§ MR. MITCHELL HENRYasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether it is true, as reported in the "Manchester Guardian," that the Government intend to compensate William Habron for the sufferings he has undergone by granting him a sum of £250; and, if there is no foundation for this statement, whether the Government will consider the substantial compensation made to Mr. Barber in consequence of a Vote taken in this House, and will obtain such an amount for Habron as will purchase him a farm, as agriculture is the only occupation he understands?
MR. ASSHETON CROSSSir, neither The Manchester Guardian, nor any other paper, was authorized to state that the Government intended to compensate William Habron by the grant of £250. The mention of such a sum has never escaped my lips; but it does so happen that I have that sum at my disposal, and I am at the present moment in communication with those who are certainly extremely favourable to William Habron, and who are very much interested in his future welfare, as to how his interests can best be furthered.