§ MR. WEBBI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been directed to the conviction at Abingdon, on Saturday 25th April, of Robert Dooley, a seaman of H.M.S. Volage, for threatening in a railway carriage to cut the throat of a mother if she would not give him her child; and whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to retain this seaman in Her Majesty's Service?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThe offence was dealt with by civil power. The man was sentenced to pay a fine of £5, or to go to prison for a month. The charge was one of ordinary assault only. During his term of service the man's character had been always good. His further retention in the Service is under consideration.