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EXTRAORDINARY LARGE GUNS.
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carriage, cast in gun-metal, under the directions of Geneial
Cuppage. It was four years in completing. It was uncovered
for public inspection on Monday, August 12, 1816.
On the breech of the gun is the founder’s inscription :
“ No. 7,390—Sevilla, 1 de Marzo, 1811.”
The length of the mortar is eight feet; the diameter of its
bore at the mouth is twelve inches; its weight five tons.
The pedestal is nine feet long, four feet wide, two feet eight
inches high, and weighs five tons and a half: it was cast all
in one piece. The total weight of the mortar, its carriage,
and pedestal, is about fifteen tons. The height of the whole,
from the ground, is about nine feet and a half. The mouth
of the mortar points at an elevation of forty-three degrees
over the Horse-Guards. The front of the pedestal bears
the prince’s plume of feathers in alto-relief.
The following are in raised brass letters :—
Inscription on the back of the pedestal.—“ Constructed in
the carriage department, royal arsenal, Earl of Mulgrave,
Master-General, 1814.”
The inscription on the south side, next Westminster Ab-
bey :—“ Devictis, a, Wellington, Duce prope Salamancam,
Gallis, solutaque exinde Gadium obsidione, hanc quam as-
picitis, basi'super impositam bombardam, vi prteditam adhuc
in audita. Ad urbem portumque gaditanum destruendum,
conflatam—Et a copiis turbatis relictam, Cortes Hispanici
pristinorum haudquaquam—Beneficiorum obhti, summae ve-
nerationis testimonio donaverunt
Georgio. illus. Brit. Prine.
Qui in perpetuam rei inemoriam hoc loco ponendam, et or-
namentis decorandam jussit.”
Inscription on the north side, next Carlton-house.—“ To
commemorate the raising of the siege of Cadiz, m conse-
quence of the glorious victory gained by the Duke of Wel-
lington over the French, near Salamanca, on the xxn of
July, MDCCCXIL This mortar, cast for the destruction of
that great port, with powers surpassing all others, and,
171
carriage, cast in gun-metal, under the directions of Geneial
Cuppage. It was four years in completing. It was uncovered
for public inspection on Monday, August 12, 1816.
On the breech of the gun is the founder’s inscription :
“ No. 7,390—Sevilla, 1 de Marzo, 1811.”
The length of the mortar is eight feet; the diameter of its
bore at the mouth is twelve inches; its weight five tons.
The pedestal is nine feet long, four feet wide, two feet eight
inches high, and weighs five tons and a half: it was cast all
in one piece. The total weight of the mortar, its carriage,
and pedestal, is about fifteen tons. The height of the whole,
from the ground, is about nine feet and a half. The mouth
of the mortar points at an elevation of forty-three degrees
over the Horse-Guards. The front of the pedestal bears
the prince’s plume of feathers in alto-relief.
The following are in raised brass letters :—
Inscription on the back of the pedestal.—“ Constructed in
the carriage department, royal arsenal, Earl of Mulgrave,
Master-General, 1814.”
The inscription on the south side, next Westminster Ab-
bey :—“ Devictis, a, Wellington, Duce prope Salamancam,
Gallis, solutaque exinde Gadium obsidione, hanc quam as-
picitis, basi'super impositam bombardam, vi prteditam adhuc
in audita. Ad urbem portumque gaditanum destruendum,
conflatam—Et a copiis turbatis relictam, Cortes Hispanici
pristinorum haudquaquam—Beneficiorum obhti, summae ve-
nerationis testimonio donaverunt
Georgio. illus. Brit. Prine.
Qui in perpetuam rei inemoriam hoc loco ponendam, et or-
namentis decorandam jussit.”
Inscription on the north side, next Carlton-house.—“ To
commemorate the raising of the siege of Cadiz, m conse-
quence of the glorious victory gained by the Duke of Wel-
lington over the French, near Salamanca, on the xxn of
July, MDCCCXIL This mortar, cast for the destruction of
that great port, with powers surpassing all others, and,