EARL PERCYasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he has received any Report of the mounting and firing of a 12-ton gun on a Railway truck on the 30th of September last at Alexandria; whether the result of the experiment was 1722 satisfactory; and, whether he proposes to further test it?
M. BRANDI have to state, Sir, on behalf of the Secretary of State for War, that a Report was received at the Admiralty, and copies of it were forwarded by the Admiralty to the War Office. The Report stated that the gun had been fired mounted on a railway truck, and that the results of the firing had been satisfactory. As there would be no difficulty in mounting a gun under similar circumstances, it is not considered that any further tests are necessary.