§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, with reference to the case of the widow and child of John M'Carthy, chief boatman of the Coastguard Station at Portmuck, Islandmagee, Whether he is aware that John M'Carthy was in active service up to December 29, 1887, when he was made a pensioner, and that he died two days afterwards; whether the doctor's certificate stated that he died of bronchial catarrh, from which he had been suffering for seven days previously, and during the time he was in active service; and, whether, considering the peculiar circumstances of this case, he will advise an increase of the gratuity to the widow and child of the deceased Coastguard?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)The facts are as stated in the Question of the hon. Member. The doctor's certificate was to the effect that death resulted from cerebral hemorrhage. Some weeks before M'Carthy was pensioned he was suffering from bronchial catarrh. As I stated, in reply to a previous Question, there are no funds at the disposal of the Admiralty out of which the man's widow can be further assisted.