§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Whether his attention has been drawn to a letter published in the "Belfast Daily News," of 1st instant, and signed by C. E. Greene, P.L.G., in which it is stated that a lunatic woman named Malcolmson, who had resided twenty-five years in Scotland, had been removed from a lunatic asylum at Bothwell to Downpatrick Workhouse; also of a letter from the Parochial Board Office, Cambuslang, denying the truth of Mr. Greene's statement; and, whether he will inquire into the case; and, if the letter of the Downpatrick Guardian is correct, he will use the proper means to prevent the recurrence of such an outrage?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe attention of the Local Government Board had already been directed by the Guardians of the Downpatrick Union to the removal of Agnes Malcolmson from Scotland to their Union; but they made no complaints as to the alleged ill-treatment of 851 the poor woman by the female warders. The Local Government Board will now make inquiries on this point, and I will let the hon. Member know the result.