§ MAJOR STUARTsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether the British Government had not undertaken the transmission of the 20,000 Turkish Medals from Constantinople previous to their loss in the Mediterranean; and whether it is the intention of the Government to defray the expense of replacing them?
§ MR. SIDNEY HERBERTreplied, that the British Government did not undertake the transmission of the Medals. They were shipped by the Turkish Government, and the responsibility rested upon that Government. The Foreign Office had been requested to communicate with Sir Henry Bulwer, in the hope that the Turkish Government might be willing to replace the Medals. Meanwhile the men entitled to the Medals were permitted to wear ribbons.