MR. GORSTasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, while recommending Parliament to grant large sums of money to reward General Sir Garnet Wolseley and Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour for their conduct in the Egyptian campaign, Her Majesty's Government will take into consideration the claims of the seamen and marines of the Royal Navy, and of the rank and file of 956 Her Majesty's Army, to some pecuniary recognition of their services?
MR. GLADSTONEWith regard to this Question, it appears to me to proceed upon some erroneous apprehension. We shall propose to Parliament to grant annuities in connection with the bestowal of Peerages upon General Sir Garnet Wolseley and Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour. In that respect we shall proceed in strict conformity with a course of precedents; and I am not aware of any precedent or usage that would give further extension to our duties, nor do I propose or intend to enter on the subject of the hon. and learned Member's Question, of which I greatly doubt the expediency.