WELLINGTON moliunincr AT WELLINGTON.
Wellington in Somersetehire supplied a title to the Duke, who was lord of the manor ; and on the spur of a lofty range of hills near it an obelisk to his honour was erected some time ago. On the authority of" a competent architect," the Doreheeter Okroniek reports that, badly built, this monument is in danger of falling. The building is a double structure throughout, consisting of an inner wall of rubble masonry, and an outer casing of dressed stone ; and the mortar between the two has been washed away by wet. "Nearly the whole of the plinth has been loosened in this way, and some portions of it have fallen; some of the lower courses of the obelisk have also been entirely displaced, and unless remedies are applied, the whole of the outer casing must in a few years fall completely away. A portion of the angle has also fallen from the top of the obelisk, having, it is under- stood, been struck by lightning. A subscription has therefore been opened for the purpoee of repairing the monument ; and Arthur King- lake, Esq., of Taunton, has wised the opportunity of calling on the county to carry out the original design of the monument. This was to place on its summit a bronze statue of the great commander; and to erect a building which should be appropriated for the residence of three pensioners, to be selected from one or other of the English, Scotch, or Irish regiments, who were to have been guardians of the monumental treasures." Mr. King- lake suggests that the spot is well adapted for a hospital for invalidedsoldiers born in Somerset ; or a church, long needed in that district.
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