§ COLONEL KINGSCOTEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Upon what principle and for what reasons the rule governing the promotion in other regiments, both of Cavalry and Infantry, should not be allowed to apply equally to the Coldstream and Fusilier Guards?
§ MR. CARDWELLIn the case, Sir, of the general absorption there is a regulation price for which it is necessary to provide, and the most economical mode of doing so is to permit the step to go in the regiment, and to provide only for the purchase of the first commission. In the Coldstream and Fusilier Guards the question is a question of the over-regulation price. That question will, no doubt, be thoroughly examined by the Royal Commission; but, in the meanwhile, I have not thought myself at liberty to entertain any claim founded on the over-regulation price.