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| Томе 1, 1863. 
Closing of the Garden on the 9th of June.—In consequence of the 
preparations which will be in progress on Tuesday the 9th (the day pre- 
vious to the Ceremony), and the amount of work to be accomplished, the 
Council have directed that the Garden shall be absolutely closed on that 
day. 
Ceremonial of Uncovering the Memorial of 1851.—The arrange- 
ments for this important Ceremony approach completion. Replies have 
been received from the bodies and individuals invited, and the order of the 
procession has been settled to be as follows :— 
Trumpeters. 
Sculptor (Mr. Joseph Durham). 
Memorial Committee. 
Mayors, Provosts, and Chief Magistrates of Cities and Towns 
which in 1851 formed Local Committees. 
Council of Society of Arts—15. 
Presidents of Societies of which H.R.H. the Prince Consort 
was a Member. 
Members of Works and Fine Arts Committees. 
Lord Provost of Perth, The Lord Mayor of York, Lord 
Provost of Glasgow, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Lord 
Provost of Edinburgh. 
The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex. 
Lord Mayor of London. 
The Household of H.R.H. The Prince Consort, 
Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibitions of 1851 and 
862, 
Council of Royal Horticultural Society. 
Executive Committee of Memorial Committee. ` 
Corps Diplomatique. 
Lord Palmerston, K.G., and other Members of Her Majesty's 
Government and Household. 
Their RR.HH.'s the Prince and Princess of Wales. 
Members of Royal Family. 
The Respective Suites, 
The desire to do honour to the occasion is very universal, and numerous 
offers to take part in the procession have been received, but have been 
unavoidably declined on account of the great number of the acceptances 
by those who, from their position and connection with it, were originally 
selected as the fittest persons to assist at the closing scene of the triumph 
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