§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the mother of Trumpeter Fanning, 19th Hussars, who was killed whilst defending his officer at the battle of El Teb in 1884, is living in great destitution in Longford; that he was her only support and only son; that the Commissioners of the Royal Patriotic Fund, although appealed to, have done nothing; and can he have any gratuity bestowed on this poor woman?
MR. POWELL-WILLIAMSI can only refer the hon. Member to the answer made to him on the 11th May last: The Secretary of State cannot interfere with the decision of the Commissioners of the Royal Patriotic Fund.