§ MR. HUMEwished to know whether, as medals had been given to the Army for past services in the Peninsula, as well as to the Navy for the exploits of the last war, the veterans of the Armies of the Crown and the East India Company were to have a similar attention paid to them for the battles of Assaye, Lasswaree, Maheidpoor, Kirkee, &c?
§ SIR J. C. HOBHOUSEbegged to state, in answer to the question put by his hon. Friend (Mr. Hume), that the medals could not be granted upon the occasions to which he alluded, as the regular course was that they should only be granted to the officers and men for those battles for which they had already been granted to the generals commanding, or other superior officers. If his hon. Friend would look to the order issued June 1, 1847, he would see that these were the conditions on which medals were to be granted. If they were to extend the occasions, it must he done by another order.