From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10978 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, March 24 2023 Volume 14 : Number 10978 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Best Portable Mini Bluetooth Speakers ["Eaey Instant Setup" Subject: Best Portable Mini Bluetooth Speakers Best Portable Mini Bluetooth Speakers http://bestbuyershop.rest/x5wNBw2oADJaXpxJnKlS4tAgdpg7DTEfGwn8dCu1tKUi0motYA http://bestbuyershop.rest/MmGNJQDMUouqRfboQeiULCh2SLfCZJXhEAsIxB4AZfS1wmA_hA With an overall height of 170 feet (52 m) it was taller than its Dublin equivalent and, at B#47,000, much more costly to erect,[n 9] despite the absence of an internal staircase or viewing platform. The London column was the subject of an attack during the Fenian dynamite campaign in May 1884, when a quantity of explosives was placed at its base but failed to detonate. In 1853 the queen attended the Dublin Great Industrial Exhibition, where a city plan was displayed that envisaged the removal of the Pillar. This proved impossible, as since 1811 legal responsibility for the Pillar had been vested in a trust, under the terms of which the trustees were required "to embellish and uphold the monument in perpetuation of the object for which it was subscribed". Any action to remove or resite the Pillar, or replace the statue, required the passage of an Act of Parliament in London; Dublin Corporation (the city government) had no authority in the matter. No action followed the city plan suggestion, but the following years saw regular attempts to remove the monument. A proposal was made in 1876 by Alderman Peter McSwiney, a former Lord Mayor, to replace the "unsightly structure" with a memorial to the recently deceased Sir John Gray, who had done much to provide Dublin with a clean water supply. The Corporation was unable to advance this idea. Artwork of the pedestal for the Pillar, showing the Trafalgar inscription, with the architectural design for the new porch and railings Design for the new 1894 entrance porch In 1882 the Moore Street Market and Dublin City Improvement Act was passed by the Westminster parliament, overriding the trust and giving the Corporation authority to resite the Pillar, but subject to a strict timetable, within which the city authorities found it impossible to act. The Act lapsed and the Pillar remained; a similar attempt, with the same result, was made in 1891. Not all Dubliners favoured demolition; some businesses considered the Pillar to be the city's focal point, and the tramway company petitioned for its retention as it marked the central tram terminus. "In many ways", says Fallon, "the pillar had become pa ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10978 ***********************************************