ther; the
band was of white worsted, as was the tuft, which was placed on a ball of
red worsted. Beneath this ball was a royal crown, underneath which was a
Maltese cross, in the centre of which was inscribed the number of the
regiment.

_Punch_ was especially severe upon the Albert hat--and with the pictorial
satire of "Prince Albert's Studio" (by the way the hat is in no ways
exaggerated), is the following: "Ever since the accession of Prince
Albert to the Royal Husband-ship of these realms, he has devoted the
energies of his mind, and the ingenuity of his hands to the manufacture
of Infantry caps, Cavalry trousers, and Regulation sabretaches. One of
his first measures was to transmogrify the pantaloons of the Eleventh
Hussars; and, as the regiment alluded to is "Prince Albert's Own," His
Royal Highness may do as he likes with his own, and no one can complain
of his bedizening the legs of the unfortunate Eleventh, with scarlet
cloth and gold door leather. When, however, the Prince, throwing the
whole of his energies into a hat, proposed to encase the heads of the
British soldiery in a machine which seemed a decided cross between a
muff, a coal scuttle and a slop pail, then _Punch_ was compelled to
interfere, for the honour of the British Army. The result has been that
the headgear has been summarily withdrawn, by an order from the War
Office, and the manufacture of more of the Albert hat has been absolutely
prohibited.

[Picture: Prince Albert's Studio. Punch, vol. V., p. 179]

"Greatness of mind is shown in various ways by different individuals.
Hannibal was a great cutter out, for he cut a passage through the Alps;
but Prince Albert cuts out Hannibal, inasmuch as His Royal Highness
devotes his talent to the cutting out of coats, and 'things
inexpressible.' The Prince's studio could not fail to be an object of
interest to the readers of _Punch_. We have, therefore, at an enormous
sacrifice of time and specie, obtained a view of it."

[Picture: Nelson's Statue]

On the morning of Nov. 3, at 4 a.m., the raising of a portion of the
colossal statue of Nelson, on the pillar in Trafalgar Square, commenced.
This figure is 17 feet high from its base to the top of the hat, and is
made of stone from the Granton quarry, belonging to the Duke of
Buccleugh. It weighs nearly 18 tons, and, needless to say, is made in
segments. These were put together before it was raised, to show the
p