§ MR. BRADYsaid, he wished to ask, Why Dr. Macloughlin has not been restored to his position in the Army, in accordance with the several recommendations of the Commander-in-Chief?
CAPTAIN VIVIANreplied that, in the very voluminous correspondence which existed on this subject in the War Department, and which chiefly consisted of letters from that gentleman, there was no trace of his ever having been recommended to be reinstated in the service. The case had been considered by various Commanders-in-Chief and Secretaries of State for War—by the Duke of York, Lord Hill, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Palmerston, Lord Panmure, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and General Peel, all of whom had concurred in opinion that he should not be reinstated.