§ MR. SEXTONsaid, that in the absence of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, he wished to ask the Head of Her Majesty's Government, Whether his attention had been called to a correspondence 677 between Mr. Thomas Evans and the Chief Secretary for Ireland, with reference to the request on the part of some of the electors of Liverpool to visit Kilmainham next Friday or Saturday to present an address to Mr. Parnell with reference to the representation of Liverpool; whether they were not right in appealing to the central Government, and not to the gaolers, to give a direct reply to the appeal?
MR. GLADSTONEsaid, that he had no knowledge whatever of this subject, nor could he undertake to answer in the absence of the Chief Secretary for Ireland. The right hon. Gentleman would, he had no doubt, give full consideration to this matter, and he had no doubt that these gentlemen were entitled to appeal to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to have the answer of the responsible Government on the subject.