, 1879-06-20

non ,Father shDEs The difficulties sur.
rounding TIC question Of their. meaning
nn tic eI,hlcct. Novprthcless, II study nj the
htcrovlyphcs With which tic Nccdios aru GOV.
% GIcd heen's TO confirm tle view Of Mr.. Hopomt.
leso Inscriptions generally describe The ureat-
ness: tnaRniIlcencc, and HHry of tIle MoIlarctl
III nlIo:c relsn they werc erected. On tlle ubclsk
which was Inst yGur successfully set u1 tn Lon
ION nppcars tile Eamo of Illotllmcs H.. tla
qato Of 'vl'ofe reign, according to Sir Gardner
ccnt'try l1cforo thu Christian csn, Or sotnc B,2u]
years nGo. On the othrr hind, and touching
| sho theory HAT ohelfsks were raisctl Tor tbs
living alone, IL should be remarked tint dwarf
sas'I"s cnSsEa ,n,s. Mn1e employed ~ Egypt from tho
fllr dnora of scnulchrcs Ut ,s,st 1909 years
/ ago; t)haliskA afc squared columns ta,.crlnt.
s'shtly from l'asc 10 apcx. tho proportions Of
shaft III to the foot Of the pyram!dlan Or pyra-
f11tlal t"u, which In later times wns eotnetifnes
canpcd with HD!l, Iron, or copper. 1t WIS prob
nny turing lie twulfti, dynasty of the Egrptias,
hlllss iftat t'cr ecascd to ho sepuIrl,ral aug,l-
tctnpirs. %"s
;. 1n lAll, ut The termination Of Tho campaign Of
EllElAia alal1st Napoleon IN Egypt ucli. tho
hart u Cayah was loft In cofnlnn,d Ut tint
70 rsnain IL the country. III this purttou wa4
included tic auxiliary corps hcnt irtn India
under tlr communal Of Gcn. Sir Dnyld BatrI,
tl'e captive first utl then tho eaptor nf EerInva-
nata"s. !.urt Cavan's attenttfn was drawn
to tue nhrlIsk kuorn as Clcupatra's Needle,
%h'cll lay upon thu ground ut Alexandria
close to Its own pedestal aud 10 tl.r otlrr,
winch at st!own In uur tlate, is vet atanltnr,
aud distinctive Sccdie. liz c"1,ccIvr,l vi III liz ',Mu @
tlhi' nf obia!IIIils u grant of The fallen mono!ith
LOT me PURPOSE Ut conveying It to LunLua, 10
M No. efgeten slierr Us ooti m Illustration of nm
t,,
obtained Il ura1t iroiu thr T,,rktth anttns,t,a'
atnt u once proceeded 10 carry Ills purpose i,to
execntlpn. LII connection with Nal. Bryce, tlic
Chiet Engineer IN tic spot, ,,e prei,ated q l,ln,l
lor tilc cn!!'nrkntl0n atll conyeyanrs ut Tho
;,,uellsii ,.llsii to England. 4 manuscript now In tic
l'rltislt Museum. dated Mnrch i, 194l, ntul an
|arehtIy written By ten. Macdonald, says that
Tic troops then remaining In Egypt wcrc invited
by their officers to aubststbe certain number nf
tlhyh l'nY 70 meet the EXPENSES Ul mn undertaking
ID MaG. aclr feelings we're deeply Interested. u,a
tnr' " WIN sasely accepted 20 that L1rts
purn"a ~ III .nnao 'pe rGc"sy ca tnnd* fot A
IN offering ,cr contbutjoas to ,c osnc9
uf m obect 70 gratifying to their Na.innai ntn io
their Fsnfc*sioual bride. md tha work was inrtt-
WIN p,t III lFogre.s In the following manner: Une
" lhe largest Of the French Fr'gAtes TEL GOrsu}
tnps"11s5 tspn ~ Alesnhdria was purchased Ut
'.out,thmint @ inseh!s ~ i,on tho tuns1s thus
10 Hn"lnnd es9 s,nn1 ri"- Hu ,a'!eH Needle
cOn,fnelccd nlon-eJc of which, whrn cnn1tet"J "J'
the Frtgatc wah to be brought to fseeiye tbc thcc
Eetde which vas 10 bs introdcs into ;bs shiu fnu
upon Rn!ierx. through Starn Furt to be cur 10 thc
necessary size, nnd when introduced was IL lu lad
a|on l'ed u la'co ui9exs Of Timber, formlnl:
ihis in,s aua sxnt s'g aao a 90 on to keep
a,. MI ,ense ad Wolsnt 70 OF 5o!ld snssanee exactly
Thns accd n n IL, IL 1os 81 ~ ~ sfsaE sn ill., kesi
was to bc secured In liz be,f nm, T., nrcc. @ H.,
possibility Of It's beine moved hsscrom hy the te
tnotlon OF the Ship At Sen. An TIM fallen Nerdlo
lay c!ose to the Sea, tho moving it upon rojtrrs
from WltGfG II lnF III thu Shin
ops1dt'on'
Considerable progress was matle with tho ict-
". uila all tho officers Of the Royal Navy ticn
~ Aicxandrla entered heartily Into the nrojcct
which would lihyo been successful hal 1t nut
bten abandoned In consequence Of orders re-
cclyc1 from Lord Keith unA Gen, Fox, wlp
were then in command Of the feet nllu the sro1us
serving In tho Mediterranean, Tl!e working
psizc agents Tor the ship was resciuued, mud the
funls yct undisburscd were returned to tic sub.
scribcss. The objections to tic work seem to
have bccn ttloso which would be expected from
that the employment Of soldiers In snch work
was detrimental to their tllsrjnlnc md ilrstrlt,
ttsc to their equipments; Lord KcItn thought It
'nhccomtng that the Royal Navy should be en-
III 1910 slchcmct All offered tic obclisk to The
Prlnc0 Regent, a,,.i tic British Government nc.
rcptcd tic Gsft. Then arose tho aucstIul, al tho
cxRcnke ot liz rctnnval, and, as the cstl,nntctl
Gust HAb Itak aL 4u,tAs tie Government which
laylsctl ion Lines that SUN on the Prfpce's fol-
Hes declined to act #, tho matter, Bubscnucnt.
~, III ISL, Tho subject was revived, when eyot
that Watchdog of thu Treasury. Mr. Joscnh
1lumc. strongly advocated It's removal tn En-.
glnutl IN The lluslso OF tutumons hut II VIVA do,
fcrrett. although tlc estimated cost had bcct,
reduced to E.s7,UO0. 1t WAS offered Ia tIc Cr,a.
tal Palace Company, which being In finnncio,
struits, shrantz from tc outlay. Iie upsl,ot VAS
that the Admiralty sent u commission to ARK
nndrla to examine ,l.c shut nti report upon TN
condition, u,d tile feasibility .! !transport liz il To
England In 1872 It was exnu,ined ~ Nj. Hcott
Tucker I'M, fragment Of Il wns placed in tho
British Museum. The subject oil its rcmoynf
WIS again brought under iht uotico OF tic f;nr.
urutlent III consequence Of u notification from
tho Khcdtye, who Ind Let thc rro1,nfi on wiIri
it stnod 10 n Grcck mcrchont vim drmrn1icI
that It should be removed as M jncufnbranrr
II was not taken nwuy, aud conecn,Ient]y. in
order to be rit1 of It. tic tueycIu,,t In rfr Il In
the ground, F1nnliy In 1871 Gou. Hir ,Tnmrs
Edward Alexander, The well.kuown fjricntaiisi u,i
n kinstnan Of ihe AlcyaaIers Of btcrfinr. r.,
ytyetl Tho question, ot thc ohclttk in EnTjnnI
illl Mr. JOHN Dixon. n EuIl.knn,yn cntnn"cr
MD contractor, oilerct, 10 un"rt.En ia
work, Tho whula cxl,rnsc in,In.r ass,,n,o1 h.
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