The Committee appointed by the King" to consider and report upon the form of memorial most suitable to perpetuate her memory have ended the first portion of their labours and have submitted their conclusions to His Majesty. They recommend that a magnificent. monument should be erected in the neighbourhood of the Abbey and Palace of Westminster or of Buckingham Palace, the memorial to include as its most prominent feature a sta tue of Her Majesty; this the King approves, and a few days ago he informally! visited the sites suggested as most suitable. Subscription lists have already been opened by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House and also at: the Bank of England. Sculptors seem to think the idea is a montment similar in design to the Albert Me-! morial, but to me that appears to be total-inadequate as a memorial of the greatest sovereign England has ever known,
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