§ SIR W. LAWSON (Cumberland, Cockermouth)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Russian Government has abandoned its intention of spending a large sum on increased naval armaments; and, if this be so, whether he will reconsider or modify the scheme for building a number of new battleships which he lately explained to the House?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTYI have received no information confirmatory of the rumour to which the honourable Member alludes.