§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he will favourably consider the prayer of the Royal Naval Engine-room Artificers to have their position improved from Chief Petty Officers to that of Warrant Officers with their privileges, and particularly in reference to their present inadequate accommodation on board Her Majesty's ships, and the unequal amount of their pensions in proportion to their pay and as compared with other classes of Chief Petty Officers?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing), in reply, said, that the position of the Engine Room artificers would receive every con- 272 sideration from the Board of Admiralty; but no Petition or prayer of the nature alluded to in the Question had as yet been received.