§ MAJOR ANSONsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, What are the recommendations of the Ordnance Select Committee with regard to the reward to be given to Major Palliser; whether the Treasury has approved of those re- 1583 commendations; and, whether the Secretary of State for War will lay upon the table of the House all Correspondence between the War Office and Major Palliser on the subject?
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTON, in reply, said, the Secretary of State for War did not act under the advice of the Ordnance Select Committee. He had authorized a reward of £10,000 to be paid to Major Palliser; and a further reward of £5,000 would be charged on next year's Estimates. It was not usual to refer these questions to the War Office. He must decline to lay the correspondence on the table, it being of a confidential character.