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granted to her Majesty towards defraying the wages of the
navy and marines,
Mr. CARDWELL said he wished to ask the right hon.
baronet two questions ; first,. whether the recommendation
of the report of the commissioners, in relation to the im-
provement of the condition of tile sailors in her Majesty's
navy, was about to be carried out; and, secondly, whether
their recommendation to establish a connection in future
between the royal navy and the mercantile marine was
approved of, and if so, whether it was being carried out.
Sir J. PAKINGTON, in reply, said in relation to the
question of his right hon. friend, No. 1, that the recom-
mendation of the commissioners for the inwrovement of the
condition of seamen would be carried out; and with regard
to the second question, relating to the reco.mmendation of
the commissioners to establish a connection between the
royal navy and the mercantile marine, he begg.cd, in answer
to his right hon. friend, to say that the Board oi Admiralty
had adopted every one of the recommendations Of the com-
missioners, and had considered them seriatim;but he
thought his right hon. friend would admit that it Ryas fair
that the Government, before they made up their minds to
act upon the plan, ought to give due consideration to it.
That was a principle which he was sure his right hon.
friend would recognise. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. LINDSAY said the right hon. baronet was aware
that the first part of the report involved a very considerable
sum of money, namely, £lOO,OOO. He (Mr. Lindsay)Held
very strong opinions upon this subject ; and in his opr
aion
it was not very difficult, as some supposed, for them to man
the navy at present without incurring any such expense.
(Hear.)
Sir C. NAPIER hoped that the new regulations which
affected the men would be made known as soon as possible.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the regulations would be
promulgated as soon as possible, but some) details must be
first arranged.
The vote was agreed to.. •
WAYS AND MEANS.
The house went into committee on ways and means..
The first vote was £1,222,383 18s. 9d. .
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked whether the. Chancellor
of the Exchequer intended to introduce any measure in
reference to the issue of public money. .
The CHANCELLOR of the • EXCHEQUER said h
mentioned the other night that there were three bills which
had been prepared, and one of them referred to the subject,
alluded to.
The vote was agreed to, as was alio one for the grant of
£11,000,000.
The house resumed.
EAST INDIA LOAN BILL.
In clause 1 it was proposed to fill up a blank by inserting
the sum of £7,000,000.
Mr. CRAWFORD asked whether it was likely that the
whole sum of £7,000,000 would be required at once.
Lord STANLEY said nearly the whole amount would
be required for the home expenses of the Indian Govern-
ment. He could not give any more definite information.
The amendment was agreed to.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to.
The Superannuation Bill; the Marine Mutiny Bill, and
the Sale of Poisons Bill were postponed.
COUNTY COURTS BILL.
This bill passed through a second reading.
RECREATION GROUNDS.
This bill passed through committee.
The house adjourned at twenty minutes to one o'clock.