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SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.
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Within the grounds attached to the Royal Victoria Mili-
tary Hospital at Netley the Prince of Wales laid to-day the
foundation stone of a monumental cross, to be erected in
memory of the medical officers of the British army who fell
in the Crimean war. The memorial, which will cost about
£l,OOO, has been designed by Mr T. H. Lewis, architect, of
John-street, Adelphi. It will be a plain monumental cross
in the style of the beginning of the 13th century, 56ft in
height. The lower part will consist of a series of arches
forming an octagonal arcade, supported on 16 coupled columns
of Derbyshire marble, the principal part of the erection being
of Portland stone. tinder the arcade will be placed marble
tablets, explaining the object of the memorial, and recording
the names of the medical officers who fell in the Crimean
war. This will be surmounted by a small arcade, also of
an octagonal form, the column thence tapering up gradually
to a large cross. The site chosen for the erection is close by
the river front of the grounds, and nearly opposite the
medical officer's quarters. The contract for the erection of
the monument has been taken by Messrs. George Myers
and Son, of London, who built the hospital, and the work
will be executed under the management of Major Raven-
hill, R.E.
The hour fixed for the arrival of the Prince of Wales
from Osborne was half. past 12 o'clock, at which time the
Royal yacht Fairy steamed np the river, and shout ten
minutes afterwards the Prince landed a: the pier, accom-
panied by his Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse tied
the Prince Leiniugen. He was received on larding by a
Sey
Wilbraham,
large assemblage of military, naval, and medical officers,
among whom were Lord William Paulet, C. 8., General
commanding the South-Western District; Colonel Shad-
well, Commander .in-Chief
PliMajorrtarel Hospitalssßawlins,ia tt
Irresistible,
eDh rJed..C.B., Com-
awte
Fl l ,0
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sdmmoiar
tahl S; i
Cr
olon Michael
el Richard
; Major Philip Ravenhill,
mandant of the Netley Hospital
commanding Royal Engineers; Dr A, Anderson, Inspec-
mOsiilatietarof
thethemnoncuommemnetnbceydCboylonDerl
B.
Gthibesomne,dDicralGdreaphaarmt-
ill3oo men of the 26th Regiment Captain J. B. Dixon, of
menttor-G Inspec-
tor-General etrhael
The guard of honour
Balfour,whears Majesty'seo
m pFo.sletd. Sso.hf,
(Camero-
nians), under command of Major Armstrong. The band
Netleyoof
os
played the National Anthem, and his Royal Highness was
Adjutant H.Seville. They were followed
at once escorted up the grounds in front of. the hospital to
tsativadents and then the medical staff of the
the terrace at the main entrance. A procession was formed,
Hawtree, captain of orderlies; and
Lieutenantby headedthe b y C
andamedicalp
who ha on
d navalwalked in
authoritiesadvance
tof t h
thethe
reaching the ground the Prince
salute, and the band again
,aibgun; and
sigleutiemen died from disease
hospital,
received
teacle, i allve di nwfiut full uniforms,
a Royal
played the National Anthem, immediately after which he
sitei:tw was
oac flo thendu visitorsom eo
dn ua ntmode nt
thth.:
i of which the
following is a copy
"May it please your Royal Ti;
GibsonWilbraham.
read in
gTahne
aproceedings
the p
r. n
ce ,
Highness,—During the war
with Russia in 1854, 1355, and 1856, her Majesty's army
lost by death 64 officers of the medical department, who were
physicians and surgeons
commissioned officers of, the
The greater part of these
professional work which
them pressure
by the o f
contracted in the discharge of their duties, or broke down
aaserttanirveyihn.gedinfotrhdeoctaymtpo
the conclusion sickly
condition of the force
in the winter of 1854-5. On conclusion of the war it ap-
peared desirable that some tribute should be paid to the
wasund eernttha
entailed
ed enormousupon
memory of those who had thus sacrificed their lives in
affording professional aid to the soldiers who were gallantly
fighting their country's battles, and a subscription was
commenced for that purpose, v?...ic,., h b
Was contributed to not
only by the officers of the Medical department, and also by
other officers of all ranks and by many civilians. Various
causes combined to delay the completion of the scheme thus
laudably commenced, but at length the committee to whom
was intrusted its execution, in the beginning of the present
year, obtained from Mr T. Hayter'Levvie, p.S.A„ a design
for a monument which seemed to them well calculated to
effect the ()eject in view, and to hand down to succeeding
generations the memory of those medical Officers who had
perished in the service of their country in
tb.at war. The
committee have ventured to solicit your Royal Highness to
inaugurate the work by laying the foundation-stone from a
feeling that such an act on the part of Royal your Highness
will be appreciated by the officers of the
Army Medical De-
partment, as a tribute to the memory of
their deceased
comrades, and that the interest shown by your Royal
Highness in thus commemorating the services of those who
have fallen at their posts in the discharge of arduous and
important duties cannot fail to prove a stimulus in future
to us and to our successors, zealously, faithfully, and fear-
lessly to discharge those duties which may fall to be per-
formed in the service of our Sovereign and for the honour
of our country."
The Address having been handed to the Prince of Wales,
his Royal Highness replied as follows :
" It gives me great pleasure to respond to Your request to
inaugurate this well-deserved tribute to the memory of those
medical officers who lost their lives in the performance of
their onerous and important duties in her Majesty's service
throughout the war in the Crimea. It is also particularly
agreeable to me to assist in the foundation of your memo-
rial near this building, connected as it is with the magnifi-
cent hospital in the creation of which my beloved and
lamented father took so deep an interest, and in the main-
tenance of which the Queen also feels a like interest. The
site chosen seems to be peculiarly appropriate, as, although
the main object of the establishment of this noble hospital
was for the relief of the sick and wounded of the army re-
turning from the colonies, there is connected with it a
medical school for the special inbtruction of :young medical
officers who are to have the future care of our soldiers in all
climates and in all parts of the world wherein our troops
may be called upon to serve. The names of those medical
officers inscribed upon the memorial will thus be insepara-
bly connected with our great military hospital and our army
medical school."
A prayer having bean offered up by the Rev. Mr Raw-
lins, temporarily acting as chaplain to the hospital, the
Prince was conducted to a table to append his signature to
a copy of the address which was to be deposited under the
foutriation stone. This done, the bottle, containing copies
of newspapers, the address to the Prince, written on parch-
' .. meat, and a photograph of the monument, was sealed up

and deposited in a cavity in the stone. This stone was then
lowered with tho usual formalities.

The Prince of Wales was loudly cheered by the spectators
on his departure from the ground. Ho was subsequently
entertained at luncheon before returning to Osborne.
The following is a list of the committee of management :
—Dr James Brown Gibson, C. 8., Director General of the
Army Medical Department, chairman—Dr Sir John Hall,
K.C.8., Inspector General—Dr Thomas Galbraith Logan,
Inspector General—Dr Thomas Graham Balfour, F.R.S.,
Deputy Inspector General—Mr John Ashton Bostock, Sur-
geon Major, Scots Fusilier Guards—Mr George Rleazer
Blenkins, Surgeon-Major, Grenadier Guards—Staff-Sur-
geon Major David Reid Mackinnon—Staff-Surgeon John
Irvine, M.D.—Mr John Wyatt, Surgeon-Major, Cold-
stream Guards, hon. secretary—Sir John Hall and Mr G.
E. Blenkins act as hon. treasurers.

Banquet to her Majesty's Ministers at Fish-
mongers'-hall.

Yesterday, being the anniversary of the happy accession
of the family of her present Majesty to the throne of Great
Britain, the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, in
accordance with their time-honoured custom, entertained
her Majesty's Ministers, at their hall, Londm-bridge.
The PRIME WARDEN (Mr Jas. Spicer) presided, and
was supported on his right by Lord Palmerston, and on
his left by Earl Russell, both of whom wore the riband of
the Garter.

The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal
toasts having been proposed and responded to,
The PRIME WARDEN next gave the toast of " Her
Majesty's Ministers," which was received with loud
cheers. They were honoured to-day by the presence of
the noble viscount the head of the Government. (Hear,
hear.) The name of Viscount Palmerston was more than
a household word among them—(cheers)—and he was
not using the language of flattery, but simply expressing
what he knew to be the national feeling, when
he said that rarely in the annals of our country did any
Minister of the British Crown possess a popularity
surpassing that enjoyed by the noble lord, (Cheers.)
He was sure thsy would all concur with him that it was a
most providential circumstance that they should, at such a
critical period as the present, have such a man at the head
of the Government as the noble lord, and their prayer was
that he might long be spared to his sovereign and his coun-
try. (Cheers.)

Lord PALMERSTON replied in these words :—Mr Prime
Warden, my lords, and gentlemen,—For myself and col-
leagues I beg you will receive our heartfelt thanks for the
kind terms in which you, Mr Prime Warden, have been
pleased to propose the toast, era you, gentlemen, for
the very handsome and obliging manner in which you
have been pleased to accept it. I need not, lam sure, say
it must be a great satisfaction, and I may say, a most con-
soling reflection to a Government which has to go through
arduous labours and encounter great anxieties, to find that
their conduct has, when fully explained, met with the
sanction and approval of their fellow countrymen. And
permit me to say, speaking I do here—not as a stranger
invited to your board, but, in conjunction with many of my
colleagues, classing ourselves as members of this most
ancient and distinguished corporation—allow me to say
that, knowing as we do the liberal sentiments which have
always animated this society, as well as that liberal conduct
which has always guided their action, we attach particular
value to the approval and good will of the corporation in
whose hall we are now assembled. Perhaps, Mr Prime
Warden and gentlemen, as we have had several months of
serious political discussion, you may suppose that we
should not be anxious upon this, the first week of our holi-
days, to proceed in that laborious, and beaten, and hard
trodden track in which we have been plodding ever since
the month of February. I will not follow the Prime
Warden through European affairs, but will only assure you
that, in guiding this country through difficulties of the
greatest magnitude, we have been influenced by the com-
bined consideration, on the one hand, to maintain the
honour and the dignity, and to defend the interests of the
country ; and, on the other had, not precipitately, or with-
out due and great and overpowering cause, to involve this
country in the calamities of war. (Cheers.) We trust we
have succeeded in maintaining the position of England
among the nations of the world, while at the same time we
have secured to the people of this country the blessings and
the advantages of peace. I have said that this is a most
ancient corporation. I believe it is one of the most ancient,
and its functions, I may say, are particularly connected
with the position of the country to which it belongs, be-
cause in an island country it is natural that one of the first
functions of an efficient civic corporation should be to regu-
late the immigration of the vast multitude of the inhabi-
tants of the ocean that come in contact with the population.
(Hear, and laughter.) That duty has been from time to
time most worthily performed by this corporation; and I
am told that to this day the inhabitf.nts of this great
metropolis are weekly and daily indebted to the guardian
care of this corporation ; for that there are mult,tudes of
immigrants that come hero from the depths of the ocean
unfitted to mix with the population of this island, and
being unable to obtain the necessary passport, are refused
an entrance through the vigilance of this ancient corpora•.
tion. (Laughter.) lam sure then, gentlemen, you will
consider that there is no society more deserving of the
respect, the gratitude, and the attachment of the country,
than the association to which I flatter myself I have the
honour to belong. (Cheers.)
The next toast given by the PRIME WARDEN was " The
House of Lords," which he said was a body they must all
venerate, holding as it did so important a part in our glo-
rious constitution. It was not so easily acted upon by the
people as the House of Commons ; therefore was more calm
and deliberative. It looked at questions unswayed by pas-
don, and hence, though often it might appear to resist the
national will by rejecting some measure which was popular
for a time, yet in effect it did not do that, it only said,
" Wait a little, the country is more or less divided on the
question, therefore review its decision ;" and thus time and
thought were gained for a reconsideration; and if that re-
consideration resulted in a national sentiment in favour of
the measure, it was rarely the House of Lords withheld
their sanction from it.

Earl RUSSELL, on rising, was received with cheers. He
said—Mr Prime Warden and gentlemen, I am thankful to
you for the honour you have done me in drinking my
health, coupled with the House of Lords, and seeing that I
have already had the honour of being associated in your
toast with my noble friend at the head of the Government
as a member of his Administration, a fact which I cannot
too of ten regard as matter of pride and gratification. I must
say that I feel myself doubly indebted to you for your kind.
ness. Sir, you have recalled to ray mind times which have
long passed, and you have coupled this theme with some very
just reflections on the character and general conduct of the
House of Lords. It is quite true that the House of Lords
have sometimes thought that the opinion of the people
was an opinion rather hastily taken up, and that it was
not founded upon a due consideration of the various parts
of the constitution which it was desirable to preserve, and
that further time ought to be given for reflection. But you
have always seen, as the Prime Warden has so justly
remarked, that if the House of Lords ascertained that the
people, upon further consideration, thought that the measure
was useful to the country, and would not be injurious to the
happy constitution under which we live, that house has
never interposed its own special power as a veto to the well-
considered decision of the people at large. (Hear, hear.)
That was the case with respect to the Reform Bill, and I
particularly refer to the Reform Bill, because it was in the
year when that measure was brought forward—in 1831—
now 33 years ago, that I first had the honour of being made
an honor ary member of this ancient corporation. In framing
and in bringing forward that measure under the uspices of
Lord Grey, we were careful to frame a measure by which
all parts of the constitution should be preserved. Such was
the declaration which Lord Grey made in the speech from
the throne at the time, and such you have found by expe-
rience the measure to be. (Cheers.) Many of those who in
1831 considered that the Reform Bill was a measure which
would deprive the sovereign of his crown, which would
deprive the House of Lords of their privileges, and reduce
all the forma of government to a general state of anarchy
and ruin, have lived to see their error, and I am happy to
find that 33 years afterwards every one admits that we are
as fully in the enjoyment of the benefits of the constitution,
that there is as much loyalty to the sovereign, that
there is as much, if not greater, respect for the House of
Lords as a part of the legislature of the country as has ever
existed at any period of its previous history. (Cheers.) This
being the case, let us be permitted to hope that 33 years
hence, when the discussions which have been so well and so
ably conducted during the present year shall have partly
passed into oblivion, that those who live at that time will
acknowledge that the ministry of 1864 did Rot ill consult
the honour of their country, in the course which they pur-
sued during that year, entangled as their path was with
many difficulties; but that, objected to as their course was
at that time, future times will confirm and sanction
acts which our imporpect vision, coupled with a patriotic
wish to serve our country, had led us to adopt. (Cheers.)
If that should be the case, and if the measures which have
been alluded to, namely the repeal of the Test and Corpora-
tion Acts, the measures in favour of liberty, the measure
of Parliamentary reform, the measure of free trade, have
been found not merely to succeed, but to increase the
prosperity and enlarge the freedom of the country, let me,
by your indulgence, venture to anticipate that what we
have now done, but which has not yet had the sanction
of time, may hereafter possess it, and then perhaps it
will be acknowledged that we who have been the
ministers of this day were not altogether unworthy of
those rewards which the Prime Warden has given this
evening to those who have striven well, and that a cuat and
A badge might in some respects be deserved by us, (Cheers

and laughter.) For my own part, my sovereign has gra-
ciously conferred upon me and some of my colleagues valued
rewards, but as I am a married man perhaps I might at
some other period be thought worthy of a second bottle of
wine. (Renewed laughter.) At all events lam proud of
belonging to this company. (Cheers.) I have always re-
spected the companies of the city of London, for I have seen
in this city, as I have seen in the country in general, how
much there is of respect for ancient institutions, how much
there is of a conservative spirit mingled with a desire for
improvement and reform, which I have never forgotten.
(Cheers.) In that course I trust you will proceed. Nations
on the continent which have forgotten or neglected the duty
of improvement and reform, have encountered the evils of
fire, tumult, and revolution, while those which have run tu-
multuously and rapidly in the way of change have fared but
little better. (Hear, hear.) I trust it will he the future
conduct of this nation, as it has been it past conduct, to
combine an attentive examination of its institutions with a
determined resolution to destroy abuses wherever they
exist,tc reform those institutions wherever they can be use-
fully reformed, and further, that they will combine that
determination with a equally fixed resolution to respect the
great framework of our constitution; becaused I am con-
vinced that, imperfect as all human institutions necessarily-
are, never did a man frame a constitution which more com-
bined reverence for religion, regard for liberty, and loyalty
for the throne, with the 'reservation of the rights of every
individual who lives under the shelter and protection of
the laws—(cheers)—l say, sir, that I am convinced that
no people ever did combine the great and essential ele-
ments of prosperity and happiness so completely as the
English people have done. (Cheers.) Trusting that in
regard to foreign affairs, as well as in domestic matters, the
present administration has not been unworthy of your ap-
probation, I beg to thank you for the honour you have
done me. (Cheers.)
Several other toasts having been proposed, the company
broke up.

The British Archaeological Institute.

WARWICK, Monday.

The congress assembled again to-day at the Court-house
here, under the presidency of Lord Neaves, for the reading
of the following papers :
"On the Early Mints of Warwick," by E. Hawkins,
Esq.; a paper of little general interest.

"On Recent Discoveries at St. Alban's," by Mr S.
Sharpe. Mr Sharpe, in his papr, said he was led to this
inquiry by coming upon the Beech Bottom, in the neigh-
bourhood of St. Alban's, a very remarkable ditch about a
mile long, which might be compared to a deep railway cut-
ting, the depth varying from 20 to 30 feet. The banks are
covered with wood, and it is so obviously an ancient mili-
tary work that he (Mr Sharpe) was led to search for traces
of its continuation, and he came to the conclusion that the
fortification was about 24 miles long by la miles broad, em-
bracing the town of St. Alban's. Cm iar describes the city
of Cassivelaunus in the sth Book of the Gallic War as being
fortified by woods and marshes, and then holding a large
number of men and cattle who had come together there as
a place of safety; and he says that when the Britons had
fortified with bank and ditch woods which were nearly im •
passable, so that they might take refuge there from the in-
cursions of their enemies, they called the place a town.
Caesar did not give any name to the town, but it was pro-
bably called Verulam, the name given by the Romans to
their fortified camp in the neighbourhood. The name of
the tribe, the Cassii, and of their leader, Cassivelaunus, may
yet be traced in Cassiobury, the name of the hundred
in which St. Alban's stands. The British fortified area
was about twelve times the size of the well-walled
Roman camp on the ether side of the ruin; a good deal
of it has been filled up, and the space reclaimed by
agricultural operations; but sufficient remained of signs
of art to trace it on the map. The whole town of St.
Alban's, a common, and several farms are enclosed in it.
In conclusion, Mr Sharpe recorded his opinion that if
the boundaries of the town of Cassivelaunus was cor-
rectly traced there was no work of art in the British isles
that could boast of greater antiquity than the ditch called
the Beech Bottom. It was the only fortification that could
be shown to have been made before Caesar landed on our
shores.

"On the Black Book of Warwick," by G. Robinson,
Esq. The interest in this paper was a good deal local. It
recorded Warwickshire events as far back as the reign of
William and Mary, and among the entries is a record of the
visit of Queen Elizabeth to Kenilworth Castle, on which
occasion her Majesty is represented as having " laid at
Kenilworth days" (the blank is not filled up in the record)
her household lying at Warwick at the same time.
" On the Portraits, Bust, and Cast of Shakespere," by
Mr Craig. This was a paper taking a phrenological view
of the bust and portraits of Shakspere. The writer chiefly
extended hie notice to the bu,t on the monument in Strat-
ford Church, the Chandos portrait, the Jansen portrait,
and the cast said to be trout the Mee and forehead of Shaks •
pore, taken after death. Mr Craig doubted the statement,
believing the cast had been taken during the poet's life.
Although the Chandos portrait was the most attractive, he
did not think it could be relied on as a genuine portrait of
the bard. Of the Jansen portrait, he said that Jansen lived
in England a few years before the death of Shakepere ; that
he painted portraits for Lord Southampton and others dur-
ing the last five or six years of the poet's life. and he con-
sidered that his picture had the best claim to the considera-
tion of the students of Shakspere as a veritable semblance
of his outward form.

One of the most interesting papers read during the
sitting of the congress was, perhaps, that of Dr. Hook,
Dean of Chichester, " On the Life and Times of John
Do Stratford." The very reverend compiler of this
paper observed that Stratford.on-Avon was, towards
the close of the thirteenth century the birth-place of
two brothers, both of whom were bishops, one of
whom was Archbishop of Canterbury, and both of them
High Chancellors of England. The parents of Archbishop
John De Stratford were Robert and Isabel, who were nearly
related to another Stratford celebrity, Ralph Halton De
Stratford, Bishop of London. Jnlin became Fellow of Mer•
ton College, Oxford ; in 1319 he was Archdeacon of Lincoln
and shortly after a canon of York. In 1320 he became
Judge of the Court of Arches, Between 1321 and 1323 he
was engaged in frequent embassies to the Papal Court of
Avignon, In 1323 the Bishop of Winchester died suddenly
at Avignon, and the death of a prelate in curia whilst in
attendance at the Papal Court gave the Pope the right of
nominating his successor. The Archbishop of Canterbury
solicited the appointment of John De Stratford, and the
King, Edward 11., was as urgent for the appointment of
Robert do Baldock, a creature of the Spencers. The Pope
nominated John De Stratford, which excited the indigna-
tion of the King, and John Da Stratford was accordingly
subjected to bitter persecution. Ho was recalled from the
embassy and deprived of his bishopric, and the vengeance
of the whole faction was directed against him. At last, how-
ever, a reconciliation was effected, and on the 28th of June,
1324, the temporalities of the see were restored to him, but
for the recognition of his authority he was sentenced to pay
a fine of £lO,OOO to the King—a payment which, however,
was not enforced. The state of the King came under the
consideration of Parliament, and it being decided that the
King should cease to reign, to John De Stratford was as •
signed the delicate and difficult task of drawing up tho rea-
sons to be constitutionally assigned for a measureso extreme.
After a touching sketch of the manner in which the King
received the announcement, and a graphic account of the
'formalities observed when the official decision was made
known by the commission, when Edward, after swooning
away, with tears coursing down his cheeks, acknowledged
ho had governed badly, and agreed to abdicate, the very
rev, dean proceeded to say that John De Stratford was ap-
, pointed one of the 12 regents of the young king. This
arrangement, he observed, was not likely to be satisfactory
to Queen Isabella and Mortimer, and therefore the destruc-
tion of John De Stratford was determined upon. The first
step taken by his enemies was to call on him to pay the
£lO,OOO which he had incurred for the King's recognition
of his appointment to the bishopric of Winchester. He
accordingly took refuge in various places, but found means
of communicating with the young King, and on the 28th of
November, 1330, he was restored to honour, and received
the Groat Seal of the kingdom, and was released from per-
secution. The King and John Da Stratford then went
over to France, and visited the various shrines to which
they had vowed pilgrimages during the struggle with Mor-
timer. John De Stratford retained the office of Chancellor
four years, and as Edward described it in the " Sibellas
Jamosas"—" He was to the King as a father, and was, next
to him, the admired of all men." He was, therefore, justly
entitled to be ranked with the greatest statesmen this country
had produced, On the death of Archbishop Leatham ho
was translated to the see of Canterbury, and afterwards
resigned the Great Seal. In January, 1335, however, he
was again appointed Chancellor, and in 1339 he again re-
signed the office. Again, on 30th April, 1340, he was re-
appointed, only, however, to resign the office in the following
June. Although no breach had arisen between him and the
King a new set of councillors had risen up around Ed ward,
and John De Stratford was not listened to with the defer-
ence once paid to him, The very rev. dean then gave a
lengthy account of the conflict between the archbishop
t anawerod access to the Renee
to the charges
and is enemies —of his determination to attend parliament
when summoned, without answering to any other tribunal
than one composed of his peers, and of tho attempt by
armedofParliament force to preventunti l
ji gaininge
had firs
King brought against him in the Court of Exchequer, to the
effecta, an that
and after
pledging his credit fur the money borrowed
of the merchants of Fiend re, had neglected and refused to
fulfil his bond, and that in consequence of his neglect in
supplying the King with money the war had been pro-
tracted. To these John De Stratford published a complete
rh e had counselled the to enter upon
w