METROPOLITAN TABLE TALK.
. (From the Home, News.) \ A. handsome marble . monument , has just been erected in Hiieknall Church, Notts. where the noble bard himself reposes, in memory of the only daughter of Lord Byron. The monument, 1 ornamented with a border and the-Byron arms, bears the following inscription: <-'■ In the Byron vault below lie ihe remains! of Augusta: Ada, only daughter of George Gordon Noel; sixth. Lord Byron, and wife of William, Earl of Lovelace. Born December 10, 1815; died November 27, 1852." The celebrated ;vineyard of Closvougeot is about to be offered forsale.i 'It if as declared to be national property in the year 1723,* and was sold by the government of that day for 1 ,582,000 f. Several portions of the estate have since- been sold, and, nevertheless, it is ex-' pected that what remains will sell for double what was paid for the entire. ■ JVo.less than 200 persona have left Cardiff, en route for the Salt Lai^e. All" these were' believers in the Mormon imposture, and they are taken out to their adopted EL Dorado under the protection and guidance of several of the so-called; ''Elder's,'" . thefunds for the purpose being proyicled.by the Gliurch. Another batch.is to leave in two* or fhree months ( from the South Walesdistrict. >It isjbelieyed that since the s first appearance of the Latterday Saints no less than 10,000 persons have been induced to leave Wales for the Salt Lake. It has transpired, howeyer.tliat a great number, after receiving a f rep" passage to New York, altered their minds, and quietly settled down in the States. - . The 'Parthenon' contains an announcement'that ''the present number will be the last; the support which has hitherto been afforded to the pub'lication'not being sufficient to warrant its continuance/ The Gazette,' of which the 4 Parthenon ' wa3 the < representative under another name,, th.us^fi- ! nally comes to an end. After a brier exist- f erice also the • Literary Budget ' has shared the fate of many more ambitious financial schemes. ... Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has made a present to the Guild of Literature of pro acres of land, and three free dwelling-houses are about to be built upon it, at a cost^df £1500. ., The Guild has thus, after a long, waste of time, come down to the only object of a practical character contained in its programme,; but whether the subscriptions will be sufficient to enable its managers to' carry it out may be doubted, unless the sphere of action.be very consideiably enlarged. '' Pensions on the Civil List have been granted to the following persons: — Mr Joshua Alder, Newcastle^/O, in consideration of his labours as. a naturalist, especially to the department of marine zoology, and of his being suddenly reduced to poverty by circumstances over which he had no control. Mrs Atkinson, £1000, in consideration of her.husbands contributions to geographical science, the; fruits of six years' explorations in Eastern Siberia and Mongolia — during which sheacebmpanied him, and aided in preserving a recerd of his researches — and of, his having expended .all his means! in these^ efforts, leaving his widow totally unprovided for. Mr George^ Bartlett, £100, ; in 'appreciation bf ■ his pursuit of_ the natural and physical sciences during thirtysix years, resulting in the establishment ofthe and; Comw.aU Natural History Society," and' the publication' of many works andon ac'couht j ofa total'prostration of mind and body resulting from age. Miss Frances Browne, £100, on account' pf her works jin; . prose .and.p6etryy ; c6'rapo'sißd in Spite of blind-; ness existing from birth!.", Mr SVW. Fullom, £70, in consideration of a long?careeras author . and I journalist,, anil of the meritSfOf =s6me of his works. Mrsi Hughes, : -Xiopi in consideration of : her. husband's labours in the cause •■ -of = --< education during a long' service as master ©1 the -Greenwich Hospital Schools, and of the: straightened circums'tßif6e¥"in which she is left. ;Mr Lane, £100 in testimony of tile .Value of his Arabic dictionary, the prod'uee of 20 years' labor, 10 of -which- were passed in Egypt. for the better accomplishment ' of the task. Dr Robert Latham, £100 ;in appreciation-of-his eminence in the studies of grammar^ philology, and- ethnologyi andhofi his contri'butioris to the « knowledge of thfe sapfre.i.sbir Thomas Maclear £100/ in' consideration of His services asAstfonomer Royal at the Cape of Good Hope? Mr Gerald Massey, £70, in ap'pre : ciation of his services as a lyric poet, sprung from the people. Mrs O'Dbnovan, £50. in consideration of the late Dr O'Donoyan's
I'a^feratiQii oShis laTOrs in me field of politinip lanJ ofi^er|literatu^|eitenqin^ |pver S^H |pT(| ii^ci^werati^^of >her gatraiglitened c « |^^t|n|e|S^a : g^^!^;aift!^ifter 58 y^B i^jll^nSyiJwtlioha to liferataiifc" . Dr Trege]L« of his valuable labors jK su^c^^pTnected Biblical cri Uci^ ;an^£;£im^^ JM were, -according to -j|M < ;tf oniteur? \ ijff use as early as .200 years agjg|| THis^paper quotes'if postal regulation of \smk ■according to which letters bearing the in $Mm WitiT<isi~pao s)ialtWtarried'free of expei>||| fromtqne en'd|^fF thßjtownjto^he other, $M announcing Itliat franking : stamps are to|f|| had at a certain place, at a sou a piece, km® Very- general discontent is beginning it>Wm expressed at' the long delay ttiathas 9*car|l| on the part of' Sir Edwin Landseer in mm scujplutepf the lions' entrusted to his hfl for'the completion of the Nelson Colui|||| Six thousahd;pounds,have been voted for|||| purpose j several years > have elapsed; JRg nothing has yet been done. . J||fi On the 13th Jiiriea'presentation of asa^M; what unusual character took place at WM^ ibrirougH-housej t the jPrince^jand. Prince 5 S| Wales ihaying: been inattendance to ' rec^R| .the 13 ; Newvl , Zealan^ers who ;are now^^ England. During", the. interview, *mm lasted an hciur, his iroyal highness asked tl^l liovr' they liked England, arid by'what ftM had been iWost impressed/ To this the <^fm chief Whaiepapa, ■ one 'of Hongi's "want'i^ eagerly replied that what had most suipris|| them as yet had been the railways, had heard in liheir distant land of a mo^^ transit' Swift as a ball from a rifle, but m§g .liotbegn' able; to realise the fact- until tism visited the great class house at Sy^enl^M whereHhe carved figures ot men and wo||||f had also excited their admiration and MMm ishment.; ., The prince « conversed in mm .most friendly 'manner through t hel t r^ int *f|||| "ters, ( and, the .Srew^Zealanders era P?S ati i^^ assured' his royal highness of the great d||||| of the New Zealand tribes to ma # intai »^^ most friendly relations with this coa^K His Royal highness, cordially recl Pr«^M this wish.' Afterwards the New. party proceeded to the residence of Wiel|||i of Newcastle, where they took lnnc Wm with his grace. . Theiailute of, Miss Rye's scheme of f#||| emigration at, Qtago, has occasioned msm regret inEhgland"; but we cannot saTy|g|| the result is considered yory>surprising.| mi want of a prpper, organisation for the rece; [' of the, emiar^ts was. a; defect in the pr||||§ wliibH CQuid'ndt fijiVto lead to disastrous mm, sequences; The fact, ! too, that these e'mif^p had gdneoiit with a^mainTview to balant |||| disproportion; dfrthe sexes. in^Otago, di mm help the case. ' That fact ought not tfl |||§§ •been "made so prominent.'JThe publicity^^ to that branch; Lof. the speculation ha^B >inevi table effect pf rriiakingf.the emigrant culate upom .matrimonial rather other: kind of; engagementsj and at t^^p time of making, the colonists who t^P wives very cautious , how , they ladies who were/known to be looking «^g M husbands., : •■.'.■■•.- ■ > Wm His Royal Highness the Prince of WM has been elected a member of the t|||| Universjty piub, upon' the proposition ||||| Chancellor of the Exchequer, seconded ||||| ■ Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, M.P. Wm An extraordinary meetings of ie |^P Geographi.cal Spqiety was held in Lon^ ss the" 22iid June, to f ?cei\e s Captains Spe.g P Grant on.,their arrival from the suc|| m ejt'pldration of the source of the Nile.|| ffi. names of these men will De for everf fl||i thvoughout'the civilized world, becameP^ they have achieved must remain i«i||| unique. Sir Roderick Murchison, dent of the. society,' on introducing t^^ the meeting; took occasion to g' vea^» 1 of- the previous explora'tiohs'arid-theo^M garding the origin of the Nile, many o!||| came singularly near the truth. He^^ besides that her Mnjesryi. the QwmM greatly interested in the discovery, !^^ t was, proud to. think that .two of h er ]|iff '< officers had discoverel what had puzS?^ many enquirers during all ages. I^.* ' <of i Italy had likewise sent a medal vfyUp A " Honor a Nilo,?' for the special purk'fjp giving honor to those gallant men«&A-| won it. Captains Speke and Grai;S,| then received with loud, and. prolonjfp,! plause. The f brmer gave a rapid mm § the men and scenes he and Captain Gs||| visited— the vegetation, the beasts Wwf and their habits; ■ ' The ; address was Ip* to throughout with intense Interest. |j
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 85, 28 August 1863, Page 2
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