The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

EXPERIMENTS IN SMALL ARMS

On Thursday a considerable number of noble-
men, marry carers, sad other patlessen, assembled by
invitation of the Birmingham mall arms trade at the
government shouting ground, Holdford Mills, near that
town, to witom the preliminary trial of a number of small.
bore rifle, which had been manufactured expressly for the
purpose of being submitted to the official inspection of the
committee, of which Colonel Steele is the head. Among
those present were the Marquis of Ahercorn, the Earl of
Lord Berwick, Sir Fnuirie Edward Scott, Bart.,
Si, John Ratcliff, C. H. Newdegate, Esq., M.P., William
Fm., M.P., Vernon, Esq., G. F. Hunts,
Esq., Colonel MUM, emerinterideut of the Enfield factory;
Wooel /Wadley Harrison, Major Fraser, and Captains Gar-
nett and Montagu, of the 11th Hussars; Major Smythe, Major
Senders, Major Cordeiro, of the Portuguese staff and Ara
lery; rapt. Waulow, government inspector of small um
let Birmingham ; Captain Ulnae., and Messrs.
Um:aster, Pritchett. and Field, of London. :rhe ochtf.ti
the 'epeeists's. was to show that if • small bore arm is
eossidered to be suitable for military purpose., the Si,.
atisidwra sassialture sea in the same way, and at the same
not ir the ordisery metre weapons. manufacture an arm
of that kind which will shoot quite as well es any other
gun, however toed , which can be produced. the mouth
of Dssember lit. their chairman, made applies-
ties to the 801111,211M111 Se be allowed to furnish a Number
of earn bore rifles to the committee before,
meationol, with a view to challenging • com-
„
petition with Mr. Wkitworth's costly 'be
smell bore gun. The application was_minted, arulinenti
os
the gathering of the pereent week. The guns in googlies
were of the small Enisld pattern, with the empties that •
the bore was only .453 hutted of .677. They were died
from a table nod, with 21 drachms of powder and a 530
grain ball, the range berm 500 yards, in • direction from
south to north. The number of shota from each rifle was
fifty, and there were so alms of fouling on the completion
of the week, the last bans being rammed dowa the bona
with a DPIIIOIOII steel rod as easily se the diet The din.
grams of the shooting (which was cominued yesterday)
gave eminently Beneficiary results, one of the highest
aothoritiee among the spectators declaring publicly that the
Ismail bore rile, the prformances of which had brosOt
them together, would hold it. own against any other
which could be mooned to it and would make es moo
snootier as any ma could portably .to, no tatter ow or oy
whom it was ma or at whatever cost.

THIS RZLIGIOUS DIMENSIONS IN BT.
uswears sAar.

At the Thames police-court, yeatertlay afternoon,
Mr. W. J. Thompson, the chur4 warden of St. Georp's
East, was summoned for as assault upon Mr. Charism
Warren Mains, at fit. George's.in.the.Fast parish church,
on timidity last.
Prideaus agmeared for the onplaataat; Mr. Howell,
vestry clerk, for ifr. Thompson.
The Rev. Bryan King, the roetor of At. George's, was
Xtand stated that he was presented from entering the
in e 1
ommisq.sues of the mob. He and his &totem
were ill-used and insulted.

Fee Mr. They.= 1111111wrons witnesses were caw!. They
agreed iw ineictlint no oneeceseary violence wwi um.d.
Mr.illerjenni DeUsatias, who Amy.' during the pr.gros
a As fen, ereeii-ezawrined the witnewee, but without

embing their Iselismiy.
Mr. -Yardley, is a Wag judgment, expressed his opinion
that what Mr. aq had .1”110 was aimply in discharge
.4 his duty ati churchwarden. It did nut appear that ha
had used any violence --on the contrary it seemed that he
imd .ent away all the persons who had invaded the altar,
Mr. Adam included. He thought it hi* duty, under theme
eneweetaocee, to dismiss the aurae:ems.
The announcement vim received with cheers., which Mr.
Yardley at owe checked.