§ MR. C. WILSON (Hull, W.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the public interest taken in the matter, he will give the earliest possible information of the day and hour of the expected arrival of the German Emperor and suite in the Thames, and the course of procedure in connection with his inspection of the British Fleet at the Nore?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingI cannot state the exact time at which the German Emperor will arrive, as that will be regulated by his own convenience, but he does not intend to inspect the British Fleet at the Nore. I take this opportunity of expressing the hope that when he does arrive he may not be subject to the disgraceful mobbing which occurred at Spithead in 1889, and which, with the heavily laden passenger vessels, would, 1586 if any collision had occurred, have resulted in heavy loss of life. The Admiralty had on that occasion to report some of the offending vessels, whose captains were punished by the authorities employing them, so I hope that there will not be any repetition of such misconduct.