§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONsaid, he must beg to repeat his question of Friday evening, whether the officers of the 85th Regiment were to receive any compensation for their detention at Portsmouth, and for the injury done to their property on their voyage to the Mauritius by the leaky state of the Megœra troop ship when she put to sea?
§ MR. FREDERICK PEELsaid, that a regulation existed by which a daily allowance was granted to officers who might be unexpectedly detained in proceeding on duty from one place to another, as well as compensation for any injury done to their baggage through casualties of any kind. The regulation, however, had only reference to a state of war, and, therefore, the case of the officers of the 85th not coming within that category, must be decided upon the merits of each individual application.