CITY SIEDAL OF THE QUEEN.
TnE ecstacies of loyalty which the citizens' are indulging in on the occasion of their having the honour to include the Queen ameng the uttractions of the Lord Mayor's show on the ensuing 9th of Novem- ber, have attained such an excess of exuberance as to oveitlow into a new channel—that of the Fine Arts. Messrs. GRIFFIN amid HYASIS have had a large tied handsome medal struck by BARBER to con:memo- rate the interesting eveet ; and that it may appear " spit k and span new" for the nonce, it will not be published till Thursday morning. Its dimensions and solidity are worthy of a civic token ; and as a sped- men of art, it makes up in boldness for it hat it may luck in deLcaey of exe onion. The obverse is a profile of Queen Victoria; her head encircled with a diadem, on which the natienal emblems, rose, thistle, mid shamrock, are prominent ornaments The likeness does not err ort the side of flattery, except in giving to our young Queen a firm of ahnost Pasta-like massiveness. The reverse consists of an allegorical design. representieg the Q Dell] in rubes of classic drapery, under a triumphal arch, preceded by Plenty, heralded by Fame, and attended by Britaimia with a civic wreath, receivieg the City sword from Alder. man Cowan, the Lord Mayor Elect,—whose calves tied L. ad indicate the duly Aldermanie proportions of his person. flue word " Welcome' is blown from Fame's trumpet ; and beetle placed in juxtaposition with the arms of the Corporation, may be interpreted, " Welcome. to the City arms,"—meaning thereby, not only that the citizens, through their Mayor, willingly give up the sword to the Queen, but that they, in Common Hall assembled, take le r Majesty to the civic bu.su:n, with a ceremonial embrace, and prated:al hollows.
A less splendid and costly memorial of this Royal Ninth of November is provided for such loyal citizens us prefer to combine economy with taste : it consists of a medallion of the Queen, after LAN CS prOfile• embossed on card •paper ; the bead and its encircling wreaths bring re. lieved white out a coloured ground. It is very nicely executed, and has a remarkably chaste and neat appearance.
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