ANCIENT BRITISH ORDNANCE. iy 
3. No. 1286 in the catalogue. Bronze mortar of 938™ (3:°65") 
calibre, with a chamber in shape of a truncated cone (the lesser end 
being so small that the chamber is almost conical). The thickness of 
metal is very slight. From the appearance of the bed it is on, it would 
appear to be in all probability a naval piece. The mortar bed has an 
eye on the fore-part to hook on to a pin-tail, and an apparatus, the chief 
feature of which is a toothed arc, by which elevation or depression can 
be given to the mortar. ‘The fact that the weightis engraved near the 
vent as 0. 1. 6.4 (? 1 cwt. 6 1b. 4.028.) would seem to point to its being 
English or Dutch, but whence it came is not known.! 
4. Nos. 39380 and 5748. Two bronze guns of 15:5: (6:1") 
calibre, and 312™ (10' 2°8”) length of bore. The weight engraved 
on the chase is 55. 2. 13 on one piece, and 56. 0.9 onthe other. On the 
first reinforce is the following inscription :— 
“ By the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Goodricke,? Knt. and Bart., Lieut.-Genl. 
and the rest of the principal officers of their Majties Ordnance. Guli- 
elmus et Maria Mag., Brit. Fran et Hib Rew et Regina Anno Regni 
tertio.” 
On the second reinforce a G and M intertwined, surmounted by the 
Royal Crown. The vent is of iron. It isnot known whence these guns 
were obtained.® 
5. No, 3144. English service 12-pr. howitzer, cast in 1827. The 
British Legion, which fought for Isabella II. in the civil war, had a 
complete battery of four 6-pr. guns and two 12-pr. howitzers. This 
piece is supposed to be one |elonging to this battery. 
6. No. 3635, Cast-iron gun of 14° (54") calibre. On the chase 
hoop there is the number XJ; on the first reinforce XVI. Il. 0; on the 
near trunnion 1775, and on the off trunnion VB. This gun was 
captured from the Moors at Tetuan. 
7. Nos. 8935 and 3936. Two cast-iron guns 14° (54”) calibre. The 
off trunnion has on it /86P; the near one “ Carron 1809 ;” on the first 
reinforce the cipher GA and 3 intertwined, surmounted by the Royal 
Crown and the A\. ‘hese guns are supposed to be relics of the Penin- 
sular War. 
8. No. 3380. Carronade. On the breech is “ 18P Carron 1805.” 
It also dates from the Peninsular War. 
9. Nos.land2. Two cast-iron guns of 14°" (54") calibre. On the 
near trunnion the word solid, on the off, B. Near the vent 41. 8. 24; 
between the trunnions a monogram of the letters G.R. 3, surmounted 
1 There does not seem to be any satisfactory evidence to point towards this mortar being English. 
In Lieut. Hdgar’s paper, in Vol. IT of the “Proceedings,” R.A.L., p. 186, there are briefly described 
two small Dutch brass mortars chambered, somewhere about the size of this: also on page 168 
there is a description of a “ sort of mortar (brass)”’ of about this size, which is. English. 
? We find frequent mention of Sir H. Goodricke (Goodriche) in Cleveland’s MS., in the reign of 
Wilham and Mary. According to Kane’s list he was made Lieut.-General of the Ordnance on 
26th Apyril, 1688, and probably continued so until 1702. = 
§ There is in the Tower of London a brass 18’ mortar with an inscription on it identical with 
the above, except that the piece was made one year later. (Hdgar’s paper, p. 194). 
