§ MAJOR SIBTHORPsaid, he would beg to inquire of the hon. Under Secretary for the War Department whether any reply to the Memorial of the Guards had been drawn up at the War Office; and, if so, whether there would be any objection to lay it upon the table of the House?
§ MR. FREDERICK PEELsaid, that a reply had been sent by the War Office, stating the grounds on which that department considered that the Memorial was without foundation. No further correspondence had taken place, and the position of the Guards remained as it had been before the Memorial was presented. Under those circumstances he did not see that any public advantage would be gained by laying the reply of the War Department on the table.