§ SIR WILLIAM GALLWEYsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether any and what experiments are proposed to be made as to laying Telegraphic Cables in deep water, before risking the sum voted for a Cable to Gibraltar?
§ LORD CLARENCE PAGETreplied that experiments were now in progress, under the superintendence of the Board of Trade, and under the control of those eminent engineers Mr. Stephenson arid Sir Charles Bright, with the view of testing the composition of the outer coverings of Telegraphic Cables.