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Trial Of the Non Ter Gun.-On Friday, and
again on Saturday Dhe monster gun, recently
manufactured at Mes rs. Faucet, Preston, & Cos
foundry, in this to W, for the American war
steamer Princeton, IS repeatedly tested on the
sands about three mi es hey ord Waterloo. The
gun was conveyed fr| h the foundry TO the place
selected for the trial d about 4 o'clock on Friday
morning, when very " Of tho inhabitants were
as,ir in the streets. bout haIfpast 5 O'Clock ii
passed through Boot almost unobserved most
of the good people that locality being in the
enjoy ment of their m rning drems at the time.-
1t was drawn by nind horses. On arriving at its
temporary destination it was firmly imbodded in
the sand, ard the mi gle, which was pointed out
to sea, was slightly &evated in line above the
surface of the wate The first bail, weighing
2l9 lbs. was then I'd ven home," 80 lbs. of pow.
der was poured into he touch.hole, and the first
shot was fired at u O'Clock, in the presence 0i
about 500 spectators The result was most salts.
factory. The repor was deaiening, and was dis.
tinctIy heard nine ID les off. At the distance Of
about three miles, d nearly as could be judged,
the ball was seen b Inding on the surface of the
water. occasionIy dipping and springing up again,
until at length il b& came wholly lost to view
The second was th( trial shot. Two balls, each
weighing 2l9 lbs., we're then "drven home" and
45 lbs. of powde was put in. This shot was
equally satisfsctoH. The report, of course, was
terrific, but the un withstocd the shock, and
thereby proved Il it had been manufactured on
n principle, and ith material, which renders
"bursting" almoN if not altogether an impossl.
blty.


A great mum pr Of single shots, with balls Of
2l9 lbs. each, re fired during the afternoon OF
Friday, and the hole of Saturday, with the like
successful resuv We understand the gun will
be shortly shipp ty a vessel for America, there
TO be taken on bard the war steamer for which
it was manufaS ired.