§ MR. SEXTONMr. Speaker, with reference to a document issued this morning as a Parliamentary Paper—namely, a letter from Captain Barlow, Vice President of the Prisons Board—I have to repeat a Question which I asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 1842 tenant of Ireland some time ago, and to which I did not then obtain a direct and satisfactory answer. I wish to ask whether, considering that a matter involving the character of the Irish Executive and their agents has now come into controversy between the Irish Executive and a Member of this House, the Government will grant an independent inquiry?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER,in reply, said, that if the hon. Member brought the Question before the House, it would form a proper subject of discussion; but until the House had come to a decision upon it, he should not recommend an inquiry.
§ MR. SEXTONsaid, that he should bring before the House the quibbles, prevarications, and falsehood contained in the letter of Captain Barlow.