§ The hon. and gallant Member begged also to ask, whether the hon. Baronet was aware that Admiral Stopford had made application to the late Board of Admiralty to revive the system of giving prize money to the seamen and marines employed at Acre as at Algiers and Navarino—whether any answer had been returned, and whether it were intended to give effect to that application?
§ Mr. Sidney Herbertsaid the application had been referred to the present Board of Admiralty, and was under its consideration.
Captain Berkeleyunder these circumstances would withdraw the notices of motion he had given on these subjects.
§ The Royal Gardens Bill was then read a third time and passed.