§ MR. LAURIEsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary for War when the often-promised Order of the Medjidi is likely to be distributed to the Troops engaged in the Crimea?
§ SIR JOHN RAMSDENsaid, that in consequence of the delay which had taken place a communication had been made by direction of Lord Clarendon to the Turkish Government to inquire whether it was the intention of the Sultan to confer the Order upon all the officers recommended by Her Majesty's Government. To that inquiry 976 an affirmative answer had been received within the last few days, and there was now therefore no necessity for longer delaying the publication of the names of the officers in question, without waiting for the arrival of the decorations.
§ SIR JOHN RAMSDENsaid, that very recently a telegraphic communication had been addressed to the Turkish Government on the subject, and the answer was that the medals would be sent with the Order of the Medjidi, and that the delay had been occasioned by the inability of the jewellers to supply them earlier.