§ SIR JAMES FERGUSSONsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether, before the Committee which he stated on Monday last had been appointed to consider the respective merits 1395 of the Armstrong and Whitworth Guns, the latter are to be tried against the Service, Field, and Garrison Guns of Sir William Armstrong's pattern, or against others of an altered construction?
SIR GEORGE LEWIS, in reply, said, that no restrictions had been placed either upon Sir William Armstrong or Mr. Whitworth with respect to the guns to be employed in the experiments.