Rothschild comes to town to-
day from Paris.

The Hon. Gerald and Lady Maria Ponsonby
arrived in sown on Saturday morning from visiting Lord
and Lady de Manley, at their mat in Oloucestershire, and
have mince left town on a visit to Lady Louisa Lygoo, at
Exeter House, Roehampton.

The Right Hon. W. F. and Mrs. Cowper are
staying at Widmer Castle, on a visit to Viscount and Via.
countess Palmerston.

Sir Philip and Lady Duncombe and family have
left Brown's Hotel.

Mrs. Lane Fox will return to Dover-street to-
day, from visiting Lord sod Lady William Poulett, near
Windsor.

Mrs. and the Misses Grattan have arrived at
Broen's HotaL

His Royal Highness Prince George of Solms-
Braunfells has returned to town from visiting the Earl
of Denbigh at Newnharn Paddocks, Warwickshire.

His Highness the Prince Nariachine, Count
Zelarevitcb, and M. Kontnilechikoff have left the Bruns-
wick Hotel, Jermyu-street, for Paris.

The Duke of Somerset, accompanied by Lord
Clarence Facet, Captain the Hoc. J. Denman, R.N., and
Yr. A. Bulkley, private secretary, have arrived in tow*
from the coast, and resumed their duties at the Admiralty.
The Earl of Fife comes to town to-day from Max
Lodge, Aberdeenshire, to attend the funeral of the late Mr.
John Lewis Ricardo.

The Earl of Gifford has returned to Dufferin
Lodge, Highgate, from Ramsgate.

The Countess Dowager of Verulam leaves town
to-day for Gorbarnbury, Hods.

Frances Countess Waldegrave will leave Straw-
berry Hill, Twickenham, in • few days, for Dudbrooke
Howe, Frey,
We learn from Saundets's News Letter that the
Earl end Countess Russell, Lady Georgina Russell, Load
Amberley, the younger branches of the family, and suite,
left Kingstown at seven am. on Friday, per the Royal Mail
steamer Munster, for Holyhead, cn route to Loudon. The
party travelled by special train from Bray, leaving at 6.15
a.m. Important despatches relating to Italian affairs are
stated.. the cause of his sudden and unexpected &Tartans-
The noble earl contempl►ted a stay terminating on the 30th
Inst. Sir John Kingston James, Bart.., the Right Hoes
Judge Keogh, Mr. John R. Carboni*, LLD., Q.C., sod other
gentlemen visited Earl Russell on his return to-day.

Her Majesty Queen Marie Arnelie, accompanied
by their Royal Highnesses the Pnocess de Joinville, the
Duke de Nemours and suite, arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, on Saturday morning from Tunbridge Wells. His
Imperial Highness the Archduke Charles Louis of Austria,
their Royal Highnesses this Count de Paris, the Prince de
Joinville, the Dukes d'Aurnale, de Montpensier, de Chartres,
and a numerous party, breakfasted with her Majesty, who
left early in the afternoon for Claremont.