§ MR. FRENCHasked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, If he can state why the contemplated attempt to raise the steamship "Edith," sunk in Holyhead Harbour since September 1875, has not been carried out; and, if he can inform the House what steps are now being 1665 taken to remove this obstruction to navigation?
§ MR. E. STANHOPE,in reply, said, that the attempt to raise the wreck of the Edith was made on the 12th of July last, but it unfortunately failed in consequence of the insufficiency of the pumping power to clear the wreck of water. Pumps of greater power had been sent to Holyhead by the contractor, and it was hoped that the work would be satisfactorily resumed in the course of a few days.