§ Captain Layardbegged to ask the right hon. Baronet whether the British and Portuguese Commission had effected any settlement of the claims of the Portuguese Auxiliary Legion, and whether any division had been made of the funds allotted to that purpose? He regretted to say, that most of the men who had engaged in the expedition were at the present time in utter destitution, and that many of the officers were suffering extreme privation.
§ Sir R. Peelassured the hon. and gallant Officer that he sincerely sympathised in the misfortunes of those concerned in the Portuguese expedition. The commissioners had already adjudicated on many of those claims, and he hoped that before long the rest would be settled. With respect to the question put by the hon. and gallant Officer as to the division of the money, he (Sir R. Peel) was unable to afford an answer. The recent disturbances in Portugal had interposed some obstacle in the way of a settlement of the claims referred to, but he hoped that before long they would be completely adjusted.