§ MR. T. D. BOLTON (Derbyshire, N. E.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to the case of five members of the Salvation Army, who have been sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for holding a meeting at Eckington in Derbyshire, this being the first occasion upon which they had appeared before the magistrates; whether information has reached him that one of the prisoners, the captain of the Army, is in a very bad state of health, and will be seriously injured by his imprisonment; and, whether he will inquire into the case with a view to a remission of the sentence?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. STUART-WORTLEY) (Sheffield, Hallam)(who replied) said: The Secretary of State has telegraphed for information as to the facts of this case, and has also sent for a Medical Report from the prison authorities. The latter 969 has just come by telegraph, and states that—
One of the Salvation Army men is not robust, but is not ill, and not likely to suffer from the short imprisonment;" and that the "rest are in good health.