ANCIENT BRITISH ORDNANCE. Zo) 
There are, therefore, 34 English pieces of ordnance at Madrid, as 
above described, besides several minor pieces of later date such as 
Whitworth and other mountain guns, taken from the Carlists at various 
times, which it is not necessary to describe. 
So far as I could ascertain, many of these pieces have been left behind 
in the Peninsula by the English during the numerous campaigns which 
England has waged in that country, others have been captured by Spain 
in her wars in Marocco, Phillippines, Cochin China, &c., from the natives. 
Some were presentation pieces, as will be seen, others were probably 
bought or exchanged by the countries in question. There were none, 
as far as I could see, of which there was any evidence to show that they 
had been captured by Spain from England. It would, however, be 
very interesting to know how the oldest pieces here described came to 
find a home in Spain; and especially to know under what circumstancs, 
and by whom the inscription on the gun described here as No. 1 was 
made. Perhaps some of the readers of this paper may be able to throw 
light on the matter. 
