§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Mr. Eager, the present Governor of Limerick Gaol, is the same person as the Mr. Eager who was deprived of his position as Governor or Steward, as they were then called, of Cork Gaol, and afterwards sent in a subordinate capacity to the Phillipstown Prison in consequence of a slanderous charge made by him against the then matron of Cork Gaol; and, whether there is any objection to the production of the Report of Captain Whitty, then Inspector of Prisons, who held the investigation in 1857 on the subject?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, the Mr. Eager referred to was the same person. He was not at any time Governor of the Cork Prison. In 1855 he was promoted to the position of clerk, and afterwards to that of steward of the temporary female convict prison at Cork. In 1857 he brought charges against the superintendent and matron of the prison, but they were not proved. He was consequently censured by the Governor, and ordered to return to the position of clerk in Mountjoy Prison. He was subsequently appointed Deputy Governor of Phillips-town Prison, and in 1862 Governor of Limerick Prison. The Report of Captain Whitty could not be produced, as it was of a confidential nature. Indeed, in any circumstances it would require strong reasons to justify the production of a Report of that character, made 24 years ago.
§ MR. HEALYfurther asked, whether Mr. Eager, when in another position, had not made an attack on the warders?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERasked the hon. Member to give him Notice of the Question.