§ MR. D. GRANTasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether his attention has been directed to the necessity that electrical communication should exist between the more important light ships round the coast and the stations on the shore, so as to enable aid to be sent as rapidly as possible to ships in distress?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAIN, in reply, said, that he had authorized an experiment to be made with the view to the establishment of electrical communication between the sunk lightship and the shore. Some unexpected difficulties had been found to arise, but he hoped these would be overcome.