, 1879-06-20

louMalnE tic tltieHttbH oI tllelf meaning
M the RllIect. Nevertheless, Il study nf ttc |
with which tlr Scedtsa arc coy-
erca sccn'a 10 ronilrn The view VI Mr., Bo'lomt.
These Inscriptions generally ticsertbn III! Hreat-
ness, .nurntltrcnre, aud H!nrv nf the Mnnarcl
III wl,o.c retsn tEcy were crcctc On the ubeltsk
which WIS last yCuy aElcer1sfn1r SIT Np In J)n-
don apucarh tic tlane Of TlIothNlcs Ill. t'iH
1nte of wlIose reign, according; to Sir Gardner
Wilkinson Ii about the middle t,f the fourteenth
Feats nEO. TN tie Ofcr hand, anil touching
ite llt0ry tint ot'efIsks we're ratsc1 tor tl,c !
living n!unt, It ahnlll be remarked lint dwarf |
satsss seGss' sts s xatu n ESet Datc 0p pes s
thH doors u sepn'chrcs ut lrAst A.ca} years
ago. Dheiisks nrn squared columns tarerIng
aiigiltly from lasr to npcx, tlt: proiMrtlons OF
the haso lck,g ..nr.tcnth of the hight Ut The
indal i'm, which In Inter times YVES so.netlmts
CAPPED With gold, irOn+ or cotpcr. 1t VIA prob
ably during tho twu1ft!, dynasty of the Egyptian
Kings iiat tller CcaAcd to l,c RuputclIgal atlort!
incnt, Or symbols and we're nlaced before thu
III lsul, ut the termination Of the campaign Of
.ntlht!1 ncaInst Sapolcon In Egypt, icn. the
Earl az Cavan wns Loft IN COMMAND u Tint
70 rsrnai, in tho country in this portion was
Included ihc auxiliary. corps sent from India
uidrr the communal of Heh. Str Dayld Batr1,
tl' cnptire t!rst nt,t then the enptor ri Ecrtn9a
e. S,'1 II. ok i Geys, ho as :n csaSatrs %s' S.cs aM
whlcll lay upon thu ground Mt Alexandria
eiosc to it's iwn pedestal al,l to the otlrr,
which. at hiuw,n in uur rinte, ia vet staldnc,
a'ttl is believed BY soNo persons to be the trur
tlnii of obtaining tsant of The fa!tct, moEolith
tor the purpose Ut conveying It to Lrnloa, to
be erected there rs both MI Illustration II an-
eteht history, most interesting III Itself, MI; M
monument o1 British Successes fn E1ypt. lie
olIini,Icl gr1ut frntn tlc Turkish authorities.
AMI Mt o''ee proceeded to carry hk uurpusc Into
execution. III connection with Maj. irfcc, TN.
Chfct Engineer I'll tic spot, he Ircnlrcd plan
for tlls em.'nrkntion Htttl conveyance ut tI,e
British MltseGn,. dated March t, 1871, and ap-
parc,ltty written by Gen. Macdonald, rars that
TAs sgoo1s. ,hcn remaining Il, Egypt were invited
Ly their officers 10 suoststbe certain nnmdcr nf
days ray to meet tEe EIp:tses Af ali undertaking
N wlicH their feelings we're deeply Interested. u,
!"vtsa,.nh which sagesy nccenfed M TINT s.nrt
rn.s ,' Il H. d.posu1 . ' 9as esf. S"s Sr
e,pncd ohccr., nn,l Soldiers viea wlt, each other
a Offering tAets contEitu.!aas - se s"rsAssa.,ce
s1etr profc,sloual pride. and tls work wan for,l.
vim 1lt III progrrss In Tic following manner: Ono
u t',s .Tsest Of t1e hrsaeA fsIgn!ss q; c'r.o,
;sa';sais ssss If. A. 'sis% a' ssss .
commenced, alongside Of which, wilcn completed,
the Fr!gste wAs 10 hu brought, to receive tho
SeGtct which WIS to be introduced Into the Ship
upon lncra. through Stern Port to l'r cut 10 the
necessary sxc. nnd whtn iuti1aacctl WIS to ba lad
9pon lied of lsEeH gtecks Of Ii"soes. forming o
platform! nnoa thy kceltf 'so s''tp 70 al to kccp
nnslshtp nni to pgercnt its straintng t!'e krr!.
THUS placed III thu hold VI tho SHIP III. Needle
possihty 81 ID bsing moved ihrrcfron by tl.e
motion oi the t'ip Mt Sea. AB tim fallen Needle
lay close to the sea. The moving It upon rollers
from whcso It lay 10 tho Ship lerane d very easy
o3rratson.
Considerable progress vas malc With the jet
ty, nn nj! the officers Ut the lsoyal Nary lllcn
III Aiexantrfn entered heartily into tbs prnjcct,
which Wouhi have been successful ha1 It not
cctyctl from Lord Keith aint Gen. tox, who
were then II, coniyud Of The feet atd the troops
serving IN tho Mediterranean. Tlr working
parties were discontinued, ille bargain with tic
prize agents for the ship was rescin1cd, nnd the
funds yet uadsbuEsed were returned To tho sub
scrIbcrs. The objections to ttc wnSls sccm to
have been those which would be expected from
two commonplace nlarslncts. ticl. Fox held
wns detrimental To their titsrt'nr md lratrne-
tive to their equipments; Lord hcsta thought It
unbecomIn* that The Royal Navy should le Gnu
plugged III sl,ch Ill undertaking.
III lsl9 Mchcnct All offered tho obclfsk to The
Prince Rcgcnt, anil tic British Government nc
rcptcd Tic gilt. Then arosc tho question, of tho
cxpcnhe Of lis rulslnya and, as thu estimated
cost was put ut E500 0N, tho Government Which
lnyshet1 ttil trs thai st1fn Uti tic lflfccR f0i.
lies declined to act III tic ufatter. Subsequent
", in ISL, the subject was reylvcd. When eyon
that Watchdog ot the Treasury, MIR. Ioseph
| llumr. strongly advocated Its removal to Ell
| gtalll III tho 1loUso Of Commons, but 1t wna de-
fcrre,t although the estimated cost lad hccn
reduced to H;s 0Ul Il wns Uttered to thc Crss-
tal I'aace Company, Which. being tn financial
STRATA, shranit frD.H tlIc outlny. The ups0t was
that tho Admiralty scnL u commission to Alex,
Hlldria To eSasnInc the SHAFT anI report upou It's
cnn,lo, u1u the feasibility Of transporting IL 10
Englun. In lSt3 It was examined i,Y Alr. Hcott
| Tucker md fragment of 1t was placed IN the
| British Museum. Tic subject uf It's removal
| ,Yhs agnn brought under The notice Df the Cor
ern1ncnt fl consequence of notification from
Tho khediyc, wlio hal let The ground on which
| it stooI to 4 Grcck merchant who demanded
that II Should be removed Us Al, incl,,nbrancc
! II was mt taken nway, md consequently, in
order TO l,a rid nf It, tic nrrcaIlt buried il tl
| ,he ground. Finally In 1871, Con. Sfr james
Edward Alexander, tic wcl-kncwn Oricntallst,
a kinsman OF thu Alexantlces III Sterling, re-
ytYctl The question oi tllr obcltsk In England,
| ntMl Mr. John Dixon, a Ecll.kMD,ru cpg,nccr
| a1u] contractor, offered to undertake. the
.for the wllnle cxpcnsc being nsellnlel BY
| Prot, Erasmus Wilson, 10 wlloss tnunfnccnco
md nubIic shirt Eugl,,M is inhibited for tty
nrrscnt real OWNERSHIP, Vi tho flr.Iunlc Nertllc,
Seeing tiGit there wns but a'lyht prospect TINT
thr na.fu,, wO,,s ever pttan Vic pteltsk through
ony act1on on tho part Of the Government, hIr.
W{jkn1, stirrut IN fl,r n,nttcr md fhn resi,lt Ia