§ CAPTAIN PIMasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he has any objection to lay upon the Table of the House the Minutes of Proceedings and the Report of the Admiral Superintendent of the Naval Reserves upon the inquiry held at Exmouth, on or about the 20th of June last, into the circumstances under which Edward Litton and Frank Horsford, fishermen of Lympstone, lost their lives on the 11th of June last, and into the conduct of the Coastguard on that occasion, together with all Correspondence relating to this matter?
§ MR. W. H. SMITH,in reply, said, that these Reports had always been treated as confidential Reports from the 504 officers of the Service to the Admiralty, and it would be injurious to the Public Service to produce them.
§ CAPTAIN PIMinquired whether the right hon. Gentleman would object to lay upon the Table the Report of the Admiral Superintendent?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHThat is just what I object to do.