§ SIR DE LACY EVANSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, what may have been the extent of the Contract alleged to have been entered into by the War Department with the Low Moor Foundry Company for cannon of large calibre, which, on trial, have been found to burst in several instances; and whether any questions of dispute exist between the Government and the Low Moor Company in regard to this Contract?
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTsaid, that Government had entered into a contract with the Low Moor Factory to supply a certain number of guns at a certain time and at a certain fixed price. No dispute had ever taken place, nor had any dissatisfaction been experienced. On the contrary, the country could not have been better served than it had been by the Low Moor Company. He supposed the hon. and gallant Member must allude to the attempt at hooping five guns, which had burst. In consequence of the bursting, the work of hooping had been suspended until some more efficient way of securing them should be discovered.