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...and his advice is so important that I prefer reading to the House an extract from it. lie snys — " I was consulted by the late Sir Robert Peel on his...were finished, and four constructing by contract. 1 stated in reply, that vessels wholly constructed of iron were utterly unfit fur all the purposes...

...from the Ionian Island), iu 1841, I was consulted by the late Sir Robert Peel, on hU accession to tho Government, as to the use and efficiency of a certain...that vessels wholly constructed of iron were utterly unlit for all the purposes of war, whether armed, or as transports for the conveyance of troops. I...

...Iron Defences," in which Sir Howard says : — Soon after my return from the Ionian Inlands, in 1841, I was consulted by the late Sir Robert Peel, on his...efficiency of a certain half-dozen iron frigates, txvo of which were finished, and four constructing by contract: I stated in reply, that vessels wholly...