§ LORD CHARLES BERESFORDI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can furnish the House with further particulars of the parting of two cables of H.M.S. Victorious when aground off Port Said; and whether the cables parted owing to defects or whether it was owing to the heave of a sea?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. W. E. MACARTNEY,) Antrim, S.The cables parted because the ship was broadside on to the current and sea, the stern being aground and the cables at right-angles to the ship. The cables were not defective. No further information is available at present.