§ MR. ANDERSONasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, If it is the fact that great discontent has manifested itself on board H.M.S. Agamemnon; if there has been an abnormal amount of punishment through numbers of the men having attempted to desert, alleging extreme severity of discipline imposed by the Commander; and, if there has been, or is to be, any inquiry?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYNo information of discontent, of severe discipline, or of desertion on board the Agamemnon has reached the Admiralty.
§ MR. ANDERSONIs it not the case that eight or ten of the men were imprisoned at one time?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYIt will be seen from the answer I have given that no complaint has reached the Admiralty.
§ MR. ANDERSONWill the hon. Member, now that the matter has been 138 brought to his notice, make any inquiry as to the discipline on board the Agamemnon?