( 43 )
| In the | |||
| Army. | Navy. | Total. | |
| In 1751 | 41 | 14 | 55 |
| In 1756 | 37 | 16 | 53 |
| In 1762 | 42 | 20 | 62 |
| In 1769 | 45 | 19 | 64 |
| In 1775 | 44 | 19 | 63 |
| In 1781 | 34 | 14 | 48 |
Theſe compariſons are made to meet the complaint referred to; but if the parliamentary conduct of the gentlemen in theſe two highly honourable profeſſions is adverted to, there will be no reaſon to think they are more under an undue influence than members of other deſcriptions. To what extent influence is derived from the diſpofal of commiſſions, in either ſervice, from the large eſtabliſhments of both, to perſons not in parliament, the author has not much better means of judging than the public at large, who fee the appointments in the daily papers; as he has good reaſon for believing that Mr. Pitt interfered very little with the patronage of the Commander in Chief, or the Admiralty.
In times not very remote, indulgence was ſhewn to perſons in lucrative employments, holding large ſums of public money in their hands, in ſome in-
