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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at Chester ; Mr. W. Wardell, the chair-
man of the directors, presided.
Mr. W. S. DARKIN, the secretary, read the report.
It commenced with an expression of satisfaction that
the Bill promoted by this company in the last session
of Parliament had been successfully prosecuted
against the opposition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, aided by
the London and North-Western Railway Company.
By that Act they had obtained powers to abandon the
construction of the Crickheath and Were branches,
to apply the surplus capital thus set free to the dis-
charge of their liabilities, and to provide station ac-
commodation at Birkenhead. The Act also enabled
them to run their trains over the Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, both towards
Birkenhead and Manchester, to use all station conve •
niences upon payment of such tolls as in the event of
difference might be settled by arbitration, and to erect
a station for themselves at Birkenhead. It was not
without regret that the directors of this company had
been compelled to take this course, to obtain relief
from the obstructions offered to the Shrewsbury com-
panies in carrying their traffic to Birkenhead and
Manchester, and the directors hoped that the pos-
session of these running powers would enable them
to establish such a harmonious system of working as
would effect a great saving both to this and to the Birk-
enhead Company, afford additional facilities for con-
ducting the present trade from South Staffordshire
and Shropshire to Birkenhead and Manchester, and
make ample provision for the increased traffic that
would flow to Birkenhead on the completion of the
connexion of the Shrewsbury lines with those of their
southern allies. The Act likewise gave power to
use the portion of the Chester and Holyhead Railway
lying between Saltney and Chester, an terms to be
fixed by the Railway Commissioners in case of
difference. In the late session of Parliament an Act
was passed for the construction of a railway from
Warrington to Altringham, by a new company, with
whom the directors were on friendly terms, and this
railway, in connexion with the power of running
over the Cheshire Junction line, would give the
company an independent and shorter route to Man-
chester. Instructions had been given to commence
the works. An Act had also been obtained for the
restoration of the ancient standard by which the
depth of the channel of the River Dee could be as-
certained, and the obligation of the present River
Dee Company to give fifteen feet navigable depth at
a moderate spring tide could be enforced. The growing
importance of this port was demonstrated by the fact
that the exports and imports in the half-year just
ended amounted to 37,173 tons against 16,579 tons
in the corresponding period of 1850. The Stour
Valley Railway from Wolverhampton to Birming-
ham would be opened in October next ; and thus,
previously to the completion of the lines of the Great
Western to Wolverhampton, this company would
benefit by the establishment of a continuous railway
route to Birmingham. The revenue of the last half-
year amounted to 40,8691., whereof the traffic receipts
were 39,5181. as compared with 36,253/. in 1850,
showing an increase of 9 per cent. The disburse-
ments for the half. year on revenue account were
22,4241. as compared with 22,9771. in 1850, leaving
an available balance for interest and dividend of
18,4451. in this half-year as compared with 14,556/.
in 1850, being an increase in the available balance of
3,8891. The competition of a powerful rival had re-
duced rates to the lowest figure, but notwithstanding
these disadvantages, there was a healthy increase of
revenue. The opening of the lines south of Wolver-
hampton and Birmingham, and the completion of the
Hereford line to Ludlow, would, it was confidently
expected, place this company in an improved posi-
tion. The accounts had beon continuously audited
during the half-year by Mr. Trevor and Mr. Smith,
and they showed that the sum of 6,3981. was appli-
cable for dividend. The dividend on the preference
shares, including income-tax, would require 7,0001.
The directors recommended that the deficiency,
amounting to 6011., should be taken from the reserve
fund, thus leaving the balance to the credit of that
account 2,7431.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said he could not avoid congratulating the
shareholders on the acquisition of an Act of Parlia-
ment which had been obtained in the last session of
Parliament. By that Act they 'took powers to run
their trains to Birkenhead and Walton, near War-
rington, on the Altringham and Warrington line.
This would afford them the means of conducting their
own business at Birkenhead in a mode far superior to
the manner in which it had hitherto been managed.
The terms upon which the trains would run would be
settled by arbitration in the case of the two boards
not agreeing on the same ; and he was happy to in-
form them that a meeting had been appointed to take
place in a few days between some of the members of
both directions, to take into consideration the terms
and mode of carrying out those powers which were
reciprocal, they running over this line, and the trains
of this company running over their line. He was
glad that this was the case, and he was convinced tbat
the meeting would agree with him in that respect, for
he was persuaded that by an amicable arrangement
between the two companies a saving of several thou-
sands a year might be effected, and four or five engines
might be dispensed with by running the trains directly
through from Birkenhead to Shrewsbury and back
without changing at Chester.—(Hear, hear.) Re-
marks had been made upon the objects which they
were supposed to have in view in obtaining that Aot
of Parliament, but for himself he could not see how
it could be otherwise than beneficial to the Birken-
head Company. This company did not take forcible
po.isession of their line. The terms, at all events,
were to be settled by independent arbitrators, and it
would certainly be the means of throwing more traffic
upon their line. It could not therefore injure that
line, while it would be a great benefit to this com-
pany, affording them the means of transacting their
own business on the Mersey. In that Act powers
were also taken to transfer certain amounts to he
raised on shares from one disposition to another—that
was, from the making of branches to the liquidation
of the debts and liabilities of the company.—(Hear.)
For this purpose the 101. shares, on which 11. had
been paid, would have to be called in, and other
shares or stock would be distributed accordingly. If
further information should be required, both he and
his co-directors would be happy to afford it. In con-
clusion, he only begged and intreated that every gen-
tleman would abstain, as far as possible, in the course
of the discussion which might follow, from any per-
sonal allusions.—(Cheers.)
Mr. WILLIAMS, the deputy-chairman and mayor of
Chester, seconded the motion.
In answer to a series of questions from Mr. PRICE,
The CHAIRMAN said, that the number of directors,
as settled by the Act of Parliament, was fifteen; but
by a half- yearly meeting, in August, 1848, the num-
ber was reduced to thirteen, and there were that
number at present. The balances due to the com-
pany on the 31st of December, 1850, amounted to
18,631/. ; the amount paid up to the 30th of June
last was 14,0371., leaving a balance at that time of
4,5941., and there had since been received 6191. A
portion of what remained was under reference, and
other amounts had to be settled with other companies.
Mr. PRICE complained that the ledger outstanding
debts were far too high. He never heard of such a
thing as debts to the amount of 31,8641., while they
were paying 5 per cent. interest to the bankers.
The SECRETARY said that the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire bad, according to their own
report, outstanding debts to the amount of 150,1841.,
and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company no less
than 290,4221.
The CHAIRMAN, Mr. Roy, and other directors ad-
mitted that a large sum had been placed in the ac-
counts for contingencies (10,0001.), but they were
debarred from laying out a single penny in new works
without the approbation of the shareholders—an en-
gagement by which the directors would abide. There
were no coal owners among the directors except Mr.
Roy, who could have any interest in fixing low rates
for the traffic of minerals, but there was a director
appointed by Sir W. W. Wynn to see justice done to
r.Winenmninseasi.—d t(hcartiesosmofe o‘ifNthaemdei,rencatmores.”)hadrarn.
all parties.
interesti
Harrison.lle
Mr.
Raison—l have no interest, and never had
ininthesatihnemmyusltifien.—div(iCduheaelirzse)m
r. Roy.
any interest tre rßelsct
PRICE saidlie had nearly the whole of his fortune
invested in the
Brymbo colliery, and he was not a fit person to sit at
the board to fix the rates at which
coal
should be
carried. He objected also to the
the banker of the company. The two offices were
wholly incompatible.—(Hisses.)
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting would have an
opportunity that day of dispensing with his services,
and as far as he was personally concerned he should
be much obliged if they would do so.
Mr. PRICE then moved as an amendment—
" That the accounts be not passed, but placed in the
hands of Mr. Cottam with full instructions to examine
the books since the date of his last audit, and report the
result of the same to a special meeting to be held at a
future day."
The amendment, not meeting with a seconder, fell
to the ground.

Mr. LOCKHART regretted the large amount of out-
standing debts, fearing that some them would be-
come bad debts. He perceived froth the account that
13,800/. had been expended durittYthe half-year on
capital account. He wished to know whether that
had been incurred during the half-year, or in payment
of obligations previously incurred.
The SECRETARY said that, with the exception of a
very few items which were fairly chargeable to capi-
tal account, the expenditure had been in payment of
obligations previously incurred.

Mr. LOCKIIART wished to know if
the locomotive expenses could be 's
counted for.

;he increase in
lisfactorily ac-

Mr. ROBERTSON said that that was
satisfactory part of the accounts; for
at what they carried, and apportione
accounts to the work done, they wou
expenditure had very considerably
per tentage on mileage and rate was
penny as against 0.271 June last yea
diture had been reduced from 0.331.

) him the most
if they looked
the locomotive
I find that the
icreased. The
low 0.208 of a
This expen-

The- report was then adopted all b
Mr. Price being the only dissentient.

unanimously,

seconded by
:arried unani-

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN
Mr. HARRISON, the following was
mously :
That the sum of 6011. be taken frolEn the reserved
fund, and that a dividend of Bs. per share for the last
half-year, less income-tax, being at the rate of eight per
cent. per annum on the preference alilea, be made pay-
able.'
Messrs. Wardell (the chairman), Buckley, and
Badger, were re-elected directors of the company ;
Mr. G. S. Gordon, of Edinburgh, was elected a di-
rector in the room of Mr. Dixon i and Mr. Smith
was re-appointed one of the auditors.
Mr, PRICE then moved a resolution to the effect
that the directors should not be allowed to spend
any money for the purpose of obtaining proxies
without the consent of the shareholders previously had.
The resolution, however, shared the fate of the pre-
vious one moved by Mr. Price, and, not being se-
conded, fell to the ground.
Mr. PRICE then moved that Mr. Cottam, of Man-
chester, be appointed permanent accountant.
Mr. WHALLEY seconded the motion.
It was opposed by Mr. TREVOR and Mr. SMITH,
the auditors, and on a show of hands was lost by a
large majority.
The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks
to the chairman, and the somewhat unusual addition of
three cheers.

SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.
The half-yearly report of the directors of this
company states that the attempt on the part of the
London and North-Western Company to obtain un-
lawful possession of the railway commenced prior to
the last half-yearly meeting, and has been continued
with scarcely any intermission up to the present time.
The directors, guided by the advice of eminent
counsel, have all along felt that the attainment of
their object, in the face of existing agreements with
the Shrewsbury and Chester and Great Western
Companies, could have afforded hut a temporary
triumph to the London and North-Western Company
while it would with equal certainty have prevented
the development of the traffic, and altogether ob-
structed that through traffic upon which the alliance
with these companies depends. The contest has not
been confined to this company, and no better proof
can be given of the value of this alliance to the
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company than the at-
tempt on the part of the London and North-Western
Company to detach the Shrewsbury and Chester
Company, by an offer of a guaranteed dividend of 4}
per cent., and to fetter the Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Company by traffic agreements, it being
evident that the possession of any one of the three
railways between Birmingham and Birkenhead,
would, by rendering incomplete the continuity
etweLenondLoonndoannd perpetuate
of
monopolyand the of the Great Western chain of communication
between
a large increasing traffic, and frustrate the in-
tention of Parliament that the south of England shall
have a direct line of communication with the manu-
facturing districts of the north. The Shrewsbury
and Chester proprietors, by a large majority, rejected
the offer of the London and North-Western Company
as impracticable and altogether beyond its powers.
In the case of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che-
shire Junction Railway, the London and North-
Western Company succeeded in concluding an agree-
ment for the obstruction of the traffic: but Parlia-
ment, considering this to be an act so improper on
the part of the Birkenhead Company, and so contrary
to the purposes for which all railway companies have
been incorporated, without hesitation conferred upon
the Shrewsbury and Chester Company powers to run
over, and use with their own engines and carriages,
the lines of the Birkenhead Company, not only to
Birkenhead, but to Warrington, thereby opening up,
by means of the Warrington and Altrincham line
(which obtained its Act last session), a communication
with Manchester altogether independent of the Lon-
don and North-Western Company. The directors
were advised by eminent counsel that neither the
agreement proposed to be entered into by the com-
mittee of shareholders with the London and North-
Western Company, nor any other agreement which
undertook to give an absolute fixed dividend to
the shareholders, was or could be made binding
upon either company without an wt of Par-
liament, and that no such Act ens intended
to be applied for, or, if applied for, had
the remotest chance of being obtained, they had no
alternative but to offer every opposition in their
power to a measure which, however plausible and
tempting, was altogether delusive. The drectors are
confirmed in the soundness of the opinions by which
they were guided by the recent decision of Lord
Cranworth, adverse to the London and North-
Western Company, upon the question of tie legality
of an agreement entered into by that company and
other parties with the Oxford, Worcester, aid Wol-
verhampton Company, precisely similar in principle,
although differing in details, to that propose tino be
entered into with this company. After adveg to
the insufficiency of the alleged guarantee of 3,3 i, and
4 per cent., on the ground that it was to be derived
only from the tolls to be paid by the London aid
North-Western Company for the traffic it may carry
over 20 miles cf the line, the report states that since
the last meeting Parliamentary powers have been ob-
tained authorising the Shrewsbury and Chester and
the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Companies (with
the approval of the Railway Commissioners) to
enter into agreements for the iaterchange of
traffic, and substantially for all the objects con
templated by the existing agreement. The direc-
tors state they have availed themselves of these
powers to enter into a supplementary agreement
with the Shrewsbury and Chester Company, which
will be submitted to the meeting. The directors
trust they may be permitted to give their time and
attention to the consolidation of the Great Western
alliance, and that the shareholders generally will see
that the only alliance which can be practically carried
out with the London and North-Western Company
is one of arrangement of rates between competing
points, which the directors have always been willing
to settle by agreement, or to refer to arbitration. The
directors will, in conjunction with the Great 'Western
and Shrewsbury and Chester Companies, apply to
Parliament in the next session for as Act to autho-
rise the carrying out of the agreement of May last for
an amalgamation of the three companies, and an inte-
rim guarantee of 3 and 3i per cent. out of the gross
proceeds of the London through tra •
ffic• The pro-
prietors of the Shrewsbury and Chester p Com any have
confirmed that agreement, with a stipulation that full
time should be allowed for the development of the
traffic on the Shrewsbury lines, after the Great Wes.
tern chain of railway communicationbetween London
and Wolverhampton has been complbeted, and before
the amalgamation takes place. Various circumstances,
but chiefly the continued competition of the
London and North-Western Company for the local
traffic, and the non-opening of the Stour Valley line,
have combined to show an unfavourable result in the
revenue account. There have, however, been charged
against revenue for the first time the maintenance of
the permanent way and the whole of the general ex-
penses, as also the interest upon the debentures, part
of which was formerly charged against the expendi-
ture on the Madeley branch as unproductive. The
n
preference dividend has been paid aid for the past half-
year, but the appropriation of the Stour Valley divi-
dend for this purpose has now accumulated a year
and a-half's dividend due to class A shareholders
upon the Stour Valley portion of their stock, and
which will form a prior claim before a dividend is de-
clared upon the ordinary stock of the company. The
sum of 6,461/. has accumulated as a reserve to meet
the depreciation of the rolling stock, provided for in
the contract with Messrs. Johnson and Kinder. The
following directors retire by rotation—namely,
Messrs. Badger, Chance, King, Knox, Perks, Phillips
and Prohyn. The auditors, Messrs. Bate and Fel-
lows, state in their report that they believe the ac-
counts are correct with the exception of the amount
under the head of " Extraordinary Expenses"-
2,5631. charged to capital, which they are of opinion
should be charged to revenue as an expense incurred
professedly for the protection of the traffic of the
company, and having nothing to do with the construc-
tion of the line. The first preference dividend paid,
amounting to 1,4471., having been erroneously charged

51st do.

57th do.

60th

to capital, has been transferred to revenue. The
directors appear to have sold 1,829 A shares and
3,216 B shares, amounting in the aggregate to
31,6441., which has been duly credited in the cash-
book of the company. The statement of share and
loan capital states that the company are authorised to
raise 1,344,7871. on shares, and 443,2621. on loan,
total 1,973,0501. The capital account showed that
1,336,2271. had been received and expended. The
revenue account for the half-year ending 30th of June
showed that 14,7971. had been received, and 15,8271.
expended, leaving a balance of 1,0301. against the
company. The expenditure for the half-year con-
sisted of 1,6681. for the maintenance of the permanent
way; 4,6361. locomotive power; 7,0801. carrying
account ; 2,057/. general office expenses ; and 3851.
rates and taxes and passenger duty—total, 15,8271.

Regiments & Corpsli

Ist Life-Guards
2d do
Royal Horse-Gds ,
Ist Dragoon-Gds
2d do
3d de
4th do ... •
sth do..
6th do . ..
7th do
Ist Dragoons ......
2d do
3d do..
4th do
6th do
7th Hussars
Bth do
9th Lancers
10th Hussars...

11th Hussars
12th Lancers
13th Light Dragoons,
14th do
15th Hussars
16th Lancers
17th do
Gren. Gds. lit bat
7,2 d bat
~ 3d bat
Coldstream Ist bat
Guards 2d bat
Sctch Fusi- Ist bat
lierGds. 2d bat
lstbat
Ist F00t.... 2d bat

2d d 0.... .. ......
3d do.
4th do.
sth do.
6th do.
7th d 0........
Bth do.
9th do.
oth do.

11th d 0....... ......
12th do.
Reserve Bat. ..
13th do.
14th do.
15th do.
16th do.
17th do.
18th do.
19th do.
20th do.
21st do.
22d do.
23d do. .....
Reserve Bat.
24th do.
25th do.
26th d 0......
27th do.
28th do. .. .....
29th do. ........

30th do.
31st do
32d do
33d do.
34th do.
35th do.
36th do.
37th do.
38th do.
39th do.
40th do.
41st do.
42d do.

43d do..

44th d 0.....

45th do.

46th do. .....
47th do

48th do..

49th do --
50th do.

52d do..
53d do..
54th do. .
55th do. .
56th do..

58th do. .
59th do..

do. Ist bat
1 2d bat

61st do.
62d do.
63d do.
64th do.
65th do.
66th do.
67th do.
68th do.
69th do.
70th do. ......
71st do.
Reserve Bat ....
72d d 0......... •....
73d do
74th do
75th do.
76th do.
77th do
78th d 0.... ......
79th do
80th do..
81st do..
82d de.
83d do..
84th d 0... .....
85th do
86th do
87th do.
88th do.
89th do.
90th d 0...........
91st do
Reserve 8at......
92d do
93d do.
94th do .......
95th d 0.... ......
96th do..
97th do
Reserve Bat
98th do
99th do
Rifle j Ist bat..
Brigade k 2d bat..

Troops for Service
Companies.

Regent's Park ......
Hyde Park 4..
Windsor
'Dundalk 74.
'lpswich
Birmingham .....

Cahir
!Dublin
'Sabine°Big
Dublin
'Brighton
(Dorchester
Bengal •••
Hampton C0urt......
!Edinburgh
Dublin
Hounslow
Bengal
Bombay
Nottingham
Cape of Good Hope
York
Bengal
Madras
Manchester
Woolwich
Windsor
Westminster
St. George's Bar
• WThwelleinrgtOn. ''''
arracks
Portman-st.
• St. John's W00d....
• Winchester
,• Fermoy .........
Cape of Good Hope
Malta
Weedon
Mauritius
Cape of Good Hope
Portsmouth
, Bombay s
Athlone
Bengal ..... •••••••• •
New South Wales...l
Chatham
Mauritius ...
Gibraltar
Dublin
, Ceylon ......
Jamaica
Galway
Bengal

Devonport
Montreal
Newcastle.on-Tyne,
Bengal .......
Chester
London
Bengal
Madras
Gibraltar
Dublin
Manchester
Bengal
Barbadoes
Enniskillen
Bengal
Edinburgh
Barbadoes
Dublin ....
Barbadoes

Ceylon .
Nova Scotia
Dublin ..

Cork
Zante

lONS.

for September.)

Depots.

!Maidstone

!Maidstone
!Maidstone

Maidstone
IMaidstone

Chs. Fort
Boyla

Chatham
Nenagh

1 Chatham '

Chatham
Walmer

Gosport

Jersey
Hythe

Chatham

1 Chatham

[sle of Wight

Canada
Chatham
Chatham
Newport

Halifax, N. S.
Clonmel
Gibraltar ....
Cape of Good Hope
Preston

Chatham
Walmer

'Chatham

Muliingar

Isle of Wight
Chatham
Winchester

Corfu
Portsmouth
Corfu
Ashton ....,
Madras
Limerick

ICastlebar
Aberdeen

Bengal
Quebec.
Gibraltar .
Bermuda
Kilkenny
New Zealand
Hong Kong •• 000000
Bengal
Cape of Good Hope
Bengal
Dublin
Limerick . .....
Bombay
New Zealand
Quebec
Barbadoes

Malta ...... .....
Barbadoes .....

Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight

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Bengal
Newry
Canada
Halifax ...
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope
Bengal
Malta

Waterford

IBirr

'Chatham

Plymouth ....
Bombay
Quebec .
Bengal
Templemore ,
Brecon
Bombay
Madras
Hull ...

Chatham
Bristol
Buttevant
Chatham

Bombay
Bengal
Canterbury
Dublin

Cork ~
Belfast

Canterbury
Tralee
Chatham

Cape of Good Hope
Corfu
Glasgow
Madras
Portsmouth
Bengal
St. Jolla's, N.S.
Halifax
Bengal ...
Van Diemen's Land
Dover
Canada

IChatham

Chatham
Chatham
Youghal
Isle of Wight
Birr
Isle of Wight
Chatham

Guernsey
Naas
Kinsale
Chatham
lisle of Wight

Chatham
Stirling Castle
Chatham

Chatham
Chatham

Chatham
Chatham

COLONIAL CORI'S.

ICarlow

1 Chatham

Chatham
Chatham

Chatham
Chatham

tlsle of Wight

Ist West India Regiment Jamaica, Chatham.
2d do .... Demerara, Chatham

3d do.

Jamaica, S. Leone, &c

, .
Ceylon Rifle Regiment Ceylon
Cape Mounted Riflemen
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment Canada
St. Helena Regiment
Royal Newfoundland Vet. Companies Newfoundland
Royal Malta Feneibles ... Malta.

EXPERMIENTS AT THE BUTT IN THE
ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 10.—Lieutenant-General Sir
Thomas Downman, Major-General Fox,
Colonel Dundas, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer,
Assistant Director-General of Artillery ; Lieutenant-
Colonel Burn, Captain Wingfield and Captain An-
derson, Royal Artillery Brigade ; Major Walpole,
Royal Engineers ; Captain Fox, of the Grenadier
Guards ; Captain March, and several other officers ;
Mr. Samuel Colt, of revolver celebrity; Mr. Adams,
Mr. Lawrertce, jun., son of the American Minister;
who submitted another kind of revolver ; and Mr.
Searle, inventer of the needle-gun ; Mr. Lovell, the
armourer in charge of the important stores at the
Tower, and several scientific gentlemen, attended at
the butt in the Royal Arsenal, at half-past ten o'clock
to-day, to witness experiments with Mr. Colt's and
Mr. Adams's revolvers, and Mr. Sears 3 needle guns
and carabine. The experiments commenced at eleven
o'clock with Mr. Colt's revolving pistols at 50 yards
range, and the practice was very good in several in-
stances, the whole of the six balls striking the target,
which was about six feet square. Mr. Adams then tried
his olrn
gi:odPlB,t°l' which differs from Mr. Colt's in hay-
na. nov the balls, which were all of a conical
r evai m
shape, being merely placed into the revolving recep-
tacles with the thumb, and the percussion caps placed
in their proper position for firing by a spring feeder
with the least trouble imaginable. When Mr. Colt's
six charges are fired, the cock of the pistol is drawn
back by the thumb on each firing, but the action is
different in Mr. Adams's invention, and the works
which discharge the percussion caps do not have any
outside projection, and are capable of causing the
firing to be very rapid in succession, and reports very
sharp, as if the balls had been projected with great
a hnodt, b
w velocity.adu with
tCohso
thosusede used
elad tbiboth
materialr. sphericalAdagm glued
were
and conical
nn
ded
Almost immediately after the firing of the revolving
pistols was completed, at one o'clock, P.M., the 20th
company of Royal Sappers and Miners arrived at
the place of embarkation, and Major-General Fox,
eetioe
tchiiccaal
ball.l,
s
Mr. Colt, and the other gentlemen present, went to
the spot, and Mr. Colt, in a very handsome manner,

with the consent of the Major-General, presented
Lieutenant Ray, in charge of the company of Royal
Sappers and Miners, with one of his revolving
pistols.. On the return of the officers and gentlemen
from witnessing the embarkation of the Royal Sappers
and Miners, the rifle stand was removed from 50 to
200 yards range, and the experiments commenced
with Mr. Sears's needle-gun. The ball, one and a
half-ounce in weight, used in Mr. Sears's gun is made
of a conical shape, and the charge, two and a quarter
drachms of powder,
with a small quantity of igniting
composition, is made up in a similar manner to a ball-
cartridge, and is placed in its firing position with the
greatest ease, the loading being made at the breach of
the gun, and consequently. no ramrod is required.
When the charge is placed in the rear of the muzzle
of the gun a sliding cover is pushed forward and on
one side, which so effectually prevents the smallest
portion of the powder escaping, except from the
mouth of the barrel, that a greater range is obtained
with a comparatively smaller charge than could be
obtained by any other means yet tried, and the com-
bustion of the projective materials is so complete
that, apparently, hundreds of rounds may be
fired without materially soiling the interior of
the barrel, or rendering it necessary to cleanse
it. The perfect nature of the combustion, from
the charge being prevented escaping from the breach
of the gun, was repeatedly tested, by placing clean
white paper over the part where the charge wasin-
serted, and it was invariably exhibited p_.c".l%,ean and
free from stain as it was when applied,
consequently
there never appears any smoke at the breach of the
gun. The next gun experimented with was one of
the present service gun-barrels, fitted with Mr. Sears's
invention, in which the charge and ball is inserted in
one cartridge under the gun, and the firing took place
at 400 yards range, to show its capabilities when fitted
with Mr. Sears's invention. The firing with both
guns, and with a carabine carrying a ball of one ounce
in weight, with a charge of one and a half dritchms of
powder, about half the usual service charge, was re-
markably good. The firing was not confined to Mr.
Sears, jun., Colonel Duadas, Brigade Major Walpole,
Mr. Lovell, Mr. W. H. Gordon, a sergeant, and three
gunners of the Royal Artillery, repeatedly firing
from each of the pieces, and with excellent effect.
There were 135 rounds fired from the two muskets,
and 80 from the &rabine, several times in rapid suc-
cession, the pieces being capable of firing 20 rounds
in two minutes, and yet there was no appearance of
any of the parts heating or getting the least out of
order during the whole time of trial.