§ MR. W. WILLIAMSsaid, he wished to 279 ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he had any objection to lay upon the table a Return of the name of the Captain of Her Majesty's ship Princess Royal, who ordered 2,141 lashes to be inflicted on fifty-three of the crew of that ship who were flogged in the year 1857, as stated in a Return presented to this House. He had received a letter from an Admiral expressing his concern lest the public should imagine that this amount of flogging was inflicted by Captain Bazley, the present Captain of the Princess Royal, and requesting him (Mr. Williams) to state the fact in the House. He was glad to find officers high in station taking that opinion of this degrading punishment. He could see no objection to giving the name of the Captain in question. If he had done right, there could be no object in concealment; and if he had done wrong, it was a public duty to know who he was. He hoped that the Lords of the Admiralty would take the matter of flogging in the Navy in hand, and make some stringent changes. If they did not, it would be the duty of the House to interfere in order to obtain the proper manning of the Navy.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ House at rising to adjourn till Monday next.