§ In reply to Mr. Alderman COPELAND,
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, that by a General Order of the 1st of September, 1857, Military Officers were allowed to count as service, for retiring pension, the periods spent on leave of absence on account of wounds received or sickness contracted on field service. The hon. Member wished to know whether the Civil Servants who came home invalided, from sickness contracted during the siege of Lucknow, would have the same privilege. He (Sir Charles Wood) apprehended that what had been granted to all the Civil Servants who were in Lucknow, whether invalided or not, was leave to count one year's service towards retiring pensions.