COLONEL WILLIAMSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he has received any Reports complaining of the inefficiency of the Enfield Musket as being a weapon inapplicable to the service generally, and more especially to the war in India; and if so, whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to institute inquiries with a view to the substitution of a musket better adapted to the exigencies of the service in that locality?
GENERAL PEELsaid, that no rumours 2112 of the character referred to by the hon. and gallant Member had reached the War Department; on the contrary, they had every reason to believe that the Enfield musket was a most efficient weapon.