§ MR. GRAYasked the Postmaster General, Whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. John Daly, late travelling clerk in the Irish Post Office Service, who was compulsorily retired subsequent to an accident to a train in 1604 which he was travelling; whether his attention has been called to the evidence given by the medical doctor to the Post Office, Dr. Toler, on the occasion of a suit for compensation instituted by Mr. Daly against the Railway Company to the effect that he was suffering from "mental derangement," which was completely disproved on the trial, and disbelieved by the jury; whether his attention has been called to the evidence given by the same gentleman, in the cases of Crowford, Darby, and Hilliard, who at various times took proceedings for compensation for injury by Railway accidents, and which referred their sufferings to totally different causes from these testified by the qualified medical witnesses who had attended them; and, whether he will cause independent inquiry to be made in the case of Daly, with a view to remedying any injustice which it may appear has been done him?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERSSir, my attention has been called to the case of John Daly, a sorter in the Irish Post Office Service; but I may say, without going into the details of the result of the inquiry that has been held, that Daly's conduct and the letters he has addressed to headquarters tend strongly to confirm the view that has been taken by Dr. Toler, and I have no reason to believe that injustice has been done, or that any advantage would be gained by further investigation. With regard to the other cases in which Crawford, Darby, and Hilliard have from time to time taken or threatened proceedings against railway companies for alleged injuries, my attention has also been called to them, and I see no reason to doubt that the opinion expressed by Dr. Toler was correct.
§ MR. GRAY,in consequence of the answer he had received, gave Notice of his intention to call attention to this matter at the earliest opportunity.