§ MR. BENTINCKsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether it is true that Mr. George Linnæus Banks has been placed on the Civil List for a pension of £50 per annum?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONsaid, that no pension had been awarded to Mr. Banks. Representations had been made to him that Mr. Banks, being a man of considerable literary attainments, who had devoted much time to literature, and also to the extension and encouragement of mechanics' institutes, had therefore rendered great public service; but that, from peculiar circumstances, he had been reduced to such a condition that a small grant from the Royal bounty would be well bestowed. A grant of £50 from the Royal bounty had been accordingly made; but it was not an annual pension, and did not involve any further grant.