§ * SIR EDWARD SASSOON (Hythe)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on Thursday and Friday nights last no less than 30 French boats were trawling in Rye Bay and 16 in Hythe Bay, all within one and a-half miles of the shore; and, whether he will obtain the services of a gunboat to watch their operations, as otherwise, while the wind keeps in its present direction, they may continue their illegal encroachments.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. MACARTNEY,) Antrim, S.The reply to the first paragraph is in the affirmative, and a gunboat has been ordered to proceed forthwith to the locality in question.