§ MR. O'CLERYasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, in view of the recent loss of H.M.S. "Eurydice," it is the intention of the Government to propose a grant of public money to aid the families of those seamen who lost their lives in their Country's service, instead of leaving that duty to the ordinary channels of public subscription?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERMr. Speaker, I have been in communication with my right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Admiralty, and may state that the same course will be followed with regard to the families of the unfortunate men lost in the Eurydice as was adopted in the case of Her Majesty's ship Captain, which was lost some years ago. I will not trouble the House with the details of the different rates of pensions and gratuities that were given to the families of the unfortunate men who were lost upon that occasion; but the same course will be pursued in this case.