§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he has yet been able to arrive at a satisfactory decision with regard to the arrears of pension due to pensioner Williams?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square)It has be arranged that, pensioner Williams having been officially informed that he would receive arrears of pension amounting to £30 18s. 4d., this sum shall be paid to him. It is the circumstance that notice was officially given to this pensioner that his arrears would be paid, though without the sanction of the Treasury, which forms the special feature in his case; and it, therefore, affords no precedent for the admission of similar claims in other instances.