SIR JOHN HAYasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether the Committee on Designs of Ships of War have made any recommendation on the subject of the ironclads "Devastation," "Thunderer," "Fury," "Hecate," "Hydra," "Gorgon," and "Cyclops," or any of them, and whether the opinion expressed as to the designs of these ships is favourable or otherwise?
§ MR. BAXTER, in reply, said, no recommendation of any kind had been made by the Committee.