§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that religious tracts have been placed in the cells of Catholic suspects in Limerick Prison; and if this has been done with the sanction of Her Majesty's Government?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, he found that one paper of a religious character—not a tract—was found in the cell of one of the Roman Catholic prisoners in December last. The Inspector of the Prisons Board inquired into the matter at the time, but failed to discover how the paper had got into the cell. On the 28th December the Board issued strict orders to prevent the introduction of any unauthorized publications into the prison. That was the only in- 150 stance of the kind which had been brought to his notice by the Prisons Board.