§ MR. WHALLEYasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether his attention has been called to a statement in "May-fair" that the Reverend H. M. Jackson the Chaplain of H.M.S. "Hector," and the Reverend C. J. Corfe, Chaplain of H.M.S. "Cambridge," are members of the Society of "The Holy Cross;" and, if such be the fact, whether, having regard to recent disclosures of the doctrines and practices of members of "The Holy Cross," those appointments will be allowed to continue?
§ MR. A. E. EGERTONSir, I am not aware whether the statement in Mayfair is accurate. No complaints have reached the Admiralty against either of the gentlemen referred to, one of whom has 972 been for the last three years chaplain to the Audacious on the China Station. The allegation to which the hon. Member refers is not in itself a sufficient ground for cancelling their appointments, though the Admiralty will view with great disfavour any connection by naval chaplains with a society which has incurred the censure of the Episcopal Bench.