§ GENERAL BUCKLEYsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, Why the detachment of the 64th Foot, consisting of five or six officers and 200 men (who, being part of the Lucknow Garrison, were shut up in the Alum Baugh from October to November, 1857, when they were relieved by Sir Colin Campbell), have been deprived of the second donation batta, which has been received by the rest of the regiment who were in Lucknow? This detachment has received the year's pay, and the second donation batta was first allowed, but has since been refused.
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, in reply, that the service performed by the different portions of the regiment were of a totally different character. One part was shut up in the garrison of Lucknow, and exposed to all the hardships, risks, and dangers which were well known by all, whereas the other detachment to which his hon. and gallant Friend referred was never in Lucknow at all, but in the Alum Baugh, some distance off, and was not exposed to the same hardships. The second donation batta was first allowed under a misapprehension, believing that the detachment had been in the garrison of Lucknow, whereas they had no communication with it, except by spies and deserters, and they were not cut off from communication with the rest of the army, their rear being-open to Cawnpore. They were never exposed to serious hardships or privations. The Government of India had expressed a strong opinion upon the subject, and they were not only the judges on the spot of the services rendered, but also the parties by whom the allowance was given.