§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the police are authorised (in proclaimed districts or otherwise) to search the persons of individuals for copies of the "No Rent" manifesto; upon what authority they so searched Mr. Michael Toman, of Hilltown, county Down, as he was going from his own house on the night of the 1st ultimo; and, whether, as this gentleman has now been committed for trial, without bail, for Laving been found possessed of copies of the manifesto, it is the fact that 584 he is kept in solitary confinement in Down Gaol for eighteen hours out of the twenty-four?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, that it was true that Mr. Michael Toman had been committed for trial; but while legal proceedings were pending in the case it was impossible for him to make any reply on the subject.
§ MR. HEALYasked, whether the right hon. Gentleman could not give any information as the solitary confinement of the accused, and as to the authority on which the persons of individuals were searched for copies of the "no rent" manifesto?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERsaid, that with regard to confinement the accused was in exactly the same position as persons generally were who were in prison awaiting their trial.