§ CAPTAIN BEDFORD PIMasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the facts connected with the loss of the "Thistle" steamer, of Hull, have been brought to his notice; and if so, if any action thereon is proposed to be taken?
§ SIR CHARLES ADDERLEYSir, the facts connected with the loss of the Thistle have been brought to my notice, and an inquiry was ordered; but as the captain had gone to Calcutta and would not return for some months, it was considered inexpedient to retain the crew as witnesses for so long a time, and the inquiry has been abandoned. The report of the casualty from the pilot at Hel- 624 voetsluys was to the effect that the ship drifted on shore in consequence of her engines refusing to work.