§ SIR RICHARD TEMPLE (Worcester, Evesham)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to a letter pub- 1072 lished in The Pall Mall Gazette of 1st September, from Mr. Hayward, who was solicitor to Lipski, the convict recently executed for murder, alleging that the fact of Lipski having prepared to write a confession in prison on the 14th ultimo was known to the Prison Authorities and to the Home Office before the announcement on the 20th of the determination of the Secretary of State that the law should take its course; and, whether there is any truth in such allegation?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)My attention has been called to this letter. There is no truth whatever in the allegation referred to, either as regards the Home Office or the Governor of Newgate.