§ MR. STONEsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether his attention has been called to the following facts:—That the original Charter of Greenwich Hospital provided for the maintenance and education of the Children of Seamen, without distinction of sex; that up to the year 1841 a portion of the Lower School was appropriated to Girls; that 255 according to the opinion of the Greenwich Hospital Commissioners, as expressed at page xxxvii. of their Report in 1860, the reasons which led to the abolition of the Girls' School are not now in force; that no sufficient public or private provision now exists for the maintenance and education of the orphan Daughters of Seamen; and that there is now a portion of Greenwich Hospital vacant which would be perfectly suitable for the purposes of a Girls' School; and, whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to re-establish the Girls' School at Greenwich Hospital?
MR. CORRYsaid, in reply, that he was aware that the special reasons which had led to the abolition of the girls' school no longer existed; but there were still various objections which might be urged against its re-establishment. The question had received the careful attention of the Admiralty, but was not one that could be hastily determined. He was not at present in a position to give an affirmative answer to the last part of the hon. Gentleman's Question.