§ Mr. HAZLETONasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will explain why Anne Qninn, of 83, Rudyard-road, Sheffield, whose first husband, Sergeant J. Thomas, died on 17th August, 1858, of wounds received during the Indian War, has recently been deprived of her Army pension of £4 8s. a quarter, which she had received for 50 years, and has been compelled by the authorities to accept an old age pension in substitution at a serious loss to her; will he say by whose authority her former pension was withdrawn, and whether it can be restored to her?
§ Mr. HALDANEI have ascertained from the Patriotic Fund Commissioners that Mrs. Quinn was in receipt of an allowance of £17 12s. per annum from the Indian Mutiny Fund. On Old Age Pensions being introduced she was told to apply, and was granted a pension of 5s. a week. The Patriotic Fund allowance was thereupon reduced to £8 per annum, and Mrs. Quinn is now in receipt of £3 8s. per annum more than she had before the Old Age Pensions Act came into force.