§ LORD ROBERT GROSVENORI wish, Sir, to put a question to the noble Lord at the head of the Government with respect to a statement in the papers of today, which has been seen with great pain by everybody, to the effect that the Commander in Chief of the Forces in the Crimea is so unwell that he has requested to 299 be relieved from his arduous duties; I beg to ask the noble Lord whether that statement is correct?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONSir, the only information Her Majesty's Government have received with respect to the health of Lord Raglan is that he was labouring under a temporary indisposition, which would probably for a week or ten days render it necessary for him not to take any part in the active duties of his command. During that interval General Simpson will take the command, Sir George Brown, who would naturally have taken it, being also unwell on board ship; but Her Majesty's Government have reason to hope that a very few days will restore Lord Raglan to his ordinary health. The last accounts we received were that he was already considerably better.