§ MR. H BAILLIEsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, Whether in the competition which has been carried on between Armstrong and Whitworth Guns they have been tested by oblique tiring?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONin reply, said, the competition between the Armstrong and Whitworth guns was allowed to be carried on entirely according to arrangements made between the parties concerned. Since the Question had been put on the paper, he understood that the experiment to which the hon. Gentleman referred was about to take place, and that a day had been fixed for the purpose.