The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-20 00:00:00

01IDSANCL.

The committee appointed to empire into the es-
'mainly* incurred since the begiaming of l en segens
seism of improved ordnance, wheaorebeekedby eleetreel
or manufactured is the public &primes, and ye the
results obtained by ouch and nob
Thin
were prevent Mr. ebeireseed,
Lewis, General Peel. Air John Hay, Ciegesi Joni.. and
several other members of the connaittes.
Sir W. Wiseman Vicit-Preeidest of the Ordure* A.levit
Committee, was elamined, sad hi reply to geestioa• by
the Chairman said, the committee carefully ice.
aired the tabulated result of the wartime sa-
pegmatite which had bees carried on, red it ap-
peered clew to them from these ezpertiessea. that
there were very few Mot it we witioado
for thereto go into at smugly those of Mr W.
Arrnstroog, Mr. Whitworth. Mr. Lanearear, Letters
were written, requesting therm geetlontrie to favour the
committee with thew views on the subject. Their replies
were very long. and were pet is. The committee held it
meetinp, at every ose of which esporkneate were carried
on chiefly betweeo etir 10%-gorneemo4eaedNr.
guns. The communes thought it Deemer, be visit Mr W.
Armstrong's manufactory, to aseartais hie method of meow
factoring gam. They bad no proposal before thews from
Mr. Whitworth for ocestroeting gone at all. They bad
ammunition sent a distance of It,. hundred miles, to
test its travelling qualities, sad tested the prolongs.
' upon earth and timber and sun upon targets. The led of
the experiment. was made for the purpose of meortalaing
the accuracy sod range of the guns, and their general atone
' for use as bold guns, and they came to the einelmina tail
Sir W. Armstrong's gun wee a superior mar to that of Mr.
Whitworth. The committee did not receive aoy request
from Mr. Whitworth to examine his works.

Did you se;eletici le Novenberlast— I; which be dwelt
strongly on the difficulty et getting the committee to go to
the works am quite can that Yr. Whitworth sever
wrote to the committee asking ua to go down. I looked
a easefully at his letters the other day. sod Gould find aothieg
bout that

Is it correct that he was not requeeted to b. present !—Se
far from being correct, I have copies el 1.4 t , rmluesls.(
him to same the meet convenient time.
Is it the fact that Yr. Whitworth was not Zang to bays
his own trained men at the tnal., and that fir W. Arab-
strong was allowed to ham his ? Neither ilk Wm Arra-
stroag's nor Mr. Whitworth's men ware allowed to gm
near them.

By General Peel—The principal experiments were wrist
on with 18-poundors at 1,600 yards, with a 12.poentler, sal
ultimately with a 32.polinder.
What is your present opinion with respect to Sir W.
Armstrong's breech-loading Son l'—As fez as rugs art
accuracy go there is no miens of AIM, that has emelled
and very few that hare come sear it. It has oa diesdmm-
tar, and that is the mat Mem. I known of away
being injured. At gm the vest pieces used to be blown
out. That has been obviated by a now form of vent pima.
But they still continue to be blows out or brokesl—
oonue to be broken, but not blown tad. I Leiter*
that many of Sir W. Armstrong's gime are damaged. hot
think that is to be attributed to their not being well mans-
fmtared.

The Chairman—ls it )oar impression that goes mentifee-
tared et Woolwich have been received isto the service
without baring been seen or inspected by military °dicers
—I think mi.

It is mid that some of the guns hare been patched nal—
That is the geoeral impression.
Sir G. C. Lewis—ln the case of the gone made et Wool-
wich there is no inspection mate by an srtillery officer?
Now. _ _

Colonel Bingham was the next witama In rel,:y to
questions by the chairman, he pointed out the DeAMIlt, 01
a more efficrent supervision and inspection.
By Geoeral Peel—U there was a proper iMMICiiOII there
ought not to be any deviation from the,pattent There
ought to be a military officer at the bead of web mend/as.
turiag departnnut, and a responsible head for the .hole.
If there bad been a real inspection, patched-up gnus woiskt
not have bees Mined.

By Sir O. C. Lewie—Unles inspection is carried es
through the whole process of rreautdserre it is without
rail. It follows that It would be useless to laripsct ger
and projectiles made by a contractor. It may be takes r
an axiom that all guns lore by contract most be inspected
before they are received into the senor It follows that
an inspection after manufacture is of salmi, and that it
ought to be applied to gorernment works as well as be
contractors.
The committee then adjoarsed.

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