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posed of the wires and the first thin deposit, is torn off by 

 pincers; the black-lead having preserved an interval of non-con- 

 tinuity w'hich enables this to be easily done. The perfect cast 

 then remains. 



The statue of H. R. H. the Prince Consort, which is to sur- 

 mount the Memorial, is only in the first stage of this mani- 

 pulation. By unceasing labour, Mr. Joseph Durham, to v?hom 

 this difficult but grateful task was confided, has completed the 

 model within the time originally allotted to him. When he re- 

 ceived the commission, in February last, he was pressed to have 

 the statue ready by the 1st of October, so that if the Memorial 

 itself was in other respects complete, and it w^as wished to inaugu- 

 rate it then, a plaster cast of it might be placed in the position 

 the bronze cast was to occupy when finished. The Council soon 

 gave up the idea of having the Memorial completed this season. 

 Mr. Durham, however, has now finished his work, and has had the 

 satisfaction of finding his labours approved by the Queen and 

 H. R. H. the Prince of "Wales. Photographs of the model, show- 

 ing the progress of the work, were forwarded to Her Majesty, 

 who suggested various alterations and communicated the ideas 

 •which occurred to her. For example, in the original design the 

 right arm was slightly extended, with the palm of the hand open. 

 Her Majesty altered this; at her suggestion the arm was bent and 

 the hand made to rest on the side, — a frequent and cliaracteristic 

 attitude of His Koyal Highness, By Her Majesty's desire His 

 Royal Highness is represented as dressed in the antique and 

 handsome costume of the Great Master of the Bath, something 

 like the costume of the Spanish cavalier of the sixteenth century ; 

 trunk hose, Spanish boots, rich lace, and voluminous cloak. His 

 Royal Highness the Prince of Wales visited Mr. Durham's studio 

 the morning before he left London for the Continent, and ex- 

 pressed himself highly satisfied with the statue. 



It will take six months to cast; so that the "uncovering of 

 the Memorial " will probably, after all, take place not far from 

 the 5lh of June, the anniversary of the opening of the garden by 

 His Royal Highness the Prince Consort himself. 



Memoranda for October. — The chief event to take place in 



this month is the Great luteroational Show of Fruits, Vegetables, 

 Roots, Cereals, and Gourds. It is to commence on the 8th, and 

 will continue until the 18th. The Council have received very 

 satisfactory assurances of support from abroad. The Federation of 



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