The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-22 00:00:00

THE PRINCE CONSORT MEMORIAL

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Yesterday at 3 o'clock the committee recently
nominated by the Queen to advise bee Majesty la reference
to the design sad mode of execution of the National me-
morial of the late Prinoe Consort proposed to be erected in
the metropolis, held another meeting on the subject in the
Council-chamber of the Fine Arts Commission in the
Palace of Westminster. The members were all present
namely, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr.
Cnbitt, the Lord Mayor, and Sir Charles Eastlake, the Pre.
oddest of the Royal Academy.
Desirous of carrying out the wish of the Queen that the
intended monument should be an obelisk, provided it be of
sufficient grandeur, and that it should be erected on or near
the site of the Exhibition of 18M, the consideration of the
committee yesterday, as from the first, wen principally
directed to! the probability of obtaining a monolith of
adequate dimenaions, and, if passible, within her Majesty's
own dominions. As yet no stone has appeared to them more
suitable for the purpose in all respects than that which lies
penile query" of the Duke of Argyll, in the Island of
Zsly M whisk pablio referenoe his of late been made,
though they hem serieed at no decision on the subject,
their primly eldest Wag to obtain ame nolith which shall
satisfy the essiiiiisra on which her Majesty elected in
favour of Moe ism of monument, and which, with the
erMatic adjuncts that are contemplated as portions of the
epeeerel dodge, shell be alike worthy al the country and
Ye sues and best calculated to perpetuate the illustrious
ord. They were informed yesterday that dace their last
=like workmen have been belly engaged in uncover-
ing mere of the sloes at Mull thaa had hew previously u-
miak that they have now dug round one of the extremi•
the. sod that thank the other is still uncovered, this block
of polls is user mimed to the length of 115 fest, or 8 or 10
bib Wier Has It was supposed to be. The committee
more farther ielleneed that all practical men on the spot
seacnrred is the belief that the stone is sound
sod perfect, but . that no absolute opinion could
be pronounced until it shall have been wholly de-
tweed and carefully pounded all round and throughout its
satire length, which will be a work of time. A rough ape-
einem, broken from she block itself, ham been received in
Lealea, end is about to be polished, in order that a better
filguirst of its quality may be arrived at. Within the lest
Iry &qv a letter has been received from the proprietor of a
garb quarry at Balmoral, stating that it contains a single
aloe goat 100 k. in leo gth , and nearly 50ft. broad. The letter
was amempafild by a polished specimen, but the colour is
not thoeght to be so agreeable as that of the Mull granite,
while the lest of conveying it to the coast, it is said, would
le incase)** weber than that of removing the block at
Nell, whieli le abut about 500 yards from the sea. Some
ecureplien may be formed of the magnitude of the work
sow la mmitemplation from the fact that in the partly ana-
logues man of the Luxor, in Parts, upwards of eve years
Awed la liking it down from its ancient site at Thebes,
trampertiag it to France, and erecting it on the Place de la
Osnmede.
The total amount of subscriptions received at the Man-
slowbouee up to last evening in aid of the fund is 42,0001.
Amongst the contributions received during the last few
days are—Second instalment from the borough of South-
ampton, 1001. ; Society of Painters in Water Colours,
521.105. ; the Marquis of Oared., 501. ; the borough of
realm 311. be 4d. ; Messrs. Lewis and Allanirf, 251. ; H.
A. J. Maas°, Esq., 251. ; the Attorney-Generel, NV. ; G.
W. Smythe Owes, Eq., 20/. ; John Hardy, Faq., 251. ;
the Dean of Christchurch, 201. ; Dr. Stanley, 201. ; Thomas
Hardy, Eq., 20/. ; Sir Henry Montgomery Cuninghone,
Bert., 201. ; Ed. Fellowes, req., M.P., 201. ; the borough of
&anemia, 121.75. 6d.