§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHY (for Mr. SEXTON)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is true that a man named Patrick Kennedy, of Beltra, near Rathlacken, Ballina, county Mayo, died on the 25th ult. through want of the necessaries of life; whether, on the 13th ult., twelve days before his death. Patrick Kennedy was visited by the Rev. Hugh Conway, the parish priest, who administered the sacrament to him, and, finding him to be in need of sustenance, gave some assistance, and directed Kennedy's wife and son to make known his condition to the relieving officer; whether the wife and son made separate applications, without avail, to the relieving officer; whe- 225 ther the first action taken by the relieving officer was on Tuesday the 24th ult. the day before Kennedy's death, when he gave a visiting ticket for the doctor, who paid the visit that evening, certified that Kennedy was dying, and ordered that five shillings should be given; whether the sum of three shillings, eventually granted, was only given a few hours before Kennedy's death, and too late to be of any use; and, what notice the Government will take of the case?
§ MR. TREVELYANI have received, by telegraph, Sir, a copy of a Report made by the Clerk of the Union on this case, referring to corroborative evidence, which will be forwarded by post, from which it appears that Patrick Kennedy had occupied between four and five acres of land, and had lived in the same house with his son-in-law, a letter carrier or postboy, in receipt of 12s. a-week wages, and who states that Kennedy had been unwell for 12 months, and that there is no ground for the assertion that he died from want of the necessaries of life. The relieving officer alleges that the first application he received in the case was made on the 19th ultimo, and that he then gave 3s. and reported the case to the Guardians, who approved of his action. He further states that it was not until the 23rd of April that Mrs. Kennedy applied to him for a medical visiting ticket, which he gave to her, and the doctor visited the man on the next day.