COLONEL DUNNEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether any and what steps have been taken as to a decision on the merits of new weapons of war; and whether any breech-loading rifle has been adopted for any branch of our service?
SIR GEOEGE LEWISsaid, he could reply to the first question of the hon. and gallant Member in the affirmative; and, in answer to the second, that breech-loading carbines had been served out to a portion of the cavalry; but they had not been found to be very successful, and that the making of some improvements in them was a subject under consideration.