§ MR. REDMONDasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is a fact that the prisoners detained, under the Coercion Act, in Monaghan Prison have been prevented from subscribing for shares in the National Exhibition Company, their letters making application having been detained by the authorities: and, if so, whether he has sanctioned such a proceeding?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, it was true that the collective applications of the prisoners referred to were stopped by the Governor, and, as he thought, rightly stopped; but, at the same time, they were informed that, individually, they might apply for any number of shares they desired.