The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-28 00:00:00

:he less determined to persevere from the difficulties he
Sad. to contend with, and that they had been very numer-

ous he readily acknowledged, but he all through felt satis-
fied, that truth and justice, would ultimately prevail. He
must say, that in all the first motions and questions he had
brought before Parliament, he had been entirely destitute of
support. He had never been actuated by party feeling, as had
been well observed by their Gallant Chairman. His argument
had always been, if things could he improved, that they
ought to be improved. The same motives had influenced
him towards whatever Government was in power. He had
never courted either Whig or Tory. If they only brought
forward measures calculated to promote the good of the

country, and the good of the service, these measures were
sure to receive his cordial support. It appeared to him

• •
that one of the great objects which should be kept in view
was to maintain such an effective naval force as would b,!

calculated to afford protection to the country.—( Cheers.)
It appeared to him, and to every one in the service, that
there bad been some deficiency in that respect—( Hear)_.
that justice had not been done to the profession—and that
party influence and private feeling had prevailed against
the rewards due to public services ; that promotions
had been too frequently the result of selfish and
family interests, to the injury of the service.---( Hear. )
It appeared to him that the party in power to that extent
were the enemies of the Navy, and he would add enemies

to the welfare of England. He could not contemplate
such conduct on the part of any Government towards the
naval service without feeling great disapprobation of their
proceedings. What it had arisen from he would not un•
dertake to say, but certainly they had not been fairly re-
presented in the Boards of Admiralty.—( Hear, hear.)
Whether it was that naval men going there succumbed

the civilians, and gave up their independence he knew

not, but whatever might be the cause the effect lead been
generally felt, and, Gnd knows, they all had plenty of
reason to repent it. Without touching upon poli-
tics he would state what had guided him in
those feelings. On one occasion, when a

personal attack- had been made on him by Sir Robert Peel

respecting the battle of Navarino, he (Sir E. Codrington)
had defended himself, as he always would do.—( Cheers.)
His friends had remonstrated with him upon the impolicy
of such a course—that he had attacked the greatest tiger
in the House—but he (Sir E. Codringtou) stated that he
would never allow misrepresentation to pass unrefuted. On

that occasion ho had undertaken to demonstrate to the
House that there were no situations under Government

from which men were not allowed to retire on more ample
salaries than were given to the most able officers in her
Majesty's Navy for double the period of service. What
he complained of was that the Secretary of the Admiralty,
whose duties were by no means very onerous, and who re-
ceived for them 4 or 5,0001. a year, should be allowed to retire
after five years' service, with a pension pf 1,500/. a-year for
life—that the Under- Secretary, with a salary of 1,5001. a-
year, was allowed, after ten years' service, a pension of
1,0001. per annum. He drew a comparison thence as to
the services and pensions of the officers of the Navy, and
Mr. Goulburn, in replying to him, said the Gallant Officer
pretended not to know that his Right Hon. Friend (Mr.
Croker) had ruled over the Admiralty for 23 years. He
( Sir Edward Codrington) thanked him for that expression
for the naval service well knew that Mr. Crokerhad ruled

over it.—( Vehement cheering.) It was easy to under-
stand after that admission why the naval service bad been
so much deteriorated. If gentlemen like Mr. Croker, or
Mr. Dawson, or Mr. Wood, in the present day,
were allowed to rule over the Navy, to decide
upon the conduct of officers of high rank and standing in
the profession—if they had the power of saying that man
was not fit for the service—that other man must not hoist
his bit of bunting—that young Commander did not know
his duty—when that was permitted I cared not what
party such men belonged to, the service must every day
suffer and decline in its importance.—( Loud cheers.) Why
had they not a man independent of all party at the head of
the Navy ? They had the Duke of York at the head of the
Army, and why had they not the Duke of Sussex at the
head of the Navy ?..---(Loud cheers.) If they had such
a man he would be looked up to, and he would bring the
Navy into the same state of efficiency as the
Duke of York had brought the army. What they wanted
was a man independent of party ; for they could not forget
that the moment the Duke of York became a party man
he was no longer allowed to do anything for the army.
Such was the case also with the Duke of Clarence.
Nothing could be more fair than his conduct when he
first became Lord High Admiral—young men were allowed
to be brought forward for promotion as they deserved it ;
but the moment he became a party man a change took
feel that he would rePel"
the
stinpopto
ir,nt i
(tltilflthiuneabeGivtegryi
place, and his power to do good was at an end. His ( Sir
E. Codrington's) conviction was, that the Duke of Cla-
rence was most anxious, if left to himself, to promote the
interests of the service, but hwienhigwic.oh_ul(hdGearsekattheehmeerwhhigat.)haTdhheey
ever done except to take away their uniforms in which they bad
gained so much glory, and in which they had acquired the
respect and admiration of the world.—( Loud cheers.)
Ttgyarcd,oveoeoi
were
pnurerdel
generally
ejyi
friend
landnciselldetog,
ilri
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aot
t)rrhntil
lj
01 .
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it
stsdgepicaeeclohßoaai
ydedroffr.yrraeittyethpyonosnep.toHiyherratlmeaen,
jsirhyroe,
him,
d,
‘in
G coloursod Paris nb bless
insus t
mi
iiwithes , them—they
could not hear the names of Vittoria or Douro; all they
could boast of was their uniform ; and when he ( Sir E.
new
Sir uniform
Edward,
sadaiffrii,v:icdtteinietlgh
Jo tics
House, 1
hlltakymne
iogtwahktye
be
ystoaoui besaid
ot
rhaaatßshrpeitai,anyhaissh
in Admiral, dcenontteii rsrataall ~n,
t, otherwise
oanulgtshould
Government of the day, but that was so far as
naval matters were concerned. He saw no dispo-
sition on the part of the Government to. do justice.
When Sir James Graham became first Lord of the Admi-
ralty, he anticipated some good to
r Ns
foughtta
ehhcadeavor
nasad service.
r, rsi i
nvn
oi
g de their,
not
sentiments,stee
ot.
s.
to be
Tebsbehhi
aaerhtadyte
James
lived
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battles..,_.
to
cods
but
in the same neighbourhood, oaunrhdootwdhe,erietrh eopypoiognreionnaenrdaolnlyd
distressed,
seed hometi
ie
mattersy
to the Admiralty under these impressions, and said, I hope
waited
dwoans Earinoth
Whilein butsne b a system
fCh.s nhoa d ability. oneto
atnitilide(aStbiersto. difficulties
thrown
ea
o(vmaSdpse
hadiioisrsoot nrrEGes s.
repeated
these
( Hear,
in his way.
to be treated in such
he had begun the
wwa%;hatthewacsomnoptiaitnrtue t and with these words he bid
riangtil'outinLedniweLtilthitt—he'
ei
imaginer,
but
while :halel es:tt, lhasotaieitrndghbi
his
ifcsege. dal)rluaitnlyGdascitr_hwoe:lenrvide
ai
gs
his public letter,
c%tbmtsrfma.
hiote:
stating
irueem.:
atktanrl
ildaheotn
i neitg
and the numerous difficulties he had to
ripe for the House
ntrpyonhibBbT, A ,
King, who hie approbation of his conduct, The
ded
way had
Asdigmniirteldthen procee to state the result of the
various memorials he had presented with respect to the
Noblele i.. Lord di 0 s ghn godoev
showered
te
ror morning.—(Great
doi
object
nc t
honours. w 4
to
that he must in-
sist FcolueonnotiferfirSo.
Commons, the
when tb ft case Was
thy ministers had refused to allow him to
bring it forward, as it was ades"" of money, But he
had gone to the Speaker, an stated that it was a grievance
statement of the facts
way. c 1 little
idea hail the Aiiiiisttl to iff° ,HQ92O that the Inestion
class of men,. and
would be carried, that the Speaker asked him if he would
aml4;,rigneg it known. in some
had encountered in
and his, aTnhseweirlivaas—." Yes, if I go out
(1 oint,--( Loud
and repeated cheering.)
difficultiesoolongpointai,
endeavouring to assort dip rights of the. meritorious class
who had served under him. He regretted 50 say that the
naval party, which after all was the party of the country,
had ;,,, little support in that
.House. Every effort he
made had been tiliPuti2d irl every'• possible way.
He had been inet by argnmen!s of wait of prOpei informa-
tion—of bringing the question forward at an improper
grieyanov under i i
that was the power of scratching off the
) et
foft7thehritdsggslllll;P4rrie his.
tame, ca la counting -gut the, tiollse.—( Hear, hear.)
'a,tiicit the Navy were
suffering,
ng was,
and another
the list ; and he declared upon his honour that that he had
known instances in which officers had been deprived of