Cannon Of The Days Of The Crusades

There wore recently di iivered af Woolwioh Arsenal threo bron. fvejy anoient manufacture, but in a good state rvatio-i, which have bei n sent to y f rom the tsland of llhodes. byourcounsul tlicro. These mul samo similar gui by a diver at lh liïio li to molt down, but thfir value v ored, and tb opped in time to ofthein. They appoared to ba of a date anterior to the battle of Creoy, in bbeysar 1;1O, and Edward the Tbird's time, whtm oannonsare said 1" ürst uscd in thu field, at least i:i W. Enrope. The Turics brought into Earopo new and poworful artillen-, nul it Uwot improbable that these guns weio used La tho celebratod siego of the City ■ by Bolyman th Loont, in ló-J2, where he employed one hun tkoüsand mon and fbai hunftred .-'.liji-í, l)í'o:-a he 9U0O6 ■ Li '. in the Knighi i ■" Bt. Joh i, and r ; the Island. But th iting part of this importttton is, th&ttwoont oSth so that our great modoru Li gunuory ( nly the revival of i invention of comparativo antiquity. ■ ;■... riboul Bve teet in length, and a !'■:!! iV'in: fouï to flve . At the chaml Lently wide :;. tin alai-gven1 lich can be ad out by nieans of a handlo ■ is not solid as in th Armstrong guna, but has a spaoe hollow I within it, ovidently intended t hold tho o&rtri I Vosáua maintaina that tho Chinos wan eight en hun drod years ago, but we must notforge .oud said ofhim, iost t'llow n the world You oould make him believé anythinj buttlio Bible." Tho Comptrollor of C irc s of all the hi ■ on Ooi ceived, amount to ber of banlw 1.WÍ.