§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether his attention has been directed to the case of the "Marie" steamship which left Southampton for the West Coast of Africa in the month of November last, but ultimately arrived in a sinking state at Santander, where she now is; and, whether, he will consent to place upon the Table all Correspondence which the Board of Trade has received on the subject?
§ SIR CHARLES ADDERLEYSir, the Marie was a new ship, measured for tonnage only, at her starting from Southampton, by the officer of the Board of Trade employed for that purpose. No case arose for a Government survey, the 77 Marie not being a passenger ship, and no question of her unseaworthiness having come to the notice of the Board of Trade. In connection with the subject, however, a question has arisen as to allowing any ships of this class, built for river or coast navigation abroad, to proceed to sea in the winter months. The Correspondence relating to the Marie may be moved for, together with Correspondence relating to the Mary and Chusan, of the same class.