§ MR. E. J. REEDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to a statement in "The Times" of that day, in which the Coroner who is conducting the inquiry into the "Thunderer" explosion is represented to have said that the assessor prevented him from proceeding to take evidence, and, whether it is true that an assessor has the power to overrule the Coroner in that respect and to cause the further adjournment of the inquest?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS,in reply, said, he had seen the statement referred to, but had not had an opportunity of consulting his hon. and learned Friend the Attorney General on the subject. He had no doubt himself, however, that the sole control of the inquiry was in the hands of the Coroner.