§ MR. GOURLEYasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether the Agamemnon and Ajax, now under orders for China, are of sufficiently light draught to pass the Suez Canal, and whether the guns are muzzle or breech-loading?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEY,in reply, said, the facts were as stated in the Question. The vessels were armed with muzzle-loading guns.