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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



struction of two colossal pillars, the 

 one at Moscow, and the other at 

 St. Petersburgh. The plan of the 

 monument has been given in by 

 the artist charged with the struc- 

 ture, and finally approved of by 

 the Russian government. The can- 

 nons are placed vertically beside 

 each other, in eight distinct tiers; 

 those of the heaviest calibre stand 

 lowest, and thus the size of every 

 range diminishes as it rises towards 

 the top, where cannon of the small- 

 est size are employed. A ring of 

 Russian marble forms the separa- 

 tion between each tier. The two 

 circular ranges, one at top and the 

 other at bottom, are composed of 

 mortars and howitzers horizon- 

 tally placed, so as to present the 

 rnouths towards the exterior sur- 

 face. In imitation of the Roman 

 rostral column, two cannons with 

 brass wheels project from each tier 

 in alternate situations : these are, 

 in the drawing, sideways in one 

 tier, and facing the eye in the next 

 above it. The diameter of the 

 lower circular range of mortars 

 and howitzers is to be 17 feet, 

 the horizontal sides of the granite 

 square forming the plinth, 28, and 

 the whole height of the column, 

 S-t feet. 



Mr. Sadler ascended in his balloon 

 from Nottingham, on Monday last, 

 for the 28th time. The concourse 

 of people was of course extremely 

 great, and the Canal Company's 

 "Wharf was the place chosen for 

 Ihe exhibition. Every preparation 

 heing made, he ascended in a fine 

 style, at forty m.nutes past two 

 o'clock, amidst the shouts of an 

 incalculable number of spectators. 

 The atmosphere favoured the splen- 

 ■did scene ; the sky being remark- 

 ably clear ; the wind blowing a 



gentle breeze from the west. Mr. 

 Sadler was seen waving his flag at 

 a very great altitude ; and the bal- 

 loon was visible to the naked eye 

 37 minutes after its ascent; when 

 it entered a thick body of distant 

 clouds, and became entirely ob- 

 scured. Next day Mr. Sadler re- 

 turned to Nottingham about twelve 

 o'clock, where his arrival was wel- 

 comed with repeated cheers. The 

 aeronaut descended at Petworth, a 

 village about three miles to the left 

 of Stamford. Lord Lonsdale's hunt- 

 ing party was returning from the 

 chase at the time. The huntsman 

 and whipper-in first observed the 

 signals of the aeronaut, and af- 

 forded him every assistance when 

 he landed. Thus terminated Mr. 

 Sadler's 28th ascent in the aerial 

 regions, making a voyage of 44 

 miles in 59 minutes, without ex- 

 periencing the least obstruction at 

 the time, or sustaining any injury 

 or much difficulty in his descent. 



4. The procession of the prince 

 regent to open the session of par- 

 liament, was conducted with a 

 considerable degree of splendour. 

 In the forenoon a guard of honour, 

 accompanied by a full band, march- 

 ed to the entrance of the parlia- 

 ment-house. About the satne time 

 the lord chamberlain, and Mr. 

 Quarme, the deputy usher of the 

 black rod, with their attendants, 

 according to ancient custom since 

 the gunpowder-plot, examined 

 the cellars and apartments ad- 

 joining the house. 



The Prince Regent set out from 

 St. James's Palace, in his state- 

 carriage, drawn by eight cream- 

 coloured horses, precisely at half- 

 past one, accompanied by the 

 duke of Montrose, and lord Bos- 

 ton, the lord in waiting. The 



