§ MR. ADDINGTONsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether, in the naval barracks now building and ordered to be built at the different dockyards, provision will be made for the accommodation of the wives and children of sailors, in the same manner as exists at present for the families of soldiers in military barracks?
§ LORD CLARENCE PAGETsaid, in reply, that was a question which the Admiralty had considered very carefully, and they had come to the conclusion that at the present moment it would not be advisable to construct naval barracks with the view to give accommodation to the wives and families of sailors. The fact was, that naval barracks stood on a totally different footing from military barracks. Soldiers, with their wives and families, marched out from one barrack to another; but sailors only occupied barracks temporarily during their absence from their ships; and if accommodation were provided for their wives and families, when they themselves went to 989 sea those wives and families would have to be turned out without any shelter. A very great inconvenience would thus be created, and it was not therefore proposed by the Admiralty that any provision should be made for the accommodation of the wives and families of sailors.
§ MR. ADDINGTONsaid, he wished to know whether it is proposed that any provision shall be made fur the instruction of the children of sailors?
§ LORD CLARENCE PAGETsaid, that if the Admiralty saw their way to any provision for that purpose, they would willingly adopt it; but they were not at present prepared with any scheme upon the subject.