MR. O'CONNOR POWERasked the Secretary of State for War, If he has any objection to lay upon the Table of the House Copies of the Reports of the proceedings in the Courts Martial hold in the cases of Sergeant M'Carthy, Corporal Thomas Chambers, and John O'Brien, convicted for breaches of the Articles of War?
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in reply, said, that in accordance with the Articles of War, any person tried by court-martial, or anyone acting on his behalf, was entitled to have a copy of the proceedings, if applied for within three years. It was now, however, 10 years since the courts-martial in question were held, and he did not think it would be conducive to public policy that a Report of their proceedings should, after the lapse of so long a period, be laid on the Table of the House.