MR. JUSTIN HUNTLY M'CARTHYasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, If he will state the reason for the delay in coming to a conclusion on the Report of the Committee which was laid before the Lords Commissioners in November or December last; and when action on the Report may be expected?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYThe Report of the Committee on the Engineers has led to the consideration of many important questions of detail with reference to relative rank, retiring allowance, and uniform. It has not yet been possible 855 to arrive at a conclusion on all these points.