§ MR. MONSELLsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, In what way the Government propose to give effect to the Recommendation of the Commissioners of Customs that the services of their late Senior Surveyor General, Mr. St. John, should be recognized in some special manner?
MR. PEEL, in reply, said, the Treasury had no funds at their disposal, with which they could meet any case of this kind. Mr. St. John died in the public service, and the Pension Acts absolutely gave the Treasury no authority, however strong the claim might be, to grant an allowance to the widows and families of public officers. The Commissioners of Customs were anxious to obtain pensions out of the fund attached to the Civil List, but he was not aware whether his noble Friend at the head of the Government had been able to comply with their request.