§ MR. HEALYasked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Is it the fact that Charles Mathers was arrested on board a vessel at Queenstown on July 10th, 650 when absconding with the funds of the Dublin Bakers' Trades Union (£81); that he was allowed to escape from the local bridewell; has he been recaptured; if not, what steps have been taken to discover his whereabouts; who is to blame for his escape; have the money (£.31 10s.), passage ticket, watch, &c. found on his person been detained by the authorities; why are they not handed over to the Trades Union, seeing that its officials gave security for it in event of Mather's re-arrest; and, what are the intentions of the Government?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER), in reply, said, that Charles Mathers had been arrested at Queenstown on the 12th of July on a charge of embezzling the sum of £80, the property of the Dublin Bakers' Union. The sum of £28 10s. found upon his person had been handed over to the Bakers' Society.
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)said, that he had not the date. The prisoner had also a gold watch and chain and a passage to America in his trunk, with some clothing, and for which no application had yet been made.
§ MR. HEALYstated that he had put this Question at the request of the Bakers' Society. If the authorities handed over the money, why did the Society wish the Question put, and when was the money handed over?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)I will inquire.