The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-08-03

in Ac Debate on The Nary Estimates.
MAY IL.
SIR,
lndisposition has stopped me from sub
hitting to the consideration of this House,
those matters respecting which l had Civ.
en- notice and the same Cause has disabled
me from paying that attention to the Navy
Estimates, which should have done, and
which might have done, had this Estimate.
completed in February Z, been printed and
delivered to- us in proper time, instead of q
few days ago, for which. however, supp st,
there was some weightv reason-No.A
withstanding these advantages. enough, will
prtbshly appear, 10 saew the. nature of the
| thing, as to the manifest injustice of the
Prnsion Lis,. An Admiral woru out in the
service, is superanuated at 41OL. a year. a
Captain of the navy at 219t. while he
Clerk of the Ticket Office retires ON 7OoL
The Widow of Admiral Sir Andrew Mitch
ell has one third of the allowance to the Wi
dow OF d Commissioner of the Navy. Mar
tina, widow of Admiral Bourmaster, Isl. ::
Mary Hammond, Commissioners widow,
5OoL Eiizabeth, widow of cap ain Blake
CO.,; Elizabeth widow of Commissioner
Lane, S00i. Four daughters of he gal ant
captain Courtenay, 12L los. each Daughter
of Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell, ISL two
Daughters OF Admiral Epworth ISL each :;
Daughter of Admiral Keppel, 25k Ell "a
beth, daughter of captain Mann, who was
killed in action, 25t; four children of Ad
miral Moriarty. 25k each-rhus TH1R-
TEEN daughters of Admirals or captains.
several of whose fathers fell in the service
of the Country, received from the gratitude
OF the nation sum less than Dame Mary
x'on, the widow of CONFERENCE.-The
PENSION LIST is not formed on compara-
tive R.lt,l n, Is
any rational principle, but appears to be de
pendent on parliamentary influence alone :;
tor Lieutenant Ellison, who lost his arm,
is allowed 9lt s., and captain Johnson, VINO
lost his arm, has only 45L 12s Cd Lieute
nant Arden, who lost his arm, mas 9lL So
Lieutenant Campbell, lost his leg, has sou
and poor Lieut. Chambers, who lost both ms
legs, has only 80t. while Sir A. 5. Ham
mond retires on 500 per annum The
brave Sir Samuel Hood, who lost his arm
5e0E; while the Secretary to the Admiral
~ rrtres, in full health, with pension of
5Oet-To speak less III detail, 50 FLAG
Officers, % Captains, 50 Lieutenants $50
Masters So Surgeons. 23 Pursers, 81 Boat
swans, 81 Gunners, 202 Carpenters. 81
Cooks, cost the country 4,O28i less than the.
nett proceeds of the Siuecures of Lord hr
den, 20 63St. Camden 20 1851 Buckinq
ham 90 1884,
All me superanuated AdmiraIs. Caprains
and Lieutenants, have but l ,012k more than
Earl Camden's Sinecure. All that is paid
to all the wounded officers Of the British
navy and to the wives and children of those
dead OF killed in action. does not amonnt
by 2l4t, to much as Lord Arden's Sine
cure alone. 90 358k. WHAT is paid to the
mut;lated officers themselves, Ii 1881 16s
IS but half as much.-Is this jus,ice, is
this he 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 =
WIN this too be defended? If express
myself with warmth, trust in the ,ndul
gence of the House j cannot suppress
my feelings. Should thirty one commissi
oners. commissioners wives and clerks. have
3,o99l more among them, than ali me
4oonnded officers Of ne Navy IF hng,aad {?
1 mud upon examination, that the Weucs
leys receive from the public 81 1891 A sum
equal to 426 pair of iieutenanls' leo. cal
culated at the rate Of allowance for I,,eut
Chambers,s leg. Calculating by the pensi
OH tor Captain JphnSon's arm viz: Isl
Lord Arden's Sinecure is equal to the vajne
of o22 Captains arms. The Marnnis -
Buckingnam's Sinecure alone, i'm the ne,t
viii maintain the nole ordinary establish
ment of the victuallng departments at
Chatham. Dover. Gibraltar, Sheerness the
Downs, HeIgoland Cork, Malta Med;,ar
ranean, Cape OF Good Hope Riode Jan,ir,,
and leave 1851 i'll the Treasury. Two ~
these comtor able Sinecures would victnaI
the officers and men serving in all the shius
In ordinary in Great BrItaio. viz. in ny
sail OF the line, los frigates, II sloops ffv
hulks. Three OF them would maintain the
DOCK yard adjustments at Portsmou.b and
Plymouth; and by the addition of a fe,v
,.:Ore, would amount to as much as the who,e
ordinary establishment of the royal dock
yards, at Chatham, Woolwlch Deptford
and oheerness; and the Sinecures and fiji
ces executed wholly by deputy, would more
than maintain The ordinary establishment of
all the royal dock yards in the kingdom
10 return to this PENSION LIST. ,b
serve, that pensions gwen ~ the wbigs T.,
commissioners clerks and others. whom tho,
forced out 10 make room for their friends
amounted, III 3 months, to about 5Og/ more
than the present administration have h,
TINS list, gwen away in nearly three vears
that have elapsed since. And the ,,cbt
honorable gentleman (Mr Ponsonby J WHO
two nights ago. made so pathetca an anDeai
to the good sense OF the people of England
against those whom he was pleased to- cal
de8iSHtnS men and dcnaglgucs actuallv
receives, tor having been 10 months in of
fee. SUN equal to ufre admiral. yL,
nave spent their lives in the service of their
country three times as much as all the
pensions gwen to all the daughters and chill
dren OF the admirals, captains and Heu,e
nants' ana other officers who have died in