§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he will consider the desirability of taking stops to repeal the Act of Parliament of 8th April, 1859, Vic. 22, c. 13, so far as it relates to the invention of Lord Armstrong for guns constructed on the principle invented and patented by the late Captain Blakely, R.A., whose invention for guns was refused by the War Office, and subsequently adopted by the Department without any recognition or reward to the true and original inventor.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI think the hon. Member has already been informed that his views of Captain Blakely's services are founded on a misapprehension. That being so, it is impossible to repeal the statute.