§ SIR GEORGE PECHELLsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if any steps have been taken (on the recommendation of the late Naval Commission), to abolish the present system of sharing freight money for the conveyance of specie, jewels, or treasure, on hoard Her Majesty's Ships; one fourth share being paid to the Admiral on the station, two-fourths to the Captain of the ship who signed the bill of lading or receipt for the same, and the remaining one-fourth share only being paid to Greenwich Hospital for the use of the institution.
§ LORD CLARENCE PAGETsaid, in re ply, that an investigation had been instituted into that subject, among others, by a Commission appointed to inquire into the state of Greenwich Hospital, and the Admiralty did not wish to come to any decision upon the matter until they should have learnt what was the result of that investigation.