§ SIR JOHN HAYasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, If he can name to the House the Committee who are to investigate the question as to the stability of H.M.S. "Inflexible?"
§ MR. A. F. EGERTON, in reply, said, that Admiral Sir James Hope, Mr. George Rendell, Mr. Froude, and Mr. Woolley had been appointed to investigate the stability of the vessel referred to.
§ MR. GOURLEYasked if the Mr. Rendell in question was the gentleman who had the contract for the completion of the Thunderer?
§ MR. A. F. EGERTON, in reply, said he was not certain that that was the case; but the Mr. Rendell in question was a very well-known engineer in the North, and was supposed to be fully competent to investigate such questions as would be placed before the Committee.