Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1893-09-16 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

ECTL'IZE IN VIENNA.  All those who have known Vienna in past years and now return will, on approaching the Imperial Palace from the Kohlmarkt, be most agreeably surprised. Where the old Burg Theatre, with its shabby entrance and a group of decayed houses stoad and defaced the incmaylete palace, there is now a semicircular building of magnificent proportions, noble in its architectural outline, and richly adorned with beautiful sculptures. What seems but a gate from the outside is a splendid copper cupola of exquisite diment-i.ins, surmounted by a gol len crown, which is a new landmark ainang the pinnacles of Vienna. The entrance gate itself is a fine aprcimen of Vienna's best work. Its wrought-ircn ornaments are as good as any highly. prized models of bygone days. On pedestals that fiatik the three gates are colossal statue., which complete the cycle of the exploits of Hercules, which are illustrated already by four groups in the courtyard of the Burg. The new groups are Hercules shying the Hydra. Hercules rescuing Ilesione, ll,rculea releasing Prometheus, and liercul,s bringin Cerberus out of the Lower Regions—all by different sculptors. At the end of each wing, forming a semicircle from the gate, there is a large fountain of porphyry for which sculpWres will not be completed until next year. They represent the monarch's powr by land and by sea. Within the tate there are high reliefs and statues, but the chief charm is the loftiness of the dome and the harmony with which it blends with pillars and walls. Tlic gate was a great point of attraction all day to thousands of holiday-makers, it being the Virgin's birthday, the day on which the swallows take their flight. The handsome building and the great square in front are now brightly illuminated with a great number of Swan lamps, the brilliant light adding a fresh charm to the truly magnificent proportions of the building. —Daily News.  Captain William Richey, the London City Marsdal, whose death occurred on Saturday, hal served in the Royal Horse Artillery, and had seen considerable service in different parts of the world. He was present at the capture of the Taku Forts, in China, where he served with distinction, and received a medal.  Money compensation is rarely paid to persons who have suffered damage owing to false charges brought against them. Two such payments have recently been ordered. One was a sum of £lO paid to a man who had been subjected to a sentence of hard labour. The other was a payment of £3O to a man named Hunt, who was arrested and imprisoned pending a trial oe a charge of murder, which, on further investigation, was withdrawn. some curious points cropped up at tire vaddington evisien Court on Saturday. Objection was made by the Liberals against a lodger claimant, who, it was stated, did not come of age until August let last. It was argued by the other side that the man came of age a de) before his birthday—naincly, July 31st; consequently the claim VMS good. After some argument the claim was allowed. There were two or three claims put forward in which lodgers had improved their qoalification by marrying their landladies, and the claims were allowed. The General Committee of the Primitive Methodist Connexion sent in a request to the London School Board that they should be heard by deputation against the sectarian I;rolici of the majority of the ILard. A reply has been received that the deputation has been referred to the School Management Committee, and that they may appear before it. This offer has been declined, and the request that the deputation should sepear before the Board as a whole has been repeated. The Primitive Methodists complain that they have been treated with scant courtesy.