MR. MAC NEILL (Donegal, S.)asked the Chief Secretary why a telegram directed to him at the House of Commons from Derry Gaol had been sent to Dublin Castle and detained there instead of being forwarded direct? The letter itself contained a paragraph in which Father M'Fadden corrected a statement by the Chief Secretary as to the number of times he (Father M'Fadden) had been remanded, the number having been nine in all.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURsaid he had received no information on the subject.
MR. MAC NEILLBut this is a matter in which the Castle authorities have been guilty of a gross dereliction of duty.
§ *MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Member should give notice of the question.
§ *MR. SPEAKERThe notice is insufficient, and the hon. Member should put the question on the Paper.