§ MR. MAGUIRE (Donegal, N)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, as Greencastle and Magilligan Forts have been dismantled, he would send a stationary man-of-war to remain in Lough Foyle for the protection of the district?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingThese forts have been condemned as obsolete, and the dismounting of the smooth-bore muzzle-loading guns, with which they were armed, has practically left the defence of Lough Foyle where it was before. It is not considered necessary to maintain a coast defence ship in Lough Foyle.