, 1875-08-30

Its I'roposca Isusnuvn1 to England.

Illustrated i.Utupn ArttS.
Tho removal Of tho Egyptian ObotiAk, tho twin
of Cloopltra's Needio," irom tue rlloro ii
Alexandria, where It les p1o,trAte. to 12ng,ard.
l1aA beon during the past thitsv years an latct.
tnilsont subject pf public attention, both in and
out Of 1arllauent. II "an given to tito English
np.nn by ltal,otnot All bit our uovorun,snt
l,as beo,t dbtorted by tila Supposed haavy col
from hrinEng II homo, and actua.ly went 90 fsr
~ to intimate 70 the Eaypt,au dovornmoat sha.
W. should loject tho present Mp1 .-ueu. bir
JntneB Aiosannor. uho "a taaiug an Aelive Inter.
est III tlis subject. 4as aAcertaiued thst
tho khcJlye is not oHsy still wslLug 10
gaso IL 10 ~. but wouI4 DO rloased to raclIltaia
ll.at ulau tho 1loMat, lcglons had conquered tue
EaAt tlloy brought n1oro than dozen Of titas
characteristic ro'ies of snuient EEyt to ooofate
thor fmpo!ial. city. Franco Also undor Na7o,
loon L., following In tho Roman footsteps, ira Is.
ported tho otullsk Of Luxor tp Paris, where nov,
VI, its pedestal Ia tho llaoo do ID Concordo. Il
fafms tbe llncat monument Of THO French Cap.
suI. Tho Ascnptlon ou tho PEDESTAL there TO-.
cost at Es0, ,ool. or eaarao. silp amount Of col
IL that wlcn A'aoa inlaepcaa onr slep,YiQn about
tho Que at Ao1apdtis. It's BLOCK af syapite,
Gu feet 7 i"ches loaK. epd 7 foot w1do at Tho
base ita estimated xessht ta 800 tonat No o.,
bus I'rot. Piazx Bmyth would seruple to SEQ thi,
snlendtl mnno'lth informing ..Is!a0o-Yard OF sus
Thanos Embau.tuoot. Every hohsnln, however,
yett prop,naod for it, removal involves i.i
tito equally costly and imprautle4oe coar.s
admit Ss of lie appro.cl, 81 spocist1s .prepare1
vcrAeI. But Mr.. john Dixon, ir11l-InorGtlaut, Of
Laurence puuntno1 h!lt, City now eomcs fos
difficulty. lilo las repeatedly. acting WITH hia
OrDthor, an engiuoer tesino.t Ia Eaypt, examined
tho laco wlloro tuis obeak IleH and al idea
h1a u4,urrs to tho n by wnlca u us'llsa tl,Ap
psnaes Of lic present day. tn ordot to effect IL
lo,nuyal vt I'LL insignificant ooes. 1he following
explanation has boen supplied to us by 3lf.
Dixon: "Tls obork lles at tue back Of an o4d
quay wall, about II toet aloye tho lovel OF Tho
sea. Tho water whhIes the foot OF tho vail. aud
tlo bed Ut tho sea slopes gradually away. with 4
fine sandy bottom, ilto d depth Of IL feet, Ata
dlssanco Of son,o 700 foot fro1. tho sail thsnca
It y xs pSn o,av tow Gs sns hss
break tho uniformity Of lhs ground. We tlore-
fore proposo to clear Away tho Hani; to putt
down tho old wall, tue debria OF which would
form an embankmcnt iaso t!Q aoai 70 bulid
round Tho ohelsk vronElt-iron oyllnder, se-
cur!nB it at intervals with dlaphrngnls and tim.
ber packing; thus 70 consttuct, in fact, q Jnrga
boiler, IA teat incheH 10 diameter, a1d about 10
toct long, with tlo oUoIsb securely A1cd iu IT.
ctlliral axis. This being dohe, nothlhg reulains
but to roll it down the slope aud nlong t4o scs
bottom until It Aoats iu aoout ten feet OF watnr.
1ho enla OF tho bosicr might hayo wel.e
aAape to form tho stein and bows. Digo Agela
could then bc attaehcu atd some ballast put in
to stop tho rolling; = srar decx, with ,nnssst
Ealts, ind ruducr, could bH plucei on bo1td, and
we should hayo worry Hh!psl'ape nud nayisab:s
vessel. It ought to DO soHed bou,a bY some
slip OF tho Mediterranean hoet, md would 10
seaworthy cuouSt, 10 sutlsfy even hfr. r!Imbol,
in caae 1t had to ha cast admit lu gats OF wind
Arrived On the InAInes, it wol!l bo tlonted pp to
| stage alongside tue Thames Embanku,ont di.
/ yegod Of III t,'ge heols spar dock aud ballast
| tnon lifted to luvol With tho roadway, and. tho
| .Hrupcl being removed. it could bs aValn rolled
to Itp sta, wlere It's erection suitable poues
tul, though delicate aud difficult operation. il
HlmIiy QUO raqussns q little caro- aud foresight.
| Au outlay VI l5,DUJ Will ptaco 1t on tho Thaucs
| Embauknopt; another E5,Q ,Q10 At the ou.Aida.
will provltlo hanlsomn pedestal aud eEoot tue
| obc}is1 On It.
"ObiectorB have assorted" ad,la alr. Dixon
"that tho stona il dau,sKui. Al tue sn4gssliop
Of uen. sir Ja,nGs Alexander, my, brother hsa
had II uncovered. 11o ilndst 81 mi slt reasonably
| Ia Imagined, that It ID capit1l ptesoryat1n.
The EIerpglyph,cs a-o sharp aud oloaF,-s liner
one, in fuos, thnn that btlll standlng alons-i4A
| doubtless nwing it's preservation to i.a bed Of
! dry sand. which has protected 1t from .hs suta
| loss hands OF yetlc-huut,nY touFists.