The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-18 00:00:00

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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The officers of the Small Arms Select Sub-Com.
mittee of Woolwich Arsenal, composed of Lieut.-
Colonel H. C. Fletcher, Ist Battalion Scots Fusilier
Guards, President ; Lord Spencer ; Captain John
Rawlins, 48th Light Infantry ; Mr. E. Ross, Capt.
Mackinnon, 3d Regiment (the Buffs), members,
and Captain Haig, secretary, assembled yesterday
at the official range, in the Plumstead-marsh, be-
yond the Royal Arsenal,lfor the purpose of witness-
ing the trial of some breech-loading rifles which
have been submitted for their inspection and ap-
proval, and which were not ready to be tested dur-
ing the trials recently completed. The committee
commenced their proceedings at 1 p.m. by firing
over the 500 yards' range from shoulder rests. The
first weapon fired was that of Mr. Kerr, of the
London Armoury Company. The trial consisted
simply of a few rounds, with a view of showing the
system of his invention, to which some interest is
said to be attached. The second and last tried yes-
terday was the Carter and Edwards 4-inch bore,
tested in various ranges, as reported in The Sun.
This was fired a total of 113 rounds, charged with
the new Boxer cartridges, consisting of 75 grains of
compressed powder and a bullet weighing 410
grains. The Carter and Edwards Rifle Company
was represented on the ground by Mr. Bush. The
firing party consisted of Sergeant Bott and three
privates of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, in
command of Lieut. Lecky. The weather was ex-
ceedingly favourable for the occasion, with the
exception of some gusts of wind which blew across
the range, to the detriment, probably, of the accu-
racy of aim in a few instances where the shots flew
somewhat wide of the mark. Nevertheless, the dia-
gram of the several targets was tolerably good, and,
as worked out by Sergeant Ward, Coast Brigade,
on duty for that purpose, was as follows :--No. 1,
2.74 ; No. 2, 3.77 ; No. 3, 2.71; and No. 4, 2.75.
The test for accuracy and mechanism having been
thus completed, the committee proceeded to the
back of the range and witnessed a test of rapid fir-
ing from the weapon, when 20 rounds were fired in
58 seconds by Sergeant Bott. This was pronounced
by Colonel Fletcher very satisfactory, and this was
succeeded by 10 rounds steady firing, as from the
ranks. The committee then proposed filling the
muzzle and breech of the muzzle with fine sand,
similar to that with which the troops are assailed on
their march in India. The barrel and breech piece
were then thoroughly
smothered, and three rounds
of ball cartridge were fired at repeated intervals
with complete success, after which the weapon was
handed to Private Cross, Royal Marines, who ob-
tained 20 rounds in 49 seconds. The committee
were then desirous of testing its power of endur-
ance, and lashing the rifle to a temporary rest, with
the assistance of a dozen yards of line, so as to ad-
mit the riflemen within the shelter of a brick wall
in case of accident, the
weapon was fired with six
rounds of damaged and imperfect cartridges, which,
from the facility they afforded for the escape of gas,
made the trial more than ordinarily severe. This,
also, was successful, and terminated the trials.

The 64-pounder Palliser rifle gun has completed
its test at the Woolwich butt of the 2,000 rounds
ordered by the War
Department, and has undergone
the usual searching and examination, without the
appearance of any blemish or signs of weakness.
In consequence of the smallpox having -broken
out on board the chartered troopship Isabella, taken
up by the Government for the conveyance of troops
from Chatham to Bermuda, the Royal Engineers
who were about to proceed in that vessel, have re-
turned to their headquarters, Brompton barracks,
and the remaining troops sent into quarters at
Gravesend, until the vessel is pronounced free from
infection and fit to receive them on board. The
troops selected to proceed to Bermuda in the Isa-
bella consist of detachments selected from the Royal
Artillery, Royal Engineers, 61st Regiment, Com-
missariat Staff Corps, and Army Hospital Corps,
together with the following officers :--Capt. E. S.
Capt. H, A. Tracy, Royal
Artillery ; Ensign A. E. Wilby, 61. st Regiment ;
Tyler, Royal Engineers ;
Purveyor E. Goodrich, and Stag-Surgeon Leslie, in
medical charge.

The unarmoured screw corvette Wolverine, 21,
400-horse power, Capt.T. Cochrane, has arrived at
thd Nore, from a term of service on the North
American
and
put
mantledverine on her arrival saluted the flag of Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Baldwin Walker, Naval Commander-in-
Chief, and after her official inspection she will be
placed in the steam basin to be stripped, preparatory
to hauling down the pennant and being put out of
commission.

The Bristol, 31, 3,027 tons, 600-horse power
(nominal), Capt. F. W. Wilson, fitting in the steam
basin as a training ship for junior naval officers,
received her Royal Marines on board yesterday
from the headquarters of the Chatham division, the
detachment consisting of two non-commissioned
officers and 52 meu, with Capt. A. 11. F. Barnes
and Lieut. H. E. Mortimer. The officers appointed
to this vessel have joined and taken up their com-
missions, and the frigate will shortly be ready for
proceeding ou her first channel-going cruise for the
practical instruction in seamanship of the young
officers appointed to her.
A selected armour-plate from a number made at
the rolling mills of Sir John Brown and Company
(limited), Sheffield, for the turret-ship Monarch,
now building at Chatham, was tested yesterday on
board the Thunderer target-ship at Portsmouth,
under the superintendence of Capt. A. Hood, C. 8.,
commanding the gunnery establishment of Her
Majesty's ship Excellent. The plate weighed 6 tons,
was 12ft. in length by 3ft. in breadth, and Bin. in
thickness. Nine shots were fired at the plate, all
striking in a space measuring 35in. by 18in., and
seven, of the shots in a central space Isin, square,