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and in 1855 a fresh, effort was determined to be made to carry 

 tlu'ougli the undertaking. Various meetings of the Subscribers 

 were summoned and held, and in June, 1856, the Eev. Dr. Booth 

 (who soon afterwards resigned) and Mr. George Godwin, at the 

 request of the Committee of Subscribers, consented to act as 

 Honorary Secretaries, and an Executive Committee was named 

 to endeavour to cany out tlie original design. One by one 

 various obstacles, which successively presented themselves, were 

 removed, and the then Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's 

 Works, now Lord Llanover, undertook, so soon as a design 

 should be submitted to him, to decide whether a site in Hyde 

 Park could be given for it. It was then resolved that both the 

 design and execution of the Memorial should be thrown open 

 to public competition, and, to stop the mouths of aU cavillers 

 against the talent of this country, that the invitation to compete 

 should be widely circulated in foreign countries. Advertisements 

 and a circular were accordingly issued, inviting artists of all 

 nations to submit designs under certain stipulations ; and these 

 were translated and published in foreign journals. In rejjly, 

 twenty-two models and twenty-seven drawings were sent in. 

 With the permission of the Conunittee of Privy Council, these 

 were exhibited to the public, during five weeks, at the Museum 

 of the Department of Art at South Kensington. The Execu- 

 tive Committee then called in the assistance of three artistic 

 advisers, each eminent in his o^ivn profession, Mr. Tite, M.P. (an 

 arcMtect), Mr. Westmacott, E.A. (a sculptor), and Mr. Maclise, 

 E.A. (a painter), to assist them in coming to a decision on the 

 merits of the various designs. To them, along with Earl de 

 Grey and Kipou (then Lord Goderioh), Lord Monteagle, and 



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