§ CAPTAIN PRICE (Devonport)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is the usual custom to close the gun wharves at Devonport on Friday afternoon, when Her Majesty's Birthday is kept on a Saturday; and, why the usual course has not been followed this year?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN)&c.) (Stirling,I find that it was through inadvertence that the half-holiday was not granted on Friday. The men will be allowed the time on another day.