The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-12 00:00:00

GEORGE P. It.

Whereas, it has been represented unto us., by
our Secretary at War, that much inconvenience
has arisen to the Widows of the Officers of the
Land Forces, from the present mode of transfer-
ring the payment of their pensions from the Bri-
tish to the Irish Establishment, and vice versa,
from the Irish to the British Establishment, Upon
the removal of the regiments to which their late
husbands' belonged; and that great.convenience
would result to, them from an abolition of the ex-
isting practice of issuing in every case the allow-
ances to the said WitloWs From the Establishment
on which the corps concerned may happen to he
serving at the time of payment, which representa-
tion we have'taken into our most serious consider-
ation, and being desirous, of contributing as far
as possible to the comfort and accommodation of
the individu4s concerned, by enabling each Wi-
dow to receive the Pension:from the Establi,,h-
Ment of that country in which she shall reside,
without being put to any unnecessary expence,
our will and pleasure , is, in the name and on
the behalf of His Majesty, that the follow
arrangeMent do take place in the United
Kingdom from and after the date of this War-
rant,
Ist. That each Widow residing; in _Great Bri-
tain be paidby the Paymaster General, .and ever
Widow" residing in Ireland, be paid_under the
direction of the Government of, that,.country,
without regard to the EstablMnnent.,ppon which
the regiment to which her husband belonged nAy
be.

241 y. That when an Officer dies, whose Widow
maybe entitled to' the Pension, the application
for placing her upon the -Pension List, together
with the documents required to substantiate the
claim, shall be transmitted to the War-Office, in
London, or the War-Office, in Dublin Castle, ac-
cording as the regiment viay• be upon the British.
o the Irish Establishment ; and it the title of the
Widow. tote Bounty be sufficiently autknticat-
gdi; she is then to 'be placed upon the List of that
country in which the regiment may be;, and if not
resident in that part of the United Kingdom in
whielr her Pension would fall to be issued, a no,
titication oilier claim, when established as afore-.
said, and of her actual place of . abode, shall be
made to the Government of Great Britain, or
Ireland, as the ease may be, in order to her
being paid as directed in Article Ist of thiS War-
.
rant.

idly. I,n caseiin which a Widow after having
teen placed upon the Pension List, and having
received a portion of her Pension, shall be desir-
•oits of changing her residence from Great Britain
to Ireland, or vici.ve7'sa, two months previous no-
tice shall be given by the Widow to the War-Of-
fice of,the Country in which she is then resident, of
her intended removal, and a notification shall then
be made by that Pthce to the War-Office in- the
other country, in order that the, Widow may
receive the Pension in Great Britain or in Ire
-
laud, from the- termination of tlie'n current
four months in which such notice :lialrliave been
. ,
received.
''• u-•
ilthly. N fee or deduction' tvisai.e.VCr is to he
made from.the Pension of any Widow, either in
Great Btitain or Ireland, upor her being transfer-'-
redlrom one to the other establishment, in conse-
quence of this arrangement.
And for so doing, this-shall be as well to the
Paymaster-General of our forces, as to all others-
*hom it cloth oranay concerti, a stiflicient..war-
rant, authority, and:direction.
Given at our Court at Carlton-house, this 25th
day of September, 1812, in the 52d year of his
Majesty's reign.
By command of his Royal Highness
the Prince. Regent, in the name and
on the behalf of his Majesty.
P.JI4.NERiTOVZ.