§ LORD ELCHOasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether a small portion of the Patriotic Fund might not be applied to the proper maintenance of the graves of the officers and men of the British Army who fell in the Crimea? His Lordship said, he was induced to put the Question in consequence of a letter of Lieutenant Money that had been published in the newspapers, in which it was stated that while Russia had carefully honoured the graves of her heroes who fell in the Crimea, and while the French appropriated £200 a-year for the purpose of keeping their cemetery in order, the resting-place of those who died in the British service had been allowed to become a ruin.
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, in reply, that the question appeared to him to be one of law. He had spoken to His Royal Highness the President, and to General Lindsay, the Chairman of the Committee of the Patriotic Fund, and they personally took no objection to the proposed expenditure; but, on reference to legal opinion, it was found that the matter was not one within the duty and the liability of the Committee.
§ LORD ELCHOWill the right hon. Gentleman take into his consideration the question whether the Government could not do what is required?
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, the question was well worthy of consideration by the Government.