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Chit Chat.
THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL AND TUB HONOUR OF KNIGHTHOOD . — Rumour has been busy with the name of the chief magistrate of our town , in connection with the intention on the part of her Majesty to confer upon him the honour of knighthood , in acknowledgment of the courtesy and attention displayed by him towards her Royal Consort , during his visit to Liverpool . The facts , we have good grounds for
believing , are as follow : —His worship received a communication from Lord John Russell , stating that he had her Majesty ' s commands to offer to his acceptance the dignity of knighthood , and requesting to know if it would be agreeable to him to have it conferred upon him . The Mayor went up to London the same evening , and having waited upon the Premier , he expressed his sense of her Majesty ' s gracious kindness in making him the offer of such an honour . At the same time his worshi
p intimated to Lord John , that if it could be done without impeaching his own loyalty ancl that of the town , or offending her Majesty , it would be more agreeable to himself to remain in his private station . Her Majesty has since signified to the Mayor , through Lord John , her pleasure , under the circumstance of his worship ' s wishes , to waive pressing the offer .
SALE OF RARE MANUSCRIPTS , QUEEN ANNE ' FARTHING , AND OTHER COINS . —May 16 , the . sale of the valuable library of the late Venerable Archdeacon Todd was concluded at the auction-rooms of Messrs . Sotheby and Co . There were 110 ( i lots , containing some extremel y valuable religious , historical , and literary works . Among the most rare were the following manuscripts : —Lot 492 . "Ail the Submyssyons and Recantations of Thos Cranmer , late Archbishop of Canterburye , truely set forthboth in Latyn and Englysheagreeable to the oriinalleswrytten
, , g , and subscribed with his own hande ; a tract of six leaves ; 1556 . " SI . as . Lot 918 . ' Thomas Earle of Strafford" ( a poem on his death ) ; his letter to his Majesty , from the Tower , May 4 , 1641 ; his letter to his lady , from the Tower , May 12 , 1641 , upon his death : and his meditations , a manuscript of 29 leaves 91 . Also disposed of , a Queen Anne ' s farthing , extra fine , 1713 , ]/ . 19 s . ; a pattern halfpenny , bronze , of ditto , 15-v . ; a William and Mary pattern halfpenny , 10 s . ; a George III . pattern for
a penny ( tin ) , 10 s . ; nine Charlemagne silver pennies , 2 / . ; a silver medallion , by Pistrucci , 1838 , 2 / . 9 . y . ; a George III . pattern for a crown , 2 / . 4 * . ; a silver coin of Antiochus VIII . of Syria , & c , which were the property ofthe late Mr Till , of Great Russell-street , Covent-garden .
RELIC OF AN EXTINCT RACE . —A St . Vincent ' s journal notices a curious relic found on a neighbouring islet : — " A Curiosity . —An article deserving this name was found last week in a cave on the small island of Batawia , and is now in the possession of George Cropper , Esq . It was intended , as it appears to us , for a child ' s couch , and is cut out of a solid piece of wood , either cedar or mahogany , the length 2 feet 3 inches , breadth 10 inches , height about 15 inches . It is so contrived that when not used as a couchit can be laced upriht on the hind legswhen it
, p g , presents the face of a man elaborately carved , and standing out in bold relief with the arms resting on the breast . Some suppose it to be the work of the Charaibs who were sent over to Batawia after their insurrection , but the character ol the face is decidedly not Charaib , having the appearance of a much older antiquity than the insurrection of 1795 . Other curiosities may likely be found in the same cave upon an exploration , ancl which may lead to something decisive as to their origin . The
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Chit Chat.
THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL AND TUB HONOUR OF KNIGHTHOOD . — Rumour has been busy with the name of the chief magistrate of our town , in connection with the intention on the part of her Majesty to confer upon him the honour of knighthood , in acknowledgment of the courtesy and attention displayed by him towards her Royal Consort , during his visit to Liverpool . The facts , we have good grounds for
believing , are as follow : —His worship received a communication from Lord John Russell , stating that he had her Majesty ' s commands to offer to his acceptance the dignity of knighthood , and requesting to know if it would be agreeable to him to have it conferred upon him . The Mayor went up to London the same evening , and having waited upon the Premier , he expressed his sense of her Majesty ' s gracious kindness in making him the offer of such an honour . At the same time his worshi
p intimated to Lord John , that if it could be done without impeaching his own loyalty ancl that of the town , or offending her Majesty , it would be more agreeable to himself to remain in his private station . Her Majesty has since signified to the Mayor , through Lord John , her pleasure , under the circumstance of his worship ' s wishes , to waive pressing the offer .
SALE OF RARE MANUSCRIPTS , QUEEN ANNE ' FARTHING , AND OTHER COINS . —May 16 , the . sale of the valuable library of the late Venerable Archdeacon Todd was concluded at the auction-rooms of Messrs . Sotheby and Co . There were 110 ( i lots , containing some extremel y valuable religious , historical , and literary works . Among the most rare were the following manuscripts : —Lot 492 . "Ail the Submyssyons and Recantations of Thos Cranmer , late Archbishop of Canterburye , truely set forthboth in Latyn and Englysheagreeable to the oriinalleswrytten
, , g , and subscribed with his own hande ; a tract of six leaves ; 1556 . " SI . as . Lot 918 . ' Thomas Earle of Strafford" ( a poem on his death ) ; his letter to his Majesty , from the Tower , May 4 , 1641 ; his letter to his lady , from the Tower , May 12 , 1641 , upon his death : and his meditations , a manuscript of 29 leaves 91 . Also disposed of , a Queen Anne ' s farthing , extra fine , 1713 , ]/ . 19 s . ; a pattern halfpenny , bronze , of ditto , 15-v . ; a William and Mary pattern halfpenny , 10 s . ; a George III . pattern for
a penny ( tin ) , 10 s . ; nine Charlemagne silver pennies , 2 / . ; a silver medallion , by Pistrucci , 1838 , 2 / . 9 . y . ; a George III . pattern for a crown , 2 / . 4 * . ; a silver coin of Antiochus VIII . of Syria , & c , which were the property ofthe late Mr Till , of Great Russell-street , Covent-garden .
RELIC OF AN EXTINCT RACE . —A St . Vincent ' s journal notices a curious relic found on a neighbouring islet : — " A Curiosity . —An article deserving this name was found last week in a cave on the small island of Batawia , and is now in the possession of George Cropper , Esq . It was intended , as it appears to us , for a child ' s couch , and is cut out of a solid piece of wood , either cedar or mahogany , the length 2 feet 3 inches , breadth 10 inches , height about 15 inches . It is so contrived that when not used as a couchit can be laced upriht on the hind legswhen it
, p g , presents the face of a man elaborately carved , and standing out in bold relief with the arms resting on the breast . Some suppose it to be the work of the Charaibs who were sent over to Batawia after their insurrection , but the character ol the face is decidedly not Charaib , having the appearance of a much older antiquity than the insurrection of 1795 . Other curiosities may likely be found in the same cave upon an exploration , ancl which may lead to something decisive as to their origin . The