DR. CAMERONasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether the rock on which H.M.S. "Lively" was wrecked is visible at all states of the tide; or, if not, whether it is marked or buoyed?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAINSir, I have been asked by my hon. Friend the Secretary to the Admiralty to answer this Question, because it concerns the administration of Trinity House. The Hen and Chickens rocks, on which Her Majesty's ship Lively was wrecked, are visible at all states of the tide, except near high water at ordinary spring tides, when, according to the most recent Admiralty survey, there is about half-afoot of water over them. The rocks are not buoyed because the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, when consulted in 1869, were of opinion that a good clearing-mark for the rocks is given in the Admiralty sailing directions for the Hebrides, and since 1869 no further representations have been made on the subject.