LORD COLVILLE OF CULROSSasked, Whether the attention of the Board of Trade has been called to a catastrophe which took place off Dungeness on Saturday, 22nd instant, when the schooner yacht "Mayfly," of Cowes, was rundown by the steamer "Valhalla," of West Hartlepool, involving the loss of the yacht and of four lives; and, whether, as the "Valhalla" is presumed to have continued on her voyage to Genoa, steps will nevertheless be 368 taken for the holding of a Board of Trade inquiry on her return to England?
§ LORD SUDELEY,in reply, said, that the attention of the Board of Trade had been called to the collision; that notice that an inquiry would be held was at once issued by the Board of Trade, and that the inquiry would take place immediately on the return to England of the steamer Valhalla. Pending this inquiry, he hoped the noble Lord opposite (Lord Colville of Culross) would not wish him to go into the merits of the case.
§ House adjourned at half past Eight o'clock, to Thursday next, a quarter past Four o'clock.