§ CAPTAIN M'CALMONTI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will consider the advisability of constructing a new troopship for Home service, the want of room and any approach to comfort on H.M.S. Assistance being apparent, especially in the winter months?
*SIR U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTHNo complaints have been received at the. Admiralty respecting this troopship, and there is no intention of building a new vessel for the home service.
§ CAPTAIN M'CALMONTHas the attention of the right hon. Gentleman been called to the report in the Daily News, to the effect that H.M.S. Assistance was four days doing the voyage and that all the time the troops were without accommodation, and water was pouring on them the main deck. Is he aware that one man was taken ashore dead?
§ [No answer was given.]