The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-31 00:00:00

The Prince Consort Memorial Fund.

Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the General
Committee appointed at the public meeting held in
January, 1862, to superintend the subscription then
set on foot towards raising a national memorial of
his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort was
convened at the Mansion •house with a view to the
final disposal of the fund, so far as they were con-
cerned, in accordance with the commands of her
Majesty, communicated by Sir C. Phipps. The
Lord Mayor acted as chairman, and there were also
present Sir C. W. Dilke, Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr.
Gregson, M.P., Alderman Wilson, Mr. Bodkin,
Assistant-Judge, Mr. Henry Spicer, Mr. Godwin,
Mr. Charles Hill, Mr. Winckworth, Mr. R. N.
Fowler, Mr. H. Ghinn, Deputy Obbard, Mr. S. P.
Low, Mr. Hartridge, Mr. A. Croll, Mr. Goodman,
the Rev. Michael Gibbs, Vicar of Christ Church,
Newgate-street, and Mr. Samuel Brown.
The LORD MAYOR having briefly stated the object
of the meeting, Mr. Goodman, the Clerk of the
Peace, at his request, read the subjoined communi-
cation, which had been addressed to Mr. Cubbit,
M.P., the President of the Fund, shortly before his
death :
"Balmoral, Oct. 2, 1863.
"Dear Sir,—l have received the commands of her Ma-
jesty the Queen to inform you that her Majesty has ap-
pointed an Executive Committee, through whom it is her
Majesty's intention to communicate her own personal
directions for the carrying out and execution of the national
memorial to her beloved husband, the Prince Consort, and
the Queen has also named trustees (Viscount Torrington,
Sir Alexander Spearman, with yourself and myself) into
whose hands it is her Majesty's desire that all sums collected
either by public subscription or vote of Parliament, should
be paid, and who will hold the funds, subject to the orders of
her Majesty, conveyed through the Executive Committee.
"I am therefore directed to request that you will move
the trustees of the Mansion-house Subscription for the Na- '
tional Memorial, to cause the sums at present standing or
invested in their names, to be transferred at the Bank of
England to the account of the trustees appointed by her
Majesty, to whose account the sum voted by Parliament
has already been placed by the Government.
"Believe me, dear sir, sincerely yours,
"C. B. PHlpps
A report from the working committee wa
read by Mr. Goodman. They stated that thseynehlatd
held meetings from time to time, and had taken such
steps as they deemed necessary for accomplishing
the duty assigned them. The contributions received
by them amounted to £54,355 odd, and after pay-
ment of the expenses incurred in advertising, print-
ing, Sze., and other disbursements 34 on behalf of the
trustees, they had invested x
pur-
chase of 5 per cent. East India,2st3o3ckl,sBanind txhle7,ooo
in 3 per cent. Consols, in addition to the accruing
interest upon those funds, amounting to £3,009 4s
ld, which had been also invested in Consols, making
i
a total of £54,242 193 d, exclusive of a balance of
£236 9s 9d in the hands of Messrs. Smith, Payne,
and Co. the bankers, to the credit of the fund. The
General Committee at its meeting on the 26th of
February, 1862, authorised the treasurer and trus-
tees " from time to time to advance and pay out
of 'the fund such sum or sums of money as might
be required by the committee of advice nomi-
nated by her Majesty the Queen." •In pursuance
of that authority 600 guineas had been paid to
the architects selected to submit designs for the
memorial, and £43 4s. to defray other expenses,
making altogether £673 4e, The committee
had observed with much satisfaction not
only the deep and sincere sympathy expressed by
contributors in their correspondence, but also the
large number of small contributions, furnishing, as
they thought, a convincing proof of the general
sorrow felt by all classes of the community, and of
the propriety of the measures adopted at the Man-
sion-house, for raising a national memorial to Qom_
memorate the virtues of the late illustrious Plince.
They could not, they said, close their report with-
out referring to the death of their respected pres'-
dent Mr. Cubitt, by whom the first meeting at the
,
mansion..boUSe was convened, which resulted in the

appointment of the General Committee, and the

adoption of the measures referred to in their report;
arid they took that opportunity of marking the high
sense they entertained of his uniform courtesy in
presiding over their meetings, and the warm inte-
rest he took in the progress of the fund.
On the motion of Mr. GREGSON, M.P., seconded
by Mr. BODKIN, the Assistant Judge, it was un-
animously resolved that her Majesty the Queen
having intimated her pleasure that the amount now
invested in the funds be transferred to the trustees
appointed by her Majesty, and to whom the money
voted by Parliament had already been paid, the
trustees of the fund be authorised to transfer the
sum so invested, in accordance with the Queen's
commands.

A conversation then took place in which the
Lord Mayor, Mr. Godwin, Mr. Hartridge, and
other gentlemen took part, as to whether it was
desirable or otherwise to continue the Mansion
House Committee.

Mr. Tim, M.P., asked what the use
.could be of
their remaining incorporatodlalftefr passing a
,enttahree
reso-
lution to part with the money
rial had been decided upon • Governmentorm of the memo-
Queen'
handed over the Parliam had.
grant, and the
trustees nominated by the
n op
ihmeir keep.
desired to have
the rest of the money, in order to
indeed, 1-n
work. What was the use, therefore,d
ing themselves together? The design
si go onf with. the
Gil-
bert Scott for the proposed memorial had beenir.
proved, and they had no means of control, Either 4P-
-
point of taste or of execution. Unless,
it
was to collect fresh subscriptions, their continuance
as a committee would be simply an impertinence.
He believed, if they wanted to do so, they might
raise more money. The time might come when the
sum now subscribed would be found all too little,
having regard to the splendour and extent of the
work ; but, as to any artistic control, that was at an.
end so far as they were concerned.
The conversation then dropped, with the under-
standing that they would continue to exist as acona-
caittee in the event of occasion arising for inviting
additional subscriptions.
On the motion of Mr. TITE, seconded by Alder-
man WILSON, a resolution was unanimously passed,
expressive of the regret of the meeting at the death
of Mr. Cubitt, their late president, and of their high
estimation of his great public spirit and exemplary
life.

At the instance of Mr, GODWIN and Mr. CHARLES
HILL a vote of thanks was accorded to the Lora
Mayor for taking the chair, and the meeting
separated.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day

NEWMARKET RACES-TIIIS DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
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Cheerful ......................
Five ran.

Mr, Sergeant Shee and the Vacant Judgeshi

(From the Law Times of T d )
o- ay.
The Lord Chancellor is neither a bigot nor a fa-
natic, but a man of large and liberal mind, having
nothing in common with Exeter-hall. Hence the
surprise so generally felt at the rejection of the un-
doubted title of Mr. Serjeant Shee to the vacant
judgeship. We have reason to believe that the.
Lord Chancellor did not in this act upon his own
impulse, but was overruled by other influences. It
is true that the Puisne Judgeships are the exclu-
sive patronage of the Great Seal, and, as a rule, the
Chancellors permit of no interference with this the
most prized of their patronage. Nor is it probable
that, on the present occasion, any direct pressure
was put upon Lord Westbury; indeed, even a show
of it would suffice to insure the rejection of the can-
didate so presented. But there are indirect ways of
conveying desires, that are not offensive in form, and
yet effective in substance. A surmise of the manner
in this case will probably not be far from the truth.
In the balanced state of parties the Government is
notoriously dependent for its existence upon a com-
bination of sectional groups, the defection of any one
of which would at once place the Ministry in a
minority. Not the least important, alike by its ac-
tivity, its zeal, and its numbers, is the party of whom
Lord Shaftesbury is the leader, and that potent in-
fluence has been given to Lord Palmerston through
the medium of his relative. But for the support
thus proffered ample remuneration is demanded
and exacted. Lord Shaftesbury claims the eccle-
siastical patronage, and possesses it. The fear
of this party may be seen in. the wavering speech
and hesitating acts of Lord John Russell in his
treatment of the American question. This was
the party that dictated the rejection of the para-
mount claims of Mr. Serjeant Shee to the judge-
ship, and the ostracism of the Roman Catholic
lawyers by a Government whose profession is
Liberalism, and whose principle used to be reli-
gious liberty. Traced to its source, the cause of
the revival of Roman Catholic disabilities is mani-
fest ; but that which occasions so much surprise is,
that the Lord Chancellor, usually so firm in his
resolves and so persistent in the maintenance of
that which he believes to be the truth and the
right, should have permitted the fears of his col-.
leagues to sway his own nobler mind, and that he
should have done their bidding contrary to his.
own larger and more liberal principles.
The Times has been silent upon t'iis most grave,
matter, but the Daily Telegraph, although an
habitual and very zealous supporter of the Govern-
ment, has bravely exercised an independent judg-
ment, and denounced the ostracism of Roman Ca-
tholic lawyers in an article which isgratifying to us
in this, that, if we were the first to protest against the
wrong, we do not now stand alone. The complaint
of the Profession is echoed by the public.

LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday.

1' °REIG -
N -OFFICE ,28.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. T. W.
Ploos van Atnstel as Consul-General at Melbourne for his
Majesty the King of the Netherlands.
30.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Carlos
Garcimartin as Vice-Consul at Gibraltar for ;her 3lajestY
the Queen of Spain.

DOWNING-STREET, OcT. 29.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Bowdler,
Esq., to be Assistant Surveyor-General and Civil Engineer
for the Island of Mauritius.

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 30.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT—Denty-A„
na istant CoT-
isaaryrGeneral Edward Turnbull, from half-pay", "
Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General, vice Verenunore,
deceased.

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 29.
Royal Marine Light Intantry—Second Lieut. Michael
Allen btapylton Bree to be First Lieutenant/ vice Patrick,
deceased.

BANKRITPTS
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial ink,
portance in the Gazette :
Charles Newton, farmer, Ramsey
Henry Defries,
Robert Clabon Mania, druggist" Aldershot
Edwin A. La;land, currier, Bermondsey
gasfitter, Hackney
Geo. Selby, butcher, Pitileld-street, iloxton New-
town
wn
Edward Kingsnorth, farmer, Ore Sussex
asingha:lllotpreet
Thomas Hughes, draper, Larches Oreton,
Anthony Eccles, coal proprietor, Wigan
John W. Oldland, tailor, Leicester
William J. Griffiths, shoemaker, Dudley
Francis Marsh, tailor, Chelsea
William Wood, general merchant, Cornhill
Southw 'tePer) Paddin t
Win. Witham, grocer, Lower Marsh
John T. Carr, timber merchant, B
John Windrow, druggist, Hull
,-EGio°r—ebridge
Benjamin Clowes, butcher, Manley
Richard Pickering, livery stable-I,
Thomas G. Law, tailor,
lAT,hhkeexmlia
Alexander
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Watson, i
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Course of the Exchange—Yesterday.
Amsterdam ........ Short. 11 161 11 17
Ditto 3 Month 2. I' 181 11 19-1-
Rotterdam ll 19 11 191
Antwerp .......... — 25 50 25 55
25 50 25 65
Brusselti —
13 81
Haudiurgh — 13 8
25 26
Pans ... . Short. 25 20
Ditto ........... 3 Months, 2255
55921
222 g7si
MarsEilles
Frankfort on Maine
--119--119 a
ienna
'V
Trieste
11 50 11 60
..
PEtermburgh .. —36 h
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo

48a
481 49
25 65 "5 70
25 65 • 25 70
25 65 25 70
25 65 25 70
25 65 25 70