24 MARCH 1860, Page 9

MB. HOBBS'S GUN.

196, Piccadilly, March 21 1860. Sin,—As you have very kindly noticed, on several occasionsmy patent portable cannon, I beg to make a statement on the subject, By the papers, I see that Sir William Armstrong is having rifle cannon cast, and encased in wrought-iron casing for the purpose of strengthening the piece, Now this is part of my invention, and it was shown in my model gun to the select committee at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in June last, and also the elongated shot patented by me September 1, 1858. Could you find space in your valuable paper to call the attention of the public to this fact