§ MR. WOODALL (Hanley)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If he can give the House authoritative information in regard to the circumstances under which the accident occurred on. board the gunboat Kite, at Spithead, on Saturday; and, whether there is reason to suppose there was any defect in the gun or its mechanism?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)We are waiting for the evidence of the men who were injured; but they are not yet sufficiently recovered to be able to give any information as to the cause of the accident. But, so far as we know, there is no reason to believe that the accident was in any way attributable to a defect in the gun or its mechanism.?
§ MR. PULESTON (Devonport)asked whether, having regard to the special circumstances under which the man was killed, any provision would be made for his widow and family?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONsaid, he could not answer that at the present moment without Notice.