§ SIR HENRY HOLLAND (for Captain AYLMER)asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, If it is true, as stated at the inquest in Dublin on the body of Bernard Bailey, the murdered informer, that—
He had written two letters to the Lord Lieutenant, requesting to be sent to some colony, as he could get no work, and that his life had been repeatedly threatened;and that this request was refused?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)Sir, it is not the fact that Bernard Bailey wrote to the Lord Lieutenant requesting to be sent to some Colony. He did write requesting that he and his family should be sent out of the country, and, accordingly, it was proposed to him that he and his family should be sent to England; but this offer he, unhappily, refused.
§ MR. GRAYasked, whether a promise had not been made that he should be sent to Australia, the wife stating that she did not think it would be safe to go to England?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)I do not think an offer was made to send him to Australia. I am not certain about it, however.