§ SIR EARDLEY WILMOTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he has considered the Memorial presented to him by more than 5,000 of the inhabitants of the county of Devon, on behalf of the con- 506 vict Edmund Galley, to whom the House of Commons unanimously, in 1879, prayed Her Majesty to grant a free pardon; and, whether Her Majesty's Government will award him compensation for his sufferings abroad for a period of upwards of forty years, so that he may be enabled to pass the residue of his life in his native country?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURTYes, Sir; I have seriously considered the Petition; but, as my hon. and learned Friend knows, this matter was fully considered in the House of Commons in 1879. After that consideration of the matter, I should not feel justified in awarding the compensation to which he refers.
§ SIR EARDLEY WILMOTsaid, that in consequence of the answer of the right hon. and learned Gentleman, he would feel it his duty to call attention to the subject on going into Committee of Supply.