§ SIR T. ESMONDEI wish to put a question to the right hon. Gentleman the Chief Secretary for Ireland of which I have given him private notice. I desire to know whether it is the fact, as stated in one of this morning's papers, that the Member for East Mayo, at present confined in Galway Prison, is unwell; and, if so, whether he has been examined by the visiting surgeon, and whether any order as to his treatment has been made in consequence?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have received no information at all bearing upon the point to which the hon. Member refers. There is a most excellent prison physician at Galway, and I am sure every attention will be paid to the hon. Member for East Mayo.
§ MR. SEXTON (Belfast, W.)I would draw the right hon. Gentleman's 1241 further attention to the report that at one of the stopping places between London and Galway, Clonmel, the hon. Member for East Mayo was placed in an infirmary cell; that on the railway journey to Galway the hon. Member did not seem to be well, but on reaching Galway was placed in an ordinary cell, whilst the hon. Member for East Cork was put in an infirmary cell; and whether both these hon. Members were examined by a surgeon at Clonmel and Galway?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have no doubt the hon. Members were examined, but if the hon. Member will give notice of the question inquiries will be made.