§ CAPTAIN HAYTERsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether his attention has been called to the Gazette of the 19th ultimo, in which three officers of the 96th Regiment were promoted by purchase in succession to Major Cuppage of that regiment, who is stated in the Indian Mail to have died on the 12th of the preceding month; and whether, should such promotions be found to have been irregular as regards the medical certificate, the Secretary of State for War will advise their cancelling, in order that the senior Officers of each rank may succeed, without purchase, to the vacant steps?
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONsaid, in reply, that the circumstances of the case had been brought under his notice. At first, he had thought it was open to objection; but on further investigation he found that the rules of the service had been complied with; that he did not feel justified in interfering; and that, consequently, the purchase and sale could not be cancelled.