THE HOLLOWAY LUNATIC ASYLUM.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 245, 4 December 1873, Page 2

THE HOLLOWAY LUNATIC ASYLUM.

Upon St. Ann* Wrath, one of the mo«t picturesque elevations in the county of Surrey, Mr Thomas Hollowar whoso name is known in every In ml that possesses a newspaper, lias com* menwd the erection of a magnificent a*ylum, wliieh he it about to present to the British nation, for the reeenHon of lunatic pntiiMifw. Thcs site of the nsv'um fares the Virginia Wnter -lalion of the Statues and Wokmgham branch of the L. & S.W. ttailway, the front having a south -westerly aspect. The uruund selected is about 21 ncres in extent, and 5 acres of thu will be covered by the building, which will be of richly ducoriited Gotliie nrehitecture, havinir a fn^ide of 640 fret, and a depth of 250 feet. The materials will consist of red brick and Portland slono dressings. There will be a bandsome colonnade of massive pillars at the chief entrance, and a central tower of 170 feet, with turrets at each wing abon' 60 fwt hiiili. A lerrnoe, 40 feet wide, will run along the princi a! front and by the wine*. Jhe asylum will cost £100,000, will Luke tLiw.yem-b in building, and is intended to accouiodate about 400 mule and female patients. The architects arc Messrs Cropland, Snlomons.and Jones, of Canton Chambers, Kegent street. — Times.

A disfingnjslicd soldier was buriod on the <kh Juno, who was in Ins early life the origin of a saying winch him since been " familiar in our mouths ns household words." General Buckley, hefore ho entered the army, wnsa pa<»e of honor lo Georue 111 , nnd one evening the monarch was walkin" in tlie Home Pork when ho suddculj received a swinging blow between the shoulders, and nt the san.e ti»n» a boyish voice exclaimed, " One for you, Buckley ! " Befon> the Astonished Sovereign could turn, hit assailant disappeared, but having a pretty cleur notion of tho cause of the miitnke, on returning lo the castle the King summoned nil the patfiVand *«*• dressed them with tl.e now historical words, "S-s-shw mo the man— jvs, thr man— that ntruek Buckley— struck Buckey! It is needless to say not one of the boys answer*', but when the King added, " because I was huekW," Iho confusion of tlio culpnt betrayed him. AH the notie*. howfVßi-, the kiudly f.irmei-Kin s took of the prent was to send s>on after to both boys the cominissiom they wen< Joncnnc for and whilp ono of them served his country nobly in India and the Crimea, nhero ho died of djwnlerv, the other faithfully wrved liia old maatcr'a granddaughter until his death ns nbove. A Revenue oflicer was sent into an illicit whiskey-di-tillm* district in Kentuckey. H o knovy illicit distillin-r w.,8 co.jjk on, but h.. o )uld get no bnsii to work upon] Cimiinir to an Irishman who was tolerably drunk, the officer • atipert him on the shoulder, nnd said, 'Mv m..n ro son w.mt to make l<?n dollar* ?' •U it ten dollar 5" said Pat ; sure an.l I do. 1 ' ll llsl , »|, O w mo a privuto still.' • 111 do that Mime j lollow mo yer honor.' The other followed across ots and uelda to the ca<np of a company of noldi.-M, who had been sent there lo aid the reientie ofßeew. The no\d.ow «era in linc-drpw parade. *Do you see tlmt redheaded mnn? n^ke I Pat, pointing to ono' of the ioldier... \n, replu-fl ( |,o ofli W r. • Ho'a mv brother. Ho has bnm in the servica tweho years. He'll b<- a corporal after a while, but he » a prixulo atill.' ' Ten f?olI«M gone, and no illicit uhwkfv found,* moralised the offioor as he wondod liv way back to hit hotel