MR. J. COWENasked the Secretary of State for War, If he would state to the House what number of soldiers were in confinement in provost prisons on the 1st January, 1876, and how many were in confinement in barrack cells on the same day?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in reply, said, that on December 31, 1875, there were 89 in the prison at Aldershot, the only provost prison there was, while at the same date in barrack cells there were 280.