The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-16 00:00:00

FitoM 11'111 pApmts.

Count Malt Zan has erected. at his own ex
pence a monument of stone near the town of
Militseb, in Silesia, which belongs to him, on
the spot where,' on the 10th of April, 1813, the
E‘mperor Alexander, on his march to France,
first trod the-soil of Germany.monument
was finished in three months, and opened on the
of ,f_-;;-optember. , It stands about 600.' paces.
-from the- new2mansion of the proprietor of the
soil, Count Maltzan, at the intersection of the
roads leading to that mansion and Carstadt, on a
marshy spot, where it was necessery to drive in
almost a' wood of. elm piles, to obtain a solid
foundation. It has the form of a triumphal arclr,
54 feet wide, 38-high, and 8 feet thick. The
front faces the town. In the centre is a large
arch, with a -passage on either side for pede's..
trians. Over the arch, on the front, is The in.-
scription—" To Alexander the ,First, 'Frederic
'William the Third, and Francis the Second, the
Deliverers of, Germany." Upon a tablet on the
right, "To the heroic conquerorßlucher," and on
another tablet on the left, "To the brave' ie.
tors." On the contrary side, facing the mansion-
- house, upon tablets, are these inscriptions
On the right—" To ,the brave Militia and Vo-
lunteers, who, by the faVour of God, gained the
most glorious victory for their King and Coun-
try." On the left=" To the heroic Prussian
Army." Above—" Alexander the First, the Pa-
cificator of Europe, here entered Germany on the
Iot hof April, 1813." On the interior surface of
the arch, surrounded by arabesques, are medal-
lions, corresponding in number with the principal
battles, and inscribed—" Great Gorschen, Den-
neuitz, Katzbach, Culm, Leipzig, Warteburg,
.Rothiere, Laon, Paris." .On either side are
tablets ; that on the right is inscribed 7--
" Erected in May 1814, in memory Of the deli-
verance of his country, with sentiments of sincere
veneration for his King and the Allied Monarchs,
and with the highest respect for ail the brave
Champions of German independence, by Joachim
Charles Count Maltzau." On the left :—" De-
signed and executed by Leonard Sehittzel," The
pediment is surmounted by a lion, couchant. The
structure itself is of iron-st One and tilt &Meta of
sandstone. The appropriate decorations consist of
palm, laurel, and oak branches. On the 7th of
September this MonuMent Was opened by a short
discourse from the Rev. Mr. Richter, addressed
to the military and others, who bad repaired hither
froth the town in solemn processiOn, and formed
a circle round the edifice. A grand dinner was
given on the occasion by Count Malzan ; and in
the same apartment Where the F4-nperor Alexan-
der, on the llth of April, 1813, returned solemn
thanks to the Most High for the tirst advantages
gained by 'the Prussians over the French, was
held a grand-concert, succeeded _by a ball, which
was opened by the founder of. the feast hithself,
though'B2 years of age. At nightfall the man•
sion and nearest buildings were tastefully
illumi-
nated.

• Since Kotzebue first proposed to re.move, the
Giant's Pillar,. as it is called,.from Felsherg, near
Reichenhach, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse,- to
the field of the battle of Leipsic, several other
persons have published proposals for perpetuating
'that important event: This. pillar measures -31
feet two. inches in length in diameter at the bot-
tom four feet two inches- and a half, and at the
top three feet nine inches and a . half; of course,
upon an average, four feet. ..The whole mast
contains 392- cubic feet ; each cubic foot of this
granite weighs somewhat more than 151 pounds,
sb that the weight of the whole column is 59,281
'pounds, or abOve 26 tons. Large as this mass is,
yet others of far superi6r dimensions have, been
moved by human hands. .The celebrated rock of
granite, which serves-for a pedestal to the statue
of Peter the Great, at Petersburgh, weighed more
than three Millions of pounds, and was conveyed
from the Gulp!' of Frie.Aand to the Russian me.
tropolis. The great Obelisk of the VatiCan, erect-
ed by Fontana, contains 973,537 pounds ; but
the removal of the GiantPs Pillar, though of much
smaller dimensions, would probably,. on account
of its distance from the place of its destination,
be attended with much greater difficulties.