0s. each, the daughter of
Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell has 25l., two daughters of Admiral
Epworth have 25l. each, the daughter of Admiral Keppel 24l.,
the daughter of Captain Mann, who was killed in action, 25l.,
four children of Admiral Moriarty 25l. each. That is--thirteen
daughters of admirals and captains, several of whose fathers
fell in the service of their country, receive from the
gratitude of the nation a sum less than Dame Mary Saxton, the
widow of a commissioner.

The pension list is not formed on any comparative rank or
merit, length of service, or other rational principle, but
appears to me to be dependent on parliamentary influence
alone. Lieutenant Ellison, who lost his arm, is allowed 91l.
5s., Captain Johnstone, who lost his arm, has only 45l.
12s. 6d., Lieutenant Arden, who lost his arm, has 9l.
5s., Lieutenant Campbell, who lost his leg, 40_l._., and poor
Lieutenant Chambers, who lost both his legs, has only 80_l._.,
whilst Sir A.S. Hamond retires on 1500_l._. per annum. The brave
Sir Samuel Hood, who lost his arm, has only 500_l._., whilst the
late Secretary of the Admiralty retires, in full health, on a
pension of 1500_l._. per annum.

To speak less in detail, 32 flag officers, 22 captains, 50
lieutenants, 180 masters, 36 surgeons, 23 pursers, 91 boatswains, 97
gunners, 202 carpenters, and 41 cooks, in all 774 persons, cost the
country 4028l. less than the nett proceeds of the sinecures of Lords
Arden (20,358_l._), Camden (20,536_l._), and Buckingham (20,693_l._).

All the superannuated admirals, captains, and lieutenants put
together, have but 1012l. more than Earl Camden's sinecure alone! All
that is paid to the wounded officers of the whole British navy, and
to the wives and children of those dead or killed in action, do
not amount by 214l. to as much as Lord Arden's sinecure alone, viz.
20,358_l._. What is paid to the mutilated officers themselves is but half
as much.

Is this justice? Is this the treatment which the officers of the
navy deserve at the hands of those who call themselves his Majesty's
Government? Does the country know of this injustice? Will this too be
defended? If I express myself with warmth I trust in the indulgence
of the House. I cannot suppress my feelings. Should 31 commissioners,
commissioners' wives, and clerks have 3899l. more amongst them than
all the wounded officers of the navy of E