§ MR. CANDLISHsaid, he wished to ask the Vice President of the Board of Trade, If it is his intention to bring in a Bill early next Session to consolidate and amend the Acts which govern our Mercantile Marine?
§ MR. STEPHEN CAVE, in reply, said, these laws would certainly have careful consideration during the recess. Amendments were required as well as consolidation; and it might be a question whether the consolidation ought not to be postponed until the Amendments were concluded, or whether it would be more advisable to combine amendment and consolidation in the same measure.