§ ADMIRAL WALCOTTSir, as I was a Member of the Arctic Committee who unanimously resolved that the spirit of intrepidity and enterprise displayed by every officer and man engaged in the 452 hazardous Expeditions to the North Pole, entitle them to a recommendation to their Sovereign for a special medal in acknowledgment of their services, I put this question to the right hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether and when it was the intention of the Government to grant a medal to those engaged in the several Arctic Expeditions conformably with the recommendation to that effect contained in the Report of the Select Committee on the Arctic Expeditions in the last Session?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, the Queen had been graciously pleased to signify Her intention to confer a medal on the officers and men engaged in the Arctic Expeditions, and measures were being taken to carry that intention into effect. There was, however, great pressure at present in preparing the Crimean medals, and it would be some time before the Arctic medal could be prepared.