The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-12 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LonloN, Jan. 12.—Wind this day at noon, N. to
N.N.E. ; fresh, with fine frosty weather.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Arrived—Reindeer, Mars, and Despatch (u) from Jersey.
Sailed—Wonder (s), for Jersey ; Alliance (s), Havre ;
Pet, Newcastle.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind N.E.
Arrived—George Jordan, from Africa.
Sailed—William Witherlee, for New Orleans.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 10.
Sailed—Delphos, for Hamburg.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10 a.m.
Wind N.B. ; tide, last hour's ebb ; fine and frosty.
Sailed—Western (s), for Barbadoes.
DEAL, Saturday, 9.25 a.m.

Wind N.N.E., moderate.
Passed, 11th —Mantic°, from London, for Lisbon.

THE AMERICAN GUN MACHINERY FOR THE ENGLISH
GOVRRNMENT.—We have bad occasion to allude several
times within the last two years to the movements of the
English Government in revolutionising their system of
manufacturing small fire-arms, so as to make it conform
to the American system. Some two years ago the Eng-
lish Government, determined upon a grand national ar-
moury for the manufacture of small arms, after the
American plan, sent out to this country a commission
of army officers and engineers for inspection and ar-
rangement in connection with the new-born purpose.
These gentlemen had free access to our establishments,
and finally determined to copy the American prin-
ciples of manufacture throughout. To do this
they engaged James M. Burton, for Rome years chief
engineer and mechanic at the Harpers' Ferry (Va.) ar-
moury, to take a like position in the new English ar-
moury, and he is now in that country in the diseharge
of its duties. They alio ordered, built here, complete
sets of the machinery in use at our armouries. Robbins
and Lawrence, of Windsor, Vt., were employed to build
some 100 " milling machines," used to cut the gun locks
and execute the other iron parts of the gun. These are
a common machine, in this country at least, and were
some months since completed and sent abroad. This
branch of the contract amounted to some 30,000 dole, or
49,000 dole. But the more important and intricate ma-
chinery—that for the manufacture of the gun stock—
was entrusted to tlio Ames Manufacturing Company of
Chicopee. This has been just completed, and was de-
spatched to England in the steamer of this week. The
elements of national and local pride enter so largely into
this lot of machinery that we may be excused for speak-
ing of it with some speciality. It consists of 25 different
machines, three of which are duplicates. The rest con-
stitute " the set," and through each of them does the
gun stock have to pass in the manufacture. The machis
nery is capable of turning out 250 stocks per day, each
machine requirinz the average of a minute to execute its
peculiar ofce. The cost to the English Government of
this snperb lot of machinery is about 50,000 dole. Mr.
Oramel Clarke, one of the best workmen in the stocking
department of the armoury, has been employed to go
out to Europe, and take the charge of the machinery
and its operation. The new Government armoury of
England, into which this machinery and its new ope-
rations are to be introduced, is located at Enfield-lock,
nine miles north of London. It is intended, ultimately,
to employ 800 operatives, and turn out 500 muskets
daily. Captain H. J. W. Jervis remains to look to the
completion of a contract for 25,000 rifles for the same
Government, which are in progress at the establishments
of Robbins and Lawrence, at Windsor, Vt., and Hart-
ford.—Sprinwield Republican.
A letter from Vienna of the 6th, in the Censtitit-
tionncl, says :—" The ostensible object of the jour-
ney of Colonel de Manteuffel to Vienna was, as I
have already said, to bring to the Emperor an au-
tograph letter from the King of Prussia. But for
that purpose a simple Cabinet courier would have
been sufficient, as Count Arnim, the Prussian re-
presentative at this Court, could have delivered
the letter as well as Colonel de Manteuffel. It is,
however, important to know that it has been agreed
on between Austria and the Western Powers, that
if the reply of Russia be such as to preclude all
hopes of the prompt re-establishment of peace, the
Court of Vienna will not confine itself to the recal
of its Ambassador from St. Petersburg, but will,
without delay, deliberate in common with the
Allies on the most efficacious means for obtaining
the object of their alliance, as set forth in Art. 5
of the treaty of 2d December. This is the answer
which may be made to those who ask what the
recall of Count d'Esterhazy will lead to. Prus-
sia wishes at any price to prevent an open
rupture between Austria and Russia. She feels
convinced that on the day when Germany
shall learn that Prince Gortschakoff has demanded
his passports, there will be, from the banks
of the Vistula to those of the Rhine, and from the
shores of the Baltic to those of the Adriatic, such
an outbust of public opinion that no government
will be able to confine itself within the bounds of
neutrality. In order to impede the progress of the
Cabinet of -Vienna, the same game is now resorted
to which was attempt;ld in the months of November
and December, 1854. - As soon as the Court of
Russia was sure that Austria was about to sign a
treaty of alliance with France and England, Count
de Nesselrode sent to Baron de Budberg the famous
despatch of the 6th November, which bears a strik-
ing analogy to the recent circular note of 22d ult.
' Then, as now, Russia accepted in principle the pro-
positions for peace of the Western Powers, taking
care at the same time to surround them with re-
strictions which essentially weakened their charac-
ter and bearing, Austria not having considered
such an acceptance as serious, took no notice of it,
and, in spite of all the efforts used by Russia to
prevent it, signed the treaty of the 2d December,
and thus ratified her alliance with France and
and England. A few days after Prince Gorts-
chakoff received orders from St. Petersburg
to accept purely and simply the four bases
which were to servo as the starting point for nego-
tiations for peace. Prussia, by the organ of Col.
do Manteuffel, wishes at the present moment to
persuade the Austrian Cabinet that it should not
regard the circular note of the 22d December as
the final word of Russia, leaving it, on the !con-
trary, to be supposed that the Court of St. Peters-
burgdisposed to larger concessions, if
d also exercise au equitable pressure
Germany would
would
o u bel
on the Western Powers, in order to bring about a
reconciliation between the belligerent parties
ou the susceptibility of Russia. In
other words, wounding
egCourt of Berlin returns to the
singular idea of imposing the mediation of Germany
both on the Western Powers and on Russia, in
order to give peace to Europe. It is needless for
me to say that the Court of Vienna does not reject
such a proposition less ;peremptorily now than she
did a few months ago, when the Cabinet of Berlin
made it the object of a fir‘t overture, as Lmen-
tioned at the time.