§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the Superintendent of the 1559 Carriage Department, Royal Arsenal, employs several of the employés of the Department as members of the crew of his private pleasure yacht; whether he can give the names and character of the employment respectively of the several persons so employed, and the several periods at which all or any of such employés were absent from their duties at the Arsenal, and, if by leave, then by whom such leave was granted; and, whether the pay and allowances of such persons continue during their respective absences?
§ THE SECRETARY or STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)I am informed that there are no men belonging to the Royal Carriage Department employed on the yacht referred to; nor have any men been so employed while belonging to the Department.