SIR JOHN HAYsaid, he wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade, Whether any course in regard to the 1657 disposal of Portpatrick Harbour has been determined upon in consequence of the Commissioners of Supply in Wigtownshire having declined to accept the terms offered with respect to it by the Board?
§ MR. AYRTON, in reply, said, that in consequence of the local authorities not thinking it worth their while to take charge of the harbour, it became necessary for the Government to consider what should be done with it. Before they could arrive at any conclusion it would be necessary, however, to obtain the opinion of the Legal Advisers of the Government upon many important questions, and until that opinion had been received, no decision could be come to as to what would be done with the harbour.