ADMIRAL EGERTONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether any communications have passed between the Admiralty and Sir Joseph Whitworth, relative to the trial of two pieces of ordnance lately constructed by him, and whether it is intended to carry out any experiments therewith?
§ MR. HUNT, in reply, said, that communications had passed between the Admiralty and Sir Joseph Whitworth upon the subject, and the Admiralty had decided not to accept his offer of a trial.