§ MR. O'REILLYsaid, he had to request the indulgence of the House for a few moments while he made a personal explanation. His attention had been called to a 439 statement which he made during a debate which some time ago took place on the Administration of Justice in the county of Monaghan, and which he was given to understand had given pain to the relatives of a person whom he mentioned; and therefore he wished to set himself quite right on the subject. He was reported to have stated, and he believed accurately, that a person of the name of Samuel Gray, in the county of Monaghan, had been accused of killing or slaying eleven persons. He mentioned it as a matter of memory, referring to events long past. He understood the statement was considered to be inaccurate, and he had deemed it his duty to ascertain what the facts were. From the most accurate information he could obtain, it appeared that the person in question was first tried for the murder of a man named MacMahon, in the county of Monaghan, and was acquitted by a jury of that county. There were some other trials in which he was mixed up not connected with the sacrifice of human life. Subsequently he was tried for the murder of a man named Owen Murphy, and was again acquitted. He was afterwards tried for attempting the murder of another man, and found guilty and sentenced to death. Mr. Napier, however, his counsel, reserved some points, which were brought before the House of Lords, and the trial was quashed.