The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-28 00:00:00

STEAM HAMMAILI FUR WOOLWICH ARSENAL.

For lobe thee peg a dear hammer, intended to
be employed in be forging of Ansetrong guns in Woolwich
Assiesl,- las bra la erne of mestroodos en the rob of
Illare. it. Marron sad Co Ousetion. The sperstas,
whir Is ea the principle et tie wall known patent poiesesed
by the Mere. -eerier will be one of unroars power.
The hemmer her sad face weigh foor tons, and the
cylinder in whir this bar works with its glands within a
kw hundredweight of eel tor. The cylinder is supported
on two framee—erk of else tons—and each of three
=on rata sa bed•plete of the Isms weight. Through
bodidatee pyjama the roil, which is • mere
if wormer ire, red with steel, and embedded In
ea leavens block of rot boa. weighing upwards of 21
tor. Ms errs at the block, which was of course one
of the heavier rester in cownetre with the apparatus,
wee very sacortelly accocaplured ou Saturday aftareace.
Aber aims o'clock ia the morning 26 tons of metal were
pearl is the sorb (.elan—on. of Wright and Brown's—
ler la these works kw erriage. By two o'clock the oral
wee thersaglip busk sail re aeoreasey arrangementa
beer beta esaspletad, goat great-pet two the liquid
reel wee roa be the well. The woo pronounced by
thee or were resat me be one of the most succassfol over
whammed. The lasmense block them breed tosessee at the
bare 6 bet 7 belles by 11 ihet 2 More. is 4 fee 10 bake
Might. The eavll prow, as ready mercer, is let
Yy tbs re sad, whim- *wed, the bar will rest on two
layers et berg legs, slier 14 be sere. The pond/Irma
asschbe we her just described, sad which will soon le rot
to It, destination, is by no mesas tbs largest that has bees
fabricated it Iks Messrs. Korner' works, arils, in.
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having bele keinerTy7;em;t out with hameare weighing
no Iwo than 7 tone. The priaciple as whico the Mann.
Morrison's steam-bainmer le constructed mew to afford
great and pedlar advantages. One of thew wrists ia the
piecing of the cylinder, which is so belted between the
support of the frames that thawed at towing thew wander,
It weds, by its prewar*, to keep them the more Mealy Is
their places In the maaagement of the hammer, age*
great pi/fedi= bee bees attained. The most nemarkebbi
thing about it is the perfect command Is which it is held, so
!het it can be made to pound with prodigious faros a mass et
glowing teen or to mock a goat in the 'widest manner. Mr.
Morrlsoa's hammer arc be worked with a great diversity of
power. The stroke can be given with a brae exactly oor.
nepondieg with the weight of the hammer; while, on the
em hand, this force can be diminished at pleasure ; or, at
the other, greatly inereased by the appliaairon of the pro-
pelling stem above ar below the pliem. In regard to speed
ef working air, it powwows wpatise which seem to adapt
it to almost every variety of work, for it as. either be seeder
le deemad like the heavy sledge •• with mastered beat sod
slew," sr he duller from 900 to 300 strokes a seinute—a
speed, one would thlak, which arm very seldom be requited.
—Northern Deily &pram

DIMINUTION OF ORM IX OLOUCETURSIIIit.—
h so teary el Nagler re the diermiee of crime during
the pest area yeses bra mere mar thee is Oloserrter•
Ake. With* s yew or two, Om pekose—Lewterd's Gate,
Drakes, OkeweWer Cky, rid Tewkesbury —hews bees
deer tve west et Orme ; es tee Comity Gaol kw
sere Yee pest Ms set been err Asa Ulf 'coupled, k Is
erkresed dr at the gouts, serer to be held the feet
week is Jsegery ea weir rill be givr to ere re two re-
main herr at sereedes at Nortelerla sad Horsley.
Thee ae Yr der els riser will twee be.. closed et two
perk irk then ere still " ledgiage to let" at the Gouty jelL
1 —bola Theft