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Show Queen Anne' Scepter. Queen Anne has again fallen on evil days. Her scepter has recently got broken and tlure is nobody to mend it. The first commissioner of works has no power, as the City of London statues do not come witMn his province. prov-ince. The dean and chap er of Westminster West-minster Cathedral cry off and the scepter scep-ter rema'ns b;uised aad bent. Thi3 &tat"i of affairs reproduces the conditions condi-tions under which tha o?d statue became be-came a standing disg.ace. It was erected in 1712, having been sculptured by Francis Bird to commemorate the completion of the cathedral. QueeB. Anne herself gave the marble for thi statue. Bird was paid 250 for he! IT REMAINS UNMENDED. figure and 220 for each of the four figures represented at its base, representing repre-senting England, Ireland, France and America. After a great deal of trouble trou-ble the present statue, which is an exact replica of the first one, was unveiled un-veiled by the lord mayor on Dec. 15, 1886, at a cost of 2,000. |