§ MR. HEALYasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether it is true that three brothers have for some time been lying in Limerick Gaol under the 1866 Coercion Act, of whom the eldest is not twenty years of age, and the youngest sixteen; and, whether he will now allow the suspected juveniles to be released, in order that they may be sent to school somewhere?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. LAW)Sir, I assume that the Question has reference to William, Patrick, and Lawrence Quinlan. Before the hon. Member gave Notice of his Question the attention of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant had been called to the matter, and he has been pleased to order the discharge of Lawrence, the youngest brother, but finds no ground for discharging either William or Patrick, both of whom are considerably over 20 years of age.