§ MR. SEELYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether the Committee of scientific gentlemen appointed, in July last, by the Admiralty and the contractors for the engines and boilers of H.M.S. "Thunderer" to investigate the causes of the explosion on board that vessel, have made their Report; and, if so, whether he will lay it upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. HUNTNo such Committee as is referred to in the Question of the hon. Member was appointed by the Admiralty and by the contractors for the machinery of the Thunderer. The Engineer-in-Chief of the Admiralty, two Engineer officers, three members of the Boiler Committee, and Mr. Bramwell, a civil engineer of eminence, received instructions from the Admiralty to examine the exploded boiler and the stokehold, and to hold themselves in readiness to give evidence before the Coroner at the inquest. Of these gentlemen, Mr. Bramwell alone was examined by the Coroner; but it was understood that he expressed the opinion of all the experts who were associated with him in the investigation. The whole of the evidence was taken down by a shorthand writer employed by the Admiralty.