§ COLONEL ANNESLEYsaid, he would beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether it is true that, on the 22d of February last, a man named Smith was arrested in the county of Cavan for having in his possession Fenian documents and resolutions regularly printed on green paper, and containing plans and schemes of the Fenian conspiracy, dated 1869; and, whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to recommend the liberation of any more Fenian convicts?
§ MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUESir, some such Fenian documents have been found upon a man in Cavan, but I am not able, at this moment, to state the exact nature of them. I have written to Dublin for the Papers, and if the hon. and gallant Gentleman will repeat his Question on Monday, I shall probably be prepared to give a full account of the matter. With respect to the last part of the hon. and gallant Member's Question, I have to state that it is not the intention to give any further advice to the Crown concerning the liberation of Fenian prisoners.