§ MR. TORRENSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, Whether any Reply has been received from the Governor General of India to the fifth paragraph of the Secretary of State's Letter of the 22nd of December, 1860, relating to certain claims on the late State of Oude; and, if not, whether he has any objection peremptorily to call the Governor General's early attention to the subject? He would also beg to ask, whether it is intended to place the Officers of Her Majesty's Indian Artillery Regiments, who are now on Staff and Civil employ, on the seconded list, as is the case with the Officers of the Royal Artillery when so employed?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODsaid, no information had yet been received from India on the subject of the hon. Gentleman's first question. With respect to the second, he might state that the Officers of the Indian Artillery now employed on the Staff would be placed in the same position as all the other Officers of the Indian Army—that was to say, they would have the option of rejoining their corps or retaining their present employments. The Officers not on the Staff would be placed the same as other Officers.