§ MR. BENTINCKsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is true that an artificial island is being constructed in Plymouth Sound by sinking stones, for the purpose of building on it a fort similar to those which are under construction at Spithead?
SIR GEORGE LEWISreplied, that it was intended to construct a fort behind the breakwater, not upon it, as originally designed. The foundation was not in the nature of a breakwater, consisting of stones thrown down, but there were walls which would be nearly perpendicular, and the plan of the fort was in accordance with the recommendations of the Defence Commission.