The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-28 00:00:00

TIER iIIAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, OCT. 26.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess
Christian, Princess LoniSe, Prince Arthur, :11)(1
Prince Leopold, attended Divine service at the
parish church of Crathie yesterday.
The Rev. Dr. John APLeod, of Morven, Argyle"
shire, officiated.

The Priucess of Wales drove out yesterday,
tended by the Countess of Morton.

LEIGH HUN 7 MEMORIAL.

A meeting of the committee of this fund Ica:
held at 25, Norfolk-street, Strand, on M°n(l3
afternoon. Robert Browning, Esq., presided')l
There were present :—Messrs. John Watson Dali 1'
George Godwin, F.R.S., C. L. Grunelser):
F.R.G.S., S. C. Hall, F.S.A., Charles Kent, S' a
Townshend Mayer, F.R S.L., Edmund Oilier, all
E. M. Ward, R.A. By request of the.committ.eie:
Mr. J. Durham, A.R.A., and Mr. Walter Leto
Hunt (grandson of the deceased poet) were al;"
present. The ex-Chief Baron Sir F. Pollock bad iO.
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timated his intention to be present, "as a test
mony of his regard for Leigh Hunt's memory
But a letter was read from him expressing regret
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that a cold and sore throat would prevent his tro
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yelling to town. He expressed " entire approba-
tion" of the project. Letters of concurrence i
what had been done and designed, and apology for
non-attendance, were read from Win. Barry, Fl'
Sir John Bowring, Alex. Ireland, Esq., Wrc'r
Macready, Esq., Capt. Bertrand Payne,
B. W. Proctor, Esq., Col. C. Ratcliffe, FS.'
and Wm. Tite, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. The 11°13•
treasurer (Mr. Mayer) reported a balance ,
1185 in the bank, and stated that, when all
scriptions promised had been received and
inci-
dental expenses paid, there would be about
available for the monument. Mr. Hall having
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on the table a drawing of the memorial—a 1)u.
and pedestal, to be placed over the poet's grace la
Mensal-green Cemetery-- and Mr. Durham havi,;dg
explained certain matters of detail, it was ra°l
by Mr. George Godwin, seconded by Mr. C. dear'
and carried 2zenz. con., " That the design of 10
Durham be adopted and carried out within. „
sum of £150." It was understood that tiler"
were fees to be paid to the Cemetery C°ll3;
pany, and suggested that whatever balanoa
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remained in hand after payment of all exPel3l
shoull be applied to the preservation of "0
monument. It was.moved by Mr. C. L. Gruneiseci
seconded by Mr. S. R. Townshend Mayer, 3.111
carried, that the only inscription on the menitir,j3d:
besides the deceased's name and the dates of birth
and death, be the line from his own poem, "Ablicjig
Ben Adhein," " Write me as one that lovegl.
fellow-men." It was then moved by Mr. B.
Ward, seconded by Mr. J. Watson Palby, 3°,
carried unanimously, that the public be inf°llld
sufficient money has been subscribed for erection
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the memorial. With a vote of thanks to 1!%,
Browning for taking the chair the ra°tilja
broke up.

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CONSECRATIO.V OF ST. JUDE'S CHURCH, --
WELL PARK, BRIXTON.

This morning, being the feast of S.S. Sire° *Do
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Jude, the above church was consecrated bY Lo
Lord Bishop of Mauritius, acting for the 14%,
Bishop of Winchester. Its erection has been °iv
dered necessary by the rapid increase in the PePli
tion of the large parish of St. Matthew's Brilt°t:/
from which the whole of the new district is au°,
to be assigned. The patronage is vested in trusted,
who have appointed the Rev. R. B. Eallsf°rodf
M.A., of Clare College, Cambridge, late curate
St. Matthew's, to the first incumbency.
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The total cost, including the site, is under i-A
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of which there remains about £1,300 to be defras:2,; ,ei
The foundation stone was laid in Ananst,
and the works have proceeded without intertniss'
to a successful conclt.tsion. Accommodation is Pr
vided vided for 1,100 persons on the ground floor, 31-
one-third of the sittings are free. te-1
The church is designed in the early deeer`4o
period of English Gothic architecture, and eens; -et
of a nave 96 feet long by 24 feet wide, and 4S fef,
high to the internal apex of the open-timber 19)11
and north and south aisles each 96 feet long by
feet wide and 36 feet high, with shallow trallseli
at the chancel end. The total width of the chureb,
including walls, is G 6 feet, and across the trausePeio
82 feet. The total length, including the
and nave porch, is 133 feet.
The tower is situated on the north side of the
chancel, at the end of the north aisle ; it is sti,be
mounted with a Bath stone spire, 105 feet from
ground to the top of the vane. bet
The vestry, with hot water apparatus c--
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! beneath, is situated in a corresponding positia3 -
the south side of the chancel. Rag
The church is faced externally with Kentish 119
and Bath stone dressings. The windows genet the
are divided by mullions, with three lights, and 0,
heads filled with geometrical tracery. The tr-the
septs and nave end windows are in four lights' is
whole of which are filled in with cathedral g135'51
varying shades and patterns, by Messrs. Milo,
and Gibbs. The chancel window is in five lig an
and filled with stained glass by Messrs. Heaton 3
Butler. of
The nave arcades and the chancel arches 31.-I,g,
Bath stones, alternately with red and white bri;r,
The circular stone columns of the nave are Soo
mounted with elegantly carved capitals with scPlo,
abaci. The chancel arch is double, the lower
ell
ceding six inches, and supported on red gafls
stone shafts with foliated capitals on carved cor

of Bath stone.
The aisle roofs are of trussed rafters, circular"! 0,
cut, and stained. The nave roof- is, in addit°o
provided with wrought trusses, with curved brace,
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and bold pierced caving resting on moulded ab° t.,
corbels. The pawing is of deal, stained ant:1,1430
nished. The pulpit and reading desk are a u'er,
stone, carved and moulded in an elaborate mill %ea
with red and green marble inlays, and P°1`5,..51,5
marble and alabaster shafts, with foliated OP"

of natural foliage slightly conventionalised.
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The font is of Caen stone, with alabaster 0--,0
and carved cap and base, each of the eight 51(3
foil
of the upper part being sunk with quatfethe
tracery, the alternate panels being filled Wit' to
emblems of the four evangelists. The whole °VI3O
carving las been executed by Mr. Plows. les,
chancel is paved with Messrs. Maw and Co.'s tiles,
and the reredos is lined with ornamental tiles. 0,
tablets, containing the decalogue, &c., bei'3g e4'
tirely of tiles, with the lettering burnt in.
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The gasfittings are very appropriate and el,0—As Ot
and have been executed by Messrs. Rieh3r— °
Slade, and Ellison.
The architect is Mr. E. C. Robins, of South 313111311;
ton-street, Strand, whose design seas origW
selected in a competition between twelve Chilrcli
archiThtee builder is Mr. John Kirk, whose es"l- 3,10
was within ten per cent. of the arehiteA, able
who has carried out the works in an adalli.
manner.

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THE iOn 310 N IMMIGRANTS.—Yesterday ler°
Western Railway landed 60 Mormons beret of
they take the Michigan Central, en route for the' `l3lll3)a.gli
Salt Lake. More than 5,000, of whom 3,500 pass°d th iut4
Detro:t, of these fresh converts to the Latter D3Y;- :,.tba
have gone front European countries to Utah "j. 566"
past season, but the yesterday's lot was the last f0r,,,,0
or
The agent says that during 1810 he will import 10,600
12,000 of these people. It is said by those who b3n
Mormonsi
the
of this year's importations that "-eas
scarcely as intelligent and cleanly in appear3Dc°
other immigrants.—Detroit Post, Oct. 8.
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