§ MR. PALKsaid, he wished to inquire of the Secretary of State for War, When the Report of the Commissioners on the Defences of the Country will be laid on the Table, and whether it will be kid on the Table before the right hon. Gentleman took the Vote for Fortifications?
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTI expect to lay that Report on the Table in the course of a few days, and I shall not take a Vote on the Fortifications without laying before the House an Estimate in detail. I do not expect we shall reach that Estimate the first night, but I will take care that ample notice shall be given by the Government of the time when it will be brought forward.