§ MR. PULESTONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he will consider the question of extending to petty officers and seamen of the Royal Navy the provisions of the Order in Council of the 23rd day of October last empowering the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in their discretion, to grant Compassionate Allowances to Naval Officers who have been dismissed from the Service for misconduct, or have been allowed to resign to avoid trial by Court Martial?
§ MR. HUNT, in reply, said, he could not give more consideration than he had 1020 already done to the subject contained in the Question of the hon. Member. The cases of the officers and men were very different. The latter, who gained their livelihood by manual labour, had no difficulty in obtaining other employment, but the officers, when thrown out of their employment, were often reduced almost to beggary.