§ MR. POTTERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If he can state to the House any particulars respecting the reported collision between Her Majesty's Ships "Monarch" and "Raleigh" in the fleet now stationed at Besika Bay?
§ MR. A. EGERTON,in reply, said, that no official communication had been received at the Admiralty respecting this collision; but a private letter had been received which stated that during the cruise of the Mediterranean Fleet the steam steering-gear of the Triumph broke, and that the Monarch, in avoiding that ship, fouled the Raleigh, causing the loss of one boat and damage to the fore-yard of the vessel. The matter was being inquired into by the Commander-in-Chief on the Mediterranean Station.