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The Prince of Wales at Netley.

SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.
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. .
Within the grounds attached to the Royal Victoria Mili-
tary Hospital at Netle' the Prince of Wales laid to-day the
foundation atone of a monumental cross, to be erected in
memory of the medics 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, 5611 in
height. The lower ?art will consist of a series of arches
forming an octagonal secede, supported on 16 coupled columns
of Derbyshire marble the principal part of the erection being
of Portland stone. Under the arcade will be placed marble
tablets, explaining tie 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 efileer'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 halt past 12 o'clock, at which time the
Royal yacht Fairy steamed up the river, and about ten
minutes afterwards the Prince landed at the pier, accom-
panied by his Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse aLd
the Prince Leiniegen. He was received on landing by a
large assemblage of military, naval, and medical officers,
among whom were Lord William Taulet, C. 8., General
commanding the South-Western District; Colonel Shad-
well, Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Commander .in-Chief
at Portsmouth; Colonel Richard Wibraham, C. 8., Com•
mandant of the Netley Hospital; Major Philip Ravenhill,
commanding Royal Engineers; Dr e.. Anderson, Inspec-
tor-General of Hospitals, the head of the medical depart-
-1 merit at the Netley Hospital ; Dr J. E. Gibson, Dr Graham
Balfour, F.R.S., Major Rawlins, Ca?tain J. B. Dixon, of
h
was composed of 100 men of the 26th Regiment (Camero-
nians), under command of Major Armstrong. The band
played the National Anthem, and his Royal Highness was
er Majesty's ship Irresistible, &c. The guard of honour
at once escorted up the grounds in front of the hospital to
the terrace at the main entrance. A Irocession was formed,
headed by Captain Hawtree, captain of orderlies; and
Lieutenant and Adjutant 11. Seville. They were followed
Aensthiteera
by the smedical students and then the medical staff of the
hospital,
Ins) who waked in advance of the
Royaluniforms, visitors and the military and ravel authorities to the
site of the monument. On reaching ;he ground the Prince
was received with a Royal salute, and the band again
immediately after which he
was playedted
dd thedc National
to
of the monument by Colonel
Wilbraham. The proceedings thee commenced by Dr
Gibson reading an address to the Prince, of which the
conducted
following is a copy :
4, May it please your Royal Ilightoss,—During the war
the
with Russia in 1854, 1855,
and 1856, her Majesty's army
lost by death 54 officers of the medical iepartment, who were
serving in the campaign, and six physicians and surgeons
attached for duty to, but Idol commissioned officers of, the
army. The greater part of these
gentlemen died from disease
contracted in the discharge of
their duties, or broke down
under the enormous pressure of professional work which
was entailed upon them by the
sickly condition of the force
in the winter of 1854-5. On the conclusion of the war it ap-
peared desirable that some tribute should be paid to the
memory of those who had thus sacrificed their lives in
affording professional aid to the soldiers who were gallantly
fighting their country•
battles, and a subscription was
commenced for that purpose, which 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 Lewis, F.S.A„ a design
for a monument which seemed to them well calculated to
effect the object 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 that 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 your
Royal 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 ray beloved and
lamented father took so deep an interest, and in the main-
tenance of which the Qoeon 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 instruction 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
1
1 medical school."

ptioalalipptoend his signature to
A prayer having boon ()tiered up by the Rev. evh.osMpirtaßl,aw-
,the
Friu ce w
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table
a copy of the address which was to be deposited under the
foundation stone. This done, the bottle, containing copies
of newspapers, the address to the Prince, written on parch-
ment, and a photograph of the moinunent, was sealed Up

The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal
toasts having been proposed and responded to,
The Patrisla Waal= next gave the toast of " Her
Majesty's Ministers," which vas 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 they 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, and 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 inhabitants of this great
metropolis are weekly and daily indebted to the guardian
care of this corporation ; for that there are multitudes of
immigrants that come here from the depths of the ocean
unfitted to mix with the population of this island, and
being unable to obtain the necessary passport, aro 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-
sion, 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-
consideratton 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 often regard as matter of pride and gratification. I must
say that I feel myself doubly indebted to you for your kind.
ness. Sir, you haie recalled to my 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 bo 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. (near, 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 honorary 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 forms 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 over
axisted 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 imperpect vision, coupled with a patriotic
with to servo 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 coat and
badge might in some respects be deserved 1)y us, (Cheers