§ SIR ROBERT FOWLER (London)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether his attention has been called to the proposal of General Hutchinson on aerial navigation, who has designed long "cylindrical navigable balloons of a most formidable character when used as engines of war;" and, whether Government has made any inquiries respecting an invention which, if proved successful, would lead to greatly diminished expenditure on our armaments?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN)&c.) (Stirling,An inquiry into the merits of the invention referred to is now proceeding.