MR. TRACYsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether, having regard to the demand for Lieutenants as gunnery instructors having 1757 become so much greater than the supply, that during the last five years no Officer has been allowed to remain in the school of gunnery long enough to obtain a competent knowledge of the subject, it is the intention of the Admiralty to hold out any inducements to Officers to qualify as Instructors?
§ LORD CLARENCE PAGETsaid, in reply, at present he could not distinctly state the intentions of the Admiralty on the subject; but if the hon. Gentleman would have patience to wait until he should make his statement, which would not be very late in the Session, with regard to the proposed improvement in the pay of officers in the navy, he would find that the gunnery instructors had not been overlooked.