At a crowded and_ representative meeting held in the City under the presidency of Sir A. Rollit, resolutions were adopted urging that immediate steps should be taken to increase the Navy, so as to gniraniee the security of the Empire and its commerce.
In the House of Commons Lord George, Hamilton, ex-First Lord of the Admiralty, gave notice of a resolution declaring that the interests of the country demand large additions to the Navy, and further demanding that a statement of the intentions of the government in this direction should be made before Christmas.
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