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to request it might be placed in 

 one ot" the royal paiks. 



His Royal Highness was pleased 

 to accede to this request, and di- 

 lected the mortar to be suitably 

 placed on the parade of the Horse- 

 guards, to record the glorious 

 victory gained at Salamanca, the 

 consequent liberation of the Soutli 

 of Spain ; and in honour of the 

 Duke of Wellington, to whom 

 both countries were indebted 

 for it. 



His Royal Highness command- 

 ed the Earl of Mulgrave to direct 

 a carriage to be prepared for the 

 purpose, which has been made in 

 the royal carriage department at 

 Woolwich. 



Description of the Carriage. — 

 An emblem has been selected (in 

 allegorical allusion to the means 

 by which the siege of Cadiz was 

 terminated) from the labours 

 of Hercules, who destroyed the 

 monster Geryon, the tyrant of 

 the Isle of Gades, i\\\is figuratively 

 describing the raising of the siege, 

 and to illustrate the fame of the 

 hero who had broken the enchant- 

 ment of the modern Geryon. 



Some liberties have been taken 

 with the principal figure in sub- 

 stituting wings for the heads ; 

 the tails twist round to the vent, 

 in order to convey the scorpion 

 fire. 



The heads of the tyrant's guar- 

 dian dog are represented in the 

 alternate state of activity and re- 

 pose, to denote eternal watchful- 

 ness. 



The mortar is left as it was 

 found, being mounted on its car- 

 riage at an elevation of 45 de- 

 grees, upon a bed of brass, re- 

 presenting a rock on which the 

 monster has aUghted. 



Earthquake in Scotland. — On 

 the night of the 13th inst. about 

 15 or '20 minutes l)efore eleven 

 o'clock, the inhabitants of the 

 greater part of the north of Scot- 

 land were alarmed with a small 

 shock of an earthquake, which 

 has done considerable damage to 

 many buildings ; but there are no 

 accounts of any lives being lost. 

 The Caledonian Mercury states, 

 that the shock was also felt, in a 

 slight degree, by several persons 

 in Edinburgh and the neighbour- 

 hood. Some of the letters more 

 to the northward mention a se- 

 cond slight shock a few minutes 

 after the one generally felt. 



14. Aberdeen. — " It is with 

 feelings of the deepest awe we 

 have to state, that last night, 

 about eleven o'clock, a shock of 

 an earthquake was distinctly felt 

 in the vaiious quarters of this 

 city. It took place at four mi- 

 nutes before eleven o'clock, and 

 continued, as nearly as we could 

 estimate, about six seconds. The 

 undulation appeared to come from 

 SSE. and was simultaneously felt 

 at the distance of some miles, in 

 the direction of NNW. From the 

 late hour at which it happened, 

 we have been unable to collect, 

 for tliis day's paper, the parti- 

 culars of those varied appearances 

 which it may have e.\hibited in 

 diiFerent quarters of the city. 

 Where we sat, the house was 

 shaken to its foundation, the 

 heaviest articles of furniture were 

 moved, and a rumbling noise was 

 heard, such as if some heavy body 

 was rolling along the roof ; in 

 many houses the bells were set 

 ringing, and the agitation of the 

 wires continued visible foi' some 



time 



