The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-24 00:00:00

SELF•LOADING REVOLVER.

The New York Courier describes a newly-invented
revolver and self-loading rifle made by Colonel P. W.
Porter, of Tennessee, and said to be capable of dis-
charging fifty loads in a minute and a half. The
rifle is a little over the ordinary weight, and, although
a revolver, can be used as a single gun, the revolving
agent being the guard of the gun instead of the ham-
mer, as in other revolvers. The guard, after revolving
the cylinder, returns to its place, and firmly
fastens by means of a spring in the stock.
The cylinder, which is perforated with nine
chambers on the exterior rim, turns in the breech,
presenting in rapid succession each loaded cham-
ber to the barrel for discharge. The part that comes
directly in contact with the barrel is protected, first
by the cylinder pressing firmly against it, and next
by springing plates which catch and turn off any fire
that might possibly escape through the junction.
The ordinary trigger is used, and the rifle is dis-
charged by percussion caps, and primes itself by an
arrangement which presents it;!elf to the hammer in
Thp, caps are placed in a rim. and

the hammer is on the side of the gun.
The nine chambers mentioned above being
discharged, another cylinder, which may be
kept in the pockets of the person using the gum,
may be inserted in place of the one deprived of its
contents, without a loss of mere than three or four
seconds, and nine additional discharges made in suc-
cession. Then, by placing over the top of the cylinder
a flask which contains both powder and ball (or shot
if necessary), the chambers are loaded by every re-
volution of the cylinder, so that the supply is only ex-
hausted when the flask is empty, and in this manner
fifty discharges are made in the short space of a
minute and a half. The flask or magazine over
the cylinder is water-tight, and affords good protec-
tion to the works it covers. The rifle can be dis-
charged as long as the magazine containing the
ammunition holds out, and by manufacturing a grin
with proportionate arrangements, the magazine would
consequently be larger and capable of containing
fifty or one hundred charges. Shot can also be
placed in the magazine, and would, by changing the
barrel, which is often done, be
equally available.
By these means the newly-invented gun will
answer all the purposes of the fowling-piece, be-
sides having the advantage over the latter of dig'
charging about forty times a
part is so arranged that the fire, instead of setting
off the powder at the bottom of the char!
ignites it on top, but under the ball, o'lB iog
burn-
ing all the powder inserted instead of destroyn .
minute. The primer
some and throwing the residue out of the in 1,„ its
crude state, and having
The charge used '
found to c a greater resisting
yearsis ri efl has been
is very small, in all experi-
arry a great dis
• tonce,
ments made drives its bullets deeper
any other tested against it.
the only one of the description
but in the course of
pleted. Colonel Porter is
manufactured at
periments made
tisfactory into timber than
enect.
The Sun in question is
as yet manufactured,
d s several win be cora-
a few
aatypresent having 10,000
Massachusetts. The ex-
periments successful, and highly sa•
viewrho attended the exhibition.
to those
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in ioners have called for contracts for the
issilOMES AT THE OUTPORTS.—The
erection
anveral emigrants' homes, or depots, in London,
EmEigitiatilicfsum'rnishing with beds, bedding, and messing
utensils, fePlvmouth, and Southampton, where the emi-
LiverP", --
~, may live at the smallest possible cost. during the time
• fleeced by the heartless landaharks
prevent them from being
thgra-itilre waiting for the sailing of the ships, and also to
that continually beset their path. The London depot will
be either at Greenwich or Blackwell, and will contain 300
emigrants • Plymouth and Southampton the same number;
whilst the emigrants;
home will be for GOO persons. The
apartments will be on the same plan as the cabins on board.
the vessels.
THE LATEST PUBLIC FUNERALS.—Among the
latest instances of public funereal honours being paid to il-
lustrious men of great Britain, and voted by Parliament as
Hon.
Gobesoerrgveed
national demonstrations of respect, are the following :—The
Mr.fu n}e,oraxl,,sJanfun.
e9r,a11,8006:t.M1r0., PlBiott6's; fßu.neßra. ls,
hJearind.ar,s,
Duke of Rutland's funeral (in Ireland), Nov. 17, 1787 ;
Rlitghtwilill obn
NlBeor;n's
funeral,funeral AJuulgy.
13,16 18181627;.
funerals of Nelson, Pitt, and Fox all occurred in the Jame
Ctahnantintgh'es
year.
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- LETTERS FOR. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.--ger
tßhlaejesultyn'vse(sLovceernomf enrotaihisavbinyglis
entereditrelayssels, once e ~‘
come into partial operation - into a contract for
in everf
month, to the West Coast of
October next, will proceed only This packet, as well as
Batlaarst (Gambia), and Sierra Leone,.
on the 24th instant'
calling at the same laces;
day the first packet willca,thaen new servicw.N!tcli
that to be dispatched
be dispatched from
the 24th
England, to Madeira, Tenentre, uoree,
ly
d then return to
op. on_hi Plymouth.
leneriffe, Is.
hereafter be extended to Fernando Po, when a further in-
struction Nvill be issued. The following are the rates of
postageot to be taken upon letters and newspapers addressed
p but the service will
t he several places at which the packets will touch :
Letters not exceeding half an ounce—Madeira, Is. 10d.;
Bathurst, Is. ; Sierra
Leone, Is. v
—ewspap.ers will be carried to Madeira, Tette-
10d. , Goree, is.;
rife, and Cioree for 2d. each, and to Bathurst and Sierra
Leone, i'ree.
The Baron Bille Brahe and family, Mdlle. Brulard,
and Madame Cavoneare, embarked yesterday morning at
the St. Katharine's wharf on board the General Steam
Nwearvp.
igation Company's steam-ship Ravensbourne, for Ant-
has just been made at the village of Offenham, in
DISCO VERY OF ANCIENT REMAINS.--A curious
dlVisocrCveest''.eYrshire. As a man was ploughing in a field he un-
covered the skeleton of an ancient warrior, at a depth of
about t• Fo feet from the surface. The body had been buried
in a con liolete armour of steel from head to foot, the remains
of whicl i were on the skeleton, and by his side laid
his
sword e ,nd javelin. The wooden shaft of the spear wasust,
and the armour also crumbled to rust after a short exposure
to the a ir. The only postion preserved is a small button-like
ornamer it belonging to the crown of the helmet, and was of
iron pla ,t ed with silver. The shape oohed sword, and the in..
dication of the form of the armour, l lead to the belief
that the' body was that of some ancient Roman or Dane.
The amount received at the East India House for
bills on Witt from the 7th to the 23c1 inst. lute pCOI3 40)6264

BANK RETURNS.

(roc2tha Loition Gazette of Tuesday.)
nount, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
t;sp vr.rage knotirli; of Bank

n.. n.r

_
iLn day of aaptlmoer, 1832: Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
ver Bank, Andover—fleath. and Ca.. ...... 13.424
ird Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,155
aain Bank, A.vlsham—B. and G Copeman 4,504
,bury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Bickford
hunt 27,261
ek Bank and 13a:dock and Biggleswads
Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell ... 21,591
staple Bank, Barnstaple—Aarshall and Co 10,467
stoke and Odihana Bank, Basingstoke—
ymour, Lamb, and Co 15,877
-)rd Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard .. 32,493
)rd and Bedfordshire Bans., Bedford—
app, Halfhead, and Co.
--
?ley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and
9,967
seer and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bicester—Tubb and Co. ....,... 13,933
.nrghans Bank, Birmingham—Attvroc ds,
)coner, and Co 22,307
ungham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
aa--J. L. Moilliett, and Sons
dford Bank, Blandford- —Bastard ana Oak 7,425
on Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 60,048
OR Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 11,947

;'titer Bank, Bridgwater-4. &J. Sealey 5,210
•ol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Flarford, and CD. 31,822
.ley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
oseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 14,782
ingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett,
rrott, and Co.
and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow-
trket Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 65,859
;ury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 30,401
mry Old yank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 25,707
•i City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son
1,, ordsl-dre Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
I, izzr..rd—Bassett and Grant • 36,812
3innkagham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
L',oyds ,
Br adford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H
A. and W. M. Harris and Co 12,730
lr. , m Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 59,470
Bs, tton union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
1 Borrer
8,.. agton. and Drneld Bank, Burlington—
I ,
~trding, Smith, and Co 11,858
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
J. Woriledge and Co. .••
Ci,r -')ridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and
CIS
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and

-- . • ..... • ...... 30,520
jurtnarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and
50n5............................................... .. 19,899
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrte ... 2,602
s. La Cos
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green,
and Co. .............. ..... and Essex
............................ ..... 15,924
Colchester and Essex. Bank, ....
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
—Mills, Bawtree, and Co ........................ 28,142
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and C 0.......... 41,100
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and VP
- 00d-
cock ................... ,_ ...... . .3:1•1 . :
and.
: ...... 6,645
City Bank, Exeter—lita d ICI C .........8 48
C 0................. , 1
Craven Bank, Settle—Btrkbecks and Co.. 75,500
ardiff—Towgood and Co
Cardiff Bank, C 5,441
Chstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monnicuth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and -Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepatow—Bromage, Snead, and Co
Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans • •••‘••••••
8,729
~ • 8,110
Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co.
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton,
and Co
25,127
Devizes sad Wiltshire Bank , Devizes—Hughes,
Locke, and Co
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,242
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Gloke and Co 58,992
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, Sc Co 78,283
t3evtnport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-

'flan
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester—Williams and Co.
Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster,
and Co. 105,565
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall,
and Co. _ 46,945

......
~ex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford—Sparrow, and C 0..........
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co
Eakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk-

beck, and Co.
Farring,don Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far
ringdon—Barnes and JtieElley
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co
Godalining Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and
Keen

aildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Hay don...
drantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0....
Castings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,

and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—
Matthews and Co.
Hertford aud Ware Bank. Hertford—S. Adams

and Co
Rull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
—Smith, Brothers, and Co.
rfuntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Rust and Veasey
"larwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co.
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead—
Smith, and Whittingstall
Hertfordshire, Hitehen Bank, Hitehen—Sharples

39,058
25,408

18,806

6,745
11,180
5,005

4,927
7.205
21,948

25,321

15,930

14,455

14,855

39,382
5,376

21,835

and Co.
Hereford, Ross, and Archentield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan
Haskins, and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswi-41 and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Radleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—.
Altxanders and Co. •
Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
Kinston and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J.
Davies and ..... •
Knighton Bank Knighton J Davies and •C°•
•
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ri • pon Old Bank,
Knaresboroug,h—Terry and Co
Kon‘led Bank, Kendai_wakeaell
Crewdson,
,2,11.0. Co.
Kettering Bank, Ketterin7;2,ot:l7iand• . ...
5..,
Lane End Staffordshire B
End—C
Harvoy and Son ...................
Lee(is Ba,nlt, Leeds—Beckett and .
Leeds Union Bank, . ........
and......... . .......................... Brown,
Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and ki;_. .... 38,760
Lewes—Molineux and c 7:—
Lewes Old Bank, 20,678
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield--Palmer and Green 30,365
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co ....... . 13,t372
Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llanclo:. 76,277
very—David Jones and Co.
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle:
tons and Cradeek .................................
Lyreington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St
Barb°
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
—Gurneys and Co. ...........................
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Jqrvis and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brooklenurst

31,787

18,897
16,310

52,025

13,314

21,226
7,785

18,069

33,007
9,538

5,187
52,753

17,895

6,387

3,647

31,010

10,144

14,472
2,021

and Co
rianningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co.
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner
and Pinckney
Marlborough aad North Wiltshire New Bank,
NThriborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier
I
erionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and
tiViliiams
!If[ir.! iers' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co ..
mouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Monmouth Abergavenny —B ail eys and C o
Old Bunk, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
tii37l.3li,ss c--?ets_tow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
d Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
Monmouthaliraemi-ti'll_ead • ...... •••••..
--W. ati,-.i.vort Old Bank, Newport
Newark Bank, Newarons.
Godfreys and Hutton
,Nuvr,r!‹ and Sleatord
Bank,Band, and Sleaford and
6,0
.................. ey,Peacock,
Ncr,vbary Bank, Newbur ..............................
Newmarket Bank, New--'"r-- "3 and Sloeook.
m d. and Son
on
'Norwich Crown Bank, NorwielL:fi arveys .............. •
and
liaisons .....................
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, No.,*;_c•i; .......
n.sys and Birkbeek ...............................
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
tingham—Hart, Fellows, and C0................. t"
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock 8,734

1,6'73

6,937
12,667

27,765

15,527

17,396

37.933
21,791

14.304

42,378

59,152

k-113 ..................................................... 3,253
Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris,.
Mudge, and
C"

._,o
...........
Now Sarum Bank, Sarum Ever2tt' and
Co ......
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 24,0)
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westrv—,Croxon and Co 10,460
Oxford Olcl Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, . _
° i aOO
and Co•=... ....................................... . - ,
Old Bank Tonbrid,e, Tonbridge and Tonbrid go
Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge—
Leeching and Sons._
thr.fr...rdshire Witney 13E02k, Witney—Clino.h: 6'B6°
end Co .... - - ................................. 8,712:
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 33,32G
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0... 10,737
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter"
borough—Messrs. Yorke ............. , - 8 475
Rembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-4:
70
Itao,ding Bank, Reading—Stephens,Bl
andY, and
ehniond Bank, Richmond—Roper and C 0
'AA Co ' °yds,
iii
...... . 4,976
on,
'9211411 *P. Rgrika4.-EorcUaam and S 3,.. 0,851

THE SUN,

Average Micnnt
Rochester, 9 Chatham and Strood Bank Booties-
_ _

ter—Day and Nicholson..
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son
Rye lunk, Rye—

7.157
9,895

.. .
s--Pritchard

Herefords

and Allaway
Sadrou Walden and Nunn Essex Bank, Saffron

1;1,418

4,366

Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co 13,953
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co

22,514
13,176