§ MR. H. B. SHERIDANasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, in the case of Thomas Shaw, a miner, whose body now lies in the New Homer Hill Pit, near Dudley, he will give directions for some further inquiry to be made as to the practicability of recovering the body, considering that it is stated by Mr. Levi Britain, the miners' agent, in the local papers that the body can be readily recovered; and, further, whether the pit should be allowed to continue working while the body of Shaw lies in one of its gate-roads without an effort to recover it?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS ,in reply, said, he had within the last few weeks directed an inquiry to be made into the subject alluded to by the hon. Member, but was informed that the recovery of the body was impossible without serious risk to life and property. He would, however, cause further inquiry to be made; but he would remind the hon. 831 Member that he had no power to order an investigation with a view to the removal of the body.