§ MR. GRIEVE (for Mr. ANDERSON)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If, in addition to the assistance of experts, he has arranged to allow the Gosport Coroner the expense of legal aid in the "Thunderer" case, so as to secure a complete and impartial inquiry?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS,in reply, said, that, as it had been found impracticable to arrange for the holding of 9 the inquest by any other person than the County Coroner, he had consulted his Colleagues as to the best course to be adopted, and it had been determined to place funds at the disposal of the Coroner to enable him to secure the attendance of a legal assessor, in addition to the professional assistance already granted as far as regarded a scientific knowledge of boilers. That had been communicated by letter to the Coroner, but with a notification that the choice of the assessor must lie entirely with him, so that the Government might have nothing to do with the inquiry.