§ MR. ALFRED THOMAS (Glamorgan, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the state of the law in respect of loading and manning ships, he will use the means at his disposal to ascertain whether the mercantile nations of the world would join in promoting a Congress to consider, discuss, and recommend to the several nations represented uniform regulations for the better preservation of life and property at sea?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OFTRADE (MR. C. T. RITCHIE,) CroydonOur experience of conferences of this kind is that they are attended with many difficulties, and I doubt the expediency of promoting such a one at present.