§ MAJOR ANSONsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether, as a section of Plymouth Breakwater Fort was going to be experimented upon at Shoeburyness on Tuesday, he would give hon. Members interested in shields and fortifications an opportunity of inspecting the section on Monday, in order to satisfy themselves what difference there was between that section and the original design?
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONsaid, he was; sorry his hon. and gallant Friend had not given Notice of the Question, since it would have enabled him to make inquiry. He sincerely wished the experiments to be carried on with due publicity and fairness, and would be glad to confer privately with his hon. and gallant Friend on the subject. As preparations would be going on on Monday, it might, he apprehended, be inconvenient if an unlimited number of visitors were admitted.