The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-17 00:00:00

THE ALBERT MEMORIAL.

The cub-committee of the food for the Albert
Memorial met yesterday at the Mansion•honse ; the
Right Hon. the LORD MATOR in the chair. It waa
reported that the total amount received was about
46,6604, of which about 1,426/. had been received since
the but meeting, including 2001., which wee received
in the course of yesterday. Mr. Goodman, hos. aseretery,
read a commuoioation from Mr. J. B. Dasent, Judge of
the Shoreditch County Court, informing the committeethat
be, together with some other gentlemen connected with the
court, had made a subscription, and he intended also to do
the manse at the County Court at Bow. The committee ex-

pressed their eatisfactioe, and hoped the judges of other
county courts would follow so good an example. A satis-
factory letter from the Oriental Bank was read, informing
the committee that they were acting conjoiutly with the
Agra Bank in India in collecting contributions for the food.
The Loup Maros, in reply to a question by Mr. Greg-
sou, said of late doubts had been entertained whether the
block of granite in the quarry belonging to the Dube of
Argyll in the island of Mull, upon which the attention of
►er Majesty's Committee of Advice had for some time been
cioneentrakd, would answer am to grandeur the purpose of
• theenehthic obelisk in perpetuating the Prince's memory.
Drawing. of the stone carefully prepared had recently been
Lid before the committee by the chairman of the Moll
Granite Company, from which it appeared that although
it was about 115 feet in length, yet it nods•
hied in places very considerably, so much so
that when lines came to be drawn along it,
SOON of those indentations were within the lines, thus de-
tracting from its aptitude for the purpose in view. The
company had been at some expense in uncovering it as it
lay, and although perhaps its precise character and dimen-
sions could only be satisfactorily ascertained by degrees in
the proems of quarrying, still the defects in its breadth in
places to which he bad alluded lad induced the committee
to pains before incurring greeter expense in a work which
might after all prove abortive. The Lord Mayor added be
was afraid the great memo! the people of this country bed
yet to be educated, so to speak, into a thorough appreciation
of the grandeur and appropriateness of the obelisk,
and especially • monolithic obelisk for monumental
purposes. T bare were some who appeared to regard the
setting up a huge stone for such a purpose as simply sym-
bollard of a barbarous age. With great respect for the
opinions of others, he could not help saying he altogether
dissented from such reasoning ; besides, it was not until the
Egyptians had reached the highest point in their cultiva.
Moo of art that obsilisks became conspicuous features in
their style of architecture ; and he thought it would have
been • glorious thirg for England. where a monolithic
obelisk, worthy the name, was utterly unknown, to have
made this the occasion for erecting one of imposing
grandeur.

The Duehema of Sotontayor has arrived at
Maurigy'a Hotal from Blackburn. _ _

Thu 111arquia and Marchionem of Douegall will
leave Creamier-square early next week for Brighton..

The Earl and bountesa of Craven are entertaining
a select party at Ashdown' Perk. Arnonpt the company
are Sir Robert Brow origg, Sir Frederick Johnstone, Hoe.
Frederick Craven, Mr. George Johnstone, Mr. Percy Doyle,
the Misses Oswald, kr.

The Foal mad Countess Antherat will entertain a
select party at their wt, Kneels Park, daring the

The Counter,/ Fitzwilliam gave birth to a eon at
Wentworth Woodhouse ow Ssindey last.

The Countess of Fife's evening party, announced
for Saturday beak is usavridably postponed•
Lord and Lady Harry Vane have left Grosvenor-
plats for their seat at Battle, for the holidays.
Lord ani Lady Harriet Ashley leave town on
Monday for Brighton, for the Easter recess.
Viscount Nevill, eldest son of the Earl of Abe:-
gavel:toy, has been visiting the family estates in tokberrow
parish during the past week. His lordship is the
tint of the family that has ever visited these estates, al-
though they have been in their possession for more than
300 years.

The Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man,
accompanied by Mn. Pigott and his daughters, left town
on Friday lut for Government Hostas, Douglas. His ex-
cellency had been detained in England some weeks from
indisposition.

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Mr. Wakley, the coroner, has written from
Madeira to state that be hopes in a few weeks to be sofa-
eieatly restored to health to rehire to MiddWei sod re_
sums his official duties.

the total amount of subscriptions to the lAMB
testimonial to Apro 15 is 4,2221. 10a. 6d. The presentation
will take place at Freemasons Hall, ow Thursday, May S.
The Cork Examiner says :—" We regret to state
that a telegram has been received here announcing the cir-
cumstance of Miss Itatcliff, daughter of Sir John Hatelift,
having been burned to death at her father's seat in England.
The caultrophe was occasioned by her reading in bed, and
the CAWBO setting fire to the bed-curtains. The deceased
young lady, who is said to have been endowed with great
. . .

wu slater of Li.

beauty and remarkable
David Leahy Arthur, of this elty."
The Crown Solicitorship of Cork has been con-
ferred epos Mr. Philip O'Connell.
The celebrated Yelverton cane is likely to occupy
the Dublin Court of Common Pleas this term, probably
after the E titer holidays. Mre. Yelverton's legal advisers
have filed notice of a motion to amend the bill of excep-
tions taken after the trial. If leave be granted, the effect
will be to somewhat simplify the case, by expunging from
the bill all the exceptions relating to the Scotch marriage,
leaving the validity of the ceremony performed by Father
Mooney, at kostrevor, the only subject for consideration.

A large 'umber of Dublin o4bopkeepers have been
lately mooned upon by three fashionably-dreamed men who
arrived a few days since from Holyhead, sod contrived to
pass a large number of forged notes, purporting to be of the
National Bank of Scotland They decamped after pur-
chasing a considerable quantity of jewellery, but were
yeetenlay arrested by the constabulary in Cork.
The Mr* Freeman states that at the "quarter
sessions of Kilrnah, this week, the chairman of the county
felt it necessary publicly from the bench to denounce the
fearful extent to which perjury had been committed by a
number of the parties to the various civil bills which we»
heard before him." This is not the first time, it adds, that
his worship has bi 4 mum to deplore Use prevalence of this
crime.