§ MR. ROWNTREE (Scarborough)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether there is any foundation for the statement contained in The Freeman's Journal of the 3rd of May, that Mr. William Gould, of Mitchelstown, a prisoner in Cork Gaol, has been informed by the Governor of the Gaol that—
He would be released if he would petition the Lord Lieutenant, and promise to abstain from polities?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The Governor of the prison reports that there is no foundation for the statement made in The Freeman's Journal to which the Question refers.