§ MR. HENRY SEYMOURsaid, he wished to ask, Whether the man Gilbert, now under sentence of death for the murder at Fordingbridge, was a returned convict, and whether the Secretary of State for the Home Department has instituted any inquiry in order to ascertain how so dangerous a man was set at large?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, that Gilbert was not wholly what was called a ticket-of-leave man. He had been twice convicted of serious offences. Some years ago he was sentenced to transportation, and obtained his leave according to the usual practice at that time. He was afterwards, in 1856, convicted of another offence, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude, and underwent his complete sentence.