§ MR. KER SEYMOURsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of state for War, for an explanation of the circumstances 756 under which the Victoria Cross was withheld from the late Lieutenant Salkeld?
GENERAL PEELsaid, he regretted very much that his hon. Friend had not communicated with him before he placed his notice on the Paper. So far from the Victoria Cross being withheld from the gallant Officer, such a proceeding was never for a moment contemplated. On the contrary, he and Lieutenant Home were to have been the very first who should receive it from Her Majesty. Unfortunately he never lived to receive it, and that cross which, if he had lived, would have been presented to him, the Government now proposed to present to his relatives.