§ MR. ANDERSONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If he has any information as to a Court Martial stated (in the "Daily News" of the 19th and other papers) to have been held at Lisbon, to inquire into the collision between H.M.S. "Raleigh" and a Portuguese ship of war, and resulting in blame being attributed to the British ship, with a probable claim on this Country for damages; if it be true, as reported, that Captain Tryon of the "Raleigh," soon after the collision, asked for a Court Martial and was refused; and, if the Admiralty proposes to deal with the matter by a secret inquiry, or how?
§ MR. HUNTA Court of Inquiry—not a court martial, as stated in the newspapers—was held at Lisbon to inquire into the circumstances of the collision between Her Majesty's ship Raleigh and a Portuguese corvette, and the Court exonerated the captain of the latter, but I have heard nothing of any claim for damages. Captain Tyron, of the Raleigh, did not ask for a court martial. A Court of Inquiry was ordered by the Admiralty, which was held in the usual manner; and the Admiralty, after perusing the Report of the Court, was satisfied with the account given by Captain Tyron and his officers of their conduct in the matter.