§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether in view of the loss inflicted upon the traders of Queenstown by the protracted absence of the guard ship Howe, the Admiralty will consider the desirability of making some compensation by permitting a portion of the Fleet to visit Cork Harbour during the Autumn Manœuvres?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTYIn reply to the hon. and gallant Member's Question, the Admiralty must entirely repudiate the principle on which he founds his question, that there is a kind of pecuniary vested interest to any locality in the presence of guardships 976 or other Government vessels. As I have repeatedly stated, movements of Her Majesty's ships must be guided by naval considerations.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANWill the right hon. Gentleman not give special consideration to this special case?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTYNo, Sir; I must leave the question of the manœuvres to my naval advisers without introducing pecuniary considerations.