Interesting ceremony.
--On Wednesday, March 16, being the university of the death of the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria and the Royal family visited the mausoleum of the Duchess at Frogmore, to witness the ceremony of uncovering the statue of Her Royal Highness. The statue, which is by Thead, and was modelled under the superintendence of the late Prince Consort, represents the Duchess standing. It is on a pedestal of imperial red Portuguese marble, and is placed in a temple over the chamber containing the sarcophagus. Over the statce is inscribed, ‘ Her children arise up and call her blessed.’ The following lines, composed by Alfred Tennyson, are also inscribed: ‘ Long as the heart beats life within her breast
Thy child will bless thee, guardian, mother mild,
And far away thy memory will be hlest.
By children or the children of thy child.
’ The temple forming the mausoleum was also designed by the late Prince Consort.
