MR. YOUNGasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he has any objection to lay upon the table of the House the list and name of every Merchant Ship engaged in the Abyssinian Expedition, with the net and gross register tonnage of each Ship; also the horse-power of each engine; also the price per ton each Ship is chartered at; also the names of each registered owners of such Ship as appeared upon the Register when the Ship was tendered to the Government for hire and the name of each owner as he now stands on the Register, with the name of the broker who tendered such Ship; and if a Member of this House can participate in any of the profits, directly or indirectly, of that Expedition?
MR. CORRYsaid, he had no objection to lay upon the table of the House the Return asked for by the hon. Gentleman, as far as the Admiralty could furnish it. Information could be given respecting the eighteen ships taken up by the Admiralty here; but he did not know how many had been taken up at Bombay. As to the last part of the Question, he could only say that no Member of that House could enter into a contract with the Government without forfeiting his seat.