§ SIR GEORGE STUCLEYsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether the method of Sheathing Iron Vessels with Copper, invented by Captain Roux, and adopted in the French Naval Service, has been tested by the Naval authorities in England, and with what success?
MR. CORRYsaid, that as far as the Admiralty had been informed the method invented by Captain Roux had not been applied to any iron armour-clad vessel of war in the French Navy. It had, however, been applied to a wooden armour-clad 331 corvette, and the principle was well known to our professional architects. In their opinion our system was preferable to that of Captain Roux. He might add that the question of coppering iron vessels for some time engaged the constant attention of the Admiralty.