§ VISCOUNT SANDONasked, Whether Her Majesty's Government have made inquiries into the existing means for the protection of Liverpool and other large commercial ports from attack in the event of war; and whether it is their intention to make provision, during the present Session, for the proper security of such ports?
§ MR. CARDWELL, in reply, said, the subject had been under the careful consideration of Her Majesty's Government. No proposal had been made in the present Estimates for the protection of those ports.