§ MR. T. P. O'CONNOR (for Mr. HEALY)asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether it is true that on yesterday, Ascension Thursday, being a Catholic holiday, Mr. Hodnett, a political prisoner in Limerick Gaol, was deprived of the privilege of associating with other prisoners as a punishment for hurrying from his cell into chapel, a distance of 20 yards?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. LAW)Sir, on receiving private Notice of this Question yesterday, I at once made inquiry of the prison authorities by telegraph; but I have not yet received an answer.
§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORHas the right hon. and learned Gentleman heard today?