§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether we allow the free entry of Foreign men-of-war into our fortified ports, a practice different from that of other Powers; and whether Her Majesty's Government propose to issue instructions to Naval Commanders or Colonial Governors with regard to the entry into such ports of foreign ships of war and transports carrying troops?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONLimitations have, in certain instances, been placed upon the entry of foreign men-of-war and transports into certain specified ports. The Admiralty are not in favour of a general or wholesale restriction, as they believe such Regulations to be unnecessary, and likely, if made reciprocal, to greatly limit the present cruising grounds of Her Majesty's Navy.