§ CAPTAIN PIMasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether, in consequence of the national importance of the "Princess Alice" calamity, the length of time necessarily occupied by the Coroner and Jury on the inquest (from the 4th of September to the 27th of November), and the trying character of their duties, he will recommend to the proper authorities some official recognition of their arduous services?
MR. ASSHETON CROSSSir, I wish to bear my testimony to the great amount of time and attention which the persons who were engaged on this inquest gave to the investigation of this terrible calamity, and I think that the thanks of the country are specially due to them. But I am sorry to say that is all I can offer to my hon. Friend. This question was very carefully considered at the time of what was called "the Bravo trial." And it was found that there was no precedent for making a grant to a jury for serving in such matters, and I do not think it would be wise to create one now.