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pect Bibert, the rights of the pation, and she that by “he sdministration of proper constitu: ws, all the Wounds of the State would be healet. ada, let vs devive from past misfortune a. oxample aiesson ferthe now peutical life For the future let us use eve h Europe with the spec Mikes Nightingale, an Rnghsh lady ith, arrived at Constantinople witn 37 ourses for vl s eutari. PAMMRG Hens, the new Governor Goneral of 4, arrived at Quebec... The Constituent Cortes of ender the new government, met and elected Gen. wel presidemt by 112, Senor Heros receiving 83 10,—The King of Pelzium opened the legislative res- His speech assured the House that Belgium feels strongly than ever the value of neutrality. it also ations that industry and ari ave Gourishing, ani that omuervial treaty has been concluded with Mexico, Casa, United States Minister at Rome, presented dentiais to lius 1X., raising him to the rank of are: it Minister. ‘1.—The Amertean clipper Herald, Captain Baker, from ae to New York, fired at aud brought to by the Prit- war hip Proserpine. 12. —The steamer Manzarsres, of the St. Martha Steam gation Company, burst her boilers between Conejo La Vuelta, on the Maydalena river, killing torty or by persons, and sealing as many more je wreck.” Among the principal suTorers is the Na- vi Guard of Carthagena, who were hastening to join government forees on the plain of Boyota. j4.—A terrible storm occurred in the aight on the At Constantinople, the minareta Sultan Achmet were blown down, rts were lost. The Prince and Nyinph foundered, with all on board. Three mail mers were stranded, The Sansparcil was driven ore, and set on fire from her machinery. The Britan. had five feet of water iu her bold. The Agamennon atronded, but got wflont agaim. The Sainson’s chinery ‘The Retribution was saved by wing her guns overboard. The Terrible also es- red. the Beary IV. and Pluto were both lost, and at twenty other ships were damaged. Ib. —A severe gale was experienced on the west coast England, and great ¢: e dove to the trading feet. . New Granada probibite the extraction of guano from Ailaniic coasts. 6.—Great popular excitement existed in Cuba, aa the e expected a general outbreak in a few days. 7.—The Canadiaa Legislature voted $100,000 towards British Patriotic Fund, The Sr¢ of the Allies on Scbastopol was almos suspended. The Russians were reinforced by boca, 19.—Another storm occurred in the Black Sea, and fe Allied ships suffered great damage. Mr. Soulé left Bordeaux for Mairid....Domingo ve battle to the Peruvian General Moran, near quips, ‘The former had 1,500 men, 1,200 0f whom killed or wounded, and Kllas’ narrowly es- ith bie life. 5 eneral Expartero’ tendered his resignation, with t of his ministry, to the Queen of Spain, but she re- ed to accept it. 7 123.—Thirty-five ships belonging to Fvard Oliver, of erpeol, set up to auction in that port... . Advices from ptinople announced the ‘following ministerial Y in Turkey:—Reschid Pasha made Grand Vizer; Pasha made Minister of Foreign Affairs. i24.—Jiarro Harring, the legal agent of a North Ameri- pany, ordered oat of Denmark... Advices from stated that on this day a batile was fought at relia, in Michoacan, between the government troops 4 the rebels, in which the latter were routed'with great It was believed, nowever, that, notwithstanding reverse, the revolutionists were gaining ground. 125.—The Russians made a sortie from Sebastopol, but vig hae the English capturing nine guns. 2 e Prussian Chambers met in session....The attacked the French lines at Sebastopol, but repulsed, witha loss of 270 men; French loss 75 sagngreerion of actions sustained by the govern- t of New Granada, under General Lopez and Herre n. inst the insurgent forces, command- General Melo. The fighting continued trom the Fd to the 26th. The insurgents defeated, retired to pgota, where, on the 26th, they were attacked by the vernment troops, who occupied the outskirts of the ty, baying fortied, at the same time, the hill of with five cannons that were taken from Melo in of the tormer skirmishes oa the plain....The French English Consuls at San Domingo were interfering in umwarrautable manner with the liberty of the press par ee action of the government of Hayti. — Sardinian Chambers met in session....The regular train ran on the Quebce and Richmond rail- from Port Levi....Napoleoa and Lord Palmerston ed the French army in Paris. —Fire of the allies on Sebastopol very slack. Gen. 2 reported:—The"rain has ceased, and the wea- is improving. Our works will now exhibit fresh ac- ity. Our reinforcements continue to arrive. The sy atill shows no signs of activity, but continues to the town by repeated entrenshments. It is that several hundred Russian wagons, laden with isions and ammunition, were overtaken by a snow orm, and lost, and that at present there are only pro- ions in Sebastopol for fourteen weeks... The Logisla- ite of Jamaica met at Kingston. DECEMBER. Ferax, 1—Election day in Mexico; the people to vote Sante Anna shall retain power; result to be known the lst'of February -mext....The Spanish Cortes de- by a majority f 206 to 21, that the throne of Isabella, and her dynasty, are the basis of the ly politic im Spain. The new Spanish ministry is com- President of the Council. Minister of War. ‘& convention with the Wester defining her future action in the war A ‘¢ Vienna speaks of the Austrian Anglo-Freac sty :—The convention wag a triple alliance. Th article in the Anglo-French treaty of alliance was, the other Ku m powers should be at liberty to Trask Antico bas now dome 20. The sense of Realy beshabay to 1, Bas encoged to consider every violation o tory by Russia, ae equivalent to a doclara- Ti. That Austria will reiafores her army in the Principali- #0 that Omar Pacha may at once begin operations, the troops remaining as & kind of reserve. At the demand of ‘the Western Powers, Austris will 15,000 oF men at Varna, which, in case of need, sent to the Crit ce r id and France pledge themeelves that the terri- of the Ly (9p re paaeaae shall, ander all ke Misi mace! the first fafeniey corms. of e Russian army, with a ion of the Imperial Guard, the left bank of the Vistula—that is, on the extreme 1 r of the empire—while Gen. Paniutin is dvancing the 2d infantry corps on Podolis and jolbynia,... Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops, journed. frigate Susquehanna ar- ved at Acapulco, to coal and water. Her commanier, . Buchanan, officers and crew, sll well, and years’ cruise. Eueador, by which the my : G Lopez, Herran, and Mos- . the English Baltic feet was standing for home, Nant Ades's oot ay sy mas s ourly . £ Victoria the British Parliament. Greek Cham! met at Athens. ‘The Canadian Parliament adjourned to the 23d of ry, lord addressed the Houses....The fexic. of tl published an sccouat of the joting for Santa Anna in Vera Cruz and Mexiso; inthe city nota le negative vote had been received, Mexico on the first day of voting twelve and fifty-two votes were thrown, one vote in the ive, which, to was thrown by s carpenter named Men- from other places not received. Edmund Head sworn in as Governor-General & é i by i 7-1 ‘ex-Governor of Canada, sailed f York, Mie basins, for England. — fine in r ke The g of canal work is now drawing to a Se at ni is Tas as ag e 9 of Febrasry next.—Rochester American, RAILROAD AccipENT— One Man Kuunep—Srve- 1% Wounpep—Nixe Cars iN Fraemenrs.—Last ening. about 3 o’clock, a dresdfal railroad acci- nt occurred two miles east of Mechaniosburgb, Cur Parts Correspondence. Past, Doc. 7, 1854. The Treaty Alliance Belween Austria and Eng land and France—Conventent Mencal Reseroa tions of Austria— Metternich net Dead Yet—Abdle Editors and Ounaing Specutitors—Miréis— Thiers—A Bishop and His Magdalens—A Dan- dy Cardinal—Alexander Dwinas, His Deeora- tions, His Letters from Lamartine and from Vietor Hugo, His “Conscience” and Alphonse Teride, His Publisher—Wrnter Lectures at the Sordonne—Annual Festival of Sainte Barbé, §e. The capital event of the past week waa thus ap nounced in the Monileur :— To-day, the 2d of Dece been signed at Vienna, Austria, France, and Gi You must have perceived in my last letter, dated on the 23, an silusion to a couple of contradictory rumors, both of which I thought it not mmpossiole would be verified. The one which intimated a pro- bability that a new treaty of alliance would be sigced by Austria with the Western Powers has thus taken precedence. But unless the clauses of the new treaty shall expressly contravene, the chance is that the other ramor algo may eventually be verified, and even if they do contravene it, I must stil] hold it im prospect when I look forward to the possible issues of this great Eastern complication. - The vio.ent articles of the Londoa imes, and thoee only in form less violent in the Paris Con- stitutionne!, even if disowned by the Eaglisn aod French governments, suffice to show the utter want of confidence, on the part of the Westera allies, in o monarch who could be guilty, in their eyes, of such sins of cmission as the King of Prussiain? @ recent speech. Noris ample evidence wanting to show that the “ young and chivalrous Emperor of Ausiria,” aa be is complimentarily styled, can hope for almost as littie real confidence on their part as they repose in Frederick William, or in the wary diplomatiste at Frankfort Can France and England doubt that the main objec: of Russia in entering the path of demi-oon- cesstons, is not to arrive at an arrangement for terminating the war, but to detacn Austria from the Western Powers—in a word, to continue the system which it has followed ever since the first psesage of the Pruth, that of offering insufficient satistactien for the sake of giving its aggressions an sir of moderation? Can they forget the ambiguity of the despatch of M. de Buol to Count Esterhazy,in reply to the recent note of the Prussian Cabinet? Was it not obvious in that reply that Austria still longs to satiafy, apparently, all eat and really reserve to herell the future? She indeed does not wish to make war against Russia; but she is uowilling to engage not to make war against her. She can ne- ver pretend to cordial sympathy with Eoglaad in the person of Lord Palmerston, although this so- disant liberal minister has more than once given color to the reproach of Mr. Urquhart, that he is in effect an it of je governments. cau- not easily lose her convi:tion that for England the Eastern war ida struggle'for commercial supremacy, nor her apprehensions that for the Emperor of tae French the expedition to the Crimea would, if suo- casstul, be the pretext and the prelude to other con- quests by wi he would aim to follow the foot- steps of his illustrious uncie. An alhance with Austria would inevitably consecrate the Se: derance of the Emperor Na; LIL on Cm: tinent. The Cabinet of Vienna has manifested such a decided reluctance to submit, at any price, to @ preponderance which it fears would change again the map of Europe to the it of the B.us- parte family, that even if it ited under the reasure of circumstances, none can predict how its patience would endure. You have not for- sten the expression said to have been uttered a few months sgo by M. Metternich: “Austria is not Rassian, but before all and above all, she is not Bonapartist.’ the death of Schwarzen- SB berg, ahe bans she roy and France, In it 1s quite important to vonsider ditions of the treaty. In the next the history ot Austria abounds in sugges- hich repress too sanguine anticipations in Hoste a andl spqpep tn or yarey-botpe pre More than thirty years since acarefal student of her his declared of Austria:— Treaties she looks upon enable her to recover breath 3 iv E be H i Ha ‘| as te most promizent Among the Feral ies é HESEaGE | | dishop of Strigonia and Primate of Hungary. The avoid tenptations to break that other vow, which St. Anthory himeef fuuna it diflicalt to keep, But the vow of povery and that of chastiiy are imposed uvon the kn'ghteof the order of “sits or «f Bs. Jotn of Je uselem, by & new bul: of the Pope. They will be observed, perhaps, aa faith- folly as they were of old, long before (bat order had been almost forgotten, or as they are now by some of these princes of the ciurch on whom they «quay bindirg, amd whose gorgeous livery, finy hven, diamond mings, silka, ips and volves, sumptuous fare, aud splendid era, render them queer representatives of tuat High Priest who off-r- ed bimeelf as a sacrifice, who was bora in a mav- ger, who had not where to lay his head, who fisted | in the derert, whorode into Jerusalem on av asa, who took upon himself the form ot a servant, and was crocified between two thieves. Among the prelates now arsembled at Rome, the Jion of the day appears to be the eoventric arch: | éclat and singulsrity of his costumes and his im- | posing ret nue bsve dazzled the Romaas, aud even | seax dalized Lis Holiness the Pope, who would not secede to bis desire to ride out on horseback—vno cbligec him, betore be was admitted to the Vati- cian, to lay aside some of his decorations, and to be jess lavish then usual of perfumes on his person —but who bas, neverthel- se, just added the red hat of acardinsl to the prodigious wardrobe of Men. seigneur Scitowski. His Eminence usually wears as many decorations as used to acorn the breast of Alexandre Dumas, the Marquie de la Paiileteri(. Alexandre Dumas’ name has re appeared orsmi- nently in Earopean journals in counsction with the names of two of his ilustriona friends, Lamartive snd Victor Hugo. An article written by nim in the Mousquetaire, commending ® work entitled “La Turquie Contemporaine,” by Caailes Rolland, a friend cf Lamartine, contained 2 allusion to tae ingratitude of the Freach towards : ne whose triple renown as poet, orator and historian, should have saved bim from such a fate. Tis allusion elicited @ noble letter from the great ).:riot, who says ia conclusion :— Let me thank you for your too kind allusions to my short and forgotten public life. But do not prononnee the word ingratitude. I have not been subjected t it, and even if I had been, I should blush to remember it. The country, it seems to me, sufficiently rewards its children in permitting them to serve her. She is ike the Divinity—we owe her ail, and she owes nothing. Aure Dumas has also received from Vistor Hug> a teuching snd flattering letter,a copy of wai:h I bave seen, bot Ido not know if it bas peeu pub- liskedin France. The distinguis-ed exile thanks his ol end for the manly dedication to him pre- fixed to the drama entitled ‘‘ Conscience,” which Alexanére Dumas has just bad represented at the Odeon, with remarkable success. In passing, and while recdgnizing the merits of this excellent piece, I must express » regret that the author has not had the conscience to make the slightest reference to the three German plays from which he borrowed 8 portion of ita materials. Isis true, however, that | al that Dumas touches ia transmuted by his genius | into firer gold. | “Conscience” has been published in capital style, uncer the of the Odeon, by Alphonse Taride, whore name bids fair to become censpicuons above that of many ® famous publisher in France. His ublication of a series of lit:le books, entitled “‘ Les etite Paris,” in which life in Paris is wonderfully well photogrephed, has been what they call bere a “« colossal succees.”” Before quitting the Odeon and the Latin Qaar ter, I must mention thet this week began with the re-opening of the winter lectures at the Sorbonee, and with the most amiable literary festival of the | jear—the celebration of the anniversary of Sainte ‘bé, the patron of one of the oldest and best col: | Jeges in Paris. Ficano. The Galapagos Islands. Hupson, Dec. 28, 1854. Letter from @ Former Resident—Description of the Islands—Floriana—A Great Settlement, §c. In this morning’s edition of the Hrraup you say, in relation to the purchase of the Galapagos Islands, “ the chanzes are that an offer has been made by Ecuador, and, judging from the past, it seems probable that it will be accepted by the ad- ministration.” Between the years 1833 and 1837 I spent most of my time in the vicinity of those barren islands; and frequent visitsto James, Albemarle, Charles and Hood’s Islands afforded me an opportusity of learn- ing something of their general character and worth. This information I feel called upon to lay before the American public, and, therefore, tender it to your wicely circulated journal as the best medium. The Gelapagos Islands consist of about a dozen (thirteen) small rocky islands, of volcavic origin ituated under the equator, re eta 700 miles of ! Upon one cf them, Charles Isiacd, there was 8 eevtiement called Floriana. It contaized a popu lation of not more than two hundred souls, conty. iar to 5 number of mariied persons on the island were two; number of churches, 0; number of schools, 0; shops cne morning it was di:covered, alas, that there was a decrease of two in Vad Ae gone ad Floriana, and upon close examination it was ascertained that the only craft (a small boat) the island boasted of, had been launched the | you will report the probable cost of the experiment he abandonin groands, were that they furnished an mapply of ae anes an excellent quality and eaor- mous size. It ia possible that the contemplate pew soft pon oe ong eg ply EK smali ships, to supply the own or Bee ctecd monopolixe in fare she tivtie trade fer aldermanic weppers or Pierce in precoated life, and recollects how much is indebted “ to a hasty plate of soap,” the purchase of this barren, rocky turtle country wili be a fitting memento of his administration. Tne dear » no doubt, would willingly pay the $3,000,000 if he would instantly the Govern- norsbip of them. AN OLp Wiateman. Mourver 1 Cixomnari—Toe citizens in the bornood of Catharine and him, and then fled. The was d ty Hatcher's brother in-law faker, Pioked up Harcher, and artim into .T, Smith was sent for, and dressed fn . The The West Hidics. OUR BERMUDA COMRE<PON DENCE. Hawitron, Bormada, Dec. 14, 1354. Naval and Muitary News. The troop ship Resistance, Master Com. Bad shawe, arrived at these islands trom Quebec, on the 2d instant, with the headquarters of the 26ch Regi- ment, (Cameropians.) The troops landed on the | following day, (Sanday,) at the Naval Tanks, north side of 8t. George's, where they were encamped, with the exception of one compaay, sent to Fort | Victoria. The Resistance requirmg re itting, pro- | ceeded to the Navy, Yard—Ireland Island—and it is | said will be ready for sea about Saturday next. The headquarters of the 56th Regiment were conveyed yesterday from St George’s to the Reaistanca, at Irland Ishaod, by the mail steamer Curlew, de | tained bere @ day or two for the purpose. Tae Curlew, { understand, isto tow tne Resistance down to Murrey's anchorage this morning, where sue will complete ber refitting, and be able to get to sea ready with any wind. She conveys the neadquar- ters of the 56th to Esgland. The left wing of that corps is to rewain here, in command of Major Cox, nnti) rel: axed by the depot companies of the 26th, exrected shortly from England. | Colonel Hempbili, 26:n Regiment, being senior of- | ficer bere, has assumed the command of the troops. Her Majesty’s snip Purydice, (26) Captain Om- maney, arrived her» on the 26th uit. from England, via Madeira. The Eurydice, in compsny with tha steamer Brisk, (on t! 4 station about a year ago,) have been siatoned io the White Sea during toe past summer. The Eurydice beara the marks of injuries received during ner service of the isst few months. 1 understand the crew ot the Eurydice | w be sent on shore next week on leave, so that she will not probably leave here tor some days. Her Majesty's steamer Harrier, (17) Com. Sto- | rey, arrived at St. Tuomas trom Sog!.nd on the sth jnsvant. The St. Thoaias femes says she ex- | changed salutes “ith the fort, sud ucderatands tha sbe bad vered the guns thrown overboard a the Anegai Her Majesty’s line of bat'le ship Boscawen, Cap Flanvilie, bearing the flag of Admiral Kanahawe, was at Jamuica on the 25th November. Her Majes ty’s sterm frigate Termagant, Commodore Heoder- sou, and Her Majesty’s steamer Argas, Com. Par- vis, were aleo ot Jamaica, same dave. Che Cerma- gant ex: ected to leave on the 27ch for Greytown. Her Majesty’s ship Wolverine, Com. Corbett, left Jamava onthe 9:b November, and Her Majesty's brig Eepiegl-, C.m. Hancock, on tae 234 ot the fame Mosth, both on & cruise. Her Majesty's steamer Devastation, Com. De Horsey, left St. Thomas on the 3d instant, on a cruise. Her Majesty’s steamer Vestal, Captain Thompson, Jeft Jsmaica, 7th November, for Greytown. Bark Sowarrow of New York, twenty-five days from Sagua le Grande with sugar, bound to New York, arrived on the 12th at Bt. George's in dis tress, lesky and with damage to spars and sails. | Who Invented the Lancaster Gunt —* 70 THE EDITOR OF THS HERALD, I was not aware of the nature of the improvement claimed for the Lancaster Siege Gun employed bs fore Sebastopol uctil I recently read a deacciption of it taken from an English paper. I was surprised to discover that I had invented the same thing aa early as July, 1842, now over twelve years since, | when ! brought it before the Navy Department at ‘Waehington. My theory was, that projectiles which moved through the air with the least resistance, were those of a spheroidal form, or which resembled the form of the earth. Ia other words, that rouni bodies, or balla, projected through the sir, had a tendency to dispose the particles of which they are composed, | into flattened spheroids—that is, a round body pat in rapid motion had a tex‘ency to expand in the circumference of its equator, and to contract at its polar axes. To obtain a high range !rom a cannon fired from heavy ordnance, which was the ebief ob- ject of my ivention, I proposed to make caanon with spheroidal bores, and to cast the balls in the same shape, believing that they would offar less re- sistance in their tranait through the air than com. mon round balls. This theory has siace been proven by the Lancaster gun, recently brought out oy Mr. Lancaster, who, I learn, is a gunsmita of London. The invention may possibly have been origiaal with im,as I know mine was with myselt, and io ad- vance of him or other parties. The following official documents will prove that I brought it before tue Navy Depurtment, and that wy invention was favorably entertained, both by Mr. Upebur, then Secretary of the Navy, and by Comm:dore Perry. But, unfortunately fur me, the rime nt was never tried in any form. 'y first letter to Mr. Upshur, dated llth July, 1842, contained disgrams of my invention. The se-ond and toird letters reterred to estimates of the ‘ost of the experimeots, and embraced a ofa newly cast gun to be in the manner oribed, apd which estimates greatiy excceded the amouat noticed in Commodore Perry’s suggestion. They also enforced the claims of my invention to obtain- ing a higher range with my gun than avy other ; heavyoranance. By the politeness of Commodore Boorman, in command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, | Sede cra ll So to take copies of ail the let- ra below, except the two addressed to myself. I have made, so far, unsuccessful efforts to obtain du plicates of them, with my own, trom the Navy De- partment, but have so fac been unsuccessful. Taey are, however, not materia!, as I have embraced tue substance of them with the annexed cuts, aud they can be hereafter obtained and published if necossary. COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE SFORETARY OF THE NAVY. Navy Departures, July 13, 1842. Sim—I have received your letter of the 11th fust., and request that you will ascertain and report to this de- partment whit will be the probable cost of the ball and cannon, each, necessary to test your invention. Tam, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ‘Auex. Jones, Ekq., New York. A. 'P. UPSHUR. COPY OF A LETTER FROM COMMODORE PERRY. ComMaNnDANT’s OrFice, } Navy Yarp, Brooxirs, July 30, 1842. | Sr—I have received a communication from the Hon Secretary of the Navy, in reference to which I shonid be leased io see you at the Navy Yard, on Monday or Tuesday next, at1 P.M. Iam, ‘sir, roapectt ly, your obedient servant, . C. PERRY. ‘Auxx, Jones, Eaq., New York. COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF TH NAVY TO COMMODORE M. C. FERRY. ‘ Navy Derarracst, July 28, 1842. 8rn—-I refer you to two letters from Alexancer Jones, Feq., of the 16th and 2ist 1ostant, with a request that Uesires to be made of his invention, and the means you have at the yard to aid you in making it. Tam, very respectfully, ; your ob’dt sery’t, A, P. UPSHUR. Capt. M. C. Pxkny, commanding, Navy Yard, New Yori. COMMODORE M.C. PERRY IN REPLY. Navy Yano, Brooklyn, Aug. 6, 1842. Sm—I have, in obedience to your order of the 28th ult., conferred with Mr. A. Jones in to his pro- posed improvement in firing cannon balls, and have sug- gested to him the expediency of a prelimluary trial with one of the guns now mounted at the practice grouuds at Sandy Hook, by which we can better determine whether it will be desirable to extend the experiment further. Having everything at hand to make this trial, except the balls, which are to be of @ spheroidal form, the ex pense will be merely the cost of 25 or 32 pound bi about $35 only. The preliminary experiment proj will be interesting and instructive to the uficers it results in no advantage. I shall await the fu struction of the department, I'am, slr, your ov't ser Hon. A. P. Upsnur, Secretary of the Navy, Washington LETTER OF INSTRUCTION FROM THE SECRETARY OF THN | NAVY TO COMMODORE PERUY. Navy DePARTMENT, August 10, 1512 Sir—Your letter of the 6th instant, on the sub Alexander Jones’ invention, has been received. Y pin a vagy have the balls We and to make th riment. lam, very respectfully, your ob’t sery’t, - Freee vt eoR. P. UPSHUR, | Ca . M. ©. Pemey, Commanding U.8. Navy Yard, New | ork, In obedienee to Perry’s note of the 30% July, 1842,1 had a personal interview with bim, but not at the Navy Yard, but in B:oad vay, where I accidentally met him. fn reply to his sug: gestion to save s*peeee by making the experiment with spheroidal fired from around bored gun, I informed him that such a procedure would afford no adequate test of the value of my inven- 5 trial, it would be neces- to be bored in « form, to correspond this wonld re- West Point, and to attend there i halon to kaow how I was to be paid for time expems s. To ascertain this, he volved. me to the department, | subsequently informed that n> | each rt od pend and tue | statu quo from tbat time to previous, or in 1841, 1 wasengeged msking experiments with what I called water ebeile, for the government—that is, shelle waich ehould explode when they fell, indifferently im water or on lend. Not wishing to have the of ing the government, I | experiments at my own ex- re rey that, unless they ea I Mie | goverpment 1 . ‘This was to by Mr. Bodger, then Secreta a War, pot ever, remarked at the time that my offer was too | liberal for the government. I went on, however, ond after spending a few hundred doilers, [| was forced to give op the experiments, ppoompleted- j : 4 ; John Williams, second mate of the Water Wite Commodore Warrington, who witnessed the opera- | hon«f my bad water grevades, declared thet it weud be impossible w voard & veesel of war sup- plied with taem. I, however, lost my time aad weney ‘The water greuades we:e qille successful, ape ci uld be introduced mw the service, even now, without ciflica ty of avy sort. The modus aversncdi, however, remaias » secret with myself, The trouole -Lhad wes ia preps'ing my abells to be dis: from 10 inch Columbia's or Paixhan guc range ef three miles. Before T conld bring them to suthci-t pessection for this purpose, I was forved by the want of spare moons to suspend the experi- men's. I stil (unk that they could ve made perfectly suceersful, riments with a new form of heavy orcrance, for the tevefic of the government, were allogewber beyond my resoures, and | gave them uo and turned my attention to otner pursuits, I bave never, bowever, 80 far, offered any of tiese inventions to any other government. My only ob- ject in making the present communication ie to claim ere it for what Il believe to bs my right—shat I was the firet inventor of the Lancaster gan. And this I do without any expestaten of pecuniary benefit, I still think it not be- yond the bounds of” poasivility thit a gua can be forwed cn my plan which may he le to throw a ba'l to the distance of abou five miles. And I tar‘hermore believe that were New York harbor properly armed with these guns, whe approach | of ea my would not only be impracticab.e, but impossible. Our government muat, in the ed, be forced to sdops them. It mast be remembered that, hike the Pwxoan guo, they can be made to throw beth rhel’s wud suid shot. And no harbor ia the United Statee,in time of war, would be safe fron attack witbout them, We must also nse the Minie nifle, which, 1m part, embraces the principle of in- provemens for smuli arms, which | inven’ use of capnon, acd which was also anteriur to the invention of that destractive weapon, Commodore Perry expressed his doubt, in 1842, | whether a cavnon could be bored in a spheroidal or ellipts al torm. L[ruggesied that it migpt be doue, by first boreg & round / ole, ag seen in igure 3, and a'terwarcr the crescent-shaped segments cut out, as shown at CG. L. in covclusion, [ aubmit the following illustrations, which exhib'ta tue general idea of my invention:— Figure 1 reprasents the muzzie of a cannon bored onmy plan. The apoe voidal mouth is shown at £, with its greatess dis meter from A to B, and ite least diameter from C to D. Figure 2 represents the spheroidal bali cast to fit the bore, A B being its equatcrial diameter, and ita tranaverse axa diameter Gye Mrgiord with that of © D in the bore of she gan. Figure 3 represents the proposed plan of boring a spheroidal gun. The centre represents @ round hole, which may be first drilled out, and FG represenis tue crescent, formed segments, tobe cut out in order to bring the bore into the spheroidal form required. Figure 4 represents the horizontal position up the aspheroical ball at the bottom of the cannon, after having made a halt revolution in the twisted bore of the gun, having its greatest diameter changed from NKtLM. The idea T had in view, was so have the experiments, if possible, tried with both 8 straight and twisted spheroidal bore. N Figure 5 represents my in the breach ofa Colum- bied or Paixhan gun. represents the powder O the ball, the powder actiog with the greatest forces inst the bail’s centre of gravity. All of which is respectfally submitted. by yours, very reapectfaily, ALEXANDER JONES. New York, mber, 1854. Marine Court. Before Hon. Judge Thompson. SUIT ARISING ON THE SALE OF A HOUSE. Spence vs. Byrne.—The plaintiff is assignee of Fiward B. Kinshimer, a real estate broker and house agent. In March last, the defendant agreed to give Mr. Kinshimer two hundred dollars if he would effect a sale of a house in Shirty-third street, at seven thousand five hundre dollars. The house belonged to the defendant. In pur suance of this agreement, Mr. Kinshimer advertive! the property for sale in the Hxraup, put up a notice on the premises, and afterwards sent various persons to ex- amine them, with a view of selling the same. A Mr Craw testified that in passing the premises in question he sawa paper posted on the house, but that he did not know its contents, nor whether Mr. Kinshimer had any agency in putting it there; that he wont to the house, and secing Mr. Byrne, the defendant, ascertdined that the house and lot were for sale. Mr. Cram, after a brief negotiation with Byrne, finally pur- chased for seven thousand five hundred dollars. After the sale Byrne called upon Mr. Kinshimer and told him he had rented the premisea to Mr. Cram, and desired him to draw up a lease to be executed by himself and 6 This was done by Kinshiner, but the paper pever execnted. The knowledge of the sale by Byrne to Cram firet came to the knowledge of Mr. Kinshimer several months afterwards, and considering himself en- titled to recover two hundred dollars upon his agree. ment with the defendant, this suit was brought. The plaintif! having rested his case upon this evidence, coun- nel for defendant moved the court for judgment of non sait, on the ground that the plaintiff haa cot proved that Kinshimer had sold the premises; that an actual sale mast first be established. Tuomreon, J.—The plaintif has failed to show that Cram was induced to make application to Byrne for the purchase and sale of these premises, either by an inter- iew with Kinshimer, or by seeing the notice published y shimer. To entiite tho pl n he should have clearly established one of these several propositions, I do not think that by the terms of the agreement Mr. Kinshimer was bound to effect an actual sale himself. if Mr. Cram had been induced to go to the premises by any act of Kinshimer, then a saic by the defendant, with knowledge of this fact, would have the same eflect as if it had been accomplished by Kivshimer. Mr. Kinshimer had taken the initiatory steps towards a final consummation of the agreement. Fe had performed acts in relation to it amply suflicient to constitute a good considerstion upo' ich to predi cate a perfect claim against the defendant for the whole amount named in the agreement. To establish a dif- ferent rule would be to leave a broker wholly aubject to the integrity or eaprice of his employer. If the position se by defendant's connsel be tenable, then, to re- nimeelf from liability, all that Byrne had to do was to dimirs bie broker just am bitnself and the pare! were on the eve of completing the negotiations for a sale Neverthciers, in this ease, for the reasons above reforre:i to, the motion fer a non-suit must be granted. United States Cireult Court. Before Hon. Judge Betts, SENTENCES. 29,—At the sitting of the court this Ive morning Bette proceeded to. pass sentence ou the prisoners ere convir during the present term nad ploade! guilty t sixty days imprisoamen ‘k Penoyer, found guilty of larceny o tenced to imprisonment for one year an a line of $25. Hurles Tompkins, mate of the Pacific, convicted of smuggling. The Judge, in passing sentence on the prisouer, «aid that he had received textimonials of good character, and that one from the British minister at Washington was of a very favorable character indeed. Taking into consideration these circumstances, the Court would not disgrace the accused by sentencing him to im- risonment, he should, however, pay a fine, aud as ne Rea teapectable and influential friends they inay enable | him to discharge it, The Court iherefore, sentenced Tomp kins to pay a fine of $100. Heury Thompson, convieted of an assantt on his cap. tain on’ the high seas and an endeavor to make 4 revolt, Sentenced to six months iinprisonment. oon- and victed of cruel and unusual punishment of a aail depriviog him of suitable food aud nouriximent. - enced to two years imprisonment, and to pay & tine of $50. POST OFFICE RODBERY—TEN YEARS IN THE PRISON, James Fitzgibbona, convicted of larceny of money let. ters in the New York Post Office, was next catlod up for sentence. His poor wife, an interesting young women, far advanced in pregnancy, was present seated by his side, Sho is the mother of three young children, and is connected with @ very ancient and respectable family in Ireland, The Judge, in addressing the prisoner, said that the Court had no alternative in his cane, and he did not know that he would be inclined to exercise it, if he had the power to do go. You have been guilty of a great violation of trust. Appointed to a position in the Post Oflive in which great covtidence was necessarily repose! in you, sud while arranging the mai distribution on took ts0 packages containing money and secrete | m. The supposition that you were magaged in such transactions before led to your detection by the let- tere, which were putin as decoys. A watch Was place to detect the person who was guilty ot those frauds that had been complained of; and the facts that appear- ed againat you were beyond alldoubt The law imposes ® pumiehment for your offence pot less than ten years STATE d for the | spheroidal ball, sent home | chamber of the gun, and | the minunus pauish nient prescribed by !e Police Intelligence. CWARGE OF OPTAIN OOPS UNDER PALSE PRETEN-- CRRA CONFTVEDCL ss IN TROUBLE—AN ENTRR- ESTING CABE. Yesterday afternoon, fiver Keefe, one of the Chief's ceeeded in arresting @ man named G, C, Benson, | St. Louis (Me.) who has been for some | time past en confidence business by which j he bas swinc ver of store proprietors im this city out of «mal! oney and goods of consider able value. It is alle at about two months Benson ealled at the clot © of Deviia & rof John and Nara and representing hira- | self to be a man of lar inst. Louis, proceeded | to purchase some clothing. He ‘ben bought about $3,000 | worth of goods which be was to call aud pay for the fol- lowing day. Meantime, however, he induced of his very fiattering representations, Mr, Church, one of the principal en in the e, tolethim convey aw a suit of clo without payment, merely a4 a samplo of the large purchase be la ade. This was the last | Messrs, Deviin & Co. saw of Benvon & he was arrested. During the forenoon of tes , Berson & Newman, fur dealers, p wa $1,900 Newman pa M., at whieh bour | and pay for them. Belore he lett the si Mr. Newman to allow him to cary away $40 to $60, which was to be i Before wtur in about an mentioned firr the Astor House of the mort infi and opulent men in St. fauis— »prieter of an extensive plantation, large steambouts oa the Mississipph that be was the river, plying between New Orleans and St, Louis—that he had been sent hither to purchase fura, He then « Cos stock, , withont tu e me note (which he said yar . Devlin for the sum of $3,000,) pin, and asked them + He then jeft the prem , when the go would packed up ready for shipment pay | their bill. Leavine Leary & Co.'s, Benson walk }ed up Broadway ana entered ‘the store of | Devlin & Co., cornér of Broaoway and Murray strect, the purpose of making a purchase there. But all and selling quickly vanished from his the same Mr. Chureh, face to f s0 nicely in Nassaa stree ¢ better imagined than de at Benson, making some dul cok his departure, saying he thureh, who had changed situations during Benson's absence, at once recognized him as the man whoobtained th suit of clothing from him about two months ago, and immediately went over to the Cnicf of Police’s office, in the Park, wliere he stated his case to"Mr, Matsell, who «lr tailed his aid officer Keefe, for the purpose of effecting Benson's arrest, Upon information | that this ofiicer received le succeeded in tracing him to the National Hote), Cortlandt street, where Le bad re- for ry e mind, for her whom he had dec 2 call again. gistered bis mu as C. Benson, St. Lou- is, Missouri. Here the furs of Merirs, Her- wg & Newman were found in his possession, which he confessed to the offi ver he had obtained from | this tirm a few hours previously. He was taken to the office @f the Chief of Volice last evening, where he vas | locked ‘up for the night, Lenson’s baggage consisted | of a bunch of keys and three collurs, which he had im | his pocket when arrested. He is quite a prepossessing young man, and likely to create the sympathy o: even entire strangers. THE OCEAN RANK RMBEZZ' EMENT CASE. The examination of Wi. Is. McGuekin, charged with fraud by the directors of the Ovean Bank, was continued yesterday afternoon before Judge Beebe. The testimony for the prosecution having been closed, the defence was | cominenced, Witnesses were introduced upon the stand | and examined by James T. Brady, Esq.. the counael for the accused, for the purpose of showing that mo fraud was intended to have been committed on the part of | MeGuekin; that the amount of defaleation was notsa , ; great as that estimated by the prosecution, that the | acensed, in certifying the checks of Messrs.’ Lovmis a | Dunning, did ne from any pecuniary motives; thag he did so only to oblige these parties, and no. to benefit himself. BE was also adduced going vo show that the cold found in the possession of MeGuckin whea ar- ed, did velong * kim, but was t 1 hi broth ri MeGuckin.” The ea ata late hour last eveni o'clock P. M., when the counsel on both sides will sum up the evidence. CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBRERY. Yesterday, officer Jarba arrested a man named Samael Rotschild, on the complaint of Jacob Whit-volke, of No, 62 Division street, who alleges that on Thursday night he was attacked by the prisouer ard knocked down, and that while on the ground he plucked from his shirt bosom a diatnend pin, valued at $60, with which b alleges the prisoner escaped. The accused wa: before Justice Welsh, who committed him for tion. The accused says that he is entirely the crime inputed to him, and that the must be mistaken in the identity, EXBEZZLEMENT. A young man named William 0. Lawre edyby oflicer Mansfield, of the Lower Pofice Court, on the complaint of Willard H. Smith, of Forsyth street, who alleges that the accused kas from time to time embex- vled various «mall sums of inoney, amounting im the ag- gregate to about $2,000, This complaint was made rowe time ago, before Justice Stuart, at the Jeerson Market | Poliee Court, who (ismissed, it ou the ground that no le- gal proof had been produced showing the commission of the offence on the purt of the accused. However, Mr. ith bas, he says, obtained some additioval evidence since the dismissal of the com- xy Justice Stuart, and accordingly he reniered mpiaint before Justice Osborne,"at the Lower co Court, who held the accused to answer. The c will be set down for a hesring at as early a day as possi- bie. implicating the aceu plaint CHARGER OF SYMREZZLEMENT. James Peterson, Jacob Vox and Charles Wallere were arrested by officer Rue, of the Lower Pelice Court, charged with having embezrled a quantity of goods from their employer, Thomas Happell, sugar refiner aud confectioner, 75 Duaue street. It appears from the statements made on the F pe of the prosecution, that Walters, concealing a lot of valaable confectionery, dee livered it over to Fox, who offered to sell it toa the neighborhood, who, suspecting that all wi in iw not right, made a complaint against them, and informed Mr Happ |, their employer, of the facts. They wore takeg before justice Osborne, who committed them for exami nation. BURGLARY. Two colored men, named Thomas Jounson and Thomag Treated by Captain Dowling and other officers th ward police, charged with having commit ted urglary upon the premises 62 Orange street! oceupied by Sclomen Morrys as «clothing establishment, from which they carried off about $200 wortn of clothing. They were takento the Sixth ward station house, where they w tained previous to being sent before the presidt agincrate at the Lower Police Court. CHARGK OP MAYHEM. Ofticer pbell, of the Lower Police Court, arrested Aman uawed George Haley, charged, with having, @ in a quarrel with John Moore, of Walk- we off the latter’s nose and also « ‘The particulars of vised io full on the « imcner was taken befor Osborne, him to go at large on his aad other (Mr. Haley, of Washington market) giving « or his appenrance before Justice Bogart, who fi warrant for the wrtest of the accuses, CHARON OF SWINDLING. A shoemaker, named Keeble, living at No. 95 Charles street, was arrested yesterday by officer Underhill, of the Seeond district police court, charged with having obtained $50 in a fraudulent manner froma women, named Juliana Ruckle, with whom he had been on inti- mate te The prisoner was held to bail in the sum $1,000, to answer, by Justice Clark. New Puases or Mormonism —Joe Smith, it ill be remembered, was ratner a bellicose kind of a prophet. Sometimes he was remonstrated with and etty closely questioned. Mr. Quincy told a good fore about Joe, as illustrative ot his iagenuity ¢ignity. Soys Joe—“ If a man smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also, bat it he should then strike thee en the left cheek, pitch into the fellow!” Mr. Quincy told another joke of Joe, at Nauvoo, when an offensive entleman was found among them; he jormally waited and requested to is oe omnes in ese . bengene men despatel down at door are he went into bis fields they followed whittled; when he went «to town to trade, Ld followed him whittling; :f he went to church or Judges! pevor meting, Tals was more toma ges, vever ailing. ature conld s‘and, and at last the inate ry % bg = up and out stick himeelf— Tvlede lad, Dee. 23. E Obituary. On the 10th inst. there died in H rrisom county, Kew tueky, ® man by the naweot Pur Rongars, minevy years of age,!who In days of revolutionary memory, ws one of Marion’s men, He was less than Pons § yea 4 eld when he followed that distinguished fobs catapaigos among the swamp \eateonnen of South Cars- lina.