§ Committee appointed, "to inquire into the existing Laws and Regulations regarding Boats, Life Buoys, and other Life Saving Gear required to be carried by British Merchant Ships, and to report what, if any, amendments are required therein."
§ Ordered, That the Committee do consist of Seventeen Members:—Lord Charles Beresford, Mr. Macdonald, Sir Edward Birkbeck, Mr. Hoare, Mr. Howard Vincent, Mr. Donkin, Captain Price, Sir James Corry, Sir Charles Palmer, Viscount Kilcoursie, Mr. Bruce, Sir William Plowden, Mr. Menzies, Mr. Thomas Sutherland, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Richard Power, and Mr. Thomas Gill nominated Members of the Committee, with power to send for persons, papers, and records.
§ Ordered, That Five be the quorum.—(Baron Henry De Worms.)
§ House adjourned at Two o'clock.