Show ARRIVAL ARRIVAL OF THE NEEDLE BRITTANIA has ht sat last got hold of her needle this morning it arrived in the thames opposite gravesend Grave send and by the time lime this is in the hands of our readers it will be within the port of london Cleo patras needle a monolith or obelisk presented by the tha khedive of egypt to the british government ern eru ment ws wj brought to alexandris alexandria from called on in the bible a distance of one hundred and thirty miles some time during the tha first century of the christian era it was erected sixteen hundred years before the advent of the havior savior and when removed was placed in front of the temple built to augustus C mar in order to transport to england the ancient relic which has been gaze gazed dupon upon by mosos moses and aaron darius Camby bes ses s alex an and der dar erthe ertho 1 ifie Ptole mies julius consar cleopatra Cleb patra and mark antony tu to isay nothing of more inore modern cele eele britie bri ties a ves vessel 41 was constructed to float H oat it upon the ocean ocean it was gue cesry eliy i launched and towed by the steamship enship olga until during a severe in the bay df of biscay I 1 it t was cut cul adrift and abid abado abandoned fied it was subsequently recovered by the fitzmaurice and andI aken taken to fer per idi lol a spanish seaport where it was held for salvage balvage fees feea A lawsuit has hag grown out u of idd occur rende but pending tha decision of tho the tho courts bail ball has been given givon I 1 and mr john dixon who built the cylinder float cleopatra patra in which the needle was conveyed contracted edtl Q deliver it in london for lae efe go ife has succeeded eded britannia can take h her e anee ne edlean ili lif d eer av it up au all ti the ie world oil nilly E a go a and d lope it freely idl jai |